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      brett replied to the thread Thoughts on if we are prepared.
      The second and last time we went to a timeshare presentation at a condo where we were stayed for a week we priced a week. Then went...
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      brett reacted to rodi's post in the thread Find the best meals on your own with Like Like.
      Our rule of thumb is try to find where the locals eat. It can be in a tourist area, or not.... But if a lot of locals are eating there...
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      brett replied to the thread Find the best meals on your own.
      Very much agree on the short memu. As soon as we see a place filled with locals with three, sometimes five choices on the board that...
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      brett reacted to oiseux's post in the thread Find the best meals on your own with Like Like.
      I'm never that dogmatic about that, as you can genuinely miss out on a gem. In our second home in the South of France, excellent...
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      brett replied to the thread What did you do today? - 2023/2024 version.
      Put up a curtain rod and hung curtains in the bedroom. DW took six years to get around selecting/buying the curtains something to go...
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      brett replied to the thread Fat ER or earlier ER?.
      I changed my career and where we lived several times over my working life. I had a significant job change at age 50 and retired at 59...
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      brett replied to the thread I know I'm getting older.
      When I turned 65 our health authority sent me a Blue Cross card for drugs. A week later they sent me a screening test for colon cancer...
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      brett replied to the thread Who do you hire to do tax planning?.
      I do a proforma tax return for each of us in mid November. By that time we have a very good estimate of where we will end up in...
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      brett replied to the thread United Premium Plus.
      It pays to understand what you are buying. Our experience in the past is that the seats are not wider. But more legroom....sometimes...
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      brett replied to the thread Heading overseas - any extra vaccines?.
      Years ago, when we first went to Cuba, my MD at the time strongly recommended Twinrix hepA and hep B. Not just for Cuba, but for any...
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      brett reacted to harllee's post in the thread Failed root canal with Like Like.
      I am getting an implant instead of a bridge. I am 73--could live many more years and don't want to mess with a bridge. It is expensive...
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      brett replied to the thread How much do you trust online retirement calculators?.
      ^+1 I did the same. Lower ROI percentage, higher inflation percentage. Over that past 13 years both my numbers proved to be very...
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      brett reacted to WeeWilly's post in the thread How much do you trust online retirement calculators? with Like Like.
      With retirement calculators I prefer entering my own asset class return estimates rather than relying on historical returns. Perhaps it...
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      brett replied to the thread How has your spending changed after retirement?.
      Not certain how any other person's spending patterns can be relevant. We downsized and travel extensively. Friends of ours are happy...
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      brett replied to the thread Do I need to pack that?.
      Absolutely. She is in for a huge surprise if she books on one of the regionals. Cannot imagine humping that shower on and off the...
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