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Just coming off a battle to get my wife's cancer drug paid for. It's a brand new treatment that may be able to stop progression and essentially turn the cancer into a long term chronic condition. They are paying for it now and the drug company provided free drugs while the insurance company was...

There in a new community in Emmaus, PA---Indian creek something. 55+, nice area. Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

Put a new storm door on the house. Of course, it's never that simple! Previous owner had shimmed out the storm door and then re-sided the house, covering the ends of the shim boards. I had to tear off the storm door , the aluminum trim and the shim boards. Re-shimmed the opening to make it even...

Always been a DIYer. When I was younger, it was a financial necessity, now I either have a hard time paying outrageous amounts of money for stuff I can do myself, or I'm just so fed up with the quality of work that I do pay for that I'd rather do it myself. Save quite a bit on auto repairs that...

1999 F250 supercab 4x4 that I bought new in 1998 (150,000 miles). 2006 impala that was my commuter for w*rk (currently 160,000 miles bought used in 2010), 2014 wrangler unlimited that just replaced a 2000 Mercury villager that we bought in 2003 with 13,000 miles and just sold to the junkyard for...

I find this to be a well-moderated, highly functional forum with no changes needed. Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

Left front pocket. I don't like to sit on it and it seems more secure. Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

We were camping in a pop up with the kids once and had a skunk try and come into our campsite as I was grilling some steaks. It took a couple of direct hits from some small chunks of wood I threw at him to change his path. About 10 minutes later we heard a bunch of yelling from a nearby...

Sunset +1 That is exactly what I have. I think it's a total of 15+ CDs and I treat it as part of my bond allocation. At 2.25% it's not far off bond fund yield with no underlying risk. Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

I may be wrong, but I believe once you select COBRA, you can't just drop it to go on ACA except during the open enrollment period. Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

Depends on the plan and your health. I usually compare plans two ways 1) assuming our more or less 'typical' health care needs and cost at full deductible and out of pocket limits for the plan. The difference is essentially the risk you're taking on. Compare that to the difference in premiums...

Our stomping grounds are the Allentown area, about an hour north of Philly. Lots of Pharma chemists in the area, I was not one of them. Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

My date looks to be June 2 2017 woohoo!

Thanks all! Already have a house back home that we bought almost 4 years ago. Hope these last few weeks don't go too slow.......

Long time lurker here. last w**k day should be June 2. Have gotten a lot of good information from this forum and maybe I can get active and contribute something. DW and I are both 57 with first grandchild just arrived a couple of weeks ago. We had to move out of the eastern PA area where all of...