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I've used this Vizio HD dual band router for 3 years now and have been extremely pleased. Range has been excellent. I connect with several computers and a couple other mobile devices. When I purchased the unit it was 50.00. I see Amazon now has it for 25 bucks. Read some of the reviews. :happy http...

Another happy YNAB user here. I enter my spending on the go and when I get home, it automatically syncs to the desktop version. I don't have to give account numbers/passwords like Mint requires. DH is trained to save his receipts and give to me. Works on both Macs and PCs. i use the iphone app, but...

Thanks for additional info. Just thought it was worth posting this “sub-set”(VWEAX) of an asset class outperformed both stocks and bonds for more than ten of the past years and 90+ % of it’s own life. Not often you come across that combination. I saw this and was surprised as well. And reading the ...

My house is pretty well wired, so I found it easiest to have multiple routers (4 in my case). None of the routers has to be the absolute best, but we get great coverage. Tomato, are they all wireless back to the Internet point of entry into your house ? I am curious as to your setup. I have FIOS co...

blacktupelo wrote:Also have a Airport Express old model , but now it's serving as a wireless connection to a USB laser printer.

What a great idea and why didn't I think of it.

TomatoTomahto wrote:My house is pretty well wired, so I found it easiest to have multiple routers (4 in my case). None of the routers has to be the absolute best, but we get great coverage.

Tomato, are they all wireless back to the Internet point of entry into your house ?
I am curious as to your setup.

45 and I went from 0 to 100k in 5 years. It's amazing what an international assignment can do to your finances.

Surprisingly, the major $$$ are for the struts replacements and, upon watching a youtube video, that seems to be the easiest, given that I don't have to mess with a spring compressor. I ordered the parts and they should be here next week. According to others that have tried this, the worst part is d...

Struts are for comfortability. I changed all my struts recently but after 16 years and 315,000 miles. Total cost was about $350. $1,000 is about right for struts plus other stuffs. If you do it yourself, rather than playing with spring compressor, you should buy complete assembled strut. It 's a bi...

Tom, Is there such a thing as a "quick" call to SSA? It's been many yrs but I seem to recall holding/waiting for like 45 min or so. In those days, no callbacks and not losing place in line. Might be different now. It's no different now and I second the comments above about archaic systems...

Thank you all for these thoughtful suggestions. I took my Honda to another mechanic who is a member of my wife's church group and he has done work for me before. He said that the struts weren't too bad, only leaking. The radiator needs new hoses top and bottom and I agree that all this is to be expe...

I have a 2001 Honda CR-V with 127,000 miles on it and I am the original owner. No major problems since day 1 and I have kept it maintained. It gets about 20mpg Well, yesterday I took it in for servicing and the mechanic said that it needed front and rear struts along with hoses and other stuff to th...

That router is a G router I believe. I moved from G to N and I had much less problem with interference. Also is it possible to move the wireless to a more central location? Are you going from basement to attic? You might be able to use two different wireless access points with wired Ethernet betwee...

We got a check yesterday for $21.47 !
Yippee !!!

It will never be as good as a wired connection, but it can be good enough. If she is 'in range' but barely, the speed will be really slow. Instead of running the cable all the way, you run the ethernet part of the distance to her PC, and hide a second Access Point closer to her computer. Run it has...

I'd look into powerline ethernet. I have used both Netgear and Trendnet with good results. I recently bought a pair of Trendnet adapters for under $50. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3703185&Sku=T156-2724 I bought these from a local Fry's so I could r...

Within the house, can a wireless connection ever be as good as wired ? I am trying to improve my wifes wireless connection to the router which is located upstairs about 60' as the crow flies. The only things in between that I can see are a staircase, bannisters, and a landing. She can see the router...

Interesting in that I have a lady friend that something similar happened to. When her parents died, she and her sister inherited about 6m split equally. It was all in treasuries and they kept it there and then went to an estate planner to figure out how to be able to pass it on to the grand kids. Ev...

Would you say that Nissan are viewed in the same light as Toyota and Honda re the resale prices ?

Thanks

I see what your confusion is Nis, you will need to re-do your charts and concentrate on hourly prices.

... Has anybody considered a solar solution ? I have a lot of roof space on my garage and Houston gets a lot of sun. Just a thought. The solar solutions without battery backup do not operate during a power outage. Englishgirl has a solar/battery system and described it here: http://www.bogleheads.o...

You need a whole house generator based on your chance of losing power, not on the chance of a 100-year storm. true enough. In the past year or so, ive lost power three times for a total elapsed time of 9-10 days. Too often and for too long. It seems to me that our infrastructure is not being well m...

What we have decided to do, and it might change since this is only our 1st year in an HSA, is to use the HSA funds only if our medical expenses for the year have exceeded our budget. We budgeted $3,000 for all things medical, prescriptions, eyecare, office visits, etc. If we can keep our medical exp...

Definitely want to jump in and second the recommendation to learn how to read Korean. It's actually incredibly easy. One or two dedicated afternoons will allow you to read. THe language itself is not easy to master but reading is very very easy. Good luck! I wish I was going back this summer :( The...

If I had all our funds in tax-advantaged accounts, I would simply select the appropriate Vanguard Target Retirement Fund in each account. If I had funds in both taxable and tax-advantaged accounts, I would select the appropriate stock/bond ratio and use The Three Fund Portfolio in order to place th...

Do you have any worries about doctors, health issues, etc ?

I guess I will have to go see what the other sites have to say.
Wifey and I are considering this also.

