Recent content by Tree-dweller

Got the same SunJoe 2 years ago, paid under $200 on a special promotion. Charge lasts long enough to mow either front or back, so it gives me an excuse to stagger them[emoji846]. Works great for my relatively small mowable area.

This^ is a concern for me too. DW has said repeatedly, usually when I try to show her how it all works with automation, that she’d rely on paper when I’m taking a dirt nap. On the original subject, I’ll be happy to pay someone to do the riskier stuff involving ladders and such, as well as the...

Interesting read. I’m enjoying almost nightly after-dinner rye manhattans (1 or 2, more likely the latter)while vegging out tube-front during this covidian nightmare. I’ve convinced myself it’s more out of habit than craving. No day drinking, and no daytime TV watching except weekends during...

All the positives posted so far: ditto

We’re fortunate that “B” is true for us, at least at this moment in retirement, but still have a decade or so to hit 75, so...will it still be true then? Now that we have years of “Blow that Dough“ options ahead of us, I find fewer temptations now than I probably would have in my youth; you...

My doctor wanted urine, blood, and stool samples, so I gave him my underwear. (insert rimshot here)

When I was in my mid-20s as my son is now, I called home or visited once or twice per month. I thought at the time that was plenty. Now that i’m the parent, I recognize it was not. I urge him to initiate calls more often by telling him “his mother really misses him”. ;-)

You’re a nurturing parent who wants the best for your (still little) kids, but I agree with P; Instilling a work ethic is as important a legacy as the $. For our son we paid 4 years tuition, books, room & board but let him know he was on the hook for his own party money, so he had a succession...

$49.99, the price of a 1.5 L handle of Bulleit Rye, which lasts me a month (February gets me a generous pour, only 28 days and all ;-})

While I have not knowingly had an issue with tax software (yet), I’ve wondered if the fact that the software is still periodically updating between January and April suggests it’s wise to wait to file closer to the deadline. (Not that I do...)

Thought that was a Robert Kraft quote [emoji10]

As I write this I am draped over a comfy chair by the front window, enjoying my second cup of coffee watching neighbors driving by on their way to work. Seven years ago I would have been at work for a few hours, probably at a travel site, already deep into an adversarial day. I either didn’t...

I’m approaching the end of my first year with my DPC doc. My experience so far is similar to yours: immediate accessibility, relaxed waiting room for the few minutes I might be waiting. My costs are more than yours, about $80/ month, and that will rise this year as I’ve turned 65. I’m not sure...

Thanks, I think we’re staying put. Shoveling and yard maintenance are the only things we don’t like about our smallish SFH in New England (well, that and the cold weather) but those are things people can be hired to do as I get brittle. Never having lived in a condo, I’m not adventurous enough...

Twenty years ago I was responsible for selling my deceased brother’s urban triple-decker, getting around $200k for it. Zillow reports those three units, now converted to condos, are now worth about $500k EACH! No off street parking, narrow street, no yard to speak of...I don’t get the appeal...