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    Mens travel clothing??

    The best resource I’ve found for travel clothing is on Reddit - The onebag subreddit has a lot of information.
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    TD to Schwab migration

    I was going to start a new topic on the TDA to Schwab migration- but I thought I’d keep this one going. I have have accounts at both Schwab and TDA - so I’m particularly interested in what everything will look like after the migration on September 1 I’m also a Quicken user, so I’m not looking...
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    Poll: Do You Use Cash Apps (e.g. Venmo)?

    I use all but Apple Cash - big fan of Apple Pay. We were splitting a rental with my BIL and he pulled out a check and said how much do I owe you? I’m like - do you have Venmo, PayPal, or Zelle - which went down a rabbit hole of yes you do have Zelle - since almost all banks use it - he...
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    Is paypal more secure than using a credit card?

    Somewhat related - I bought some bus tickets online for a foreign country - the bus was cancelled so I asked for a refund, they never sent me a refund or asked me how I wanted to get my refund. I opened up a case with PP and after a short period of time they sent me a refund
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    Hi, I am 57 thinking of retiring next year.

    I had a a goal year in mind as we planned early retirement - then a reorg hit and I had to leave about 2 years earlier. A great severance package bridged the gap - but no more contributions to my pension fund. The result will be 5K less per year when I take my pension. After a few years I...
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    healthcare.gov/ACA enrollment reminders

    Happened to me every year - this year I answered the phone when they called, I said I was just staying with the same plan - so nothing to do. I asked if I’ll still get reminders- they said yeah but then said if I wanted to be removed from notifications- I said yes and now crickets!
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    Brussels to Amsterdam suggestions?

    A second vote for Bruges. In Amsterdam - do the Heineken Brewery tour - my favorite brewery tour ever!
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    When did doc make you go on blood press meds?

    I was the opposite- I was in college trying to be flight qualified in ROTC - it was 96/56 - which was too low (long distance runner) so the nurse took my BP twice a day for a week - which just happened to be exam week! I was up to 115ish over 70ish Lack of sleep and fast food diet works wonders.
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    Cost of Car Rental in Europe for 2021-2022 - Anyone rented a car recently?

    Just rented a car in Croatia a few weeks ago - used Rentalcars.com A couple of notes: One way drop off fee was around $110 Study up on insurance requirements If you are over age 70 - read up on the rules
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    Part-time Jobs in Retirement in the IT field

    I did some software testing a while back - only worked part of the year - all web based software - found it on flexjobs.com Check out the new build - log bugs - re-test- even with automation you still need some human testing. I quit after they wanted me to work more - I was very upfront with...
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    Timing of retirement discussion with boss

    Go on the trip. As long as you don’t plan on working or getting a reference from your company - do it. After you get back from the trip - sit down with your boss - and have a heart to heart saying “I like where the company is going - but after talking to everyone on the trip - I don’t think I...
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    Aviation Wordle

    Oh come on! Airportle 109 X/6 [emoji833][emoji833]? [emoji833][emoji833]? [emoji833][emoji833]? [emoji833][emoji833]? [emoji833][emoji833]? [emoji833][emoji833]? Try at https://airportle.scottscheapflights.com
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    ACA plan not accepted - but gave me Medicare rate

    Went for my yearly skin check at my Dermatologist- I had different insurance this year - I could swear I checked out all my docs before I picked one - but alas during check-in they said it wasn’t accepted - she wrote a big Self Pay on the form. The doc asked me about the self pay - and I told...
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    Aviation Wordle

    Todays puzzle is not a country! #Worldle #55 X/6 (90%) ??[emoji833][emoji833][emoji833]↖️ ??[emoji833][emoji833][emoji833]↖️ ????[emoji833]⬆️ ????[emoji833]↗️ ?????➡️ ?????⬆️ https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
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    Aviation Wordle

    Another fun geography game is https://www.geoguessr.com/signin There free option allows you to play 5 times in a day (last I checked) I call it spy training - you get dropped off somewhere in the world via google street view and you have to guess where you are - you can move around the road - I...
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    Aviation Wordle

    Like Geography https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/
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    Aviation Wordle

    What’s your method - I start with BOS, LAX, JFK - if I get a letter after playing any of them, I start building on that.
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    Best/Cheap travel insurance

    I know this is an old post - but it showed up in a search - we did the TMB in August 2021 - we used World Nomads for coverage. Have a blast!
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    Aviation Wordle

    For frequent Travelers - I get a big kick out of playing this every day. https://airportle.scottscheapflights.com
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    Poll, Walk Score Where You Live

    92 for our condo. Also the reason we only have one car now.
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    Best Prepaid Sim for International Travel

    I’ve always picked up a local SIM card when traveling - my main reason is to have a local number to give to restaurants, tour companies, what I find interesting are the local country rules - NZ and Iceland were super easy - tourist office or “7-11” pay and plug in. Germany - passport...
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    Anybody own a BMI bluetooth weight scale?

    Just got a Wyze Scale S - has a lot of measurements and trends - you can see them in the app and you can link the app to Apple Health. Not much change in the past 2 weeks - looking forward to trends over a year.
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    Please advise! can a mutual fund be down over 25% in one day?

    That explains it - NOSGX dropped from 24.21 to 20.50 - but with a LTCG distribution.
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    Closed out my LinkedIn account

    I’m about to delete my LinkedIn profile - I’ve been removing contacts along the way and notifying the remaining. As a big FYI - there is an option to download all of your data - it takes about a day for the data dump to be available. Nice thing is that all your contacts are in a spreadsheet...
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    Any Retirees in New Hampshire or New England Area?

    Take a look at the taxes by town: https://www.revenue.nh.gov/mun-prop/municipal/documents/20-tax-rates.pdf You will see anomalies- why are taxes low - Seabrook has a nuclear power plant. Newington has a big mall. New Castle only has a elementary school with not many kids and lots of big...
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