OP: good luck, some ppl take longer to mature All: this thread is interesting, but scares the crap out of me as I have 2 little ones ( bet I'm not the only one!). Parenting def trumps all other jobs! to those who shared similar experiences, anything you would have done differently (or wanted your p...

What we did/are doing in lieu of a LTC policy is to invest the maximum each year in I-Bonds. If we need them for assistance while at home, we will cash them in. If we don't need them, so much the better, and we will still have the assets. If one of us has to go to an assisted care facility,,well,,,t...

I discovered that about the local news as well. The Roku versions are taped and shows like fox and friends, good morning America. For live news we use an outdoor antenna, installed in the attic. You could probably get by with a rabbit ears. Re Roku we mainly watch Hulu+ which has things we like, Onc...

What I have been doing is trying out some of the minimal Linux systems, particularily the Puppy breed. They are amazingly fast and require very little hardware. Take a look at Lucid Puppy, Precise Puppy. I am using them as part of an entertainment center, downloading movies using XBMC. They can be a...

clearly irrational Of course Larry is talking his book What I don't understand is why is anyone so surprised that with all the manpower and computer power and profit incentive that we would not eventually come up with a better model, just as FF did. I hope that is helpful Best wishes Larry It is he...

First, if a person believes this [nonsense --admin LadyGeek] and follows it, then they apparently are guaranteed to profit better than anyone else on earth (even after paying fees). Second, if guaranteed isn't the right word, then something higher than 98.6% must be guaranteed. [Snarky comment remo...

About $2,500, 32 years ago.
Worth every penny.

This was my reasoning when I was deciding on a 1 or 2 fund portfolio, necessitated by my advancing years, and a younger wife that has 0 (zero) interest in asset allocation, rebalancing, tax implications, etc. I looked at both Wellesley and TRI trying to decide on one or the other or a 50/50 split. I...

Not a book but an essay, Letters from Earth by Mark Twain, coupled with Your Most Enchanted Listener by Wendell Johnson.
They changed my life in that they affirmed what I had suspected/thought.

We bought ours and continue to do so in lieu of a Long Term Care policy.
If we need it, they will be there and inflation protected though probably not sufficient to cover health care inflation.
If we don't need them, then so much the better.

I am curious to know if Firecalc, FIDO RIP, or any other predicting calculators have worked out.
I know that it's past history and probably no one has tracked it but has anyone kept their projections from say, 20 years ago, and how have they panned out.

Just curious.

This is really good and I agree with you Nis. I stopped for a bit after reading that one. I am also using the test for another purpose. One of my concerns about when I pass is leaving the management of our assets in my wifes hands when she doesn't have a clue. I gave her the test and she got 66%. Sh...

We are trying to figure out what my wife's benefits will be when she becomes eligible, eligible+1, eligible+2, etc., and at FRA. She will be retiring this Sept. at age 57 1/4. The SSA web site assumes she will continue working at her present salary, when they do their projections of her benefits. Ar...

We did this and are still working out other solutions. We had DirectTv to the tune of about $80.00/month. 4 TVs with 3 DVR 2 were HD We installed an outdoor antenna in the attic and used the existing DirectTv wiring for the antenna. I think the antenna cost about $100 and we installed it ourselves. ...

And then that begs the question "Do Bogleheads make any kind of adjustments if inflation ramps up and stays up ?" Our plan provides for an inflation rate (IR) of 3% and I am not sure what we would do (if anything), if the IR went up like it did in the 70s. Those holding TIPs would be ok bu...

I looked at Gmail but rejected it in favor of Fastmail.fm What I didn't like that was important to me, and that Outlook and Fastmail had, was the ability to create and organize a lot of folders and sub-folders, by topic. At the time it was cumbersome to organize saved messages and then be able find ...

The most interesting thing I've gleaned from this forum is this: one should carefully compare bond funds to the absurdly simple alternative of FDIC-insured bank CDs. Nis, just a question on how you do your comparisons. Do you look at CD rates with an equivalent term to the duration of a bond fund ?...

We generally write about $5,000 annually to the church and it's a toss up whether or not we get to itemize. Normally I would be withdrawing the $5,000 above and beyond the RMD in order to fund the donations as part of our annual budget. Since you are right on the bubble as far as itemizing, start g...

Are you referring to a "qualified charitable distribution" allowed in 2013? Have you attained the age of 70.5 at the time of distribution to the qualified charity? Have you taken your "required minimum distribution" prior to making the QCD? A qualified QCD is a distribution from...

I saw that it is possible to do a rollover from an IRA to a charitable organization, thereby avoiding any thought of having to pay taxes on the IRA withdrawal. Would that be preferred rather than writing a check once a week ? In theory, the weekly check comes from a RMD from the IRA which would be t...

Hexdump, Re your username and icon: does anyone still read hexdumps in this day and age? I used to, for a living, in the early and mid-1980s. Even then it was becoming a lost art. Lol, Scooter. I still do it once in a great while just to impress my java and c++ enabled, son. I love the 404040404040...

^I think grayfox made a ton in investments (i.e. stocks and LT bonds) and did not want to lose those gains by leaving his money in those investments. So he sold his risky assets and bought fixed income funds paying 0% to 0.3%. For the most part, I have been selling risky assets, both stocks and LT ...

For the most part, I have been selling risky assets, both stocks and LT bonds, and buying short-term CDs and Treasuries. They are only yielding 0 to 0.3%. But I've made a ton in the past few years, up about about 48% the past four years. That is like 15 or 20 years of withdrawals. Why risk it? It s...