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Petrocelli wrote:I recently got my first smartphone. I decide to try the Spotify Mobile app. After 2 days, I am hooked. For $10 a month you get access to millions of songs. I highly recommend it for music lovers.

But I only have a dumb-phone.

Avoid market-timing. Stay the course.

The little things were the low ERs.

Try the state bar association.

Talk to your HR person. Maybe no problem.

Good luck.

IMO, buy now.

VictoriaF wrote:

bobcat2 wrote:When I search for the user name EDN nothing comes up. What am I missing?

BobK

I have just checked it. Messages by EDN exist, but the poster does not.

Victoria

EDN is a ghost?

"Damage" by John Lescroart.

It's always a mystery to me why such threads are allowed to stand, since many others are routinely locked by moderators on the grounds that they are irrelevant to personal finance issues and do not have "actionable" content. Both of those descriptions apply here, too (nothing about person...

1. Buy a printer.

2. Only view non-financial programs at the Y.

I retired at age 74, the right time for me.

Over the past several weeks I've seen what appears to be an increase in acrimonious content and personal attacks directed at individuals who, (over the years I have been visiting and participating on this site), have proven over and over their generosity in providing their time and useful informati...

I waited until age 70, and I'm glad I waited.

indianaman wrote:I just finished reading the Great Gatsby. I heard the movie was terrible so I bought a copy at a local thrift store for 25 cents.

I really liked the movie. The acting was terrific. The costumes and the sets really looked like 1922.

Thanks from my DW, Mel.

California has big real estate tax, big sales taxes, big income taxes, taxes cap gains at the same rate as earned income, except no tax at all on social security income. One saving grace. Boglehead lesson for Californians, delay your SS to until 70 and live on/deplete anything else you can until th...

Past performance, momentum & timing are things I avoid.

"Shock Wave" by John Sandford.

I like the crime and mystery genre. I get the novels from the library.

Our spending is staying the same.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Bogle! We appreciate your accomplishments!

0.10%.

"Left For Dead" by J.A. Jance..

Once upon a time, this site was a good place to go for serious financial discussions. This thread began with a serious and interesting question. Most of the early replies addressed the question. It then degenerated into pointless comments only of interest to the person who wrote them and criticisms...

My college, UCLA, didn't make either the best or worst list, but provided me with a wonderful education.

About 15%.

tylerherman wrote:Habits are powerful things.

You spend 30 years doing something it is hard to stop regardless of if you want to or have to.

You got that right!

See a tax lawyer. More legislation is pending.

"Fatal Error" by J.A. Jance.

Get legal advice.

Blues, keep it simple!

Specifically, I know many cases in which people "enjoy" work, because they do not have the energy or imagination to enjoy something else. It is possible for someone to have the energy or imagination to enjoy something else, but they still enjoy what they do for a living. It is possible. S...

Specifically, I know many cases in which people "enjoy" work, because they do not have the energy or imagination to enjoy something else. It is possible for someone to have the energy or imagination to enjoy something else, but they still enjoy what they do for a living. It is possible. S...

"There is a strong temptation to keep working even after reaching "the number.""

I enjoyed my work, but I retired at age 74.

Cruises are nice for all ages.

Try eBay.

tadamsmar wrote:

ziszew wrote:

gkaplan wrote:Plastics, young man. Plastics.

I had to look it up. Hilarious

I think gkaplan is alluding to this scene from the movie "The Graduate":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk

More than alluding.

Friends use an iPhone and like it. I'm happy with a dumb phone.

EternalOptimist wrote:Besides cost advantage, why do you think that is?

Maybe just the cost advantage. Plus the volume of transactions?

I'm appreciative of the obvious language skills of the 2 previous posters.

Vanguard funds have been performing very well:

https://personal.vanguard.com/us/insigh ... hannel=MFN

Chase has issued some guidance on this: http://www.theonion.com/articles/after-checking-your-bank-account-remember-to-log-o,32260/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=standard-post:headline:default when you’re finished with your online banking session, we recommend th...

Medicine and law are two nice career choices for decent income.

Some don't rebalance at all. I rebalance each December when I take my RMD.

Call_Me_Op wrote:Eliminate all of the unnecessary and dangerous surgeries and medications.

Right on.

No money = very unhappy.

The Roman antiquities make it a great visit.

hlfo718 wrote:Funny stuff.

It is!

cheese_breath wrote:

musbane wrote:So I guess I'll have to do what my wife says.

That's a good husband. It's always best to do what the wife says.

A happy wife leads to a happy life.