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When I turned 50 in addition to having a virtual colonoscopy I had a heart scan done (not covered by insurance) primarily because my friend did the same thing 4 years earlier when he turned 50 just because they offered it. Long story, short he had a quintuple bypass two weeks later as he was...

Sorry to hear about your experience at Breck. I would pursue the matter through your insurance company first to see what they will do. It should not be too hard for them (or you) to find out who the parents are since you have his first/last name, email address and more than likely he was on an...

Have a 2020 converted Sprinter van. I will echo a couple comments from previous posters: - I would never consider this an investment per se but rather an irrational but highly satisfying splurge. Hard to justify the cost from an economic perspective but nothing beats getting out in the middle...

Layers are crucial for traveling. Shirts - a couple good high performance base short-sleeve shirts - something that easily wicks away sweat. Techwear from Patagonia, Arctyerx, Columbia, Orivs (drirelease) etc. along with merino wool based products from Smartwool, Icebreaker will suffice. I...

great chart!

Astigmatism I have noticed similar issues with abnormally bright lights/slight when driving at night. The diagnosis from my Ophthalmologist was astigmatism. The prescription I received is almost like night vision - the bright lights don’t seem so bright and everything is much crisper without...

Interesting but …… Thanks for sharing this but I have a few questions. I am assuming you pulled all this information from the prospectus. How were you able to pull a return number for the S&P 500 from 1934 when the index did not come into creation until 1957? I don’t think Standard and...

The podcast with Dr. Peter Attia (Attia podcast #194 – How fructose drives metabolic disease | Rick Johnson, M.D. https://peterattiamd.com/rickjohnson2/) that audreyh1 posted I found to be very helpful and easy to understand. Peter Attia also has a plethora of very informative (sometimes he...

….reading through a plethora of responses rings home that one needs to have a solid handle on liquidity needs (1-3yrs) before transitioning to early retirement especially during periods of increasing uncertainty (or perhaps heightened awareness of the uncertainties out there). I know for many...