Recent content by sengsational

If you want to drive yourself absolutely bonkers with statistics, you can look at city-data.com. It probably would only be helpful once you narrow your search and have a few neighborhoods you're serious about. Here's a few thousand neighborhoods in CA, for instance...

Yes, I have not set up multi factor, or it wouldn't work. But I do use Selenium. I've said it before...all financial custodians should be required by law to provide machine readable statements (not simply machine printable) without having to trust a third party. Away from the desktop on 4/30...

Not THAT big! What made it easier for me was knowing beyond any doubt, after my experience with ACA limited network policies, was I wasn't going to go limited network, period. Then the other big consideration was to not get stuck in a sick duck pool. That eliminated many possibilities. One...

Me too, but only when travelling/new to me places.

I remember when I joined this board, a long long time ago, a wise member with a sense of humor said the first pair of letters stood for something someone might say in anger if they were fed up with a situation. And what to do next: Retire Early.

My approach is to look at asset allocation across all account types. You pick an AA (or maybe one that gets conservative for SORR at a certain span of time, then relaxes). So less worry about having this or that account type in a specific asset class. Obviously you want to avoid "selling low"...

This is what my wife and I consider a perfect score; we solve the whole puzzle on a screen shot with the highlighter mark-up, then try to guess which sets go with which colors, going for P, B, G, Y.

I thought the $100 was to transfer the account. I can't imagine they'd get away with charging that much to just move funds.

Why wouldn't you just leave $1 in your account?

Notice it changes to "-Quote". Then when you press "Reply" it shows up in the edit box.

If they start hitting me up for more than 2% at the register, I'll open a second account with orders to reject overdraft transactions. Then get a debit card for that account. I'll transfer money over on my phone, real time as needed to eliminate risk of fraud. I could keep the balance zero, and...

It's weird when out to a restaurant with him and people are whispering and pointing. Not that he's THAT famous, but people do recognize him. He's currently on set with a reaaaaly big name star. Again, another shoot outside LA (but at least in the US).

My experience breathing CO2 would suggest it's not something anyone would do on purpose. CO2 is heavier than air, and so settles into an open top box, such as a keggerator. There was a CO2 leak one time and I leaned over to pull a hose from the bottom of the box, and it made me gasp very...

I would send a letter with proof of delivery with my findings of zero balance. It would only take a few minutes, and it could become a powerful backstop.

If they state it on the menu, I'm fine with it. There's the bottom line aspect to my decisions on where to eat. It's a gut feel look-back over time. I go out, enjoy myself, sign and the bottom line goes into the personal finance software. If I see a trend I don't like with one option, I'll go...