Recent content by Patricia Lyn

There’s been more information recently coming out about the sweetener Allulose. It’s not artificial. It is found in plants and has a slightly different chemical configuration than fructose. Therefore it is not metabolized by the liver. Table sugar is slightly sweeter than Allulose so you need to...

Thank you Thanks to all of you who replied. It helped us out a lot!

I’ve searched the forums and can’t seem to find the answer to our situation. My DH and I are both turning 65 in 2024; he in July and me in November. We are both retired and on ACA and have estimated our 2024 income that includes selling a long term capital gains stock for the bulk of our living...

OP here Thank you to all the contributors to this thread. I’m learning a lot! I am a US citizen and I have never questioned the safety of our banking system. But recent events have made me wonder. I also agree that most other countries would tail spin faster than we would due to our reserve...

My Husband and I really enjoyed Yellowstone and the spin off 1883. Give them a try! Also, Billy the Kid (on Epix). I liked Chloe on Amazon.

Lucky dude and Alan, thank you for this information. Diversifying into foreign currencies, etc is an option. Or to buy real estate in some other country, seek dual citizenship, etc. to have a place to go (if you can travel) if in a bad situation domestically. I realize all of this sounds like...

Glad to know there are some who are interested in this subject. I’m not a troll. Been on this forum for three years now.Hardly ever post but I had an honest question. Glad to see a variety of perspectives.

Old shooter, Yes absolutely. Must keep perspective! Lots of things more likely…

Mrfeh, Your reply cracks me up:) considering other governments have done exactly what I’m talking about, my level of paranoia is only mild. Extreme would be if I worried about our government deciding to freeze bank accounts of those who donated to or otherwise showed solidarity to their...

AJ888 and Spock, Thanks for the thoughtful replies. I guess you are probably right that the US is the cleanest dirty shirt. It’s just so scary to keep money in an institution that could either go under, suffer a devastating cyber attack, or an EMP even! All those years of living frugally in...

Funny article! Yes, the 1,000.00 was worth a lot more back then…20K! Pretty sad

Hello, Anyone have experience moving money out of the US? I recently looked into transferring our IRAs and Roth-IRAs to an off shore account. It’s really scary to think about since we have always had our money at Vanguard. We are currently very worried that if our economy crashes, the...

I feel for you, OP. You obviously have suffered with your height issue or you would not be considering such an invasive surgery and course of treatment. I have had a few minor “procedures” done and I can say that I have mixed feelings about each of them. I will not undergo any more. I have...

Might be able to attend My husband and I just moved to Naples and we snowbird from Idaho. It would be great to visit with people about navigating retirement issues. I will keep an eye out about this meeting and let you know a little closer to the date!

My husband and I are taking our living expenses out of various “buckets” in order to manipulate our MAGI for ACA subsidy purposes, as I’m sure a lot of people on this site are. So as I understand from reading this thread, the cliff no longer applies and we can increase our MAGI over the 68,700...