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My brother was executor of our parent's estate - he served without compensation, but did have the estate pay for all of his expenses incurred. This was mostly payment for a couple of plane tickets to get him out here to work through the house. There was quite a bit of work involved, and I am...

And we might well have been engaged in fewer wars. Big jerky men with too much power have been shown to be a liability for the species.

I think I sort of see what you are trying to do, but have a comment: A 40 year planning horizon that depends heavily on tax policy is probably not all that useful. Unfortunately, you are not dealing with a set of physical laws but rather dealing with constantly changing rules. Your results...

Covid is rampant in most communities. You have symptoms consistent with Covid, and you have a positive home test result. When you hear hoofbeats, think "horse", not "zebra." The home tests are quite good at detecting Covid in symptomatic people - showing both high (>95%) sensitivity and high...

We are seeing a generational shift on top of a demographic shift. I do not expect the older generation to adapt gracefully (I am 64 and count myself as older, but I do exclude myself from the unadaptable cohort). Broadly, shortages have two solutions - decrease demand or increase supply. For...

Yep - and the remaining workers, if they have any qualifications at all, are refusing to work for bad. Low pay, horrible customers, worse managers, constantly changing work hours, hours limited so as to not pay benefits - the list goes on and on. We have become accustomed to being served by...

Looks like a hardware issue, but you might power down the device and reboot it. Doubt it will help, but that is the first thing they will do at the store anyway. While you are at it, might make sure it has the latest OS version installed as well. (But all of that will probably not help - this...

Took a trip from San Diego to LA to pick up daughter from college. We have made this trip many times over the years, and this is the first time that I noticed people not driving at hyper speed whenever traffic would permit. I noticed two benefits - 1) we got about 2 mpg better fuel economy...

My wife and I have been on several cruises - I have a hard time grasping the notion of living aboard a cruise ship full time, mostly because I can't imagine being on vacation 100% of the time. We are retired, and still feel the need to occasionally be useful - do some volunteering, a household...

On the off chance that the OP is not a joke: 1) Figure out what expenditures you can make now to improve and perhaps simplify your home, for example putting in lower maintenance landscaping. Go through your home with a fine tooth comb and have anything that is not in perfect condition...

Vague answers to questions regarding your financial status are just fine - people are probably interested in how you retired at such a comparatively young age and only hold a single view of retirement - namely that retirement has as a prerequisite the accumulation of a huge pile of assets. "I...

Yup - they are recycling fodder. Most libraries won’t even take many of the older books because they can’t be sold for even pennies. Thank them for the memories and ditch them.

It is not clear if they are living with you. If not, at the end of your "shift" simply get up and go home. You are not a party to the relationship between your daughter and her husband, so you should facilitate them solving their own problem by making yourself absent from the situation. Tough...

I would not run towards it, but neither would I run away. Unless there is an overt health reason, I don't see any special appeal. If the product is simply "me too - gluten" then I don't see any reason to go to a specialty brewery to consume the product.

You will pay interest on everything above the purchase price of the bonds - for your paper EE bonds, you purchased them at 50% of the face value - so you will owe taxes on (Redemption value) - .5*(Face Value). [Unless I am grossly misunderstanding what you are saying...]

We are in-person with the clients waiting at a bit of a distance while their taxes are prepared. Everyone masked regardless of state or local mandates. This is in San Diego County. This is my first year with the program - I like it!

Great work on investing for your retirement! Before you punch out of the job, be the "old timer" to a few of the younger guys in the shop and at least plant the seeds of getting on the right track in their minds. I am struggling with a $1200 budget for living expenses - have you carefully...

Looks like the tile guy was trying to correct for the plumber's error. The thing I find more disturbing is that the pattern inside the drain does not line up with the pattern outside the drain. At the very least that should be corrected. The slight angle looks really bad right now since you...

Unfortunately for lots of those not wearing masks, the virus is not tired of infecting people. Amazing that the population as a whole can't even embrace the simple mitigation of wearing an effective mask properly when indoors.

So am I ok if I trash all of these AOL cds? Don’t want to violate some licensing agreement…

To be fair, you might well have spent more time with the Dental Tech than with the doctor! :coolsmiley:

Why play games? Simply pay as they go, with the proviso that they are making adequate academic progress toward a degree. There is no need to "hope for the best". If you are worried, insist on seeing their official grades and let them know that failure to progress will result in no more...

Just got a gas fired Ooni Koda 12 and tried it out yesterday - there is a learning curve, but the first results were quite good. Simple setup, but you do need the right sized peels to work in the confined space. You absolutely need at least two peels - a wood one for launching the round and a...

This is fundamentally a finance question and without knowing your assets, income, age, SS at FRA, and real or projected expenses, it is not even possible to hazard a guess.

TVs are made in huge quantities as a near commodity so the production process has been ruthlessly refined. They have plenty of internal space, so sophisticated packaging is not required. There are multiple manufacturers at various price points engaged in what must be a brutal competition -...