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  • WHY MY SOURSOP IS NOT FLOWERING?

    I have a soursop tree which was sewed more than 20 years ago, by a seed which my daughter eat in her Cambodian friend's house and told me mama the fruit was so delicious you plant this and it came out so healthy and now almost 20 years old , tree is healthy and lush green about 40 to 50' tall but never flowered. is there any one who have soursop tree and getting fruit can educate me what to do to make it fruitful. I went to home depot and ask the guy he told me if I put few nail in the trunk and fertilize the tropical fruit fertilizer then it may flower. I did fertilize today & hammered two three rusty nails thinking it is not flowering so if it get any kind of damage what would be worse than already I am not having any fruits.

    any one who know very well about soursop can guide me the best right scientific way I will appreciate.

    Botany8 years ago
  • can i convert my distribution money from ira to roth ira?

    i need to know that what ever little amount i have in my regular ira act if next year when i will hit 70.5 so take out more than minimum distribution from my ira act and convert it into roth ira will it be ok?

    taking out maximum $9000/year from my ira acct is safe for me not to fall in a bracket to pay any income tax the money i took from my regular ira. as this year my tax return was ZERO. i do not owe any thing to irs and the same irs do not owe any money for me. i like to keep strategy if it works out right and ok with the distribution money. i ask from the guy who does my income tax return told me if i take out only $9000/year from unpaid tax balance from my traditional ira act and i have only s security yearly income $8424/yearly will put me total income less than $1800/ year so i do not owe any taxes.

    my main question is if this is right then can i take my distribution money same way and keep it in my roth ir act will it be my best option?

    because i do not need this money right away,to spend all but my main goal is to earn dividend on the roth ira acct and take that dividend to use to pay my bills even if it is some thing like $100/month income, as my roth ira act what ever i getdividendn i reinvest automatically till i reach the age of 71 years. this is just because i do not wants to loose the principal amount of money.since roth ira act i can have theflexibilityy to take out any amount i invested , i do not need to pay the taxes so i want to keep as safe investment in short term bonds, till i find a better investment like cds with better rates. can any one explain is this option is the best way to keep my money safe and tax free or any other option other than leaving investment in roth ira and invest my distribution money to spend for better investment?

    only those people please, answer who know about money and the best place to grow or earn for better dividend

    1 AnswerPersonal Finance9 years ago
  • tropical fruit tree sour sop why it is not bearing fruits?

    about 10 years ago my daughter's Cambodian friend gave her a Delicious fruit she ate it and brought the seed for me,i sew the seed it grew and now it is a big tree very healthy but never bear any fruit . what should i do?does any body knows about it to help me out and also i want to buy another plant as i heard it give the fruit when it is fully grown in three years.please tell me all about this how to get fruits

    2 AnswersBotany9 years ago
  • my laptop is giving me hard time by giving me error4?

    my son bought me a laptop and he did all the required thing in it for me and i was very happy. but now when ever i need to search or need to find any thing it says error4. even for driving directions or map i can't find any thing. what is error 4 and how can i fix this problem for free by doing the right thing. once i went to other pc and looking for how to fix error 4 they gave me suggestions and it make the pc worse so i went back by setting the pc back dated time.

    my knowledge to pc or downloads is very limited,specially the pc language.so please explain me the easiest way to fix my pc problem. what is error4 and how and why it came in my pc and finally how to fix it without buying any thing.just free download if possible.

    1 AnswerLaptops & Notebooks10 years ago
  • my friend need to know about her roleover money in her ira account?

    my friend have about 100,000/- in her traditional ira acct.in stable kind of savings investment plan, since she was laid off in 2006.

    she have no resources beside her $724/month social security income.she is almost 69 years old.the ira account gives her about $176 to 200/month income that she automatically asked to reinvest in her acct. now she has enroll in a medicare health plan that is universal med gap where she got the freedom of going to any dr or surgeon of her choice so whatever medicare, do not pay that insurance cover the expenses that is costing her $147/month this beside the medicare deduction from her monthly pension of like $96/month. so from her monthly income $724-$147+96=$451. just because of her ira savings she will never be able to get any help from the government. now her question for the finance geek people is if she take out from her monthly ira re investment money about $150/month to compensate the med gap money to run her daily expenses and the bills, can she do that? just leave the Principal amount of $100,000/- and only take from the monthly interest income,so how much uncle same will deduct from that $150/interest income fund? or how much she have to pay the taxes? she wants her distribution from the age of 71.5 age. as i told you her yearly income is right now is total= 9288/yearly + 150/month will make it $11088/- yearly. she is still way below poverty level.

