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    Is US Mobile a good carrier?

    I have used US Mobile for a couple years now on 3 phones and 2 iPads. 3 devices are unlimited plans and 2 are on lesser plans. Cost a little under $100/month on Verizon towers. They offer both Verizon and ATT carriers. I have been happy with it. Customer service can be a little hard to...
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    Buying a New Car

    I listen to a car guru radio show most days. The guy owns two car dealership but doesn't push his brands, but gives good advice. Two think he repeats a couple of times a week don't buy on monthly payment because a good salesman love to work from that point to make sure you spend that much or...
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    What is the last thing you ordered from Amazon?

    Blue tooth stereo amp. By the way Zippo sells butane conversions for vintage Zippos. Bough one awhile back off Amazon for the once in awhile I need a lighter in the shop.
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    Greedy Investor

    I'm on the finance committee of an organization that wants a safe place ro park extra money for future projects and decided not to do self investing to eliminate finger pointing in the organization if we lost money. We hired them in the down market a couple of years ago and have been trying to...
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    Televisions - last ditch effort

    I have a fairly new 55" LG TV that run WebOS for smart apps. Not fully satisfied. I fine the quality of the UI the different stream service provide vary from OK to bad. Paramount seems to be the worse UI. My biggest complaint other than the quality of apps, is the built in processor could be...
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    Eggs in one basket

    I reduced the number of baskets over the years and think I have reached the number I'm happy with. My IRA/Roth & joint Taxable accounts - Vanguard ~75% Wife's IRAs/Roth - Fidelity ~ 20% Joint account at local bank and home safe - ~5% Living mostly off SS, we waited till we were 70, except for...
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    Finally dropped the landline

    Since we have had the landline number so long 50+ years we transferred it to first one of those plug in the wall cell phones that could connect all the wired phones in the house to send and receive and just recently moved the phone to an iPhone that was left over after an upgrade. With a $40...
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    Do you take low dose aspirin?

    My Father had 2 strokes at 65 and my GP told me at that time if I took a baby aspirin a day I would never have a clot type stroke but a bleed stroke would probably kill me. I decided it was a good trade off and took the baby aspirins for over 25 years and then my current GP told me a couple of...
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    Talking to 'regular folks'

    I used this or a variation for the first few years then they stoped asking. Retired at 57 now 75. I wake up each day with nothing planned and at night, fall asleep having only accomplished half of it and I’m OK with that.
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    Finger Lakes region - New York

    Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo are the 3 biggest with in an hour or 2 drive.
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    Finger Lakes region - New York

    Curtis Museum, Pierce Arrow Museum, Eastman House Museum, Strong National Toy Museum, Lucy Ball Museum, Jello Museum, some are outside the Finger Lakes but within an hour or two drive.
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    Selling coins -- what to expect

    I put my collection through a coin auction. They sorted what would bring more than face value plus their commission and gave me back what wasn't worth selling. Been about 10 years now so I don't remember what I got but it was more than melt value overall at the time after commission. By the way...
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    Plan for if the "money partner" dies first?

    I created a Dead Book on the computer years ago and keep adding to it. After finding a ring notebook my Mother stuffed everything she thought was important that made settling her estate easier, I started one of those including the latest printout of the Dead Book. I print out my Password file...
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    What To Do Before Disposing of Computer

    You got plenty of good ideas. I seem to collect old drives from upgrades and faults. If it is one still in a computer going to a trust person I just erase and reinstall operating system. I seldom get rid of a usable computer accept to a trusted person. When I get a few drives to disposes of I...
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    Wish-list for Downsized Home

    Problem is what is a big lot? My minimum when we were looking was 5 acres. We ended up with 7.5 acres of woods. I don't need a public park, I have my own right outside the door. As for the rest, yes we need to drive to them but we can go the full week and only use the car 2 or 3 times. Don't...
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