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+1, I've got a 2005 with 169,000 miles on it as of this morning. Outstandingly reliable, comfortable, good looking (in my opinion), and outside of routine maintenance I have had only one unexpected repair. That repair was uncomplicated and inexpensive. One quick story about my experience with...

Exactly, hot water everywhere, extremely compact, not much if any parts needed to install, and simple enough to do so that you can eliminate the high priced labor.

Grundfos makes them for either new construction with a return line, or existing construction where the existing cold and hot water lines are used. The product number for existing construction is 595916 and can be seen here on Amazon Grundfos 595916 1/25 Horsepower Comfort Series Recirculator...

Grundfos has a slick product available that you might not have ran across before. Works well and Grundfos is a top notch manufacturer. Minimal space required and the only electrical connection required is for the circulation pump, and that's just 115VAC. Grundfos Comfort System | Grundfos Good...

Oh . . . well . . . then, I guess like Rosanna Danna used to say on SNL "never mind".

Okay, I'm done resting now. You're all talking about my homeboy. What in the world has Warren Buffett done to deserve the bashing? He has accomplished to a much higher degree what most of us dream about and wouldn't turn away from in a million years. What do the critical know about him to be...

Here's a timely example . . .

Good point! I've experienced the same thing in churches and it was a real turnoff for me. There are a lot of folks with agendas in those places. Many times I felt guiltier after church than I did before. :( Still though, I think that ha has a point and that churches can provide community...

haha "+1000. "Altruism" is 99% of the time a sneaky way to assert one's superiority to those ordinary, supposedly less altruistic slobs. Heroic acts in emergencies or extreme environments I believe are a different, more instinctual thing." I'll take it over cynicism - definition from Wikipedia...

I mean for it to apply to me and I have much less than many that post on this forum.

Nice try, but I'm not going to take the bait. Your passion is evident but I hope it is tempered by tolerance for other perspectives.

I understand your point and acknowledge that many others feel the same as you. I worry less about getting what I think I'm owed and more about getting what I need. The benefit to me is that it cuts down on the BS to worry about. BTW, what I would do in your example would be to take what I could...

No, I would not accept a hamburger for a filet mignon, but I don't understand how that relates to only taking what you need from a limited supply. Don't get me wrong, I plan on taking my SS but as I said in my previous post, it's because I don't know of a way to predict my needs with certainty...

I listen more than I talk. I don't offer unsolicited advice and bore others with my old war stories and lessons learned. I cheerfully accept every invitation from family members though there are many times I would rather not go. I find something to compliment others about and engage them in...

I thought the essence of the OP's original question spoke to a more basic human behavior. I divorced it from SS, even though that was the example given. I thought about it as would equal individuals take from an unlimited supply what he/she needed? Or what they wanted? Would that behavior change...

Interesting post Shanky, and very thought provoking. I'm probably going to regret making this statement but WTH. If I knew that I had enough for me and my spouse to live out our lives in our current manner, then yes, I could see doing without SS and leaving it for others. What prevents me from...

I don't want to drift too far from OP's original post but this is an excellent point. I actually had an elderly relation die after being scalded in the shower and spending weeks in the hospital. Her husband was too bull headed to turn down the water temp on the heater. Thermostatic valves could...

Crazy isn't it? When you factor in the additional cost and complexity of these energy saving devices, appliances, etc., I just don't see where the overall savings come from. Plain Jane electric water heaters are about as simple a device as you can get. There is not much to go wrong, and if...

In one of my previous lives I worked for a plumbing wholesaler and we sold water heaters. The rule of thumb was that the only reason to replace a water heater was if the tank itself was leaking. All other parts could be replaced except for that. We did have areas in the state where water heaters...

My wife and I were faced with the same conundrum and decided to go the RV route. We have a motorhome that comfortably takes us anywhere we want to go and then offers us the comforts of home. With four slideouts we have abundant room and we carry all our needs. We tow our car behind us so we have...

I have been a guardian and a conservator once and I will never do it again, for anyone. I was lucky and everything worked out fine, but many do not. There are reasonable odds that you're going to work very hard with little help, will get no thanks, and end up with a lot of folks p*ssed at you...

I can't make a recommendation but I can tell you that I got the combo job done and am extremely happy with the results. No glasses for reading up close and my distance vision is about 20/40 (plenty good enough for me). Like you, I dealt with glasses all my life and it was just a PITA. Getting...