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Wife says she is probably not interested in remarriage if I were to step in front of a bus. I say the same, but part of the problem with these plans is where you live. In the US in the big city, if you don't have a circle of friends that includes widows/widowers it would probably be difficult to...

NOW we have gone and done it! After 8.5 years in Mexico without a vehicle we finally purchased one, a 2015 Nissan X-Trail (same as Rogue in US). I cancelled our flights and car rental for June and we will now combine two trips into one big one. Estimated 4,000 miles round-trip. Oddly enough...

Hey, I'm just testing features! :unsure: But seriously, I do like the fact that even quotes are ignored. vBulletin did not have that feature. Re: dislike buttons, for some reason I don't think any software allows for it, except maybe Reddit's infamous 'downvote' phenomenon.

I was speaking somewhat in jest, but I guess if you feel accosted then... maybe, if the shoe fits, wear it? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Yes it does! For example, it is much easier to ignore another member. Here, let me show you how that works...

The forum has been drug, kicking and screaming, into the 21st Century! Huzzah!

This was our first total eclipse and we were fortunate enough to see it from Mazatlan w/ some friends. One had a drone and was getting some cool video and photos from that. When the last bit of light disappeared while using the glasses I was waiting for the totality corona and finally realized...

Saw that Ford just announced it was further delaying both upcoming and existing EV production. 7+ Billion ICE profit, almost 5 Billion EV loss. It is very difficult for legacy OEM auto manufacturers to make major changes like this. Should benefit TSLA and BYD, maybe Rivian. Anyone waiting...

There are just a few places to see Redwoods in Cali... https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24723

Congrats from a fellow mistake-maker, but at least you didn't come here and attempt to convince others how your mistakes weren't mistakes..... :facepalm: :laugh:

OK boomer, you can stop fondling your slide rule now LOL I think the demographics include both age and engineer-types. I can appreciate the wonder that is the amazing things Voyager has achieved given the low-tech approach available at the time. But I find it less interesting (by a large...

Who said anything about the future? I would never ask an AI about the future. That would be stupid! I was, in fact, asking about the past, about quantifiable numbers that should be rather firm. Co-pilot at least came up with solid numbers! Good to know. I wasn't asking it for opinion, just...

I can't access my chat history, evidently, but just something like "What is the difference in gains between the RSP and SPY over the last 10 years?" - I did not ask for 'which is better' or any opinionated type of question...

At this point, would not recommend! So, recently did some Google searching. I was specifically looking into RSP (Invesco equal-weight S&P 500 fund) and comparing it to SPY for current trends. I am considering moving my allocation from RSP to SPY. For some reason, when you search for comparisons...

I'm guessing that's a byproduct of the demographic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think it's cool to marvel at things that last way beyond their expectations, but I'm much more enamored with the current revolution in the entire space market. We had a long lull! This last Starship launch just made me kinda giddy...

My brother is 6' 3" and 57 yrs old. He has been overweight for many years. He is somewhere in the high 200's on the scale. All the excess weight is in his gut, mainly facing forward, and in his neck/head. He recently got a calcium test. IT WAS ZERO. Both the lab and his doctor confirmed, and...

I read somewhere that by StarShip Version 3 it will be an additional 20-30 meters taller! :0

I mean, is that thing nuclear powered? HOW is it still functioning???

Not so frequent long-term-average, but the number increased quite a bit when we RV'ed in 2020-22. Lots of miles on dirt roads and back roads and highways.

I can't really add much data but we visited LWV when my wife's half-sister and her husband still lived there. They were there for many years and they really enjoyed it. Both have passed since. We only visited personally for a week or two.

Some interesting stats from the Nasdaq Chief Economist here, comparing three different strategies. Hold overnight, hold intraday, or buy-and-hold. Oddly enough, even though it would be a lot of work and expensive if you have fees, the hold overnight strategy has, until recently, outpaced even...

when we were RV-ing a few years ago I actually bought one and took it with us on the road. Ended up printing a few different brackets to mount phones, weather displays, etc. on the wall, also made brackets to mount a small portable bluetooth speaker under the TV. Also made brackets to hold the...

I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek in my prior comment. I am a *big fan* of the so-called 'green revolution' as it has allowed for the population of the world to bloom, while the calories available per-person actually grew. Yes, obesity is a side effect we have not yet learned to master. From an...

To more directly address the original question, I think you can care about the state of the world *and* focus on your own life. The two are not mutually exclusive. However, caring about the world does not mean you should obsess over 'news' coverage of every little piece of bad news around the...

there's a version of this here in Mexico - I've heard more than one mason refer to it as 'cancer' - officially it is 'salitre' - aka, saltpeter. If the sand they use isn't properly sourced you end up with patchy, flaky spots that shed white powder during the rainy season.

After an existential crisis a few years ago I stumbled on some books that saved me and brought me back from the edge. Several of you have expressed a worldview similar to the one I used to share, so I feel compelled to share two books and one website/newsletter/podcast in the hopes of bringing...