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Yes, it is the bomb! I have one of those too. And for bottles that are hard to open I use an old-fashioned nutcracker. Simple tools work great (and it doesn't hurt that they are cheap)

+1. Automatic enrollment is limited to those already on SS. If you have sufficient (credible? Not sure of the terminology used) other insurance you don't have to enroll and you don't get dinged with higher premiums if you sign up later for part B or D. You need proof of previous insurance to...

So this thread had me curious and I looked up the estimated value of my, quite old, 1300sqf condo. I looked at both Redfin and Zillow, and I threw up a little: the low price of their ranges was $750k with a high of $950k. Who can afford that? I'll join the poster who said thank you for prop 13

LXEX55 you mention that you are 63, but how old is your wife the two-time cancer survivor ( congrats for that)? If she is younger than you, how certain are you that the ACA wiil be available past next year? This is not meant as a political statement although politics plays a role in it: the...

First off, I too think that $25k for a rehearsal dinner is way over the top. But next I want to comment on some of the things said by other posters, like the engagement not being an event. Where I come from there are no rehearsal dinners and bridal showers have only recently started to pop up...

It looks to me that moving on will be the better move if, as you indicate above, your expertise is in a dead-end technology. You don't want to be the very knowledgeable dodo and unemployable before you are ready to pull the plug.

Now I did not grow up in the US so I don't know what the educational system was here twenty, thirty, or more years ago, but did they really use to have in depth financial education ? From what I see around my I rather doubt it. Maybe we like to blame schools for what really is a failure of...

The Tesla Roadster is off course ladies and gentlemen heading for an asteroid belt. Ground control to major Tom...

Not me, you can't pay me enough to go fishing. I prefer to buy my fish in a fish store, nicely cleaned and , occasionally, deboned as well. :coolsmiley:

Foodbank all of it and done. If I had more than 24 hours they would still get a chunk but significantly less

I bought two Paw Patrol DVDs for DGS1, that is all I got. How's that for splurging? Oops there is also the medical stuff this year but that is spending, not splurging IMO

While I never thought about war deaths in terms of civilian deaths by country, I have always been aware of the difference between the US baby boomers and the European ones: while many American families suffered horrible losses during WW2, I don't think there are many boomers here who can claim...

Not really considering that the system was only reactivated 12/1/17. They didn't even make it two months before messing up :facepalm:

Wonderful list, but I do have a problem with the definition of old as well. Mine comes from my grandmother. After she moved into an assisted living apartment she told me that she was getting old. She was 93 yo at the time...

I ordered scratch wnd sniff stickers for DGS1 whose 4th birthday is in two weeks. I left his birthday presents with his parents when I was in Germany over Xmas, but I found out about the stickers while there, so in the card they go. My life is so exiting .��

I don't really want to know how much I spend on Amazon last year. I'm sure it was a good chunk of money what with adding a few family members to the tribe. That said, this last holiday season the only brick and mortar stores I set foot in were grocery stores. And that alone is worth the price of...

Hypnos8 are you and your DH on the same page regarding retiring this young?

And yet another Californian disagreeing here. It sounds to me like some significant changes were made to the house ( for instance an added MBR) that caused the house value to be reassessed. I don't remember enough bonds/libraries/etc. being approved to cause such a steep increase in total taxes

Will you be able to get the needed health insurance for your wife if the ACA does not survive and pre-existing conditions come roaring back?

Somehow I have never been to Gibraltar so no opinion on that, but I have been to Malaga, Cordoba, and Seville and I loved all three towns. One day I'll go back there

Considering that the US has just declared the attacks on the Rohingya people ethnic cleansing, going there may well have become less attractive/more dangerous

Close nough for this (born and raised) Dutch girl. And now you have tried to pronounced Gouda - a pretty good try I must say - let's try that Starry Night painter's last name such that his mother would know who we are talking about (hint: "o" sound in there is like the o in how) ;)

I've had my car for close to 11 years now and wouldn't know where my spare is or if I even have one. I do know where my AAA card is though

I don't know any hotels near Big Basin, but Saratogo is not too far away. Alternatively you can try Ben Lomond or Felton. Sorry, I live within easy driving distance so I have never looked for hotels

Singapore is very expensive! My oldest who lives there tells me that even after several decades in Singapore most foreigners chose to retire elsewhere. In his words "the ROI on retiring in Singapore sucks". He is in his late 30s and I am curious what he will do once he retires considering that...