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I did this recently. The dealership in FL gave me temp FL tags and they took care of the registration in TX. I made my own shipping arrangements from FL to TX. Once I received the car, I had to do the state inspections and send the dealer all of these docs since they were doing the registration for ...

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The Little Dublin Museum is nice - small 45 minute tour, but it's cheap and interesting.

Irish Breakfast is pretty good! Our hotel breakfast buffet was delicious.

Skip the Guinness tour if at all you were thinking about it. Too crowded and nothing special at all.

Have fun!

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Thorsbane wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:23 pm
Frankly, something within the past 3 to 4 years with under 40k miles. Need something reliable since it will be carrying a baby and a toddler.

I question the "need" for a minivan just because of two kids. A mid-sized SUV should be just as good. Do you need the cargo space?

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Frankly, something within the past 3 to 4 years with under 40k miles. Need something reliable since it will be carrying a baby and a toddler. My experience is from exactly 4 years ago. I decided on buying new (Odyssey) at the time since the price difference on 2-3 year old used mini-vans were $5,00...

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It allowed one to purchase a product locally at an expensive retailer and then submit a claim to drop the price down to the lowest online retailer. We used (abused?) the program heavily. I have approximately 60 - 70 claims processed by them. Some of my favorites: - A replacement dishwasher part was...

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I'd give it another week or so. Meanwhile, I'd also be in touch with the landscaper, and make sure that he understands the situation. Finally, you could consider using your bank's bill pay service next time, instead of sending a check. It may be that the bill pay service can get the money to the la...

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$10/quarter to Fidelity.

Used to be $0/year until "activist investors" at Mega Corp, Inc. started complaining about corporate expenses.

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Why would any car need any maintenance outside of oil filter/oil change and possible air filters? Arent toyotas supposed to run forever? 175k on the first set of spark plugs? No engine coolant at 120k? No transmission fluid at 60k? I am sure there are a couple more that I can't remember off the top...

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Whenever I see a question like this, my first reaction is "please, don't." DW and I are both Southern. We moved to Durham after college, in 1976. We voted with our feet in 2001, moving to Raleigh. We're "at home" in NC culture, and particularly like the culture and attitudes of the "educated South....

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My local Toyota dealer insists on doing the following as part of a 30,000 mile service. Car is out of warranty and I pay out of pocket. [ Perform Top Engine Valve Cleaning, Install Fuel, Additive. Top Eng/Induct SVS Parts $35, Labor $94 Install BG MOA and CF5 Fuel Additive Total Deposit Control Kit...

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Why would any car need any maintenance outside of oil filter/oil change and possible air filters? Arent toyotas supposed to run forever? 175k on the first set of spark plugs? No engine coolant at 120k? No transmission fluid at 60k? I am sure there are a couple more that I can't remember off the top...

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Many, many decades ago - I had 12 month policies - but with State Farm - for the past 45+ years, I believe all have been six months. Do some (or many) companies commonly offer 12 month policies? Yes, amica, liberty mutual, etc. And some regional companies I know that only do business in the east co...

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I've switched back and forth between Spectrum and Fios probably 5x over my last 9 years in NYC. Sometimes when you get kicked to the retention team before cancelling they will give you a rate that's coparable to a new customer rate, other times I've canceled and switched, then switched back after a...

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The good news is that these shenanigans will end in a few years tops once 5G has widespread adoption. Competition is coming. I am not a telecom engineer, but I don't think 5g speed and throughput will match that of wire to the home, especially FIOS. Correct, it will not match speed and bandwidth. I...

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The good news is that these shenanigans will end in a few years tops once 5G has widespread adoption. Competition is coming. peseta Apparently Houston has this already (Verizon providing unlimited 5G internet at $70/month - speeds as high as 900Mbs but typlical ~300Mbs, according to their website)....

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I was just a few years older than you in 2008 but also just out of grad school with a new job. DW and I bought a house in March 2008, which must have been the peak at that point. Didn't know much about finance, mortgages or anything. My investments lost ~50% by April 2009, which was completely stres...

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What Tomato is referring to is the current NC law (HB2) that is very discriminatory against transgender people. It is an awful law and the state is losing a lot of money b/c companies have said they won't add jobs here and famous performers are cancelling shows b/c of the law. We aren't talking abo...

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mephistophles wrote: ↑
Tue May 31, 2016 12:04 am
Definitely Morrisville.

This. Or Cary.

(note: the original locals call Cary: Containment Area for Relocated Yankees)

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racy wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:23 am
I like listening to these guys debate with creationists/religious types:
Christopher Hitchens
Richard Dawkins
Matt Dillahunty
Sam Harris

Great selection. I love watching Dawkins speak, so very smart.

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Yes, buy your own modem. Go to the comcast website and search for it (we have spectrum here and they list which modems are supported). You will make up that $13/month in about 5 months. With the limited number of TV channels you watch, I'd go with streaming. Sling or YouTube. Everything else kind of...

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bizkitgto wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:27 am
Even though this is one of the longest bull markets, remember that it's also one of the weakest bull markets in history. We could still have a lot of room to grow.

Could explain what you mean by this?

