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To: Steve Felix who wrote (20841)	10/3/2014 3:51:17 PM
From: JimisJim	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

<Over the last year LMT will have paid out roughly 1.73 billion in dividends. Divided by the 2004 shares, that comes to a $3.86 dividend, not the $5.32 they have paid. Without the buy backs, they would be paying out another $650 million this year.> Does that account for "normal" divvy growth they'd have had regardless of divvy growth? Seems to me that if they could spend X dollars on buybacks and Y dollars on divvies (and divvy growth), that if they didn't spend the "X" dollars, they'd have had all that money to vastly increase the "Y" dollar amount, but I guess we're really splitting hairs since in the end, we're at the mercy of each investment's executive suite and their attitude, intentions and actions wrt shareholders.

To: Steve Felix who wrote (20841)	10/3/2014 4:30:45 PM
From: JimisJim	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

OT: hope you enjoy your stay... San Diego's having a little rerun of the heat wave, but without the humidity, so it should be quite pleasant. If you or your daughter want to enjoy some local live music, let me know -- my daughter is in one of the best local bands (I may be a bit biased, but her band just played The House of Blues and The Belly Up -- two of the "prime" venues for live music in San Diego), and sits in with 2 other bands (she's a music teacher by day), plus her best friends are all in other bands performing a wide variety of music and they all perform several times a week somewhere around San Diego... in fact this weekend the daughter's band, and one she also plays with, plus friends from 3 other local bands (and a lot of other bands from outside the area) are all performing out in Jamul for Desert Fest, but they'll be back in town by Monday. It's got to be hard on your son in law (and daughter)... having to leave the family so much especially at this point... my dad travelled constantly and we wouldn't see him for months at a time when he went to Asia, Europe, Australia or South America... when I was a teen, I resented it... swore I'd never be like that... grew up and got a job that had me travel quite a bit around the world to various offshore E&P areas (no place exciting as usually the only thing you could see was water from one horizon to the other -- though sometimes had interesting side trips and layovers)... Then I got married and we had a daughter right away. I couldn't bear to travel as much, so I transferred to a job that kept me home more... good thing as I do most of the cooking, and worked 5am-2pm when at the office so I could always pick her up from school... and until she got to HS, I volunteered one day a week at her school as a tutor (reading and writing)... After she graduated HS, I went back to the field more, until I got the courage to strike out on my own -- until I got to now, where I only work when I want to and only do the sort of work I like best... I don't regret any of it, though it may have cost me mid-career... in fact, I miss those days when the daughter was still just a little kid growing up.