Wikinvest Wire  Wednesday, August 28, 2013  A Reader Asks, I
Answer  Yesterday I put up a post titled What Is Your
Contingency Plan that was about figuring ways to supplement
income either in retirement or in the face of some sort of
change in your employment situation.  I think this is very
important as I have have been displaced a coupe of times and
although in both instances (2001 and late 2003 into early 2004)
things worked out quickly that kind of luck can never be taken
for granted.  A reader reasonably asked whether I get paid
anything for firefighting. Maybe this was really asking if I
walk the walk on this, or maybe not but for anyone who is
interested...  We all evolve and part of evolving can be the
decision to get involved volunteering with something that is
presumably of interest. When I joined our volunteer department
my interest was trying to be part of the solution to protect our
house from a wildfire.  The more involved I got, the more
involved I wanted to be. The work is challenging, it offe