I am retired and have been for some time. most of my income is produced from dividends on investments and a bit fro Social Seciurity. I am not wealthy so i qualified for the all of the stimulus checks so far.
The thing is, I really did not suffer from the pandemic financially. In fact i did well. We are refinancing our mortgage to half as long and paying down about 22% of it as well. Plus a much lower rate. I cannot complain.
I spent none of the first payment on fish. I did end up donating about 1/4 of it to The NEC in Mar 2020. The second payment I ended up donating 5/6 of ot of which half went to a fish rescue operation and the rest to the local hospital.
When this current money comes I will probably end up donating most of it as well. And some will go to a fish related cause. The NEC was matching donations made by foks in the member clubs or the clubs themselves to Project Piaba, so I had to donate
https://projectpiaba.org/ Project Piaba "Is a non-profit organization which studies and fosters an environmentally and socially beneficial home-aquarium fish trade. "
Ever since the end of 2006, when I was successfully breeding zebra plecos, they and other plecos I have had spawn have paid for my hobby entirely. I am very lucky.
I should mention that I work with a gent who earns his living selling fish. He has been hugely busy during the pandemic. Apparently home bound fishkeepers have spent all along the way through the past year+.
The thing is, I really did not suffer from the pandemic financially. In fact i did well. We are refinancing our mortgage to half as long and paying down about 22% of it as well. Plus a much lower rate. I cannot complain.
I spent none of the first payment on fish. I did end up donating about 1/4 of it to The NEC in Mar 2020. The second payment I ended up donating 5/6 of ot of which half went to a fish rescue operation and the rest to the local hospital.
When this current money comes I will probably end up donating most of it as well. And some will go to a fish related cause. The NEC was matching donations made by foks in the member clubs or the clubs themselves to Project Piaba, so I had to donate
https://projectpiaba.org/ Project Piaba "Is a non-profit organization which studies and fosters an environmentally and socially beneficial home-aquarium fish trade. "Ever since the end of 2006, when I was successfully breeding zebra plecos, they and other plecos I have had spawn have paid for my hobby entirely. I am very lucky.
I should mention that I work with a gent who earns his living selling fish. He has been hugely busy during the pandemic. Apparently home bound fishkeepers have spent all along the way through the past year+.
