Recent content by Snidely Whiplash

This is a big help to me. Thanks to each of you for taking the time to reply.

Are health insurance company payout ratios and uninsured fines still in place? Due to personal circumstances I haven’t really followed the intricacies of private health insurance and ACA issues as much as I should have recently. Please forgive me if my terminology is not quite correct. As it...

I certainly hope not. I got very few shares of a stock I’ve been waiting for last December. I’d like to buy more cheap in the next couple weeks. :):):)

Thank you! I was amazed as anyone that my wife was in favor of this purchase. Her argument “We are down to one vehicle, we have plenty of money, we live a comfortable life, if we can afford it, and can get a good deal, we should buy it.” It’s clearly a level above what I would have considered...

Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond. I read and I gave serious thought to every post made but the one that really struck home with me was : We are doing OK and are able to live comfortably off of the dividends from our portfolio. We have never sold a share of stock and our...

Do you still vape? I’m curious if quitting vaping is as hard as quitting cigarettes?

So many great thoughts and suggestions. Thank you for giving me some additional viewpoints. My dream vehicle is kinda boring compared to some of the great cars of others here. And I used the term “car” too generically, I should have used truck or vehicle. I’ve primarily driven base model...

Spent some time reading older threads on this site. One of the threads that was interesting was from a couple years ago asking about everyone’s favorite car they had owned. That thread got me thinking since I’m going to be in the market for a new vehicle pretty soon. I’ve generally bought new...

IMOLDERNU, Has this happened at your old Florida community?

My son (25 and single) has been stuck with the dinner bill / obviously used as a free meal ticket so many times he refuses to use any online dating site. He has also been stung by highly filtered online pictures to the extent that some of his dates were unrecognizable in person. It’s made for...

Minus the little dog, that’s my retirement plan right there. No big house to clean, no lawn work, a relatively cheap cost of living, trying different regional food, and the ability to see as many state / national parks as possible.

I do get your point. I just don’t agree with it. And you don’t agree with mine. That’s fair. I’ll agree to disagree and move on.......

Respectfully, I disagree. Explain those issues you raised ahead of time, that’s fine, but once “I'm done, I want out of this machine now." comes out of my mouth, no alternative other than getting me out is acceptable. I’m curious (and not meaning to be snarky), in your opinion how long is it OK...

After reading this thread I got curious about the earnings potential of morticians. Found this online: "According to the BLS, the median salary for all morticians was $54,330 per year, with the middle 50 percent earning between $40,050 and $72,920." If true, I dont think its a matter of...

This troubles me too, and is one of my fears. I'm not sure at what age one loses their right to self-determination. I saw this with senior members of my own family. Examples : (1) At a hospital, one member of my family became very uncomfortable in an enclosed medical scanning machine and asked...