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    Money management software

    Thank you for this.
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    Hoping to go to the Amalfi coast, what can you tell me?

    Had a friend who owned a villa in Sorrento, stayed a week with them a couple years ago visiting Positano, Sant Agata. Loved the area. Check out Nicki Positano here https://youtu.be/V3UQfFDmejs Love her vlogs
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    Cordless Leaf Blowers

    I have a two year old Ego leaf blower. We had a light snowstorm a few months ago with a real powdery 1-2" snow so I thought that I would just use my leaf blower to remove the snow (as were most of my neighbors). Still had very light, very fine snow falling, humidity level was extremely low and...
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    is it a good idea to install indoor cam to monitor senior parents?

    Back when the internet was just starting to be a real thing there were two things I vividly remember, Peapod and Grandpacam. Somebody broadcast their grandpa's easy chair and you could watch grandpa rocking away in the chair. Thought that was pretty non-invasive and that's where he would spend...
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    It's funny joke Thursday! 2005 - 2020

    About the accountant with constipation; he couldn't budget and needed a pencil to work it out.
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    Sneaky Inflation

    I do remember paying 10 cents for Reeses peanut butter cups in 1972. They were also probably 2-3 ounce packages also.
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    Sneaky Inflation

    Narrower toilet paper rolls, smaller cheese slices, smaller coffee containers are just three of the essentials that I have noticed. I guess that smaller cheese slices and smaller coffee containers would probably justify less toilet paper anyway?
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    Transition from regular coverage to ACA

    Sorry guys, carried 2017 insurance off the ACA market, wasn't real clear about that.
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    Transition from regular coverage to ACA

    The facts; Called insurance company that I had regular (non-ACA) coverage with in mid November and switched to ACA plan (with the same company) for 2018. Paid January 2018 ACA coverage at that time. Also, the rep noted that she would cancel coverage at the end of December 2017. Received...
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    Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine

    We flew into Boston last April, rented a car, drove to Maine (loved the Marginal Way and Perkins Cove), stayed in Wells, drove one day to the White mountains. Drove back to Boston and took Amtrak home. Beautiful area. Lots of great places to eat,. Did Sunday breakfast fundraiser in Cape...
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    HSA ; Keep Invested or use the funds

    I agree with this concept of saving/using of funds but long term plan is to use for supplemental insurance when on medicare.
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    Informed Delivery - a free new USPS service

    Just make sure that your address is not listed as a business address. This apparently doesn't work for business accounts.
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    Informed Delivery - a free new USPS service

    We are signed up and it appears to be working great for us as our neighborhood has a centralized mailbox and it saves a trip once or twice a week. Where I see great value in this is the ability to monitor elderly parents mail. My recently widowed MIL hasn't a clue about 1099's, etc. and this...
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    Meeting a celebrity...

    Said hello to Barry Williams on a street corner in Branson, MO. Was only afterward that I realized who he was (Greg Brady from Brady Bunch). Said hello to Ron White at a casino buffett. Sat next to Megan Fox at a small restaurant near Jackson, WY. Again, horrible with names but recognized...
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    Anyone into home automation?

    One thing neat about home automation is that the new LED lightbulbs are being built with dusk to dawn sensors and motion sensors as well. Makes it very easy to convert old outdoor lightinng fixtures to efficient, security providing products for just the price of a light bulb. And a lightbulb...
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    Wellesley Fund

    Good ol' Uncle Mick.
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    Anyone upgrade to Quicken 2017?

    I had tried to use 2015 with Lenovo Yoga 3 and the resolution was horrible. 2017 fixed that.
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    Taking Social Security early vs. not

    "Taking Social Security early vs. not" The day before you die will be the correct answer to this question. As for us I imagine that we will split the difference, me early, wife late to satisfy both arguments of good genes (her) and current income (me).
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    Your 2012 Christmas Card from TromboneAl

    Happy new year, hope you have a wonderful 2013
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    Central AC and home investment

    If you do decide to add central AC and or furnace make sure that you get a blower door test on your home to help properly size the unit. DON'T let them size your unit based on square footage. Some utilities will do this for free or a small fee. You could also just get an air source heat pump...
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    When in Rome....

    We stayed near the Augustus Forum and I agree with the previous tips, avoid tourist restaurant areas (or just stop in a supermercato for a sandwich and drink), be prepared for the mid afternoon closures, see the Vatican (Vastours was the group we used), keep your wallet in your front pocket and...
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    Memphis ER Board Members?

    Maybe too late but you gotta eat at Gus' fried chicken on Front street. Another artery clogging must is Dyers' down on Beale. Take the free trolley. The ducks at the Peabody are neat. Mud Island is pretty cool, nice homes.
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    Suggestions for Italy in April 2010 - Florence and Rome

    Rome We just got back from Sorrento and Rome. Had a great hotel in Rome, Hotel Forum, right across the street from the Augustus Forum and 5 minutes from Coliseum. Right smack dab in the middle of everything, great 4 star hotel and within walking distance of most major sights (except Vatican)...
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    Mammoth Cave..........

    We did the Mammoth cave thing like 20 years ago and went on the 1 1/2 hour tour thing that was only a mile or so but was fascinating. I remember the park service turning out the lights in the grand ballroom and then throwing a kerosene lit rag way up into an inaccessible part of the cave to...
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    Working in Europe

    So no tax liability to the country if I'm paid in USD, in the USA?
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