    since the cd rates are down so it is not wise to take out all the amount from ira and invest in a place where she can have better return,and as she will take out a big chunk like $25,000/- or 50,000/- they will deduct a lot of income tax on it.so what is the best financial solution for her? her investment are in T-roweprice.

    please give the right solution or advice for her to help her live poor but with dignity without any aid, or gov Charity.

    only professionals please who understand the situation and give the advice to benefit her financially.

    thanks

    1 AnswerPersonal Finance10 years ago
  • what kind of proof requires to be a florida resident?

    i am florida resident for 20 years as i own the property.now my son who mostly deployed overseas,he has property in MD and basically he is a MD resident.now from his job and promotion if he has becomes florida resident he may get some tax Relief.i live half of the time with him and half of the time in florida.he is a very loving and caring son and even though i have two daughters but he is the one he takes care of me.his love for me is unconditional and i want to die living with him,so i decided to put his name into my property deed but it will be my biggest mistake to add his name just because ha has fathered a child,just for dating the girl for 3 visit, whose mother hide the baby from all of us,for i.5 years, and when she can't afford then she went for child support so my son went for his dna and all the required proof and have to pay a big chunk of child support and the mother has not given his last name and she do not wants to have any thing beside the child support,my son was quite that the baby was breast feeding and we never intended to snatch a baby from the mother,as in my daughter's divorce we have seen all the drama how badly the baby girl was traumatized when her father forcefully took away the baby when she was 3 years old,because she never known her father,but her father to punish his wife with the court order suddenly show up and took baby for a week,if he would first familiarized with her for few hours and then took was not a shock to the girl who never known her father,now she is 7 she hates her father but she developed how to manipulated parents to make them happy and get what ever she wants.i am telling this just u guys to understand the situation and the complication for every person's deed,it starts nicely whether a marriage or a baby or money or property,but if any thing goes wrong or against the will of other partner then it becomes very ugly.

    i love my son and i am not going to take this property in my grave, which is paid off, and he is the one who paid it off 12 years ago,and my son is the only one will get it when i die. i decided not to put his name on my property deed instead to make him a solo owner i will have a will for him.just because he might get married and his future wife she is a very nice well educated girl,but she is 17 years younger with him and have a lot of her parents side and grant parents side property and wealth that she and her Brother will have,they both are in love and she love him i think more than my son,( but as i said every thing starts nicely)as compare to my son he has every thing but every thing on loan,but a very good paying job,through which the mother of his baby will drain him out for the child custody battle,the baby loves his father and i know he will never miss his mother whatever visitation time court will allow him,but the mother of the child told him this last visit that if he thinks she will let her child away from her sight that will never happen,so in this kind of situation i do not want we all go homeless and every one knows how much attorneys take advantage of this kind of case to squeeze money no mercy.

    now what other identification or proof he will need with out a property in his name in florida,beside, registration for vote, a florida driver license,in which he can give his address to my home as he can live with me?

    i want all the right information to gather for im as he will have one week off to show his move to florida, some one said he will need two utility bills in his name that will show his residency to this state,the bills are in my name solly,and if i let him have my electricity bill will be only one piece of evidence i can let me have my phone but i use cell phone so i do not have any land line,can he have the water bill changed to his name that can be second required proof, but to change the electricity and water bill to his name, is it going to effect my benefits from this property? as i get homestead exemption and widower discount on my return and from next year i may not even have to file a tax return as i do not earn any thing beside a small social security pension which is less than $900/year.

    since half of the time i live with him so he do not charge any thing from me so i easily just pay my property taxes and all the bills from my pocket.

    i hope some one out there will read it and understand the long story of my concern and the as a mother to her loving sun to pay him back to help him to get any benefits from me from his tax saving or any thing that make him to change his residency to florida.

    i need a clear legal 100% sure answer.no guess.person who knows the florida law and want to help me by understanding my situation and my son's need,please let me know as soon as u can.specially what and how to start,water and electricity in his name?can i add him on my bills will be good? or just remove my and let him have only his name,how much deposit for water and electricity will cost?

