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    Received first SS cheque ... and invoice for part B.

    Yay, just received my first cheque, after waiting til age 70! (I've been paying for Medicare part B via invoice each month.) The first cheque covered December and does not deduct part B, the next cheque covers January and will have part B deducted. Clearly, the invoice I received for February...
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    CP2000 - Cheaper to pay than fix!

    tl;dr - mostly just a gripe! BTW, that should be CP2000 Back in 2013, when I was tidying up my Keogh as part of my retirement prep, I sold my shares in Blackstone … or so I thought. From Fidelity's perspective the shares were sold. On Blackstone's end however (presumably because it was Friday...
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    I'll buy your house for cash! [No, not me!]

    If you're like me, you probably receive offers like this in the mail, on a fairly regular basis. If you're like me you treat these letters with a heaping helping of skepticism! My house though, has more than its fair share of deferred maintenance, and sales prices up my street will substantially...
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    Teetering in San Diego

    Hello, I'm originally from England and have been living in the US for 34 years, and San Diego for the last 16 years. I've been divorced for over 10 years, no kids and reached the grand old age of 60 last Dismember. I'm pretty frugal - driven a 2003 Forester from new, cook most everything I eat...
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