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There have been some recent breakins in the neighbourhood so have given some thought to getting a security system of some type. The current organic one is probably the most effective but if we travel with the dog she won't be able to fulfill her duties. ;D I'm not sure if paying for a...

I did a search but have had a maddeningly difficult time getting any useful information. I have an unlocked iphone 5 on an H2O wireless plan here in the US so no roaming is available. I would like to have my phone for emergencies since I plan to do a fair bit of driving around Ontario and if...

No not the book by S Junger but the evolution of my retirement plan. After many years of planning/saving and convincing DW we agreed that I would ER in July of 2015. The final agreement was in Nov. On Dec 1st my company announced that it would merge with another company. Initially there...

:frown::frown::frown: https://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/leonard-nimoy-dies-at-83-171803235.html RIP Leonard Nimoy you will be missed

As the possibility of a buyout just raised it's head :dance: it seems that my plan to leave the workforce in June might get accelerated. I was going to ask this question later but might need the information sooner. I am looking at H2O wireless Pay as you go ($9 with autorefill for 90 days...

As part of my preparation for ER I have moved some cash into some funds that play a monthly dividend as a pseudo paycheck replacement (no pension for me :(). I am on the lookout for others for diversification as right now I have mainly bond ETF's. I don't look at these for growth (I have...

I run a lot of Retirement calculators trying to imagine various scenarios and what would happen to a given bucket of money under those circumstances. For my personal plans I generally ignore SS. But for kicks I ran some scenarios to see what delaying SS would mean since so many of the...

I did a search but this only generally showed financial checklists. I have that covered already otherwise I wouldn't be planning my retirement next year. But I'm sure there are things that I need to consider weeks or months prior to retiring that I haven't thought of. And some of the...

I'd like to hear your comments on this article and those like it. I will retire between 55-60 so early (but not early enough for me) and my first reaction is really what is the difference the years make for the reasons quoted. The same issues could/would be there after 60 maybe moreso. I do...

Title says it. The numbers in there don't seem to relate to anything so I'm not sure what is supposed to be in the Mixed portfolio. If those numbers are %ages they added up to 140% ??? If they are $$ I'm not sure what 140 is So do I put in %ages like 0.1 for 10% or do I take my portfolio...

Assuming you were not laid off and are RE. Did you set a date (like a wedding) or did you just do it? I suspect this has been asked before but I don't have much luck with the search function. I'm thinking I have 1 year left in me, so wonder if I should set a date or just play it by ear (a...

I have read a bunch of post regarding this but felt that many of them were older so I would like to see if there is any one who has done this recently and what they have found the issues to be. This is far from a done deal for me as my wife is not currently in favour of it and I am not sure...

I did a search but nothing came up. I read that the time to buy this is between 55-65 but wonder if it is really something that is worth getting and if people that are retired or near so actually do buy it. I haven't done a ton of research on it so I'm not sure of all the details. Like all...

Hi I'm Dave and been lurking for a while here. I saw RE1970's post and have a slight twist on her problem. Rather than possibly highjack her thread I thought it was time to join up and start my own. I will be 55 very soon. I currently work making ~150K/yr in Silicon Valley. I am married...