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Not sure if you’re a woman, but there is a great page on Facebook called Handy Women. You can get some great advice on there. Many of the gals work in the trades

I’d sell, but you’ll still have to disclose the chicken ranch. I lived next to neighbors who had 16 hens on a quarter acre and while everyone is rightly focused on smell, what drove me more crazy was the flies, and the rats that were attracted by the food scraps they tossed everywhere. In my...

The law concerning the inheritance of property in CA changed a few years back and I was wondering if anyone has gone through it recently? Situation: my sister owns a house and when she dies it is in her Trust that it will go to her long-term partner, who will continue living in the house (unless...

I think my hater-relatives had their minds made up in advance, like they do on so many subjects :(. I’ve heard many men did like it

My time is money, too. I hate walking to the store, standing in line, going back to my car to pump- and then having to go back for change. I’ve never understood doing that for a couple dollars of savings.

The people I know who didn’t like Barbie are all conservatives (ie, my fundamentalist relatives) or men. Hits too close to home I think. Barbie fever and women wearing pink outfits to the show reminds me a bit of the #MeToo movement and the pink hats.

I would avoid fans with built in LEDS. A friend has one, and if I recall doesn’t like it because the lighting level is fixed, and if the LEDs break she can’t swap them out for a new bulb

I live an hour away, so I go regularly. I am Hispanic and I think it’s more important culturally for us. I maintain succulents, flowers and fruit trees around many relatives graves, as do many of the other Portuguese and Latino families. It’s a good time to reflect on my own mortality. Frankly...

I am a camper who ‘boondocks’ in primitive sites. I have two wool Tshirts that I rotate (one Smartwool and one Wool & Prince- check the wool content because some brands cut corners to make more profit). These shirts are the best for travel. Unlike tech fabrics, you can wear them for days and...

Primarily Americans keep butter in the fridge. My European relatives roll their eyes at habit. I grew up with butter on the counter 24/7, no rancid taste (and I don’t eat butter very often). Keep the next bar in the fridge though

My mother had Ataxia, a neurological disorder. We once listened to a specialist who asked our group, “what is the best way to preserve your mental function: playing cards, learning a new language or exercising?”. His answer was ‘exercise’, and he said it was even better if you occasionally did...

I recently moved out of my house (CA) into a new house in another town, and I am renting out my former house. The tenant knew going in that I was going to sell it likely at the end of his one-year lease (April 2024), but due to family circumstances I may need to sell it this year. Has anyone...

Looking for advice on how to pull money out of my accounts for a down payment on a house. I had set aside money for the down payment, but then my nephew was having trouble getting a down payment for his house, so I gave that money to him as an advance on his inheritance. Then the market dropped...

Thank you for mentioning the plight of the tall traveler! All our clothing and shoes are at least 30 percent larger than the shorties and we have ti fit them into the same carry-on size. I have not been able to reach the ‘only carry on’ because of these challenges, but I do make sure my carry-on...

I’m 65 with 85 percent stocks (index funds, 65% domestic, 20 percent foreign). About 15% bonds. I keep $75K between cash and I-bonds for loans to young relatives, re-investing and emergencies. I am probably more aggressive than many would be because I have a military pension and a rental cottage...

I would move into your aunt’s home in a heartbeat! It’s so nice to have relatives nearby, especially as we get older (this assumes relatives are sane). Use the money you would have spent on HOA dues to get yourself a gardener. I once owned a condo and got tired of the HOA association...

Yes, we own a small farm about an hour south of Silicon Valley, in CA. We are the fourth generation farming yet, and yes the ownership dynamics have been challenging but relatively peaceful because all of us siblings get along. The farm has become halfway encircled by subdivisions and now...

Meanwhile, my relatives in Denmark feel that working late is bad for your family, which is bad for society, so it’s frowned upon as selfish. We should think more like this, especially with people at the top paid so much higher than the people at the bottom

I’m a Civil Engineer and it sounds like he might enjoy that, or Construction Management. Civil would allow him to work inside an office as well as outside in the field, in large or smaller towns, and for private companies, government, or as a military officer (I was in the Navy’s Civil Engineer...

I’m helping my nephew with a down payment on his house by giving him some of his inheritance early. I own only one bond fund, Vanguard Core Bond Index (VCOBX) and the rest is primarily Vanguard Total Stock market index, and some international index. The Bond fund id down, I imagine in response...

Bait is best if you have an infestation as I did (thanks to my neighbor’s bird and chicken feeders). The guy I talked to said the newer baits don’t ‘kill twice’ like the old ones unless the other animal gobbles up a bunch of dead mice, and even then then they’re more likely to be sick. He said...

Sounds like you are free to do as you please- good job! I am on the road 6 months of the year, and my advice to you is: do not sell your home before you have full-timed for at least a year, because there’s no going back. I’d say try living on the road for a few months; leave the house vacant or...

My family also has 3 adjacent homes, which are amazing so our senior relatives and friends can have community in their later years. It does sound like you are primarily trying to escape your layabout son; have you considered renting your own home and using the money to rent in other areas and...

Tax him like the middle class is taxed- and he’ll still have billions with which to play astronaut.

I reverted to my grandmother’s old trick when early Covid-hand washing split my skin. Before bed she would put on her lotion of choice (usually Bag Balm, which is used for cracked cow udders).. Slather it on thick, then put your hands in a pair of cheap white cotton gloves to keep the lotion...