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- Fri May 26, 2023 8:54 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: New Television
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2656
- Thu May 25, 2023 10:28 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Suggestions for FIRST credit card for young adult
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2798
Re: Suggestions for FIRST credit card for young adult
He should join a credit union.
Get their card.
Get their card.
- Wed May 24, 2023 9:23 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: How to internalize what you read
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3674
Re: How to internalize what you read
I read.
Take no notes.
Forget 90% within days.
All books could be reduced to a boring/succinct 1/2 page.
Take no notes.
Forget 90% within days.
All books could be reduced to a boring/succinct 1/2 page.
- Tue May 23, 2023 5:07 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Suggestion for good pasta makers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 598
Re: Suggestion for good pasta makers
You basically have 2 choices:
Kitchen Aid attachment https://www.kitchenaid.com/countertop-a ... smpra.html
Marcato Atlas 150 https://www.marcato.it/en/product/manua ... /atlas-150
Kitchen Aid attachment https://www.kitchenaid.com/countertop-a ... smpra.html
Marcato Atlas 150 https://www.marcato.it/en/product/manua ... /atlas-150
- Mon May 22, 2023 10:01 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Where do you store your valuables in a AirBnB?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3717
Re: Where do you store your valuables in a AirBnB?
I carry passports and credit cards.
- Mon May 22, 2023 10:00 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: What are the fewest accounts/institutions you can live with?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2815
Re: What are the fewest accounts/institutions you can live with?
1 CU
1 Fido
5 credit cards: Amex, MC, 2 Visa, debit
1 Fido
5 credit cards: Amex, MC, 2 Visa, debit
- Mon May 22, 2023 9:35 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: How Much Do You Spend on Lawn Maintenance Services?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7073
Re: How Much Do You Spend on Lawn Maintenance Services?
Zero.
We trashed our turf and converted to native low-water plants.
We trashed our turf and converted to native low-water plants.
- Sun May 21, 2023 9:08 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Double Walled Stainless Steel for beverages
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3416
Yeti
Yeti.
Dishwasher safe.
Spend the money. Don’t cheap out.
Dishwasher safe.
Spend the money. Don’t cheap out.
- Sun May 21, 2023 9:07 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Anti-Virus Software needed for MacBook Pros?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1087
None
Nope.
- Sun May 21, 2023 10:40 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Making Pasta 2023
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1474
- Sat May 20, 2023 9:28 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Making Pasta 2023
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1474
Atlas 150 rules
We made lasagna noodles last weekend with our Atlas. It is all you need. Two people is easier than one.
Make your flour mix a combo of regular and semolina.
Make your flour mix a combo of regular and semolina.
- Fri May 19, 2023 10:13 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Car oil leaking?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1984
Re: Car oil leaking?
Trade it in for a BEV.
- Fri May 19, 2023 7:56 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Strategies for Permanently Reducing Speeding on Residential Streets
- Replies: 139
- Views: 14270
- Fri May 19, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Razor recommendation?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 4452
Re: Razor recommendation?
Schick Xtreme 3
80¢ each https://www.amazon.com/Schick-Xtreme-Bl ... B07D1YCX4Z
80¢ each https://www.amazon.com/Schick-Xtreme-Bl ... B07D1YCX4Z
- Fri May 19, 2023 1:26 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Landscaping plants/trees
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5594
Re: Landscaping plants/trees
Spend a few hundred $ for a landscape designer to give you advice and a rough plan.
- Mon May 15, 2023 11:32 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Any must haves for travelling to Europe?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 10514
Re: Any must haves for travelling to Europe?
I agree.
1. The vigorish charged by US banks for Euros is obscene.
2. ATMs in Europe work fine and are readily available at the airport. I have never seen an ATM queue at an airport.
- Mon May 15, 2023 5:19 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Going from 2 cars to 1 car
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3804
One was easy for us.
We did it almost 15 years ago. I worked from home and we live in the city.
Very content with one car. Our single car is now a BEV. Spacious parking in our garage.
Very content with one car. Our single car is now a BEV. Spacious parking in our garage.
- Sun May 14, 2023 4:46 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Can you advise on a solar-powered watch? (UPDATE)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2677
Citizen
Another recommendation for Citizen Eco-Drive.
15 years. It was a gift from my daughter.
When the capacitor died, I had it repaired by https://www.timesticking.com/citizen-watch-repair/ . Excellent service.
15 years. It was a gift from my daughter.
When the capacitor died, I had it repaired by https://www.timesticking.com/citizen-watch-repair/ . Excellent service.
- Thu May 11, 2023 6:56 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Repair to Old Seiko Watch - Is This reasonable?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3659
Re: Repair to Old Seiko Watch - Is This reasonable?
