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Is it common for sites of bone breakage to ache later in life? (even if properly set and healed)

This sleep stuff is fascinating. Quote from a doctor who uses the same sleep therapy on himself (bilevel PAP) that he prescribes to patients: "P.S. Sorry for the long post; but it's not my fault, it's the bilevel. After 7 near perfect hours of sleep quality last night, I had to do something...

Some of you may have heard of and tried this idea before. To control weight, instead of counting calories, one simply tries to eat only when hungry and stop when full. I'm having trouble telling if I'm really hungry or just bored. I try placing my hand on my stomach, closing my eyes, and...

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. -Emerson I attribute my success chiefly to my ability to maintain an elevated mood. (paraphrase) -John Templeton But how do you will yourself to have an elevated mood? I find myself randomly falling into periods where I'm extremely...

Has anyone ever dealt with the issue of deciding whether to hire a private driver in a foreign country (where one doesn't speak the language) versus attempting to use public transportation? The private driver would run close to $1000 US for a day, for the planned excursion, but would avoid the...

I'm trying to simplify my monthly bill paying. I noticed that all my billers (AT&T, PG&E, student loan organization, others) allow me to register a *savings* account as the bank account to be automatically debited, if I set up automatic payments with them. (At the moment, I do a little...

I was looking at the transaction history for my MegaCorp 401(k) account, which has two parts, the company match paid as company stock, and my own contribution, which is currently in a bond index fund, an S&P 500 index fund, and the Vanguard Windsor fund. I was confused, because there are...

Recently I looked at an IRA I've had with Vanguard for several years. I noticed that there were $10.00 fees being deducted each year, but read the literature and saw that this was due to the account being less than $5,000. Then I looked at the dividend reinvestment transactions (occuring four...