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Heading to Vancouver next week. Never been there and can't wait to see the beautiful city!

Will be traveling to Minnesota in June, spending a few days in Minneapolis area and was looking for an inn, B+B there. Also, looking for an inn or B+B near Lake Superior for 3-4 days, boating, hiking. I appreciate your recommendations! Piano

Update on my "retirement job" in senior management: Tomorrow, I am on a 3 hour bus ride each way, leaving home at 5:15 AM for a 6 hour board meeting, reception to follow, catching a bus home at 8:00PM. Our organization is imploding. I am making 3 presentations, have gained and lost and gained...

Am contemplating driving from Palm Desert, CA to Sedona, AZ in March 2011. Am I nuts? I live in upstatate NY, so the terrain is very different. But, I'm a dreamer, and would like any advice on the wisdom of doing this...places to see, stay on route. Thanks. Piano

It's January in Upstate New York and spring is only 3 months away. So, I need a diversion. I am planning to expand ground cover in our backyard with hypericum. Would prefer never to mow a lawn again! So far this winter, the deer have not touched the bushes I planted last spring, and the...

I have had two of these---first was 5 years ago, the second one was 2 years ago. Aorta has been checked and cleared---no problem. Did genetic tests and do not have a connective tissue disorder. Have any of you had this? Thanks. Piano

Hi, I haven't logged in awhile. Just accepted a senior management position at a university that I hope gets me comfortably to age 55 (am 52 now) to give a chance for damaged portfolio to return to life...and, as important, for me to find a life! I tried not-w*rking full-time for a short...

Hi, Our 22 year old son is traveling by himself by bike from Vancouver to San Diego, and the last we heard from him (May 22) he was on the Oregon/California border. His pattern had been to check in with us every couple of days, sometimes every 3 to 4 days. We don't want to push the panic...

Hi, Has anyone tried secondary school teaching as a second career? Experiences? Recommend it? Am 51, retiring from career in university administration. Thank you, Piano

Hi, I want to estimate my taxes once I begin drawing income from retirement funds. Here are the particulars: · I will be withdrawing approx. $80,000 per year for expenses · $60,000 from tax deferred sources (IRAs and 403b accounts) · $20,000 from non-qualified...

I'm 50 and could retire financially but don't want to fully retire. Frankly, I think I'd be a poor retiree at this age as all of my friends are working and I believe I still have unfinished business in my working life. I definitely want out of current career and employer. So, I'm exploring my...

Greetings, What type of annual income should I be able to get from a portfolio like this?  Thanks. Mutual Funds US Stock $425,000 Foreign Stock $100,000 Bonds $205,000 Muni-Bonds $120,000 Stocks $75,000 Annuity Guaranteed $235,000 Stocks $95,000 Total $1,255,000

Hi, I appreciate an opportunity to vet my situation with the good folks on this forum.  What a super resource! I’d like to get up the nerve to take a lower paying job and begin to partly live off investments at 50.  Please help me assess if this is doable. I am 49; wife is 48.  Two kids 20...