tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post536173564256950546..comments2008-09-25T21:07:22.008-04:00Nurseb911http://www.blogger.com/profile/04974722323117696369noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-62004401161965820952008-09-25T21:07:00.000-04:002008-09-25T21:07:00.000-04:00Thanks for everyone who confessed their dividend sins. Mike's right...us div-netters are truly addicted with little hope in sight.<BR/><BR/>It's also nice to see there's another Brad with a severe addiction to dividends just like myself. Funny how his girlfriends' name is Claire too :)Nurse B, 911http://www.blogger.com/profile/13599091589209075856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-19077176583109970812008-09-25T20:59:00.000-04:002008-09-25T20:59:00.000-04:00Cool, other than comments I have made, I've never been mentioned in a blog before.<BR/>Thanks Brad.<BR/><BR/>Like you mentioned here and on the forums, it's a nice and warm feeling when the dividends arrive especially in rough times in the market.<BR/>MG has mentioned in his blog also about collecting dividends from those who take from us, like Petro Canada and Enbridge.<BR/><BR/>I've tried to break the habit like most of us have at some point. Life looks good on the dark side, the side where no dividends are paid. <BR/>Bombardier looked good to me at $4 just before it went to $6. But no dividend was found. Where did I find a dividend when I was in need you ask. On the corner of King and Bay streets in Toronto, The Bank of Nova Scotia. It all worked out in the end.<BR/>GE won't raise for the first time in 34 years but they'll still send a cheque anyway because they know I'm waiting for my fix.<BR/>The only company I think I would drop the dividend for would be Berkshire. Like most I watched the B's at $3500 last summer and did nothing. I'll get one someday.augustaboundnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-33417605799943789262008-09-25T19:55:00.000-04:002008-09-25T19:55:00.000-04:00Haha - I'm not addicted to dividends. I can return those dividend cheques anytime I want to!!<BR/><BR/>Ok - I don't think I have quite a serious a problem as most of you div-netters, I do like 'em!<BR/><BR/>MikeFour Pillarswww.four-pillars.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-38951601885173266422008-09-25T10:38:00.000-04:002008-09-25T10:38:00.000-04:00Brad,<BR/><BR/>This post was awesome. When i seriously think about it Div-Net does appear to be DA - Dividends Anonymous. LOL<BR/><BR/>I like receiving dividends. But I have been obsessed baout the stock market for years. I think it's bad genes or something...<BR/><BR/>Oh and thanks for the link..Dividend Growth Investorhttp://dividendgrowth.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-21212203220855199122008-09-25T09:06:00.000-04:002008-09-25T09:06:00.000-04:00Hi. I too am a dividend addict. Since paying off my mortgage three years ago, I revel in adding dividend stocks to my portfolio with regularity. I guess you can say I swapped one addiction for another. <BR/><BR/>I went on a bender last night, talking to my accountant for the better part of an hour about the tax plans of the presidential candidates and what it means to the current tax benefits that dividend income receives. Now THAT is addicted!<BR/><BR/>I am loving the Div net - I get my fix every morning and enjoy reading about what you are "shopping" and buying. <BR/><BR/>Can't wait for the day my dividend income equals my wages! It might happen sooner than I expected if the merchandise remains on sale for an extended period of time!<BR/><BR/>Keep on writing and I'll keep on reading :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-11892042063987273542008-09-25T07:38:00.000-04:002008-09-25T07:38:00.000-04:00Yes, everyone, I too am addicted to dividends. Dividend payment dates have become<BR/>more welcome than birthday parties, and the expectation of dividend increases provides<BR/>an excitement unknown since waiting for Christmas morning many years ago. "It's here!"<BR/>I exclaim from the PC room to my sleep-eyed wife. "Manulife has done it again!"<BR/><BR/>Dividends and dividend increases allow me to smile and wave "Good Morning!" each day when<BR/>others are sadly hanging their heads because gold has tanked or the price of bread has risen.<BR/><BR/>We smile when the market goes up, and we laugh and wave as it heads back down. Either<BR/>way we win.Jonnyrottennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-62006996539497215652008-09-25T01:49:00.000-04:002008-09-25T01:49:00.000-04:00Haha...<BR/><BR/>I've been sober for about 2 days, 22 hours and 48 minutes. I know. I know. I'm weak. :( These dividend cheques are seducing me at seemingly every waking moment. Can't help it.<BR/><BR/>I don't even think about the upfront costs of anything anymore. That brand new mini will cost me $200 of dividend per month.FJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-61712815269213657322008-09-24T22:19:00.000-04:002008-09-24T22:19:00.000-04:00My name is Claire and my boyfriend is addicted to dividends:<BR/><BR/>- Sometimes I talk to him and I know all he’s thinking about are dividends<BR/>- When we socialize with my girlfriends he attempts to convert their boyfriends into becoming dividend investors<BR/>- He tells me every time he’s paid a dividend...sometimes twice<BR/>- He has a calendar of when each company pays their dividend and when he expects them to increase their dividends<BR/>- When we go shopping, travelling or in random activities and he sees a company that pays a dividend he reminds me<BR/>- He brags about how much his dividends have increased in nearly all his companies<BR/>- At tax time each year he tells everyone how much he got back from the government because of dividends<BR/><BR/>His name is Brad and he is a dividend-a-holicClairenoreply@blogger.com