Recent content by Mdlerth

I've been a member of this forum for 3+ years, and had followed it for two or three years prior. It presented lots of (mostly) pleasant discussions about a variety of topics related to preparing for and enjoying retirement. Unfortunately, 99% of threads now are about the coronavirus...

A reply from Captain Underthink ...and now we know why. If 5% of your savings covers 2 years of expenses, that means you've got 40 years worth of living costs in the can, i.e., a WR of 2.5%. That would be considered on the safe side, no matter which calculator you deploy. Think about what...

"Tiger King" makes "Jersey Shore" seem normal Tigers are just the McGuffin. The real show is the out-of-this-world strangeness of the people. Cult leaders calling out rivals for being cult leaders. The cult members who have money for elaborate tattoos and piercings but seemingly not for...

Long live Doctor Demento! Thinking "At least it's still legal to drink, play cards and shoot the bull."

Americans are invulnerable to anything except Corona Perhaps not every country is counting exactly the same way? If a patient in another nation tests positive for the virus and later dies from pneumonia, is the fatality attributed to COVID-19 or to pneumonia? I recall reading on at least...

Since the onset of quarantine, many people are buying more online so they're getting stuff delivered more often. But I read post after post criticizing the service from Federal Express: orders not arriving on schedule, delivered to the wrong address, merchandise damaged, etc. It looks to be a...

Day 79 since first COVID-19 case in USA Did my weekly run to Kroger's today. Not crowded. I was both gloved and masked (we have a couple of N95s left over from various home carpentry projects), as were probably 2/3 of both customers and employees. It is a warm day here, and my mask was both...

Your butt must be at least this foul to join the mob Would neighbors who own bidets still be allowed to participate in flinging poop?

For the record, Tony Soprano also described himself as a businessman I got the satire. My response was the least libelous way I could think of to second it. I'm not sure your second point is entirely accurate or fair to businessmen (or businesswomen). Are there bad apples? Natch...

Businessman, shmiznessman There is surprisingly little history to suggest that engaging this person would bring constructive results. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shkreli

Everyone has a purpose; this guy's is to be a Guinea pig Don't underestimate his potential usefulness. Inject that weasel with the virus, and then test a few of the candidate drugs on him. If he lives, send him a bill for $100k per shot.

I am disappointed The time to sign out of a thread is before discussion degrades into argument.

If we really are dorks, the future will not view us kindly I thought I had illustrated the point in my post. So many businesses in my area either close completely or all but close. Health professions other than critical care are simply putting patients on hold: Dentists, orthopedic clinics...

If not for double standards we'd have no standards at all Roger this. People's homes still need maintenance and repairs to remain habitable, especially when they're essentially imprisoned in them. If sanitizing carts and keeping one's distance is effective at the grocery store*, why...

No such thing as normal at Casa Mdlerth Impossible to separate virus-related changes from confounding factors. We haven't been at steady-state since three years ago, and everything is in flux. I retired end of December. At the beginning of January, DW was injured in a fall and missed two...