Forum: FIRE and Money
04-17-2012, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 74
Views: 6,463
Rethinking this since Papa's gone
My father-in-law (85) died 5 years back, my own father died last year (80), and my husband's uncle (83) died this month.
Each of these gentlemen left their wives with enough money to survive and...
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Forum: FIRE and Money
04-05-2012, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 7,340
My husband is the caretaker for a camp in the...
My husband is the caretaker for a camp in the middle of a VERY nice neighborhood, and is required to live on the property. So we're living in a double-wide trailer in the midst of grillion-dollar...
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Forum: Young Dreamers
04-05-2012, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,257
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Forum: FIRE and Money
03-11-2012, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 9,220
leaving numbers aside for the moment...
This is a difficult place to be -- I know from a similar experience.
One way to try to think your way out of the problem is to play with the scenarios and the numbers -- this will work...that...
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Forum: FIRE and Money
12-29-2009, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,090
I have a friend who travels back and forth to...
I have a friend who travels back and forth to visit family in Japan -- he says he finds homeless people at the train station, etc. -- something he'd never have dreamed possible for that society 20...
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Forum: Health and Early Retirement
12-29-2009, 04:22 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 10,685
It seems counterintuitive, but sometimes I can...
It seems counterintuitive, but sometimes I can get to sleep by trying to stay awake. I pick a spot in the room and try to keep my eyes on it and not close them (apart from blinking, that is!). I...
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Forum: Other topics
12-12-2009, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,930
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Forum: Life after FIRE
12-12-2009, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,869
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Forum: Life after FIRE
12-11-2009, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,869
LOL. What Bum said.
That reminds me of a...
LOL. What Bum said.
That reminds me of a poem I love...
Wallace McRae, Cowboy Curmudgeon* "Reincarnation"***** Cowboy Poetry at the BAR-D Ranch******** www.CowboyPoetry.com...
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Forum: Life after FIRE
12-11-2009, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 8,086
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Forum: FIRE and Money
12-07-2009, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 145
Views: 19,231
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Forum: FIRE and Money
12-07-2009, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 145
Views: 19,231
I'm late to this thread because up until...
I'm late to this thread because up until yesterday this type of insurance was not at the top of my list of concerns.
Yesterday, DH brings home an offer from employer (through UNUM) of LTC...
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Forum: Travel Information
03-19-2009, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,733
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Forum: FIRE and Money
02-09-2009, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 5,474
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Forum: Young Dreamers
02-09-2009, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 189
Views: 28,957
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Forum: Young Dreamers
02-02-2009, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,101
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Forum: Other topics
01-15-2009, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 100
Views: 8,529
I'll be 52 next month but wierdly enough, I've...
I'll be 52 next month but wierdly enough, I've been feeling younger lately.
I'm coming to the end of my current job and career in software and, if I'm lucky and keep myself fit, I've got 30 good...
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Forum: FIRE and Money
01-12-2009, 01:37 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,558
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Forum: FIRE and Money
01-11-2009, 11:42 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,092
In 2005 I sold a few paltry shares from my...
In 2005 I sold a few paltry shares from my employee stock purchase plan. The plan inadvertently sent TWO copies of the report of sale to IRS.
In late 2007, they got around to asking me why I...
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Forum: Life after FIRE
01-07-2009, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,167
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Forum: Health and Early Retirement
01-06-2009, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,546
I spent 4 days with my Aunt in November. She...
I spent 4 days with my Aunt in November. She smokes like a chimney (but she's 86, so whaddya gonna do?)
After 4 days I was wheezy, lightheaded, sick to my stomach, and headachy. Had the sore...
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Forum: Other topics
12-16-2008, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,307
Something akin to his happened at a company I...
Something akin to his happened at a company I worked at once. Happened after a new CEO came on board - the guy was all about building morale on the surface, but underneath, a total sociopath.
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Forum: Other topics
12-16-2008, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,299
I climbed Kilimanjaro a few years back -- it...
I climbed Kilimanjaro a few years back -- it nearly killed me.
Met an 82-year-old at the summit who said the trip was easy. "Just put one foot in front of the other, and fall forward."
If...
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Forum: Other topics
11-30-2008, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,927
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Forum: Health and Early Retirement
11-20-2008, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,047
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