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This current Charles Hugh Smith article is very long.https://www.oftwominds.com/blog.html I'm taking it a section at a time. Am guessing not too many people will read the whole blog, but I've noticed more and more , here on ER... more frustration and confusion about money and how it works in...

I happened across a story about The 1983-1985 Coleco Adam, and spent several hours recalling when my company tried to sell it. The Wiki article about the "Adam" is fascinating. Bought one for my kids, and just got rid of it last year. In any case, this link is to a very detailed history of...

Beautifully done...:flowers: Thanks for presenting this thoughtful subject. Only in the past few years, has this been on my radar. 'Til about age 80, I guess "relevancy" was more of a sense of "responsibility".... as in a feeling of obligation be there for my family, and my community. To help...

Interesting overview. https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-markets-2d98f27f-a92a-477a-9f80-fc821914db99.html

We measure our spending by our bank checking account.... month to month and year to year. (using current inflation numbers) So: $12000. checking account Income is simple. $27,000 Soc Security $14,000 Annuity $1,000 Dividends Total $42000. Expense actual $38,000. For the past 5 years our...

Fun to read. @ age 60, I also looked at 34 years to go... Now, 31 years into RE, at age 84... the 94 age goal looks doable. Can't speak to the money part, except that we never had a lot, and feel safe for the next 10 years. All those planning options worked out perfectly.... taking SS @ 62...

I got lost asomewhere around the 6th post. Two wired, 3 wireless TV's, 5 old, old computers, and a five echo devices... No idea, but my most distant wireless 10 year old computer regularly speed tests at about 240mbps down and 11 to 20 up. I think this usb connector helped a lot. from...

Fluouricil In our CCRC, dozens of regulars who go for tests, scrapings, suspicious skin reviews. Some in their 90's who go almost weekly. Haven't asked, but continuous visits must run into the multi thousands of dollars. My one and only time.... 8 years ago... 100 miles, $200, cut and...

:facepalm: Sorry to start a ruckus... In my email the default goes to "inbox"... and "unread". Not offered as a default, but if I go down on the left column, there is a setting/link to "all mail". Yeah I'm too picky... but really... have you ever (honestly now).... have you ever clicked on...

Thanks... I don't want or need lots of ways... just to let the emails stay where they are. The default for inbox does a sort.

Piling system. All paper needing handling, paying, or response, jeanie takes care of as it comes in.. All else into my pile. Maintained in a box file, nominally by date (or era). No Problem for the past 60 years. Naturally deeds, bills of sale, and all "ready to show" documents are kept in...

Both jeanie and I use the same gmail address. 63 separate settings . Since we no longer do a lot of email correspondence, there are not many that we intereact with, or need to respond to. Here's the thing... as soon as one of us reads an email, it is marked as "read", and the mail goes to...

We'll do just what we've been doing for the past three years. Print more money.

+1 Well said!

Sorry, no advice, but your post triggered memories. Jeanie and I graduated college in 1958, at age 22. Four boys in five years, kept us both busy, as I was working about 65 hours/week (retail catalog store manager). During that time, between the Army, and four job relocations, we moved four...

@age 53. our plan was to go back to work if we had to. We didn't have to, and now have had 31years of freedom. The decision saved a lot of soul wrenching. :flowers:

We've had local tax freeze and homestead exemption, since 2004. I figure about $75,000 in total.

Deja Vu already! Reading the OP was reliving my (our) decision to retire. For two months after closing my home business @age 53, it was dozens... dozens of those big green spread sheets...yes filled out with all kinds of of variables. Literally hundreds of hours spent agonizing over every...

FWIW https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/roku-has-a-special-christmas-gift-for-roku-owners-with-free-shows-from-hbo-cinemax-starz-showtime-more/

About filing... I think the state and federal government have forgotten about us. We haven't even filed for more than 15years, and paid no taxes since I closed my business in 1989. The reason I asked was because I didn't remember much about tax forms. Going to the Government website to...

Yes... Decision was made by all family members. Our sons and their families are so close, there has never been any kind of problem... money or otherwise.

Age over 80... Filing jointly. Income from Social Security, and Taxable annuity pay out of $10,000. That's it. Taxes? ???

I enjoy posting, but am beginning to think that in our 84th year, it's time to go to the old folks forums. Though jeanie and I spent from age 53, (when we retired) to age 76, travelling, camping and moving all over the U.S. .... it basically stopped when we settled in to our CCRC, here in...

84th year.... Gotta be careful what I write... can't remember all of my lies.:blush: Every day is new, for both jeanie and me. All of the bad times are behind us, and we look forward to what ever we may be facing without fear or any negativity. Despite memory problems, and a number of close...

An estimated up to 6 million adults have AFIB... not all diagnosed, and the chances for those over 65 having it, is fairly high. The first thing the doctor insists on, is withdrawal from NSAIDs is because this type of blood thinner can be very dangerous.