Recent content by Mauser

I used TurboTax for a lot of years and liked it, but finally got disgusted with the company's attitude, increasing prices, changing ownership, etc. Switched to H&R software for a number of years - also worked just fine. Then started using FreeTaxUSA. Worked just fine too. I did my state tax...

The problem of a throw rug moving when on top of regular carpet is very common. It is related to the way the natural set of the carpet nap works like little fingers each time they are compressed and then rebound. Hard to predict when it will happen; in my house I have a very large rug in one...

I have worked with several advisors, and been mostly disappointed. One of 'em was a true borderline shyster (silver tongue and only out for his own gain). That toad suckered me into lining his pockets more than my own (and I thought I was well-educated and understood the business enough to be...

Personally I despise the telephone - totally hate the damn things. Sometimes VM is useful and necessary, especially in today's disgusting environment. Because of the huge amount of unwanted sales calls and other intrusive spam, I no longer answer ANY call where I do not recognize the number or...

Just 2 of us - the closest Sam's is 80 miles, and the closest CostCo is 200 miles. Very few local options to buy anything at all at a discount. But we have always bought non-perishables in bulk, things like paper towels, toilet paper, water softener salt, liquor, etc. Just the liquor savings...

I hear ya, and I am tempted to agree - but I won't. I guess it all depends on how much "cash" you have to park, and what you think is "worth it". I have $300,000, and that extra 0.5% I am now getting by just moving my cash from Ford demand notes to Toyota demand notes will give me $1,500 more...

Many years ago I bought an el-cheapo wrist cuff from Harbor Freight. I EXPECTED it to be absolute garbage, but it was just too cheap to pass up. The surprise was that it was actually very accurate, and it even lasted a VERY long time on rechargeable batteries. It uses 2 AAA batteries, and...

Gee, I think I saw that movie...

That sounds like it. I just made the change, and I am testing it with this post. Strange how I have never run into this before on other forums. Yup, that fixed it for me - THANX!

Nope, not a phone. Just using Firefox browser in W10. I frequent a number of other forums and do not have this problem anywhere but here.

Trying to post on these forums is driving me absolutely crazy. No matter what I do, the resulting post is either NOT broken into paragraphs (hard to read), or if I try to put a blank line between paragraphs, the resulting post has TWO or THEE blank lines and I need to go back in to edit the...

YES, this can be a big problem, no matter how you try to deal with it. We lived in Big City, Texas, and spent over four years trying to find the right retirement property in the Hill Country - I personally have zero use for Texas at all, but that is DW home state and she wanted to be close to...

Thanx for all the replies so far - sounds like there is really not much better than what I have been using. The Ford Interest Advantage account has check writing and electronic bill pay with no fees, so I may just stick with that, along with some of it in the Ally Invest Managed Portfolio. I...

Thanx - that is about what I expected. I was getting way more than that with Ford last year, and even today they are still paying a full 1%.

Doesn't matter what cash it is - emergency fund, waiting on the next investment, etc. Doesn't matter how much cash it is - we all have some, even if it is just the daily checking account you use to pay off the credit cards. So the question is, where do you think is the best place to park that...