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In the past 6 years I have had multiple skin cancers removed, including 4 or 5 melanomas. The last 2 within 4 months (I still need to schedule this surgery). All have been stage 0. All on top of the skin. Surgery should resolve it. I was in the sun a lot as a kid (68 now). Just wondering if...

DW's car started a slow leak over the weekend. Checked a local tire place, that we had used before for repair, on-line appointments were out until Thursday. Checked Discount tire and got an appointment for 10:15 today. The note on the page said repairs were free, but I figured there was a...

Soooo, I recently got "upgraded" to Windows 11, and I have a new printer (Epson WF3820). The printer works fine for everything else, and I know I printed photos with it before the 11 "upgrade". But, when I go to print a photo, no printer is recognized. I have done the typical searches and...

This just happened in our subdivision, and I thought it fit this "Law". We have an outdoor pool that gets a lot of use, mostly on weekends. The most occupied table is a covered one, near the door, with an over head fan. There are several smokers in the group, but with the fan there is usually...

I am going to buy a new car to replace my 11 yo Altima. I want a smaller SUV and the Rav4 is my first choice. Looks like Toyota is back logged about 4-8 weeks to get what I want. No dealing, but no dealer "adjustment" either. On site stock is limited. Price for what I want will be just under...

My 2012 Altima has served me well. Nothing beyond batteries, oil changes and tires. I now get a light that says the TPMS has a problem. Google search says probably the batteries are going (they have a 5-10 year life). If I were keeping this car for a while, I would probably forgo replacement...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/19/legendary-us-musician-david-crosby-dies-aged-81 CS&N(&Y), was one of my favorite groups in the 70's. Saw CSN&Y in Boston Garden around 1977. Still like their music.

I noticed that our 360 MM account was still sitting at 0.80% interest, so I did a little googling. Seems the MM is no longer offered to new customers, and they now have a "Performance Savings" offering paying 3.3%. Still not great, but better than 0.80. Not sure when they did this, but it burns...

A few weeks ago I was talking with my son and he mentioned an electronic coffee mug he had (Ember). I knew he had it, but never knew the name. My PC was on when we talked. I have never searched for it (nor has DW). The last 2 weeks I have been getting adds for this on all sights that I do not...

Inspired by the thread drift in the SS @ 70 thread. How close are your stores? What stores to you shop at? 15 years ago we lived quite a ways out of town. We had a 30 minute drive, each way to get to the only store in a nearby town (Schnuck's, a St. Louis area store) When we downsized, we...

This REALLY dates me. While channel surfing I came across "2001: A Space Odyssey". My mind went back to my 14 year old 1969 self, and I recalled a Mad Magazine parody, titled above. And with a little Googling, here it is...

Movie review: OK, I am biased. I live in the STL area, and experienced the story in "real time" (at least the Ram's portion). Corny, at times, but inspirational and uplifting. And, for the record, Kurt and Brenda return to STL every year for a variety of charity events. They seem to be the...

Looking to start SS next year. DW already claimed, on her record, at 65. I was the higher earner, and she will want to claim on my record for increased benefits once I claim. FWIW, I will be claiming at FRA plus one or two months. Once I file, does DW need to do anything? Is it automatic? Or...

DW got a text today. It appeared to be from ATT (we have cell phones with them), but clearly was not. It started out with the standard "Free ATT message" or something like that, that we have seen before from real texts. But then it said we were overcharged last month, and should click the...

Just got our new statement from UHC/AARP. The total is for the 2 of us. Guessing I can go to the website for the breakdown, but the total increase is: 2.5% :dance: An extra 7 bucks a month. I can live with that.

These are a couple of local (stl area) musicians that still draw a crowd, because they are that good. A few years back they recorded an original (by Scott Nienhous) song, with a cast of others, for the Missouri Conservation Commission. I have heard the song many times, but I had not seen this...

OK. I have been converting for several years. We are both 66, so have some time before RMD's. We have an after tax account with several old mutual funds, that throw off about $24k in cap gains, and about $8k in dividends (only a quarter which are qualified) We could eliminate a lot of this...

Two nights ago, I noticed that the freezer temp., which usually reads 0 or 1 was at 11, then slowly up to 15. Uh-Oh. I pulled it out, opened the back where the coils and compressor are at. Condensing coils are filthy, so I clean them off. Then I notice the compressor was not running and was too...

Went away for 3 weeks. Turned off the water as always, BUT did not open a faucet to depressurize the system. Came back, and the dish washer is dripping on to the LAMINATE floor, and had been for a while. Near as I can figure, there was a gallon (+/-) dumped, but it sat there for days (weeks?)...

About a month ago our Sam's Club account was hacked. Apparently got in with the username and password (found out both are on the dark web and am currently changing passwords). Odd thing was, they did not use the CC's on file, but uploaded 2 more and used them. We got notified that our order...

Had a colonoscopy yesterday (prompted by a bout of Diverticulitis). There is a new prep on the market called "Sutab". Just hit the open market last fall. It is pricey, but doctor had a free coupon (normal price was around $150, and not covered by my insurance). 2 doses of 12 pills each. 48oz...

In a nutshell: 2019 AGI was $102,000 2020 AGI will be just under $148,000 due to higher Roth conversions. As I understand the current proposed legislation, the limit is $150,000 for MFJ, so we should be good. BUT, there is always the possibility of lowering that limit in the final bill. I...

I never got a 1099-INT from the local B&M bank, so I sent a message. Answer was " you only had $3.77 in interest, and we don't issue a 1099-INT for less that $10". So... sounds like I do not report it, as they did not. I know it is [-]peanuts[/-] pennies, but I just want to do it right...

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/e17c07d2-8b6c-312e-bf43-0c353eaac39d/dow-jones-futures-be-ready.html Gotta love it:

Powerball and Megamillions are both over $700 million. DW just bought tickets (funny how she never buys them when it is "only" $30 million.) Anyway, the real question is: what would yo do if you won? Just curious. Personally, I would hire a really good tax advisor, and plan for a pile of...