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Amazing keyboard player who somehow made fusion comprehensible to me. I saw him/them in the mid '70s. He died too young at 78. That's getting too close for comfort. https://variety.com/2021/music/news/chick-corea-dead-jazz-fusion-pioneer-1234906551/amp/

I saw this today on another website and thought I'd pass it on. https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/. It shows you words that were added to the dictionary the year of your birth (or whatever year you choose). A fun way to waste a couple of minutes. Was surprised to see a few like...

This is just a question. I'm curious about everyone's opinion. I'm not necessarily looking for advice as to whether to move or not, just interested in how others look at something like this. I currently live (part time) in a small 1250 sf SFH in SWFL. It's our primary residence, but we're...

I'm not sure if this belongs in this forum, or Other. Mods, feel free to move if you see fit. I've recently purchased a new home, and am getting ready to leave it for a few months in our FL home. In the process of setting it up to be left I do things like putting lights on timers, add wifi...

Hi everyone. As many of you know, I'm a snowbird (FL/MD). We use wifi cameras and thermostats and water sensors to keep track of our empty house, and for the most part that works great. Leaving the small house in FL is a no brainer, as it's a block bunker with a new roof and new AC system...

DW and I were coming home this evening from running some errands, and we saw a neighbor/friend out walking his dogs. We've known him for 10 years, gone out to dinner with him and his wife, they visited us down in FL once, so while not a bestie at least a close and friendly acquaintance. He walks...

DW and I are considering buying a place in a 55+ community in Northern VA. We're actually much more interested in the home than in the community. I guess that's in keeping with my comments in the Perfect Home/Perfect Neighborhood thread. So the fact that it's 55+ isn't the draw. We just really...

OK, so here I am, 62 years old and I've never driven a boat (other than a kayak or canoe). I've been out on them a number of times, but always as a passenger. But I'd like to be able to rent a boat, probably starting with a pontoon party boat in the bay, and take my family out for a nice time. I...

It seems that every "truth" we've been told throughout our lives falls apart after later research, especially when the researchers don't enter the experiment with the accepted expectations. Bacon and eggs are bad, then good. Statins will make you live forever, or kill you. Alcohol is bad, good...

I've sent Thanks messages to people over the years, and I've received replies to those sometimes with a PM that included the thanks message and the fact that I sent it. I've searched the forum and played around with the Thanks process and haven't been able to figure it out. I was wondering if...

I have a small side business doing reselling to my former employer, so I buy a lot of stuff from a lot of companies. Mostly biggies like Apple, Dell, Amazon, B&H Photo, like that. Great companies to deal with, for the most part. But I also have to order things from smaller, newer companies, and...

I'm not sure if this is a forum problem or not, but I can no longer do a Thanks on a post. I click Thanks and fill out the text field, but I can't ever get it sent. I hit enter (over and over), and it just sits there. I don't think it ever gets sent, although I'm not positive. I've tried...

Here at ER.org we often take these little quizzes that people find, most often relating to finances or something. Usually they're pretty easy and we can't figure out why other people don't know the answers. I found this one on Nature via Reason Magazine. It's titled Three minutes with Hans...

Twice this week, DW and I had to do a 5 hour round trip road trip, for reasons that are outside the purview of this conversation. Our new car has one of those fancy computer displays that keeps track of your mileage for you. On the first trip we got 27.1 mpg. But on the second trip (today) we...

Automated Assistants Will Soon Make a Bid for Your Finances These companies are planning to make their money by pointing their customers to outside financial services. Between that and being able to scrape your information, what could possibly go wrong?

DW and I have been thinking hard about moving back to our old haunts, closer to DD and family, as well as other friends and family. We aren't in a huge hurry, but it's definitely on our agenda. We're currently snowbirding between the Eastern Shore of MD and the Gulf Coast of FL. We love our...

I'm not sure that do, although I scored 15/15 in the quiz. I thought it was actually pretty easy. I think it's actually more an issue of having been schooled before spell checkers existed. See how you do.

DW and I have been batting around the idea of getting an RV to make our snow birding trips between FL and MD more pleasant/less intense. We think it would make travelling with the dogs easier, and if it took a week or more to get there, no problem. As it is now, we blast down there in 2 days...

We're having an issue with the HOA in our townhouse development. We own the townhouse, but rent it to DD and family. So we're in town for a month or two helping out with the new baby while SiL is deployed, and DW, who is an avid gardener (and retired certified landscape designer) decides to rip...

This is probably more useful for those still in the w*rk world, and it definitely confirms something I've believed for a long time - Neuroscientists say multitasking literally drains the energy reserves of your brain. I find it quite interesting, as I was a massive multitasker during my career...

I was just reading a fascinating (to me, at least) article called Is Sushi ‘Healthy’? What About Granola? Where Americans and Nutritionists Disagree about a survey the NY Times ran where they asked people and nutrition experts their opinions on the healthiness of a bunch of different foods...

Prince's Genius Can't Really Be Measured in Earthly Terms: RIP to More Than a Legend | E! Online It's an unbelievably bad year for losing great entertainers. I can't believe Prince is dead, at just age 57. From the flu! How does that happen in this day and age? He was possibly the most talented...

DD called me yesterday. She's been saving after tax money for DGD's college education, and it's finally grown to an amount that makes it worthwhile to invest in something other than a savings account. DGD turns 10 the day after tomorrow. DD was thinking about a CD, but I told her I thought it...

DW has been looking into electric trikes recently, and there doesn't seem to be a ton of information out there. I personally think she's jumping the gun, both on the new tech as well as her capabilities. But she doesn't feel stable and secure enough to ride on the roads (or sidewalks) around...

Just a comment. I'm not sure the way this should work, but I thought I would point it out. I put a thread I was subscribed to on Ignore, but it's still showing up. I'm sure the solution is to unsubscribe, then ignore, but it seemed to me that it should have been a one click solution. If that's...