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I've played some violin in the past....recently, mandolin and octave mandolin. Last week I bought a...gasp.....banjo. I'm giving clawhammer banjo a try. Bought a Parlor Deering banjo.....

Currently about to start withdrawals from my TSP Govt account. My goal is to drain the account in as short a period of time as possible and still avoid going into the 25% bracket. 2017 won't actually be the problem since it will be at least March before the payments begin. But....since the TSP...

For those about to experience Yorkshire for the Tour De France..... only a few on this site might get the local cliches Le Tour Yorkshire - A few things you need to know - YouTube

Just checked online......typed into Google....."Bewerley UK". Go to images. 4th row down......4th pic from the left. Lived in that cottage (in the backgroiund) for a couple of years while I was living in N Yorkshire. Easily the best place I will ever live. The house was up for sale not long...

Something just occurred to me as I was out trying to kill dandelions today. 1. I was planning on moving over $30,000-35,000 of my TSP to a ROTH over the next couple of years and just pay the 15% tax now. 2. I got a letter yesterday from OPM wanting me to confirm how much I earned since my...

*I would never have started with Edward Jones. Just ignorance. Cost me 5,000+ before I started reading up. *If I had only put my max amount of money into TSP....and in the C fund as soon as I had started working. That cost me.....maybe 100K *Shouldn't have bought the mobile home on the beach...

I wouldn't mind trying one of these, but the cost is a bit high. And it sure sounds like he has really really dry wood which always makes splitting easier. Vipukirves by Heikki Kärnä: A new and improved ax that makes chopping wood less of a chore.

Just got a call today from EJ.....not really sure why they called me. Mostly I talked about golf (warped in itself). I quit them over a year ago...When I brought up the topic of learning to do finances on my own he got real quiet. But at least he didn't push the topic.

We need to make a decision pretty soon on whether to have my wife pick up her US citizenship (she is UK). She will have been here in the US 3 years in June, so we would start the paperwork at that point. We are likely to be moving back to the UK at some point in the next few years. The only...

After a couple of weeks of glancing through the Consumer Reports car ratings issue.....I can't help but wonder at how they come up with the order they put them in. They state that a car with lousy reliability won't be rated #1 in the category, but they sure put a few of them #2. Am I the only...

I don't know the answer. I certainly used it while I was working.....but is there a good reason why there isn't a fund like this that is open to everybody? Only reason that comes easily to mind is that the TSP expenses are so low....in which case a "company" might not really make any money. I...

Pretty simple for us. Retirement money coming in from the Govt. Some dividend money which Vanguard just reinvests. One credit union account with some interest. Total income is about $20K. The only hitch I need to ask about it the one where you have to notify about a bank account you have (in the...

Anybody using this a lot? I have some money in it and am thinking about putting another $20-30k into it. Expenses are higher than the lower cost funds.....but I am trying to figure out a way to put in maybe $50K into some funds that are a little steadier than Total Stock etc.

At least that's what my wife calls it. Being she is from the UK mostly she just had to deal with tons of wind and rain (and no summer). We are about 2 weeks into having ice/melted frozen lumps on the ground....which lasts until the end of February. She walks the dogs in the mornings for an...

Have some extra cash that I was going to spread across a couple of funds. Can't stick any into the Total Stock fund since I had moved some money from there to Dividend Growth a month or so ago. Can't do anything until 24 Jan. Am I just stuck? The site says to forget about it.....

Just got hold of Vanguard this morning to see about moving some TSP money over to a Roth at Vanguard.....they said I am too late to do it this year. Poop.

Hmmmm...sitting here trying to find my beginning info on this fund. Might have to wait until Monday to call Vanguard. I am wondering if someone can explain the gains on this fund to me. Iffffff I remember correctly, I put $53K in a Roth transferred from EJones in Sept 2012. It is now up to $58K...

Just finally getting my butt in gear (late as usual) on trying to move some of my TSP money over to Roth in the Vanguard account (just found out we are not going to move to the UK until at least 2015). Is there a location on the site that you can see ALL of your purchases? I switched to Vanguard...

Just took another look at a list someone put out about the Vanguard (and other brands) ETF's you can buy if we move back to the UK. I noticed Wellesley on there, but no Wellington. Is there a reason for that? I was kind of hoping when it's time to move most things over, that I could move to...

In our pondering of buying a house in the UK yesterday, we were wondering how much cash we could come up with really quickly if we had to. Since I figured I could sell off a lot of my Vanguard funds and still stay well under the $72,500 limit.....I checked the gains since I got in over a year...

In my effort to get to 500 posts....just thought I would throw this one out there. In a combination of getting older.....and a pretty decent wreck while living in Okinawa.....I switched over to riding a recumbent bicycle about 4 years ago. If you are having issues with exercising......or riding...

Anybody out there have their big toe "adjusted"? I'm going in to have my foot checked out on Thursday. I think it is arthritis......it's been slowly coming on for about 4 years and it's starting to get interesting over the last 6 months, locks up at times and hurts like hell for a little bit...

Just getting a little further into downsizing and one of the next steps is to get rid of a bunch of DVD's....and then I had a side thought about movies that weren't popular....but I like them. They all have to go....so I am likely selling them for $1 to a local store if they will take them. All...

Finally got in to the SS office today (short lines). Confirmed a few things that makes me feel better....although since they don't deal with questions about a UK spouse very often(that took several "I'll be back in a few minutes" trips to bigger bosses) But.....because I haven't worked for the...