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    Profile: Computer Usage

    Desktop: Windows 90% Tablet: IPAD 5% Laptop: Windows 5% Phone: Flip phone 0% Just dropped my IPad the other day. It still works, but has a nasty crack on the screen now. I'm thinking about replacing it with Microsoft Surface. Also considering stepping up to an IPhone. Bob
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    Cataract Surgery

    Congratulations W2R. Thanks for posting your experiences. I'm scheduled to have my left eye done next week, and reading about your experience made it a little less terrifying. I'll be glad when its over with. Bob
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    Photo Storage Advice Request

    Two things: As others have already said, have a backup drive for your photos, in addition to the primary storage. If you are using lightroom to manage your photos, make sure you move the photos from within lightroom, rather than from the operating system. Otherwise, Lightroom won't be able...
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    Why Aren't Automatic Speeding Tickets Issued?

    To many laws on the books for sure. Should require removing one old law for every new law passed.
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    How many children? Poll

    0 children (not counting the 4 legged ones).
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    What are your 3 favorite British TV series?

    Can't limit it to just 3: Life on Mars New Tricks Inspector Lewis Vera Frost .....
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    What are your 3 favorite British TV series?

    1. Pie in the Sky 2. Doc Martin 3. George Gently Though it is hard to limit it to three.
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    What do you pay for healthcare premiums

    $40 dollars a month. No Dental. $15 co-pay and includes prescriptions.
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    The Photographers' Corner 2013-2020

    Here is a shot I took while walking in the park this morning with DW. Hard to see unless you open the picture, but the bump on the log in the lower left is a turtle.
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    Day One?

    I ended up having surgery the morning of my first day of retirement, due to insurance considerations. Still beat going to work thought:)
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    Celebrating one year of FIRE

    First of all thanks for all the good info that is posted here. I have been reading EarlyRetirement.org for a couple of years now, and through your many posts, I gained the knowledge and confidence to retire last year. DW and I live in the Pacific Northwest and both worked for a Megacorp in the...
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    Boeing, 777x, and Machinists- voting again today

    One area of the contract that I didn't hear discussed much was early retiree health care. According to the IAM site, "Retiree health care remains protected for 10 years" and "Retiree medical plan contributions continue under current contract provisions. However, the same changes that apply...
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