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LOL, agreed. The pride is running pretty high right now. Soon to have back in truck to see if it's assembled together correctly. Confidence is high it's done right.

Currently in the process of rebuilding a manual transmission in my old beloved 1996 Dodge ram 2500 cummins truck. I'm reaching the limits of abilities and tools on this project, but over the hump on the rebuild. On our last trip, the transmission started making noises... NOT GOOD. After...

I'd consider my self an introvert in "group" get togethers, because its a lot of idle chit chat. I find chit chat to be absolutely useless, and boring. Now, a sit down dinner with only one person/couple, where focus can be on a discussion, i'm all in. Another thing that happens at...

My beloved 1996 Ram 2500 with 12 valve cummins has had a minor coolant leak in the front corner head gasket since i've owned the truck (bought yr 2000). The task to fix always seemed too daunting, do to the injection and compression pressures involved in diesel motors. Decided to put on my big...

My pristine 1996 Dodge cummins pickup (250k miles) had a fuel sending unit that started acting up. Dropped the fuel tank, removed the fuel level sending unit, and tuned up the fuel sender potentiometer by cleaning, sanding contacts, bending springs to insure proper contact. Re installed tuned...

I was checking out at a grocery store, and notice this young couple with a baby suddenly get frustrated. I overheard that the young husband forgot his wallet, and was about to go put back the cart full of food. Knowing that they would have to repeat the shopping all the while managing an...

Lol, and I thought I was being smart having loads of cash in MMF earning good rates, and flexible to pounce on good deals. Watch the buck be broken! I'd be so pissed.

Dumb question. Why would default be such a sudden catastrophic event? Does money suddenly disappear? Who loses money, and how?

3 years ago got back into motorcycles, relearning on a new Honda NC750x, putting 28k miles in a year before selling. Wanted more head snapping power, so moved up to a Yamaha FJR1300 and added 55K miles to its odometer. Have spent many $$ making it fit my body, including custom saddle, bar...

I've spent $40k on my new motorcycle obsession over the last 3 years, and spend what ever needed to keep them rolling. I read motorcycle forums with people talking how they really want a particular bike, but pass on buying because it's not a great deal. I could careless getting a deal or not...

Since I ride a motorcycle, i always ride with the flow of traffic, irregardless what the speed limit is. If i'm riding different than the flow, I'll have some texting minion ride over me. One thing I never do on a motorcycle is challenge a road rager nut bag. Easy enough to slow down and...

Today, i DIY replaced tires on our Ford Escape with tires bought from Tire Rack using the tire changer (NO-Mar) I use to change motorcycle tires. I feel so empowered not having to take tires to the tire stores and held hostage to their prices and stuck in their waiting room for hours. I used a...

Weeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

Great question, and watching responses from the ER guru's with eyes wide open. My initial thinking of Roth uses was for purchasing Large ticket items (IE: cars, rv's, houses), without impacting the years tax plan.

With recent fiasco of SVB, how would anybody buy a brokered CD from a Bank named "Bank of Bird in hand"? There really is a brokered cd being sold on vanguard website with this name.

That's why i figured it was low risk. If my ship sinks, the whole world's is under anyway, so, no big. However, now that a bank has failed, no frickn way would i take a similar risk in the future while buying Brokered CD's

Bought Brokered Cd's through vangaurd, where her IRA and Roth are located.

Within wife's IRA at vangaurd, she has 250k cd at Charles Schwab bank, and Roth...176K cd at charles schwab bank We knowingly did this of course because the cd yields looked great. Seemed like a low risk bet. Now, well, seems pretty stupid after recent bank failure

Ug, i hope JP Morgan Chase bank and Charles Schwab Bank are sufficiently funded. Out of greed and stupid, we are exceeding the $250 fdic limits for Brokered CD's

The first time i saw hawaii (Oahu), I was totally disappointed. I couldnt believe how dirty it was. The red dirt on the streets everywhere. I was expecting this lush, beautiful, perfection. Everything looked run down to me. I have since learned to love the beaches, and Shaved Ice, and...

After morning coffee and the 3S's, I love to get out on the motorcycle and see what the world is doing. I try to ride every day, rain or shine but not snow :( After a 2 hour ride, its would be time to start working on what ever project is going on at the time. I feel my day isn't complete...

I dreamed that I would be doing a lot of boating in retirement, when I was employed. After retiring, I found boating extremely boring. I think the calm peace of boating while working was an escape from frustrations of work. In retirement, I need more brain stimulation/danger in hobbies...

Get rid of the cage and buy a motorcycle!

I am by no means an "anti-vaccer", but the current rush to a cure has many similarities to the movie I AM LEGEND, where a miracle vaccine was promised to cure all cancers but instead, had severe reactions a few years later. Thanks, but, I'll keep social distancing+mask before I jump on this...

I wear clothes completely out. Example: My wholy underwear are good until I pull them up and the elastic band tears off. Then and only then do they go in the trash. They are darn near see through by then anyway!