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    Walmart limit one Sodastream cartridge per day

    Kids are doing "bammers" with these particular brand of cylinders. It's a variation of whippets driving some scarcity in a few areas. Sort of a new TikTok trend. Another reason to ban that app.
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    Dumbest Booking Error

    My brilliant wife (girlfriend at the time) booked our destination wedding/honeymoon plane tickets with her last name for mine and my last name for hers. That was a cluster **** to unravel.
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    Scam artists

    My sister gave $100 to a guy wearing a suit in the parking garage at LAX because he said he lost his wallet and phone on the airplane. He gave her his address, phone number, e-mail and promised to pay her back the same day. I'm like "you know you got scammed right?" "oh, no way, he'll pay me...
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    Learning Microsoft Office

    Local seniors center or public library might have some basic courses to get you started. I'd start with the library. They can at least point you in the right direction if they don't offer anything directly.
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    Planning my last 20 years, how much to spend. (Part 2)

    Just chiming in regarding the weather as I've lived nearby. It is definitely not moderate. There is serious humidity in the summer and you'll need a/c. Doing anything outside sucks. Winter is not that long but has some severe cold spells with no good skiing or other outdoor winter type...
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    Do you still care about the state of the world or just focus on your own life?

    I'm more of a curious bystander in everything that is going on in the world. Like "holy crap look at that hijacked bus that just crashed into a Gucci store and ran over a bunch of looters who briefly stopped in on their way to fight some Christian Nationalists who were about to fire bomb a...
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    Retiring on a cruise ship

    I've served time in prison. You clearly never have or you would not have made your comment. I'll happily take the worst third world country cruise for a lifetime before another day in lockup.
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    Poll on Worst Drivers by Automobile Manufacturer

    My favorite bad driver statistic is DUI related. 1 in 22 Dodge Ram owners have a DUI and are the most likely to be involved in a DUI caused accident. Not surprisingly they are also the most likely vehicles to have truck nuts hanging from the towing hitch.
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    Thursday night football without prime for free

    The article says exactly what to do. If you don't like the app option you can watch it via a browser tab on the main twitch website. Run an HDMI cable from your laptop to your TV.
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    Is the realestate bubble bursting?

    Lol! I bet this didn't age well.
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    Home EV charging

    I mean it's just bad visual craftsmanship with symetrics. I'd find it hard to believe if a licensed electrician did the install. If this is the quality of outside facing work you may have a fire hazard behind the walls where you can't see it. It wouldn't hurt to have another electrician...
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    Home EV charging

    That is making my eyes hurt. Why did they install in like that?
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    Pickleball Life

    I really hope this pickle/pong fad keeps going. It's sure been a lot easier getting tennis court time.
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    Retired at 47 - How to create new community

    Y'all are slippin' if you don't see this as a troll post.
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    Halloween Protocols?

    My only contribution to this thread is the fact that this year it's on a Monday night. This is ridiculous and guarantees that I'll have a mild hangover at work the next day or forced to burn a sick day as will a lot of people. It would be so much more productive if they made it on Friday or...
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    Have you ever been fired (lower case)

    I got what was on the surface a very good job with lots of financial upside and skill building for a recent high school graduate. After about two months I decided that it was not what I wanted to do the rest of my life and it kind of sucked anyways. I started to intentionally slack off and do...
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    How low can you go?

    Late to this conversation but it does provide for some escapeism to think about it. If I had to I could get my nut down to $1500/month. So that's $18,000/year which makes for about $450,000 total at the 4% rule. This would be a safe but modest 1br apartment in Tucson and local based...
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    Military retirees?

    My hat is off to you folks who were able to make a career of the military. I enlisted right out of high school and got out as soon as my three years was up. I was in the infantry and surrounded by a bunch of degenerate criminals and didn't fit in well.
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    At what age did you retire or plan to retire?

    I will retire in a few years at 47. Fully retire. No hobby job, no rental house, no consulting on the side. Pension will easily cover a nice life. TSP is there as well if I want to go more luxurious.
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    Car prices decreasing due to Hertz unloading vast number of cars

    I am shocked at the number of people that would consider buying a rental car. The amount of abuse dished out to those things, omg.
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    Oh, I deleted my Twitter account

    I sure there is some humble-brag on Twitter tweeting about how they deleted their early-retirement.org account.
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    Sexual Frequency Poll !!!!

    What a bunch of Perv's.
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    Crime!

    From my 12 person team at my first real job out of college: One guy tried to hire a hitman to kill his wife. Sentenced to 10 years. Another one was caught trying to smuggle 20 pounds of cocaine on an airplane. Sentenced to 4 years. These were both federal agents.
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    Paying for the wedding..

    I'll kick in a grand or two for my daughters wedding but other than that she's on her own if she chooses to waste money. My parents didn't even know I got married until a few hours later. Me calling from Key West at 5am and really drunk: "HEY!!! Mom?? Guess what? We got married...
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