    3 AnswersLaw & Ethics10 years ago
  • what is fruit falsa called in english?

    I love Falsa which is a very tasty fruit mostly found in India and Pakistan in summer season and it is just like blue or black berries. any one Asian Origin might know what i am talking about,please let me know if any one out there knows what do we call Falsa in English? i need to order Falsa plant but do not know what to tell the plants nursery people.

    12 AnswersWords & Wordplay1 decade ago
  • how to remove the hard plake from the denture?

    how can i remove the yellow hard but very fine crust from my denture?i dip it to the bleach,it only cleans the tea and Coffee stain,and i soaked to denture cleaning tablets water,it only cleans the stains,but did not remove the hard stuff.

    please only those people answer,who have the denture and have the experience and the people who work with dental industries or with the dentist,and have the experience.thanks.

    2 AnswersDental1 decade ago
  • how can i change my yahoo messenger name list darker?

    i want to make my yahoo messenger name list darker or need to change the shape of the letters in bold. how to do that.it might be a very simple way to do it,but i am exhausted.please help me.

    it must be explain in a very simple way so i can follow the instruction to do it.

    thanks

    3 AnswersPreferences and Settings1 decade ago
  • if i am leaving the country for 4 months for taking care sick mom how i will file the tax return?

    i need to know that i will be going to pakistan to take care of my mom,as i am a us citizen.i only get a small check from social security because i retired early by force to lay off in june/2006. so every year i file the tax return and get some money back.

    my total income from social security might be $9228 for 2009 and that is all .may be ten twenty dollars for the saving account accumulated interest as far as i remember, for year 2009 i got unemployment benefits it was deposited after deducting the income tax every check i was paid, from feb/2009 to sept/2009.i do not have information the exact amount but if it was total of 5500/- as i have one statements that your total benefits for unemployment's are $5500/-

    please only financial advisers or who know well,please help me to to find out,if i can not wait till feb/2009 when all the papers( statements) from banks and social security will be coming may be on feb/20/2010. so how can i know that if i owe or IRS owes for me? i want to go in peace without having a hanging sword on my head. can i file it later when i come back from pakistan? definitely i will have my ticket and passport as a proof about my out and in in formations.

    i mean all i need to know how i will know how much i have to pay and how? i have to pay to the gov and later file the income tax return for 2009 in some times in june.

    since i file my tax return from the volunteers so they only do the free service in libraries for people like me , from feb to the last week of last filing date in April. in that case private accountant will charge me his fee too.

    please i hope some one will assure me that, i will not be penalize for not knowing the facts,just because i do not know how to know exact procedure for income tax return if i never have been in this situation.as i am a female senior and desperately looking the right information to avoid complications.

    please do not go through the punctuations or sentences just because i tried my best to explain what i need to know,hoping people will forgive my english grammar mistakes.

    thank you.

    3 AnswersOther - Taxes1 decade ago
  • taking out money from traditional IRA and reinvesting again,is it wise to do & how it should be done?

    my mother was laid off in july 2006 and still do not have any job as now she is 66 years old.that time she has 140,000 dollars in her 401k pension plan,that drop down with a fast speed and she got penic and put every thing about 90'000 to fixed incom fund so she should not loose any thing and then july/2009 after getting advice from a financial advisor of Troweprice,the company she has her fund,she put it in a short term bond funds,which are very slowly recovering and it recovered more than two thousands in 3 months.but she do not know and i can not help because i do not know any thing about stock and market,only i know that in 70.5 years age she should start taking her money otherwise she will start loosing.so any one please guide her to give the right advice only if you know about IRA and have a lot of knowledge about finance,that how she can take out the money and pay the lowest income tax as her only income since two year is less than 10,000/year.is it ok if she start taking $5000/in Dec/2009 so she will be taxed on total yearly income for 2009 only $15000/- or uncle sam will take out the taxes on $5000/- or just she will be taxed on her total 15000/- yearly income? i really do not know how to explain what she mean to say but all i need to know what is the best way of taking the money and pay less taxes.and then that money she can invest in CDs so she can have a ladder like tax paid money in her savings and will also have income from the dividen to help her to pay towards her bills,and will have her lump sum money for unfore seen situations for the rest of her life.please read and understand what i need to know,only then give your suggessions or advice.i tried so many financial people but they always gave me wrong advice and i do not trust on those big shots,for my mother's little savings.i do not want her to loose any more.i know she have to pay the tax on her CD's dividen income but i think if it is in low income bracket may be she have to pay little or nothing for that i am not sure. thank you for the best suggestion.

