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'13 Camry: 10K Synthetic {I've only got 8K on it, but I'm sure it has a reminder} '05 Prius: 5K Conventional {DW's car and she puts about 150 miles a week on it. But she will ignore the reminder until I see it and schedule the service} '98 Tacoma: 5K Conventional {I used to drive the truck to...

I would do a fictionalized account of the trip. You can make it much better than it really was, and you won't have the stigma of being untruthful. I started out trying to write non-fiction. Facts can be so restricting to the flow of a story. I soon found out it was much too hard for me. Since...

My sister was talking about this today. She was 9 and remembers it well. {I was 3 and don't} She said my Daddy said, "they are just a bunch of beatniks." It was before the word hippie was coined. Larro

I've been doing the 5-2 thing for about five months now. I have lost about 45 pounds in that time. I'm at 198 now. The first few months the pounds just fell off. It's getting much slower now, but I'm aiming for the 180-185 range. And I have found that with the right foods you never have to feel...

I'm really happy with my '13 Camry. It has a quieter ride than the DW's '05 Prius, plus a big trunk, and still gets 33 mpg. It has plenty of power for passing. In fact, I have to use the cruise control or I would be doing 80 on the way to work. The sound system isn't the top of the line one...

For leaving work, {or anywhere} I like to sing Jack of Diamonds, also known as Rye Whiskey. I like the version from the movie, The Long Riders, but this was the best I could find. Rye Whiskey - YouTube Now for leaving this life, I will go with Bobby and a few of his friends. This was one of...

We have two cards that we use the most. A Sam's Club Discover card for everyday stuff, and a Lowe's Visa that we use at Lowe's. The Lowe's card pays you back in Lowe's Rewards, and it offers three percent on purchases at Lowe's. Since it has very few charges on it, we use it for any online...

Welcome to the forum. I have a way to go before I retire, but I'm in no hurry. I like {need} the structure of work. When I have a few days off, being around the house starts to wear on me. It's not rocket science I do, but it does make me feel good when I can make folks' wedding or birthday...

Here in NW Florida, we used to pay $95/month for phone and internet, the cost about equally divided between the two. We had a little talk with them about leaving, and that is down to $75 now. We have to pay with the credit card to get the reduction though.

Location: NW Florida {in the sticks} Size: 2632 sq ft on a forty acre lot FIREd: 3 years, 3 months and 5 days to go for DW. A good while longer for me Monthly Averages RE Taxes: $185 {house, 40 acres, two barns, a smaller shed, pump house} Electricity: $185 Water/Sewer: N/A {we have a pump...

We like to go out for birthdays and the like when we can. It's just easier, and with my work, I don't get to go out at night very often. The who is family for the most part. My mother and sister live across the road from me, and for the biggies, ie... Mamma's birthday, Christmas and...

I would go with a very small house or cabin. As long as you pay your light bill, they will have no way to know if you are at home or not. We pay all of our bills with a credit card, not because we are on the road, but because we get cash back. You can pay your credit card bill online each month...

This little guy took a break from selling insurance long enough to catch a few rays on the fence around my gourds.

I like sail racing, but haven't been watching. I'm hoping the KW's go ahead and wrap it up. They are messing up my F-1 Quali from Singapore. I had planned to record it from my DVR to a R&W DVD so I could watch it at work today. But alas, it was pushed back because of the AC. It hadn't recorded...

When folks come in my office, they often comment of the 'Director' sign on the door. I explain that you have to go through my office to get to my boss's. That she is the Director. Then I tell them I am second in command. After a few seconds' pause, I go on to tell them there are only three of us...

Some very good photos on this thread so far. I have a Canon Power Shot A2000 IS, also one of the smaller Power Shots and an old HP. Here are a few of my favorite shots, most made with the smaller PS. {it fits in my pocket} The first two are of the old barn where I used to load cows with Daddy...

No hills in Florida? The southeast corner of my home 40 is 75 FASL, while up by the road in front of the house is 112 FASL. 37 feet over a quarter mile isn't much of a hill, but it isn't flat either. I will save you guys the trouble of checking out NW Florida. Our skeeters are so bad, the...

If my Mamma traveled well, I would have entered her in that contest. She always cooked the heads too, something most people don't do these days. The little bit of meat on each cheek is the tenderest and best tasting on the whole squirrel. But of course, like with chicken, the legs are the...

I will also admit that I don't have them out far enough. Being able to see the rear of the car gives me an idea of where stuff is behind me. But I guess I will try to adjust them until I can just see a sliver of the rear fenders.

We have a couple of those in the pot type steaming baskets we use for other veggies, but we either boil corn, or cook it in the nuker. When just cooking for the two of us, the nuker is faster and easier to control. You can leave the husk on or take it off. Just wrap the ear in plastic wrap and...

By the way, welcome to the forum, djsmall.

It seems my main allergy is to morning. I sneeze for about ten or fifteen minutes everyday day when I first get up. This is year round, not seasonal. Some hacking and coughing, but almost nonstop sneezes. Once it stops, I'm done with it for the day. I've never taken anything for it. {I don't...

After watching FSU's freshman QB roll over Pitt tonight, I thought this was a football thread. But I see it's about the good kind of gators. Up here in north Florida, we don't see many of the really big ones very often. But a few years back some of the locals, along with a Nascar driver, did...

Welcome to the forum from NW Florida. Living in Miami would be good training for Latin America. But if you want to live in the south, move north about three hundred miles. It would be cheaper and safer.

I choose pro teams by how many Noles are on the team. Looks like I will be rooting for the Bills and Vikes this year. {5 Bills, 7 Vikes. The most Noles on any two teams in the NFL} But I won't be paying extra to do it. My regular Dish bill is high enough.