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09-15-2019, 10:10 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Martini, sandwich and appetizer washed down with a beer only $75. Value!
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09-15-2019, 10:24 PM
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#582
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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If my sister and her husband have anything done to their home, it will be for their enjoyment and they will not care about resale value. They are likely to die in this home. My sister just does not see that she needs anything more than what she already has.
We are about of the same mindset, but we still did a bit more to our home. Having the countertop changed was not that big a deal, did not take the workers that long, and did not cost a huge amount of money either. And we did enjoy it afterwards, and thought that we could have had it done earlier.
We have talked about redoing the bathrooms, but never got around to looking seriously at the options or having someone providing a quote. We just keep procrastinating. And I am afraid once we have it done, we will tell ourselves that we could have it done and enjoyed it long ago.
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09-16-2019, 12:36 AM
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#583
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Bay Area
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Plunked down 50k for 2018 Genesis. The car practically drives by itself. It will serve me on my long distance trips.
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09-16-2019, 05:41 AM
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#584
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
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Originally Posted by Walt34
We're in that mindset too. While we have nowhere near $5M in assets we could afford the granite (or whatever is currently in style) countertops. But neither one of us sees how they would improve our daily lives so we don't bother.
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One thing to consider.... if your current countertops will be an impediment to the eventual sale of your house by you or your executor, then replacing them now allows you to enjoy them for your remaining time in the house, may cost less because of inflation and allows you to do it leisurely pace rather than you or your executor having to do it with a sale deadline in mind.
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09-16-2019, 07:07 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Syracuse
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Nice ride!
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Originally Posted by robnplunder
Plunked down 50k for 2018 Genesis. The car practically drives by itself. It will serve me on my long distance trips.
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09-16-2019, 08:18 AM
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#586
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Walt34
We're in that mindset too. While we have nowhere near $5M in assets we could afford the granite (or whatever is currently in style) countertops. But neither one of us sees how they would improve our daily lives so we don't bother.
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I thought about this, and how it is true that older people tend to spend less than when they were young, even though they have more money now. It's not because they turn miser. It's because they care less about stuff now.
How is that? Could it be because of their declining health, they see that health is more precious than anything, yet money cannot buy it. The other "stuff" becomes less important. And older people turn more philosophical.
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09-16-2019, 09:47 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Western NC
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Replaced the flooring in our kitchen with a better grade of sheet vinyl...under $500 installed.
Will replace the Formica countertops only because the original design allowed water to pool around the porcelain-over-cast iron sink, so it is now rusting and staining the nearby countertop areas...with the least maintenance counter-top material at a reasonable price (quartz?) plus under-mount sink.
When the last kid is finally graduated will replace the wall-to-wall carpet with hardwood in traffic areas upstairs & on the staircase to the finished basement.
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09-17-2019, 03:45 PM
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#588
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Location: the prairies
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I paid $53 US for a hat...about $75 CDN after taxes and exchange. But it's a nice Outback hat that should last a very long time...the straw ones fall apart after a year or so. GF thinks I look good in it so that's a bonus.
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09-17-2019, 05:45 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Boerne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Souschef
Great! I have attached a copy of the story of our trip. Try to find a book called
d Castles Along the Rhine. It will give you the history of the castles you sail by.
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We are looking a 15 day European Grand cruise similar in nature....Was it worth the cost?
Thx
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09-17-2019, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
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Just bought the 2020 BMW X3 M40i. $58k out the door.
And we're up to $62,534 spent on our Africa trip. We haven't even left yet.
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09-17-2019, 06:32 PM
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Wow how long is that Africa trip and for how many people?
I just got the AAA Vacations brochure in the mail. I was leafing through it and they had this one Spain cruise for 7 days for $7300 per person. I read the fine print and it said it included business-class ticket to Spain.
Still probably more than a comparable DIY trip, though I don't know about cruises.
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09-17-2019, 06:52 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by explanade
Wow how long is that Africa trip and for how many people?
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16 days, 2 people.
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09-18-2019, 07:29 PM
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#593
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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I'm posting about $70 hats and some of you are talking about $50k cars and $60k trips. 
I'm blowing that dough...it's just taking me a little longer to find the groove 
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09-18-2019, 07:31 PM
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#594
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Every little bit helps. And besides if the only hats you had before were $7 ball caps, you've gone up a whole order of magnitude!
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09-18-2019, 07:37 PM
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#595
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RobbieB
Every little bit helps. And besides if the only hats you had before were $7 ball caps, you've gone up a whole order of magnitude!
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You nailed it...I've gone from $5 ball caps to $70 quality hats.
Baby steps...
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09-18-2019, 07:40 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Location: New Orleans
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Originally Posted by Music Lover
You nailed it...I've gone from $5 ball caps to $70 quality hats.
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That's a great looking hat! Definitely a step up from $5 ball caps. 
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09-18-2019, 07:43 PM
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#597
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The wife and I ate lunch here on the way to Pismo Beach. A half dozen clams, broiled mahi-mahi, crab cakes, a beer and a cranberry juice with tax and tip...
One hundred dollars. We'll go there again, it was worth it -
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09-18-2019, 07:50 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
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DW's birthday today. Even though I gave her a card and a "suggested" gift earlier this week, today I gave her an Active Guardian pendant. Cost? About $1.28/day.
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https://www.medicalguardian.com/prod...ctive-guardian
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09-21-2019, 09:37 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2008
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Ok AJ that is a nice thing to have, but really really inappropriate for a birthday. How depressing to be told " You're Old Here is your badge."
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09-21-2019, 09:58 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West of the Mississippi
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Music Lover
I paid $53 US for a hat...about $75 CDN after taxes and exchange. But it's a nice Outback hat that should last a very long time...the straw ones fall apart after a year or so. GF thinks I look good in it so that's a bonus.
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With that hat on you will look like a million bucks! Well worth the money. Just make sure the GF doesn't see you smiling at the other women who are enjoying your cowboy good looks. 
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