I paid $248 to have a capacitor replaced in my Citizen Eco-Drive watch.
The watch was a gift from my daughter. If it was not, I would have bought a new watch.
The watch was a gift from my daughter. If it was not, I would have bought a new watch.
- Thu May 11, 2023 12:56 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Any must haves for travelling to Europe?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 10514
Some must haves for travelling to Europe
In the last 6 months, we spent 7 weeks in: Italy, France, Belgium, and The Netherlands. 1. We used very little cash. About €100 overall (Some taxi drivers are jerks. We had one say: "today is 'no card day'".). We used a debit card twice to pay for transit tickets as a PIN was required. We used physical credit cards about 10 times. 90+% of all payments were with our iPhones or Apple Watch. 2. Walking shoes that have soles that work well on cobblestones. That means thicker, stiffer soles. We walked 4-7 miles per day and cute tourist areas with pedestrian streets are typically cobbles. 3. Some outlets in Italy require 3-prong plugs (plug type L). 4. Bring aspirin. In Spain, you can only buy from a farmacia at 25¢/tablet. Italy is alm...
- Wed May 10, 2023 10:07 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Fridges - loud noises, time to replace? (and will home warranty cover?)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1533
Re: Fridges - loud noises, time to replace? (and will home warranty cover?)
Gut your kitchen and go with Sub-Zero.
That is what we did.
That is what we did.
- Wed May 10, 2023 10:05 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Stressless brand recliners
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2548
Re: Stressless brand recliners
Sitting in one now.
Have owned one for 50+ years.
Highly recommended.
Have owned one for 50+ years.
Highly recommended.
- Wed May 10, 2023 10:03 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Downsizing Considerations and Home Maintenance Projects
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2578
Re: Downsizing Considerations and Home Maintenance Projects
Most house repairs/improvements have a negative ROI.
- Tue May 09, 2023 4:39 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Leaving employer without notice
- Replies: 209
- Views: 17717
- Tue May 09, 2023 8:21 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Ioniq 6? Anyone have real world experience.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2384
Re: Ioniq 6? Anyone have real world experience.
My immediate neighbors have a Hyundai EV6 and love it.
Around town and trips to the mountains.
Around town and trips to the mountains.
- Mon May 08, 2023 9:58 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Do you use cash?
- Replies: 218
- Views: 12621
Rarely
Nope.
Have not used cash in the USA in over 3 years.
Have not used cash in the USA in over 3 years.
- Mon May 08, 2023 8:23 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Where do you buy your pet's food?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 9491
Shop local
Local, super helpful pet store.
Don’t care about price.
Don’t care about price.
- Sun May 07, 2023 9:28 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Do You Encrypt Your Mac Hard Drive??
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1578
Re: Do You Encrypt Your Mac Hard Drive??
Own an iMac.TallBoy29er wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 9:17 pm my answer is a definite yes. as others have stated, it protects your info from being accessed by an unwanted third party if you lose your laptop
Not likely to lose it.
- Sun May 07, 2023 8:57 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Do You Encrypt Your Mac Hard Drive??
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1578
- Wed May 03, 2023 3:36 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Smart Sprinkler Timers - Orbit B-Hyve Smart Sprinkler? Paying for "turn on"?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1984
Re: Smart Sprinkler Timers - Orbit B-Hyve Smart Sprinkler? Paying for "turn on"?
Rachio is awesome.
Saved a lot of water.
Highly recommended.
Saved a lot of water.
Highly recommended.
- Wed May 03, 2023 12:55 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Medicare and annual physical visits
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1661
Re: Medicare and annual physical visits
For me, Kaiser Medicare Advantage covers all blood tests. Since colon cancer at age 65, I have had lots of tests.
I don’t get a physical for free, but I could buy the components for well under $1K.
I do get a thorough annual skin cancer check for free.
I don’t get a physical for free, but I could buy the components for well under $1K.
I do get a thorough annual skin cancer check for free.
- Mon May 01, 2023 3:38 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Best travel/walking shoes
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6558
Re: Best travel/walking shoes
Am in Europe now. Many/most people wear “running” shoes.whodidntante wrote: ↑Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:38 pm They'll make you as an American from orbit if you wear running shoes.
They will mark you as American by how you walk and carry yourself.
- Mon May 01, 2023 9:46 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Best travel/walking shoes
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6558
Re: Best travel/walking shoes
Mephisto for a sturdy walking shoe. Expensive and worth it. Wore mine all over Portugal. Made in France and Portugal.
