Recent content by cj

See, I knew this was the place to come for info! All of this helps a lot. I'm thinking this won't be the last trip we take to CO. timo2 - negative on the microbreweries, but thanks!

Great info, everyone - thanks!!!

Anything in particular?

Hi all - DH and I will be taking a short vacation (3.5 days) to the Denver area. We will have brief visits with a nephew and a friend, but then want to see the scenery. We are planning to stay in the Colorado Springs area. Any suggestions for things to do or see? I want to take the cog railway...

Oh, how I loved my Pintos!! At the age of 20, bought my first new car, a 1975 yuck-green Pinto. Loved it! When it was 3 years old, 15K miles on it, some drunk in a big boat car ( I think it was a Lincoln) smashed it to bits. It was parked in front of my apartment. His car was hardly...

OMG, what a beautiful kitten!! I am a real sucker for torties, and this one is a beaut! Just look at that FACE!!

Last year I took a seasonal cashier job at a chain hobby store, just "for fun". I loved it - lots of chatter with customers about their projects, a big employee discount weekend, and I enjoyed just getting out of the house. Easy work & no stress when I left at the end of the day (usually 4...

I posted something about this a little while back. I've taken a couple of distributions from my 401K, and my fund company (TRP) says they must take out 20% for the fed, and the regular state tax percentage. I questioned this, as we are nowhere near the 20% tax bracket, but they said there is...

Keith - from one who has lost three cats in the past 4 years, my deepest sympathy. Please don't feel guilty; these things happen, and we can't always plan for them. We are going through multiple medical issues with our 16+ year old cat now (Murphy, my avatar). We give her whatever she wants...

That's a good one, Major Tom!!

Trooper - definitely not. I have already taken 3 separate withdrawals. Maybe it depends on your provider or your total balance, but I'd hate to think you would have to take the whole thing at once, especially if your balance was large. The taxes would be a killer!

We saw James Taylor at a concert, live with the Baltimore Symphony. Oh, my! He was amazing! He sang old favorites of course, but did some Gershwin and other stuff. The best concert I ever attended.

Funny to see all of this in one place, and so true. My favorite one (when I hear it almost daily, I yell at the TV): "The Dow is down 50 points as investors react to news of [X]." Stop it, you're just making stuff up. "Stocks are down and no one knows why" is the only honest headline in this...

Oooooooooh, yeah! Many years ago, I went to a new dentist for the first time. It had been a couple of years since I had been to a dentist. He took a long look in my mouth, and said he saw about 17 (yes, seventeen) cavities that needed to be filled or fixed. He said we could do them a couple...

Yeah, and I guess the guy can skip his next scheduled colonoscopy, since it's already been done.