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I've lived in Jax since around '98 or so, but I was a kid. Still young, still live in Jacksonville. I'm travelling now, but I'm always excited to go back. I've yet to find another city with everything I like spread out just how I like it. Reasonably priced cost of living too. Kitesurfer covered...

I feel nearly exactly the opposite as the OP. - We were to be very heard, it was important to share our feelings and assert ourselves and our place in the home and life. - Parents & children are not equals, but individuals based on their merit. My mom didn't have authority based solely on the...

I'm there as well. We've got a private college, a community college, and a public university in my city. We went out a room to a friend who teaches adjunct at the public university and makes less than I do, with no college education or real responsibility. He teaches English and is constantly...

Of course! I'd definitely recommend it. I've worked with a range of people from teens to late 60s. Plus it feeds into the frugal lifestyle, you get tons of free shirts and backpacks, and if you get into the samplings, lots of free product. My house is full of snacks and sample (travel!) size...

It's a type of promotional modeling. Companies hire people on a temporary basis, sometimes for only a few hours, sometimes for a few months, to promote their products, through demos, or sampling. The kinds of jobs can range from independent set ups, like when a brand has their own tour, to...

I am probably not the one to ask about when to retire and all that, I'm quite a bit younger than you, but I am a professional oddjobber and love it. If you are just looking for a change, you could look into being a brand ambassador. You do end up with a good bit of travel, probably better...

I don't do DVDs, but I totally understand this. That's why I love subscription boxes like Graze Box for us and Bark Box for our dog. They send you different little things every week or months, and it's so exciting to open them and see what you get! I never thought of DVds that way, but it makes...

I missed the part where you said he likes his job a lot! I only saw where you said he has no desire to work a job he doesn't like. I second this question. Why would he stop doing something that he loves and is making money at it?

I am not FIRE, but there are plenty of things to do that don't require someone else telling you to do them. There is always something out there to create, destroy, or learn about, someone to help. He could focus on exercising more and work on living the rest of his life to its fullest at his...

I have never actually used a DVD from Netflix, but I stream at least a season of a show per day on there. Guess I differ from some people here! :)

My boyfriend and I use each other's cards interchangably, half the time we don't even know whose card we're using, they're next to each other in the wallet and whichever one slides out first gets used. Neither of us have ever been carded for it, no matter how big or small the purchase. I've...

I actually keep forgetting it's going on until I flip past a news station that briefly mentions it. No one I know seems to talk about it, online or off. To be fair, they don't mention the other Olympics either, I'm not sure I know anyone interested in watching other people do sports, so it never...

I always find the comments on these articles interesting. Anything that says ER is possible, and lists some good, practical methods, the comments are filled with fury from those who don't believe they can do it. Anything that says ER is possible, but there are some good, practical reasons not...

I am curious about the STAR fund as well. Am I right in understanding from the other post that once I have more than $1,000, I should move it right away, so there's no reason for me to do that one if I have more? I'm currently $1,000 in Target Retirement 2050 and the rest all in VDIGX Dividend...

This is a pretty constant household war. I love the beans, my boyfriend despises them. We stuck to tacquerias last time we were in Texas. Maybe next time we'll swing by a beanless chili joint.

Ah, I getcha! I looked it up, I guess the difference if that Florida, Kentucky, and South Carolina are zero-deductible states, who don't let insurance companies charge a deductible on windshields while other states do.

This is something I was a bit ignorant to. In Florida, any windshield cracks or chips and things get you a free replacement, including install and all that. I'm unsure if you get to choose the windshield type and who installs it or if the insurance company does. I'll count myself lucky then, I...

Too thin! I was working at the big Dreamforce conference there late last year, left from our swanky hotel, went around the corner from the glittering storefronts only to hit what looked like a post-apocalyptic version of what I'd just walked away from :ermm:

Something to consider is Discovery Cove, about 15 minutes away, if you're not absolutely set on Disney. It is between $180 to $200 to get into, but it's all inclusive, food, alcohol, parking, snorkels. I haven't tried the alcohol, but the food and snacks are good. they have breakfast until 11...

Where I am, Lowe's is the winner almost every time. Everyone is really nice to us, plus they guarantee to match any Home Depot / Sears or other competitor price, take off 10% on top of that, and still let us use coupons, so we always end up there in the end :D

Our 2004 Honda Accord was a dream at 170k miles. It's reliable, good looking, and bigger on the inside. We drove it from the Atlantic Ocean in Jacksonville, FL straight to the Pacific in Los Angeles, CA, and back, with no troubles. Unfortunately while it was stopped at a red light recently, a...

I have never been a fan of coffee, and straight doses of caffeine go right to my stomach. If I need a perk up I've started using Sprayable caffeine, it sprays on like a perfume and is taken slowly into your system. That way the caffeine sensitive don't seem to get the jitters and upset stomach...

Where I come from with having laptops instead of desktops, my boyfriend and I, who live together, each have our own laptop with no desktop. His is a small netbook that we got a few years ago for a couple hundred bucks and mine is a 17 inch monster that I got in high school. We find they're just...

I would have no problem doing it for a trial period to help them get off their feet, but I would have very set rules about what proven efforts they need to be making, and how they would contribute. I grew up with my mom living paycheck to paycheck to support me and my brothers, and when my...

It'd depend on why they're doing it I guess. Every store can't stock everything. I wouldn't boycott Publix for not supporting my individual right to eat delicious seaweed snacks, or Walgreens for not selling me pornography :laugh: They just don't happen to sell those things, but they're not...