Recent content by prudent_one

Never had an opportunity to learn how, so have always avoided it. I asked DW once if she would like to take lessons with me so I could dance with her if she wanted, but she said no.

I would love to do this but can't convince myself I wouldn't miss a payment and screw up my insurance. So for peace of mind I put it on autopay.

4 or more per day on our landline. I had thought about canceling it but when I thought about it, I realized I get maybe 1 spam call a month on my cell and I decided I'd rather have the spam calls on the landline. I've had my cell for many years and I know if I make my cell the "main" number...

I handle finances for a non-profit. Their checking account pays 0.01% APR and the savings account (if we wanted one) pays 0.05% APR. Bank says that's because our account is a business account, not personal. I'm just looking for a way to stretch their funds. Any suggestion how I could find a...

I think you could have asked if there was a room where you and he could continue the discussion. No reason not to make the suggestion yourself.

That's tragic. Hope things work out for her. That's the scenario I'm wanting to prevent.

Probably an oft-told story. I handle the finances, she has little interest in it and no aptitude for it (dyslexic WRT math, it's dangerous). She knows this is true. I know if she trusts someone, she will not question what they say. I need to have a plan in place if I predecease her. For...

A few years back an advisor suggested a variable annuity and gave us a flashy 3-page brochure that made it sound fantastic. The anal-retentive side of me asked for the full prospectus to review. It was 67 pages of dense small text that was incomprehensible. And in the spirit of not buying...

When I was there for work a few years ago, I was given the same warning PLUS the advice to ensure the cap was still sealed. Don't accept a bottle that a server brought to the table and "opened" for you. Our hosts would always take the caps from the bottled water they consumed and pitch them out...

I used a program I got from EaseUS when I was replacing my PC a couple months ago. A little fussy about how to use it but it did the job find. Brought over the registry, the OS, programs, desktop, everything.

If that is the average, I'd like to know the median price. Just looked at a local dealer's inventory of Buicks (GM's lux nameplate) and out of 31 new Buicks in inventory, only six are more than $50K and the highest price is $60K. No new GMC trucks were over $50K. A local Toyota dealer has 29...

It's something. I have read more bad Internet advice about how to handle cash transactions than good advice. A lot of people shoot themselves in the foot because they believed the "Keep it under $9700" and nothing can happen" stories. Meanwhile ain't no bank so clueless as to not see someone...

Waiting for a star to fall - I'm a sucker for a great sax solo in a great song.

From my observations, coin collecting is experiencing a resurgence of popularity. Instagram in particular is where a lot of younger/newer collectors are connecting with other collectors. I'm at a handful of coin shows a year and I've been seeing more sharp younger collectors (teens/twenties)...

The only person I ever told this story to was my wife. Years ago I was attending a big week-long conference out of town, probably about 1,000 people there. The conference had dozens of hour-long sessions during the day, and overlapping with those was a "show floor" where exhibitors set up...