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    Fitness Activities In Early Retirement

    mid-seventies ... yoga 6-10 hours a week, rowing 3 times a week, 60+ minutes each.
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    First Paid Job

    grave digger -- by hand .... 50 cents / hour ... mowing the grounds when not digging.
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    What does your cardiologist say about eggs?

    granny says i live by my very old grandmother's advice: everything in moderation, including moderation itself.
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    It's funny joke Thursday! 2005 - 2020

    Questions: 1) what do you call one hundred rabbits in a row, walking backwards? 2) what do you get if you cross an elephant with a rhinoceros? 3) what do you call fake noodles? Answers: 1) receding hairline 2) eleph-ino 3) impastas
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    Turbo Tax pulled a swifty this year

    what am I missing? just checked TT website ... both Basic and Deluxe, both Online and CD/Download, list Schedule D among their included forms.
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    It's funny joke Thursday! 2005 - 2020

    Classic Insults: A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." "That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress." "He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr "He has all the virtues...
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    Family Pressures Thwart Boomers’ Retirement Plans

    for some "students" any degree is worthless ... for some others, nothing could be more valuable ... and for some, the most valuable might well indeed be an art degree.
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    PEN FED Share Certificates at it again

    i have used Penfed CDs for 5+ years ... no problems (except the current rates).
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    Ally bank?

    have had accounts there for a couple of years ... very pleased.
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    PEN FED Share Certificates

    thank you
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    PEN FED Share Certificates

    Please clarify, as the Amazon site states "You cannot add funds to your Amazon Payments account by using a credit card. "
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    Credit Union Investment Advisors Want Me

    5% CDs, 10yr, PenFed CU, were available in early 2011 ... so another 8+ yrs to go!
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    FIRECALC & WR's

    ditto
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    Why are people such idiots in a divorce/separation situation

    people are idiots in all situations ... no reason to expect otherwise re a divorce .
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    I Bond interest rate set for next 12 months

    with bank interest rates where they are these days, the I-Bond is mighty attractive
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    It's funny joke Thursday! 2005 - 2020

    VERY, VERY FUNNY Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine. A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking. Dijon vu - the same mustard as before. Practice safe eating - always use condiments. Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death. A man needs a mistress just to break...
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    what is the best money market account out there as of now?

    Bank Accounts - Compare rates at DepositAccounts.com
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    What was your worse car you ever had?

    Dodge, early 70s. a real bummer.
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    Can You Recommend an Economical New Car Make/Model?

    my significant other has a Hyundai Sonata (09), my daughter a Hyndai Elantra (10), and i a Hyndai Elantra Touring (11) ... we have previously owned Toyotas, Hondas, Subarus. AND there are deals to be had (suggest using Truecar.com) ... each of the Hyundais were purchased at less than dealer...
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    It's funny joke Thursday! 2005 - 2020

    FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMBIGUITY, AS WELL AS THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF ENGLISH: Please enjoy and understand the following 1. DON'T SWEAT THE PETTY THINGS AND DON'T PET THE SWEATY THINGS. 2. ONE TEQUILA, TWO TEQUILA, THREE TEQUILA, FLOOR. 3. ATHEISM IS A NON-PROPHET...
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    Roth conversion

    i completed a roth conversion earlier this year, and expecting tax rates to increase next year had planned to pay the tax in this year. now that current tax rates have been extended for two years, it would seem reasonable to take advantage of the ability to spread that income over 2011 and...
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    It's funny joke Thursday! 2005 - 2020

    for the past several months i have found the humor here to be a bit, shall we say, missing. BUT, the contributions over the last couple of days has been great. laughed so hard it still hurts.
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    Any tips on buying a new car (online)?

    Truecar.com Truecar.com will find you a truely low price (you specify model, color etc.) and give you the name of three dealers (in exchange for your name, address etc.) you can then use the "best local price", finding dealers who will match that. i recently purchased a new car using that...
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    Do You Have Facial Hair?- Poll

    haven't shaved in 30 years ... always disliked shaving, so one day just decided ...
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    How much do you pay each year in banking fees?

    zero. though, like TromboneAl, the bank actually pays me several dollars per month for opting out of paper statements and making ACH transactions.
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