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We retired quite early - in 1986 when we were in our 40s, and have been traveling most of the past 34 years. First on our sailboat, which we sold in Singapore in 2004. Then on a power catamaran until about a couple years ago. We didn't last very long as "settled" dirt-dwellers, so we took a...

Although I still believe that talking with a representative at your local SS office is the best way to clarify all the different options and their consequences, here's a link to taking SS retirement benefits several years after age 66: https://www.ssa.gov/planners/retire/1943-delay.html

Considering the confusion about SS benefits, why don't you just make an appointment with someone at the SS office near you? They are the ones who know the rules and how they apply to a person's specific situation, and they're happy to help. My husband took his benefits at age 62, and it was a...

Unfortunately, this isn't always the case, and sometimes management is the root of staff problems. Some really bad stories sometimes.

She's pretty young to be worried about blood clots, but since it's a worry, be sure she takes an aspirin or two before flying, drink lots of water, and move around. The aspirin is important as it is a convenient over-the-counter blood thinner profilaxis.

We spent several years, off and on, in Australia. We loved the people, the experience, and the different outlook on the world - different, not better or worse. As one TV commentator said "America and Australia, two countries divided by a common language." As has also been said about Canada...

I think a nanny cam is a great idea. In looking for a retirement community for us, we've stayed in several senior living campuses on a trial basis. The one we thought was perfect for us turned out to be a disaster due to uncaring and/or incompetent management -sure didn't look that way from...

But they won't be knocking on your door. You're too old! Pedophiles aren't all men.

Me too! Such a nuisance when going through airport security, even with TSA pre-check, and the weight and bulk in luggage.

I've had a whole lot of laptops over the past 30 years. My experience has been primarily with laptops that could survive our living on a sailboat while sailing halfway around the world and handling everything in our lives. Portability for the first twenty years wasn't quite as important as...

Because we retired in 1986 in our 40s and stopped contributing to Social Security, our SS benefits are quite low compared to what anyone today would be receiving after working into their 60s, but still, that estimate for Medicare seems way too high. I just checked our SSA-1099 statement for...

Better the devil you know..... Child molesters, pedophiles, perverts - children molested by people you’d never think would do it – close family relatives, teachers, priests. We’ve all read about them but I doubt that anyone expects it to happen to their child. I have two friends that were...