Giesswein for a lightweight wool runner that stands up to cobblestones. Wear them every day. Right now, wearing in France. Made in Austria.
I now travel with only the Giesswein runners as I pack light and only take/wear one pair of shoes.
I love this color
Giesswein for a lightweight wool runner that stands up to cobblestones. Wear them every day. Right now, wearing in France. Made in Austria.
I now travel with only the Giesswein runners as I pack light and only take/wear one pair of shoes.
I love this color
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 1:55 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Loire Valley, France: Longer Drive or change Hotel?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 820
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:57 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Casual dinner meeting/job interview
- Replies: 62
- Views: 6173
Re: Casual dinner meeting/job interview
Don’t order the whole lobster. Too expensive and too messy.
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 2:48 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Dying is Expensive!
- Replies: 147
- Views: 13873
Re: Dying is Expensive!
I want to be dumped into the city compost bin. Weekly pickup. For some strange reason, the city objects.
- Sun Apr 23, 2023 5:12 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Do I need an Apple desktop?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5941
Re: Do I need an Apple desktop?
Ask yourself this question: what would Tim Cook recommend?
Ask yourself another question: what monitor is the best quality?
Ask yourself another question: what monitor is the best quality?
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:46 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Difference between Sub-Zero CL and BI
- Replies: 2
- Views: 774
Re: Difference between Sub-Zero CL and BI
As an owner of 2 Sub-Zero refrigerators (1987 and 2017), my observation is that Sub-Zero moves very slowly in making changes. Our two frigos are not that different.
I would be fine with the older model.
I would be fine with the older model.
- Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:26 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Let's Talk Toothbrushes!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2449
Re: Let's Talk Toothbrushes!
Sonicare low price model at $32 does the job.
https://www.amazon.com/Philips-Sonicare ... 09D3YNPVV/
https://www.amazon.com/Philips-Sonicare ... 09D3YNPVV/
- Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:15 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Self-employed benefits plan & Lifestyle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 554
Re: Self-employed benefits plan & Lifestyle
Health insurance:
1. Kaiser
2. Say thanks to Obamacare (which I did not have for 20 years of self-employment before Medicare).
1. Kaiser
2. Say thanks to Obamacare (which I did not have for 20 years of self-employment before Medicare).
- Sun Apr 16, 2023 6:37 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: How to Select an "Induction" Stovetop
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6538
Research help
More reading at https://theinductionsite.com/
For us, the selection process would be easy. Start with the most expensive and work our way down in price.
For us, the selection process would be easy. Start with the most expensive and work our way down in price.
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:47 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Dryer vent booster fans - apparently I need one and have questions
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2726
Re: Dryer vent booster fans - apparently I need one and have questions
No, you need a ventless dryer.
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:47 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Good polo shirt brand that lasts
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5820
Re: Good polo shirt brand that lasts
US Polo Assn
I pay about $20/shirt
Get 5+ years
I pay about $20/shirt
Get 5+ years
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 12:22 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Help me decide when to go EV
- Replies: 145
- Views: 12812
Keep the Prius
We own (as our only car) a VW ID.4 and really like it.
I would keep the Prius for another few years.
I would keep the Prius for another few years.
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 9:31 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Your favorite country to possibly retire to?
- Replies: 171
- Views: 25752
Re: Your favorite country to possibly retire to?
Portugal, but the language barrier is difficult.
España, where the prices are higher, but the language is easier.
Wife says NO: grandkids.
Next.
España, where the prices are higher, but the language is easier.
Wife says NO: grandkids.
Next.
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 5:44 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: New Miele Heat Pump Dryers - Feedback?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2364
Miele Heat Pump Dryer - Yes
4 years of Miele dryer. We have a TXD160WP which is the low-end model.
Works great. Extracted water goes into the washer drain. We have a cat.
Highly recommended.
Works great. Extracted water goes into the washer drain. We have a cat.
Highly recommended.
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:04 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Help - I know Nothing About New Windows
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1614
Re: Help - I know Nothing About New Windows
Triple pane
European style tilt-turn
Low+e
Self cleaning glass
European style tilt-turn
Low+e
Self cleaning glass
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 9:15 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Accounting software for several sole proprietorships
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1175
Re: Accounting software for several sole proprietorships
Quickbooks
AccountEdge Pro
AccountEdge Pro
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:17 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Accounting software for several sole proprietorships
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1175
Re: Accounting software for several sole proprietorships
The first decision is: do you want single-entry or double-entry bookkeeping?
- Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:14 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Help Please! My 2015 Prius has mold and mildew!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2843
Re: Help Please! My 2015 Prius has mold and mildew!
That’s what you get with buying a front loader. Should have gone with a top loader.