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04-13-2018, 04:11 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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There are many active posters/moderators who quietly disappeared. I am thinking of Rich-by-the-Bay (formerly Rich-in-Tampa) and M Paquette. Both have not posted for almost 2 years. Rich hinted of an old-age health problem, and Paquette of prostate cancer.
I learned from another source that Rich was OK, but don't know about Paquette.
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04-13-2018, 04:45 PM
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#122
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,521
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^ I see Rich-in-the-Bay is not listed any more. Paquette is still listed but really no info about that person. I have a site I left and go back once in a while but don't post just take a look. Some of the same posters on there for over 12 years when I stop by.
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04-13-2018, 04:48 PM
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#123
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,021
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Numbers is hard
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04-13-2018, 04:51 PM
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#124
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,521
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Originally Posted by REWahoo
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I searched his name wrong. Lol Sorry about that and thanks.
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04-13-2018, 06:24 PM
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#125
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,658
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Haven't heard from Khaaaaaan! in a long time.
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Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
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04-13-2018, 07:22 PM
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#126
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,521
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
Haven't heard from Khaaaaaan! in a long time.
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I remember her also and it has been a while since she has posted.
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04-13-2018, 09:17 PM
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#127
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: No fixed abode
Posts: 8,765
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As I said about Khan earlier in this thread,
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Originally Posted by harley
With a relatively new marriage, a new house, and Hurricane Irma, I suspect she's pretty busy. When I head up to Pine Island or Matlacha I keep my eyes out for her or her truck, but I haven't run into her. I know I would recognize her from her pictures. I was hoping she's show up at one of the SWFL meet ups, but no luck.
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DW and I - FIREd at 50 (7/06), living off assets
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04-14-2018, 05:53 AM
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#128
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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^ I read your post a while back about her but didn't read through all again the other night when i posted and forgot about that. Thanks
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04-15-2018, 10:40 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2004
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There was one of these "Where are they now" posts several years ago. At that time I wondered about "OldAgePensioner".
I know he really rubbed a lot of folks the wrong way, but his nomadic lifestyle of showing up in a large city and living very frugally fascinated me to an extent.
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07-03-2018, 06:14 PM
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#130
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 5,214
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Quote:
Originally Posted by harley
As I said about Khan earlier in this thread,
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Maybe something happened to Khan? She hasn't even logged in since last December, and she used to post just about every month...
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07-03-2018, 11:38 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Oahu
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tmm99
Maybe something happened to Khan?
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I don't know how often she posts here, but she's active on Facebook.
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07-07-2018, 08:56 PM
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#132
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nords
I don't know how often she posts here, but she's active on Facebook.
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Cool. Good to know. Thanks!
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07-07-2018, 10:51 PM
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#133
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,373
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I remember a thread a few years ago where a young woman, I think a SAHM, discovered that her DW had been making some poor investment decisions and had frittered away a sizeable sum and kept her in the dark. She posted just as she was discovering his deceit and she was taking over the family finances. Does anyone remember that thread and who the OP was? I have always wondered how things turned out for them.
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07-08-2018, 10:32 AM
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#134
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Pacific latitude 20/49
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I think some people just find friendlier places to participate? Not to say this is unfriendly just that other places are more sympatico.
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07-08-2018, 11:27 AM
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#135
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kcowan
I think some people just find friendlier places to participate? Not to say this is unfriendly just that other places are more sympatico.
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Does such a place really exist, to me the folks here are absolutely genteel compared to what I see everywhere else. I'd hazard a guess that more people leave because they feel they are being over monitored, instead of not feeling a friendly vibe.
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07-08-2018, 11:54 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: San Diego
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There are plenty of folks that I enjoy hearing from but don't post as often... Sarah in SC immediately comes to mind. I miss hearing about her adventures with the short bus. Getting her view as a FA (on a board that is *not* friendly to FAs in general... but she's earned some respect from members here... or at least me.)
I also like hearing from infrequent poster aaron (?) - proving that you can live comfortably on a small income and showing he's found the work /life balance. Not sure if he's back in the northern midwest, or still down in Florida.
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07-08-2018, 11:55 AM
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#137
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Colorado
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kcowan
I think some people just find friendlier places to participate? Not to say this is unfriendly just that other places are more sympatico.
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Compared to other forums, we are pretty tame here.
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07-08-2018, 12:15 PM
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#138
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rodi
There are plenty of folks that I enjoy hearing from but don't post as often... Sarah in SC immediately comes to mind. I miss hearing about her adventures with the short bus. Getting her view as a FA (on a board that is *not* friendly to FAs in general... but she's earned some respect from members here... or at least me.)
I also like hearing from infrequent poster aaron (?) - proving that you can live comfortably on a small income and showing he's found the work /life balance. Not sure if he's back in the northern midwest, or still down in Florida.
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If we are thinking about the same Aaron, I believe he is still recovering from his hip replacement surgery.
He posted here on Friday:
http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...ml#post2073374
And on Thursday:
http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...ml#post2072622
And so on. 
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07-08-2018, 12:23 PM
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#139
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Pacific latitude 20/49
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I think it is just that retired folks start to realize their lives are winding down and they want to make the most of the time remaining. I agree that this forum is exceptional, probably thanks to moderation.
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07-08-2018, 01:05 PM
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#140
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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I ran across an article a few days ago, which I can't seem to find again.
Anyway, the article stated that internet forums have become obsolete, and are less and less popular because younger people prefer to use twitter and other social media. The article asserted that forums would entirely disappear in a few years.
Hopefully the author of that article didn't know anything about it and was just looking for clicks... 
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