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I'm in recovery from total knee replacement surgery (currently 5 1/2 weeks out from the operation). A week or so ago, my physical therapist began giving me short sessions on the stationary bike. Although I haven't yet checked with her, it occurred to me that having my own stationary bike could...

I had originally posted this in harllee's thread about her DH's total knee replacement (TKR), but it ended up being such a lengthy account, that I think it might be better to make it the subject of a new thread. My right knee had been giving me problems since a motorcycle accident in around...

I just received an email from LinkedIn with the title, "You're getting noticed". It's funny because I have neither had a regular job, or looked for work, in 12 years now. Of all the groups who I couldn't care less about being noticed by, it's LinkedIn :laugh:

As you may have seen from another thread, I am thinking about purchasing an older RV/motorhome, with the goal of living in it full-time if all goes well. The idea originally began germinating in the late 1980's/early 1990's, and I started thinking about it more seriously after stopping work 7...

Like one or two other folk have commented in the past, every now and again, I check the User CP and see that I have a few thanks, and sometimes comments to go along with them. They're really nice to read and every time, I tell myself that I must check the User CP more often (but I never do). Is...

This is another of those "Man who worked as a janitor surprises everyone by leaving millions" kind of stories. This particular one is about a Vermont man who, according to the article, lived modestly, yet on his death, surprised the community by leaving $4.8M to a local hospital and $1.2M to a...

Before I saw this article in British newspaper The Telegraph yesterday, I was already of the opinion that Grumpy Cat was overexposed and her owner needed to give her a break. As a cat lover, I follow a number of cats on Facebook, and love reading rescue stories of both cats and dogs. However...

There have been 2 questions rattling around in my head recently that I wanted to ask fellow forum members. One of them was posed in the E-R.org Critical Mass Thread. I think I'll ask the other one now. What kinds of information are you happy to share here and, more importantly, what sort of...

The concept of critical mass in reference to ER and portfolios has been discussed a number of times, most recently in this thread started by nash031. Obviously from that thread, once you've strayed from the strict scientific definition of critical mass, you're free to define it however you...

I don't suppose that the main findings of this article will surprise the stalwarts around here, but it's interesting to see these things in print. The main findings represented in this research article, if you want to maximize the amount of happiness your money buys you, are to - 1) Buy...

I was about to post this in the Photographer's Corner thread as it concerns a camera I have been wanting for a long time, but then realized that it is really of more general interest as I experience this kind of thing often, at all levels and types of expenditure. Allow me to explain. I have...

In this thread, Meadbh posted a link to an article about a gentleman who is almost 105 years old, and who still swims competitively. It reminded me of a question I pose to myself from time to time (which I'm sure many of us have asked ourselves occasionally) and that is - if it were possible to...

I am so very torn on this. I can see the advantages to getting up but then, it seems like such an important thing to get down too.They say you gotta get up to get down, but can we really believe everything we read? National Funk Congress Deadlocked On Get Up/Get Down Issue | The Onion -...

While considering a return to the workforce, I saw this ad on Craigslist: Boring Senior Managers This is the firm's website: Home - Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP Only in California eh?

I was going to post this in the "What Did You Do Today" thread but thought that it might possibly deserve it's own special place here ;D My life over the last few days has been about my computer. As I mentioned in this post on veremchuka's thread, I've been reinstalling everything on it...

I'm tempted to buy a Kindle to lessen the time I spend sitting at my desk looking at the computer screen at home. Reading books while sitting at a desk staring at a computer screen doesn't really cut it for me, and it struck me that on the Kindle, I could also browse my favorite message boards...

My share of an inheritance will be coming to me in the next few weeks and I have to figure out how to receive it, as it is in British pounds sterling. A family member, who is in the UK, has offered to have it transferred electronically to my bank here in the US but I am inclined to ask for a...

Hi, my name is Tom and I'm an INTJ. Oh, not much of a revelation here, sorry :laugh: I first became interested in the idea of saving for retirement in my late 20's. I say saving rather than investing because at the time, that's what it was. I opened an IRA with my bank, put all the money...