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It was nine years ago today that I said goodbye to the working life. Like they say time flies when you are having fun. So many things have happened, both good and not so good. Even when stressful things have occurred, they are so much easier to handle than trying to juggle them with a job...

What do you do about a sibling that will not take his portion of his inheritance? Dad died last year. When handling accounts most were set with TOD/beneficiaries for ease of handling at the end. There was no real estate, trusts and it was a small/moderate sized estate. Upon dad's passing a...

After a couple years of working on the idea I finally made my move out of the Denver area. You're probably thinking that this is an absolutely crazy time to relocate. I started the process after the first of the year before things went totally bonkers. I found a house that I liked and was...

Hard to believe that it has been five years in this beautiful mode called retirement. When I left w*rk at age 56 everyone asked "how did you do it?" When I told them, LBYM, save at least a third of your income, budget, set priorities, all of the things that we know. The response was "ick"! The...

I have been FIRE'd for about four years and am starting to give some serious consideration to relocating. The high costs and traffic congestion is something that I want to get away from. I am not tied to the Denver area because of family or kids. I have zeroed in on a location, checked out...

Any ideas on what to do with a mink coat. The coat belonged to my late mother. It has been passed around a couple of family members and now I have it. I've tried selling it on line (there is way too many of the things out there). I offered to a small business that restyles and makes toys out...

A recent thread touched on the issue of the stupid things that people do while visiting our National Parks. Here is someone that has taking the topic and created a satirical coloring book on deaths in Yellowstone Park. Some may find this a bit disgusting, but it just might get through to those...

What can I do with a Satellite TV dish that is on my house. I have owned my house for a few years and have this b*tt ugly TV dish on the side of my house. I have never used the thing (only have an antennae if I need to see something on TV). I called DISH and they will not remove the dish because...

I was cleaning out some old boxes this morning and came across some financial planning, investing information that I had stored away. The shocker was a Retirement Income Work Sheet that was put out by Franklin Mutual Funds in 1986. There was a Inflation Table (I will condense). Age...