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Never had an opportunity to learn how, so have always avoided it. I asked DW once if she would like to take lessons with me so I could dance with her if she wanted, but she said no.

I would love to do this but can't convince myself I wouldn't miss a payment and screw up my insurance. So for peace of mind I put it on autopay.

4 or more per day on our landline. I had thought about canceling it but when I thought about it, I realized I get maybe 1 spam call a month on my cell and I decided I'd rather have the spam calls on the landline. I've had my cell for many years and I know if I make my cell the "main" number...

I handle finances for a non-profit. Their checking account pays 0.01% APR and the savings account (if we wanted one) pays 0.05% APR. Bank says that's because our account is a business account, not personal. I'm just looking for a way to stretch their funds. Any suggestion how I could find a...

I think you could have asked if there was a room where you and he could continue the discussion. No reason not to make the suggestion yourself.

That's tragic. Hope things work out for her. That's the scenario I'm wanting to prevent.

Probably an oft-told story. I handle the finances, she has little interest in it and no aptitude for it (dyslexic WRT math, it's dangerous). She knows this is true. I know if she trusts someone, she will not question what they say. I need to have a plan in place if I predecease her. For...

A few years back an advisor suggested a variable annuity and gave us a flashy 3-page brochure that made it sound fantastic. The anal-retentive side of me asked for the full prospectus to review. It was 67 pages of dense small text that was incomprehensible. And in the spirit of not buying...

When I was there for work a few years ago, I was given the same warning PLUS the advice to ensure the cap was still sealed. Don't accept a bottle that a server brought to the table and "opened" for you. Our hosts would always take the caps from the bottled water they consumed and pitch them out...

I used a program I got from EaseUS when I was replacing my PC a couple months ago. A little fussy about how to use it but it did the job find. Brought over the registry, the OS, programs, desktop, everything.

If that is the average, I'd like to know the median price. Just looked at a local dealer's inventory of Buicks (GM's lux nameplate) and out of 31 new Buicks in inventory, only six are more than $50K and the highest price is $60K. No new GMC trucks were over $50K. A local Toyota dealer has 29...

It's something. I have read more bad Internet advice about how to handle cash transactions than good advice. A lot of people shoot themselves in the foot because they believed the "Keep it under $9700" and nothing can happen" stories. Meanwhile ain't no bank so clueless as to not see someone...

Waiting for a star to fall - I'm a sucker for a great sax solo in a great song.

From my observations, coin collecting is experiencing a resurgence of popularity. Instagram in particular is where a lot of younger/newer collectors are connecting with other collectors. I'm at a handful of coin shows a year and I've been seeing more sharp younger collectors (teens/twenties)...

The only person I ever told this story to was my wife. Years ago I was attending a big week-long conference out of town, probably about 1,000 people there. The conference had dozens of hour-long sessions during the day, and overlapping with those was a "show floor" where exhibitors set up...

They only have the first phase running now. But that means all the vehicles, the control center, and the operators are in place. The next phases will go much more smoothly as there is a lot less to do - just track and stations and adding more of the same equipment they are already experienced...

I used to be a "efficiency freak" and try to shave seconds and minutes off of everything but I realized it was also causing stress when a masterfully crafted plan of mine didn't pan out and Oh My it was actually 4 minutes longer driving that way! DAMMIT! :frown: I am a tap-to-pay person but not...

I had always thought those stories of relatives cleaning out the house unannounced were apocryphal but it happened with my in-laws years ago. A well-to-do but not rich aunt passed away, almost all the relatives lived in the area. Before the 2 days of viewing at the funeral home + the funeral...

Just a note about silverware. It's common that table knives have handles that are weighted (often with cement) so factor that in - the buyers will.

Counting only actual "career" type jobs, just 1.

^ I won't be surprised if you get more 88% of melt offers. In my experience, when a store has multiple locations in town, there are one or two "coin people" behind the scenes, and the rest of the employees look at a price sheet - "Dime 1964 or older - $2.00". I overheard one of the owners...

Age 8 or 9, selling greeting cards door to door on our street.

Selling property with documented records for cash does not create any cloud of suspicion over the seller. The seller doesn't have to explain the source of the cash, he has documents to prove where it came from. The bank files a CTR as required which is no more than a record of a cash deposit...

There is no one-time fee for Microsoft 365, you pay per month or per year. As far as I know, the last version of Office you could buy with a perpetual license was Office 2021.

^ I relate to that. You have to let people help even if you don't actually need it. There's no way to avoid it, otherwise they either think you consider their help inadequate, unwanted, and/or unhelpful. I learned that lesson the hard way years ago. Thought I was being all noble by telling my...