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Whaaaaat? Purchased our retirement home in 2007 for $280k, in a neighborhood of similarly sized and priced homes in an Eastern Idaho town of about 80k population. Current market value is over $600k, and average price for the neighborhood is mid $600k range with a few up into the low $1M range...

I closed my LinkedIn account several years BEFORE I retired. I was so sick and tired of people who visited my office as sales/business reps for companies I had never worked with sending me "link" requests within hours of leaving my presence. Why would I willingly attach my name and reputation...

I was in IT for more than 25 years, the last 15 in management at increasingly higher levels, retiring as director of IT engineering for a huge healthcare company. My best advice is “never stop learning”. Learn from your staff, learn from your superiors, and continuously educate yourself. Learn...

No way in hell.

I know! I bought these this morning, but don’t know where I’ll keep them? 😁

If you don’t need it, give it to a charity Since I am retired and my “wages” aren’t affected by the closing of businesses or staying at home, I feel it is my responsibility to give any “stimulus” check I might receive to a charitable organization that is helping those that have been negatively...

A fools errand If you sold all equities due to fear of a crash, you deserve the pain of sitting on the sidelines wondering when to “ get back in”, and the lost bounce you’ll miss as you procrastinate. Market timing, which is exactly what this is, is a fools errand.

After being retired a few years, my mantra is "domani" I can do it tomorrow . . . . . . . except for putting out the trash, that is!

Awesome!! Welcome to the club!

Polish them yourself - save the cash I always polished my own shoes. From grammar school through the later years of my working career, right up until I went all "Tommy Bahama" and never wore polished shoes or neck ties to work again. I am retired now, but I still have two pair of polished...

Today I started on the "re-invigorate the lawns" spring project. It actually started several days ago, when I got all of my power equipment in order for the season, with oil changes, repairs, cleaning and sharpening, etc. This morning at 9am (as early as I felt comfortable about firing up the...

Why does the amount you have defaulted on make a difference? If you have unpaid taxes, you should lose your passport, and have your wages attached unless an alternative repayment plan has been established with and approved by the IRS. Cheating on or evading taxes is ILLEGAL.

I had to check the location of the OP to see if it was the same EJ scumbag that my MIL is hooked up with. I have never seen more blatant abuse of the "advisor" relationship that some of the crap EJ foists on unsuspecting folks who don't know any better.

Digging it Today I dug up 6 feet of my decomposed granite garden path, and emptied one end of a raised bed, so I could cut off and remove an invading tree root that had lifted the path and raised one corner of a raised bed. All in all, I removed over ten feet of root, which ranged from 4"...

In the last year before retirement, we built up our savings/checking cash to enough to live on for a couple of years. It was very handy to not have to take any kind of withdrawals from investments for over two years after retiring (lasted about 30 months), as we adjusted to retired life and got...

Ordered a new rake last night, after driving all over town trying to find one made here in the USA, with no luck.

Good stuff, pb4uski.

Combining Rollover IRA's GreyDog, It is a good idea to merge the rollover IRA's, now that the need for separation by state and state taxation of ex-residents is off the table. But, be sure that the only moneys you merge are all "pure" 401k/403b/457, or whatever other qualified ERISA savings...

You'd be surprised at some of the recycled materials I have used. Everything from 50 caliber machine gun brass cartridges to copper plates from old transformers, to sink and toilet plumbing. ;)

$120 would be semi-affordable, but the retail prices are much more than that! I haven't done any enameling yet. No, I never make the same thing twice, so online sales would be a nightmare. And thank you to everyone for the nice comments. If you ever find yourself in Idaho Falls, ID, stop...

And this is of one of my favorite fishing waters.

Winter Wind Farm Recent shot from a nearby wind farm.

All of the above, plus ammonia fumes, vinegar & salt, heat oxidation, etc. No, I wish I did have a rolling mill, but haven't seen one I can afford.

If investors would read the ADV for their potential advisor firms, they would know about any past disciplinary actions.

I have been making jewelry (primarily earrings) from recycled metals for the last year or so. It started innocently when I was about to toss some scrap copper into a metal scrap bucket in my shop, and instead put it on the workbench and started cutting, hammering, filing, and ended up with a...