    4 AnswersUnited States1 decade ago
  • my Chevy cavalier 1993 two door get flooded on the floor if i do not put the car cover.?

    i have Chevy cavalier two door,1993 model,have only 84000 miles.i helped my daughter to buy this her first brand new car when she was a pre medical student she paid off within three years after her graduation and gifted me.so it has some sentimental string ,beside it is perfectly very good running condition,so i want to keep it but it is very hard for me every time if i need to go i have to remove the heavy cover and then put it back to protect from a sudden heavy rain as it happens every day any time in miami.fl.i took so many places but every mechanic said take it to window glass place they said, the wind screen lining has no leak,take it to body shop,body shop people want me to leave the car so they will find and let me know the estimate.i do not want to leave the car because of unknown bill estimate.and i do not want to go to the dealer from where i bought because they will definitely charge me at least $1000/- or may be more.which is impossible for me to pay for such an old car.

    one mechanic told me that the source of leak is just behind the pump that is attached to the dashboard under the hood and it needs to be remove all the nuts and bolt and seal the place nicely so water will not leak inside through the walls of front driver and passenger side.that is logically right diagnostic but the work shop people i can't Trust to let them do the work,fearing may be they fix one thing and destroy some thing else.i need the help to let me know the right place and the address if any one has this problem and some one has fixed it personally with the place.if you have this experience of fixing Your car leak problem,please help me.i do not have too much money to spend for fixing this problem in my car.please , help, help.

    note.i am a seneior laid off female.money and weak health is a big issue i am facing,all alone.

    1 AnswerChevrolet1 decade ago
  • urdu speakers please answer what we call asparagus veggie in urdu?

    Asparagus is a veggie and is very useful for human health.i need to know what is it call in Urdu?

    1 AnswerLanguages1 decade ago
  • where can i get vhs vedio movies converted to cds?

    i have few indian classic movies vhs Vedio,but i do not have vcr for that,so i need to know if there is any place who can convert from vhs to cds?how much it will cost to convert one? because i have quite a few to get converted.i am in Severn maryland.usa

    3 AnswersOther - Electronics1 decade ago
  • where can i find the raw dry cow gung in miami?

    i need pure dry cow dung FOR the veggie bed.i use to have cows and know that cow dung is the natural fertilizer for the growth of any plant.

    here in miami there was a dairy farm from where i use to buy dry cow dung and mix with the soil that gives good result to have healthy veggies.the manure we but from stores are not efficient and are very expensive.please any one who really know the place where i can go personally,buy and bring the dry cow manure,for my yard.it must be close to north miami.as i know there are farms in central and south florida.my zip code is.33168 so the driving distance must not be more than 15 miles from my home.

    i need the address and name of the place.please help if you are you know about the dry cow manure place direct buy.

    thank you.

    fr

    1 AnswerOther - Home & Garden1 decade ago
  • how to do grafting in the plants? with pictures.?

    i need the illustration of grafting,specially the fruit trees with clear pictures that shows step by step how to do?

    any web site to know about grafting will be appreciated.

    thank you.

    fairy

    1 AnswerGarden & Landscape1 decade ago
  • about the retirement money in traditional IRA?

    my friend's mother was laid off in 2006,she was only about 62 years old,she got the unemployment benifits and one year salary monthly income with medical health insurace as a regular employee,all the benefits from her employer,up until,june/30 /2007,then she tried her best to get a job,just because her full retirement age was 66 years old,when realized that in this age any office job for the same office work is impossible so she went to social security office to find about early retirement in Dec/2007,they said do not wait till full retirement age just to get more money,it is not worth,it will be only $10 or $20 /month more for long term but after 62 you can retire and emagine how many hundred and thousand social security check you will have if you apply now.so she applied and got her early retirement checkf fromJan/2008,and her medicare health benifits after completing the 65 in march/2oo8.

