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The STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS 4REAL® Blog is a highly regarded source for structured settlement news, information, and commentary, led by structured settlement and settlement planning subect mater expert John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC. With two decades of operation, the blog and 4structures.com are recognized as comprehensive resources, offering detailed guides and specialized insights. Established in 2005, the blog caters to a broad audience, including legal professionals, injured individuals, families, and various stakeholders, providing reviews and opinions on settlement planning. John Darer, President of 4structures.com LLC, is a seasoned structured settlement expert with over 40 years of financial services experience and 31 years specializing in structured settlements. Based in Stamford, CT, he is a Certified Financial Transitionist and Registered Settlement Planner, holding insurance licenses in 45 states and the District of Columbia. John Darer is dedicated to transparency and advocacy, he emphasizes the importance of engaging trained and licensed professionals for settlement planning, offering valuable insights through his investigative journalism and professional commentary.
Those Who Snooze in History Class and David Beckham French Fry Bidding Update

Those Who Snooze in History Class and David Beckham French Fry Bidding Update

by John Darer CLU ChFC CSSC

“Was it over When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor“? –John “Bluto” Blutarski, Faber College, 1962 (1978 National Lampoon’s Animal House movies)

“So was Pearl Harbor retaliation for us dropping the atomic bombs on Japan?” College Student, Drake University (2007), as reported in Readers Digest, October 2007, at page 157
Meme of John Blutarski of Delta House, fabr College 1962 (as depicted in Animal House 1978) A man with a serious expression holding two pencils in his nose, referencing a humorous quote about Pearl Harbor, along with text mentioning different years and events related to World War II. compared with a Drake colge student in 1997 who asked whetehr Pearl Harbor wasb retaiation for dropping bombs on Japan.
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“IRC 5891 made factoring legal” Certain Misinformed Structured Settlement Broker and Settlement Planners and factoring company representatives at various times between 2002 and 2007.
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“MetLife took over Executive Life of NY’s structured settlement obligations” Certain Misinformed Structured Settlement Broker and Settlement Planners and factoring company representatives at various times between 1992 and 2007.
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Other sillyness:
The bidding on the David Beckham Rancid French Fry on Trade Me has reached NZ$66 (US$51.36 at today’s exchange rate). Bidding closes on Thursday.
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The bidding on the David Beckham half drunk plastic Coke bottle continues. A plastic bottle half full of David Beckham’s swill and Coke is up to NZ$173 (US$134.62 at today’s exchange rate), with only 10 hours left at the time of this writing.
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Taking advantage of the confusion another opportunist is offering up a Coke bottle that THEY drank while watching David Beckham walk past a museum. The bidding to get stuck with their no name swill is NZ$2.60. What a bargain!
 
 
 
 

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