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We are still go go. Just got back from 3 weeks in Ireland. We did retire at 57 and are still mid 60's. I know we won't keep it up forever.

It is an oxymoron and I hate it when there is an alien program on The History Channel.

If I run into a fee that is higher than my cash back I will use my debit card.

It is satisfying to get a “You have been thanked.”

Glad to know that!

Well. I just got my seventh star. Guess that means something. What do you think?

That is not what I would call a vacation.

I recall reading someone’s 4 stages of retirement, and the 2nd one was the “getting lost” thing. That never happened to me. My two main pursuits in RE are travel and photography. After a trip, I spend several hours a day editing the photos. I am always so happy to finish that job so I have some...

DW doesn’t manage the investments but I discuss with her what we have and what I do with it. She did used to work at a bank and manage our checking account. She now manages the autopay stuff. When I asked her the question, she said that she would figure it out.

It is about what I have seen elsewhere.

We would not be able to make either of these weekends.

I've been diagnosed with it for 15 years. I get labs done every 6-12 months. The results have been stable, and I have no symptoms. I have heard that there is a 1% chance per year of it progressing.

If you pay now, you are presumably doing it on a smaller amount. All the growth in the Roth account will be untaxed.

I haven't itemized since the mortgage was paid off.

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People leaving California has driven real estate up in nearby states.

My parents had a cottage on a lake in Quebec that we went to every year when I was young, and they continued to use every year. My sister continued to go every summer for long stretches, but we went there less so. She has it now, and we have not been for 7 years. We just want to go other places.

From Greenville, OH. Loved the experience. The traffic back to MI was unbelievable.

Went from once a weekend to about 2X per week. Usually pinot noir.

I haven’t run into this, but never shopped a new Kia. Not surprised, though.

We used to try and keep lodging below $150/night, but now days we will go up to $300 occasionally. Some years ago we dreamed about owing a log home, but in the end we remodeled the one we have, thinking that we could rent a log place some time. We finally tried that 2 years ago in the Colorado...

I ended up with Humana (MI). The rate was better than AARP/UHC at 65 and at 80.

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I believe that it does not include adding future earnings.

If we had less, we would just spend less and be fine.