    her monthly check, from social security after deducting the medicare every month comes in her hand is only $633/month.it is very very low income,to survive,she get letters from social security that she can apply some govt help to live a little bit financialy better life by getting food stamps or in medicine,but for that she is only entitle to have a home and a car and not more than a coule thousand in bank act.having few thousand in her IRA account which is already gone down to half of what she had in 2007,she can not get any financial help.her son told her she should put all her IRA to any of her trusted person's name and that is the only way she can get help to survive to live without any kids obligation to support herself.i can see just for the only $633/month she have to pay her,taxes,monthly elictric,phone,light & water bill,her very old car mentenance,car insurance and there is hardly left for her daily or weekly groceries,she desperately need help but is not sure how to get rid her IRA money out from the account so she really can live a little bit better life.that money she saved for buying a car but it is gone so down that she can not even buy a fully paid a small reasonable transportation a dream for her oldage.she even do not have any home insurance since 3 years,living in Florida without a home insurance is just like playing russian rullet.

    so i request the people to put light in this situation,that is why i wrote all the details so any one who knows how to handle the rules without breaking any laws and get as much benifits from the govt as much she deserves.only legal way adivice needed.no gueses please.i really wants to help her if i can find any solution for her financially a little bit better.

    to me it really seems that the law is really punishing her for not supporting or giving any help just because she has few thousands dollar in her 2010 retirement fund in troweprice.

    thanks.god bless you.all.

    3 AnswersPersonal Finance1 decade ago
  • how to get all the ids which is stolen by a pick Pocket during the flt landed to baggage clam in bwi?

    i travelled from fll to bwi on dec/12/08,by south west flight and kept my all cards,in a 4"x2" 3 sipper lether ladies wallet that usually we use to keep the change,just to be close to my body to my back pocket of the jean,left pocket my cell and right pocket the wallet.i remember as the plane landed to the bwi i checked with my both hand to my pockets and only take out the cell phone and called my son that plane is landed and he can come and pick me up by the time my baggage will arrive to the terminal,then put the cell back and reached to put on my jacket by standing in line when people back & forth pulling their luggage from the top,i felt a bump from the back and turn if it is a man or a women,it was a women whom her boy friend was holding,so i just ignored and start waking out,and took my two carry on from the terminal and by the time i got my baggage i receive and send calls to my son and never thought about the wallet till we reach home and i wanted to put the change in the wallet from my front pocket and found the wallet is gone.since i was comming to maryland to visit my three kids and a grand daughter,and was suppose to go to a girl's wedding to NJ,for a week so i have cash for the gift and to shop for chrismas little little gift to two step grand kids one my grand daughter then my son's birth day on dec/26,that was the main reason to bring cash,and have my two credit cards,my florida registration card,medicare card,health insurance card,my seneior golden pasport card,my car insurance card and the most important my driver license.now i can not trvel any where just by not having any picture id.credit card is canceled the same night but how i am going to get my driver license from florida.any one please help me to find the way to have some kind of picture id that i can use for the bank and for travelling back to florida,miami.i reported on the airport to the airport police, airport lost and found counter and south west airline's lost and found counter,but no one gave me any paper that i can have the proof that i reported about the stollen wallet,since i was in shock and panic never thought about asking them,now after waiting saturday and sunday for monday when every office work regularly i thought about and called every one no one can satisfied about how to get the report or where they noted all my complain information when they asked and put in the computer and my cell #my son's cell # and the address where i am staying in maryland,it seems that no one care for my pain.all they gave bunch of phone # where ever i called no one wants to take the responsibility to help me out.i am not a rich person and nor my kids have a lot of money to spend like water,i want the shortest and least expensive way to get a picture id here in maryland so i can fly back to miami in jan,then i can get every thing by going one by one place personally.in maryland kids work and by the time they come all the offices are closed,then on christmas and new year every thing will be close.i wish the guy who robbed me if he can take the money and my beautiful ear rings but sen me back my wallet with all the stuff which is just a trash will make my chrismas a miricle.please people help me what ever simple solution you can have for my picture id. thank you.i am asking jejus just show me that he loves me by putting the feelings to the guy who have my wallet to show murcy,and mail it to me.thanks for every one for helping me.god bless all.

    1 AnswerOther - Destinations1 decade ago