An occasional peek at what you've been chattering about. Latest: the story of a stock-investing employee who is the sole provider for a family of six. Plus: my under-appreciated forays into Ibiza's Paris-Hilton-is-missing party scene.Anonymous@8:47 a.m. is 38, supervises 14 Gannett workers, and nets about $600 a week while continuing to plow retirement savings into the stock market -- despite big paper losses: "I checked my 401(k) this morning, year-to-date I'm down 30%. Lord willing and I stay employed, that doesn't bother me too much,'' they commented here. "Right now, my contribution is buying shares at depressed prices." When the Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 14,000 again, "my gain will be much, much more than my current paper losses. . . . I am concerned about losing my job. My skill set doesn't translate well into any other field, and this job is the only thing I have ever done.''
Anonymous@9:24 a.m.'s reply: "Don't know how you support a family of six on $600 a week -- I can only assume you don't live in the Northeast or Calif. I would still have a backup plan if I were you and start developing another set of skills -- especially with a family to support. I wish you well."
On Ibiza's waning party scene, some readers said: We get it! You spent the summer on a Mediterranean island rivaling Monaco for sunny weather and shady people. You got to name-drop Paris Hilton. Big whoop, already! Anonymous@5:29 p.m. practically shouted: "Why should we care? This is the Gannett Blog!!!!"
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Well this one was a dud. All those others that supported posts non-Gannett related must have taken a day off.
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