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I accidently discovered that Yahoo photos will be closing on 9/20/07. Strangely, there is no notice of this on the Yahoo Photos site itself. But anyway, I have a choice of moving to Flickr, Sutterfly, Photobucket, Snapfish, or KodakPhotos. Anyone who's used these have recommendations...

Our first real step into ER is now only 28 days away. SO has given his notice, and there's nothing left to do but change health plans and roll over the 401(k). He claims to be too engrossed in the push of finishing up his final project to even think about the change, but I'm not. I'm excited...

Does anyone have any experience with these? It seems they are primarily designed with DJ'ing, "scratching" and "mixing" in mind (all things that were after my time) but also have the capability of transferring our tons of vinyl to digital files. Anyone tried it?

Ok, I know I should have pulled out of this a long time ago, I'm a procrastinator. But can anyone tell me why this would happen? Generally FMAGX is a lumbering behemoth that doesn't do anything quickly.... ??? ???

We all presumably pay for utilities and Internet. Many of us pay for TV of some sort. But how many more little extras do you pay for - and have you noticed how they add up? Have you been sucked into the automatic payments that you forget or procrastinate canceling? Right now I only have TIVO...

Hello esteemed moderators - and any others feeling helpful... I'm confused. Could someone explain how to get a photo into a post? I thought I did this once before, but am now stumped. I know it has to be small enough, but what do I do after clicking the little photograph icon? Sorry - My...

All of you who have been patient and helpful through the past year will be glad to know I finally zeroed in on and bought a new vehicle. After researching dozens of cars, and test driving the B9 Tribeca, the Mazda CRX (or whatever) the Huyndai Santa Fe, and the Honda CRX, I finally bought a...

I'm sorry. Although I'm sure there is one, I couldn't find a relatively recent thread, so I'm starting a new one. Last week I found out our really good group plan at work is increasing cost by about 13%. We can't keep paying this. Since I have the most at stake, I've been tasked with...

So. I very carefully considered the pros and cons of having a dog in ER. It was clear that it would complicate travel plans, limit time we could be away from home, cost money in grooming, vet bills and food. Obivously the cons outweigh the pros of simply having a fuzzy companion around the...

Yeah, I know I’m lazy. But with so much expertise on this board, why should I actually think? ;) I am moving $8k (06 and 07 contributions) into my Roth. It’s at Fidelity and now holds about $14k worth of FFNOX, their fund of 4 index funds, with ER of 0.08%. I like this. Should I just dump...

Since Nords asked (fool!) here is a link to the photos from my vacation. http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rufusandchi/albums Hope it works, this is the first time I've tried to use the Yahoo site for shared photos. Most of them are bad underwater pics of blurry fish, but I had fun taking them, and...

Some of you who've read my posts over the last few years know that my Dad has taught me most of what I know about investing and finance. He's always been very sharp about science, engineering, finance, etc., and good, if tedious, about explaining things like the yield curve to me. He's now...

So... I was surfing around the web - (looking for a video clip on U-tube, and followed some links I probably shouldn't have....) when I hear that scary "my computer is downloading something it shouldn't" noise. Virus protection didn't work. I shut everything down, as this was the only thing I...

Well, I knew this was coming, but the announcement is official. SO is to be a grandfather, and I am to be a pseudo-step-grandma. At 46! Bleah. Having never had kids of my own, I have mixed feelings. It will at least give me the chance to buy cute baby clothes and toys. We are far enough away...

OK - I just want you guys in the biz to tell me what you think of this F.A.'s performance. I finally convinced my significant other to stop paying fees to Merrill Lynch and open a Fidellity account. For now we are just moving the funds over as is. I don't want to tell him what to do, but will...

Thanks to the latest market moves, and the completion of our 2006 401(k) contributions, and the updating of some accounts that my non-financially oriented S.O. never bothers to check, we are now only ...... drum roll please..... $4,630 shy of our FIRE goal. We won't quit working sooner than...

Has anyone who travels abroad frequently or at length purchased or considered this type of policy? In my past life I wouldn't have thought about it, but with my current condition there is a minimal, but greater than zero, chance I could wake up on any given morning and be paralized. So if I...

Great interview with the author of this book on Bob Edwards' Weekend Edition Show. http://tinyurl.com/fdwfa

or, Finding a Silver Lining in Every Cloud.... I just found out that due to my recently diagnosed illness I have some unique and sought-after antibodies. The companies that manufacture blood testing kits need them as a control/comparison. The guy I called on the phone sounded like he was...

OK.... I feared this was going to happen.  S.O. is getting right down to the point where he needs to give his notice, and he's started waffling.  I really thought he was going to make the big break.  He is in the construction industry, so he really can't quit in the middle of a project.  He's...

Anyone want to offer an opinion on the new Mazda CX-7?

I've been gone awhile.  Did anyone notice?  :-\ Something very strange and unexpected happened,  I got sick.  Not like a cold sick.  More like incurable disease sick.  Literally overnight.   It's a really long boring story with lots of medical terminology which I will spare you.  I spend a...

Since 3 Yrs to go's  "years to go" thread had already wandered from topic before I got my two cents in, I thought I'd start a new one.  I like hearing who's getting close and what they're thinking about as the time approaches. I've set my goal at somewhere around this time in 2008.   I was...

In keeping with the "talking about it" thread, I have no one except SO to gloat to, but I need to yell,  WAAAAHOOOOOO - as we just finished our tax accounting and profit sharing plans for 2005 and it looks like I will be getting a profit sharing contribution to my 401(k) equal to 23% of my gross...

Anyone able to give recommendations for a nice but affordable (<$200) hotel for next weekend? We are getting a freebie for Wed/Thurs, but assume we will want to go somewhere better for Fri/Sat. I'm not too familiar with all the areas, but stayed on the bay side of Mission Bay and loved that...