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    How much cash do you carry ?

    Whatever the max ATM withdraw amount is. Around $300
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    When Is The 59 1/2 Year Birthday?

    To be double sure I waiteduntil the first day of the month AFTER the month my birthday plus 183 days fell.
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    How long do you save tax info?

    +1 I do this and keep ALL records on my triple backed up data. 2 types of storage media, one kept offsite.
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    Hello - I am new. I have a question.

    You must actually WITHDRAW the amount from the retirement account. At that point, assuming it was a tax deferred account, it ALL becomes current income regardless of cost basis.
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    Ally drops savings account rate to 2.10%

    I use Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund Admiral Shares (VMRXX) currently 2.42%
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    Problems with Canon MX700 Printer

    Printhead cleaning https://youtu.be/rvOjutt31QU
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    Poll: Your Internet Speed (Mbps down)?

    I think in terms of a highways. A two lane in each direction highway with a safe travel limit of 90 mph offers the same speed as a six lanes in each direction route. The second has 3x more bandwidth.
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    Boast about your hometown

    The light bulb.... "It was in his Menlo Park laboratory that Thomas Edison came up with the phonograph and a commercially viable incandescent light bulb filament." In what is now Edison, NJ
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    Hoping to FIRE soon?

    I applaud your efforts but would be careful of counting on the debt forgiveness 100% in your success strategy. The final word is not yet in on the reliability of the program. Student Loan Forgiveness Program Rejects 99% Of...
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    Crime!

    In grad school I needed one more semester and rented a room in a 3 bedroom apt. Shared kitchen, bath, etc. The guy in the next room to mine is right now on trial for: Racketeering conspiracy, forced labor conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking...
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    Your Health Care Costs -

    I have subsidized retiree benefit from Megacorp. Basically I get the same coverage options as current employees until age 65 (I am 59 now, retired at 56 with 32 years of service) I pay $328 a month.
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    What's Up With Paypal? (For the Worse)

    Click Keep it in Paypal. Then in 2 days you can transfer to your bank for free. What am I missing?
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    MP3 player for non-computer literate senior

    I like the old iPhone idea. Just a couple of apps: A podcast app (I use Downcast) would or could be setup to: Automatically download new episodes of subscribed podcasts. Keep track of where he was in any episode and resume from that point Delete episodes once completely...
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    TOD Deed

    I didn’t see anything there about cost basis, only about no gift tax. If the children eventually sell, the IRS will get their due.
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    TOD Deed

    Do the children get a stepped up cost basis with a TOD transfer or do they inherit your cost basis? I’d need to know that to go that direction.
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    Traditional IRA tax reporting

    If I made no contributions to, and took no distributions from, my T-IRA in 2018 Is there any IRS reporting requirement or form(s) to file regarding this account? I am receiving K-1's from various MLP's but otherwise no filing docs.
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    Greatest hate songs ever

    "We're cut adrift We're still floating I'm only hanging on To watch you go down My love" So Cruel by U2
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    Luke Perry dead at 52 years old.

    ATTN all posters of "...how do I get out of live below my means mode and spend a little bit of my huge savings..." etc.
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    Who have you met?

    My high school lab partner is now married to a Beatle. Nancy Shevell, Paul McCartneys wife
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    Who have you met?

    Lily Tomlin as she was walking her dog on the national mall in Washington DC Arthur Ashe in the Charlotte airport.
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    How long to stay at job after announcing retirement

    I worked for the same company 32 years. When I was ready to retire, I decided when and how. What the company wanted was not a factor at all, nada, zip.
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    Help on an annuity

    $8k in the S&P 500 since 1984 would be around $190,000 today. Just saying...
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    NFL: 2018 Season

    Gulp
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    Poll on "utilities"

    +1
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