Recent content by johnbrady

Thanks Samclem, Very insightful comments and very detailed. You make some excellent points for me to work on. I see that the Planned Communities (e.g.; Developments) concept is kind of hard to explain and differentiate from Cities, so i've got to work on that. Some of the other display ideas...

Note to dear Forum Members: I asked the moderators if it was OK to post this before I did so. They were gracious enough to give me permission to post because they felt that it offered something that may be of interest to the forum community. (Thank you moderators!) --- If my experience with the...

Who would have thought we would ever get to this point. Yesterday I bought a cup of coffee at the Dunkin Donuts in Middletown, CT. A very sharp teenage girl took my order. When i watched the cash register transaction a code something like this appeared = "-.13 senr disc" ohmygod it happened -...

If you have any war stories, please share 'em!

Interesting musings here. A common theme that rings true for me is the, shall we call it frugalness, of our forbears. Certainly that applies in the case of my parents, who were children of the depression. They had a comfortable lifestyle as young kids, and then in their teens the economic rug...

Here is a question i've been wondering about. Baby boomers, by definition, think we do things cooler and smarter than our parents ever could. But do you think that will play out in retirement as well? Or have we mellowed to the point where our retirements will be more or less the same as our...

Great suggestions from everyone here. i just retired too, unexpectedly. Fortunately i have a consulting gig with my previous employer for the rest of this year and i have started a new business too. Even with all that frantic activity i see some differences in myself in just 2 months. Sleeping...

This Forum looks mighty interesting for someone like me. I am 58 years old and within a few months this year I went from thinking i would retire at about 62 or 63, to being retired now. Suddenly everything fell into place; i was able to exit a stressful partnership and I feel pretty good about...