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Devil's Advocate: I don't mind escrow one bit. The interest I might earn is immaterial to be. It's one (or two) fewer bills to worry about, and, I don't need to think about putting $x aside each month. It's easy and tempting to spend those dollars when they're not needed for 11 months. "I'll just p...

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Looking for buy my first house. How can I find the lowest mortgage rate in my area? I don't want to go to 5 banks to get pre-approval, then i will 5 hard pulls. Thanks. That’s not how this works. If you get multiple checks for the same things, credit companies will bunch them together into one pull...

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I have young kids so I don't risk it with cars 10+ years old. My cousin's Odyssey (9 years old at the time) died in the middle of TX (well, a little east of the middle of TX) on a Sunday evening.

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Not so much anymore with my 21 year old Civic but it isn't due to concerns about it breaking down. The reason I don't do much long drives in it anymore is because it is a stick shift without a cruise control and as I age, I find I like my cruise control especially on long trips over four lane roads...

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Every converted lot has a 5 year holding period associated with it for penalty free distribution, correct? So that means some very detailed records need to be kept. Please correct me if I am wrong. I think you are wrong. See the article. :) The reason is that you used the word "every" and when over...

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Good or not, I keep the bulk of my cash/EF in FTABX, Fidelity Tax Free Bond Fund. Over past 5 years I've had it, it's been up 3% to down 3% and currently is at +2%. Pays dividends monthly. Tax equivalent yield as of today is 3.72%. If someone can suggest something better (not a CD where the money is...

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Every converted lot has a 5 year holding period associated with it for penalty free distribution, correct?

So that means some very detailed records need to be kept.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

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retiredjg wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:09 pm
What's the other alternative? If the money does not go to Roth IRA, where would you put it?

Exactly. You put it in taxable and since same investments are available in Roth/taxable you still get 6% and end in same place (actually worse since you have to pay tax on it).

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Are you from another part of TX? Sugar Land gets pretty hot and is unbearably humid for me. Skip out on Riverstone, a newer development in Sugar Land. This area got extensive flooding and the problem is not fixed (which is that the entire development is built on a floodplain, was never labeled a flo...

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For the love of god, do not buy a margarita mix.

As posted above, all you need is a good tequila, cointreau and lime juice.

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What about an injured person (when you are at fault) who does not have health insurance? That what the main Bodily Injury Liability covers (health insurance or not, passenger, pedestrian, etc). Excellent, thanks. I am getting my policies switch if they are cheaper and will have to ask the independe...

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What about an injured person (when you are at fault) who does not have health insurance?

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Thank you - let me check out the Harmony One.

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I'm looking to replace my Apple TV 4k's remote control which I utterly hate (I can never use the track pad area correctly). I would prefer one that has a base that has some kind of "find me" feature that will start ringing the remote if misplaced. What do yall recommend?

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I started using TaxAct maybe a decade or more ago when it was the only free e-file software available and my finances were simple (just one W-2). They have steadily increased prices but I've noticed that if chat with them you can get a discount. Just this week I asked for a 50% discount off of the ...

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No split. Put the modem where the desktop is, if you have one. If you don't have a desktop, put the modem whereever you want. Make sure you get a good WiFi router. I stream Netflix 4k content from my WiFi router to my AppleTV 4K and have absolutely not issues.

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I started using TaxAct maybe a decade or more ago when it was the only free e-file software available and my finances were simple (just one W-2). They have steadily increased prices but I've noticed that if chat with them you can get a discount. Just this week I asked for a 50% discount off of the P...

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Beerfest

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I've been regularly moving my after tax 401k contributions to my external Roth IRA throughout 2018. The transfers usually resulted in small taxable events ($50 or so). However, from mid-Sept in 2018 onwards I got pretty busy at work and did not get a chance to do the transfer until December (unfortu...

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harvestbook wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:20 pm
Considering we just went through this in February...

Still buying, still 90/10. Nothing has changed in the real world.

Yup, I am 90/10 also and still staying the course. Will be up bigly in a few years (or down).

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Interesting comments to think about. The treadmill for me is my preferred aerobic exercise - I love running. It is just getting harder as I am getting older. I don't find the elliptical to be as good (in terms of I how fatigued I am afterwards). I am not worried about using a rower for non-aerobic c...

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Last year about this time I posted about wanting a rower in addition to my treadmill and elliptical. Advice was to get the Concept 2, but at that time it was out of my budget. Now, that rower is in my budget but in the mean time my home gym now has a bench as well, so there is no room left for a 4th...

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Price is firm at $32,800 but no need to negotiate. https://www.carvana.com/cars/lexus/gs-350-2016?cvnaid=eyJmaWx0ZXJzIjp7InRleHRTZWFyY2hJbnB1dHMiOlsiMjAxNiBsZXh1cyBnczM1MCJdfSwiZmlsdGVyU291cmNlIjoxMX0%3D Depending on location, there might be shipping charge, besides taxes, license and title (maybe ...

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Currently at 30,400 OTD (~28500 sales price). I think this is looking good now. I could probably push for another $200 off and then pull the trigger. One issue with me is that I can't find any other color combo I like.

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Sorry to revive the thread. Been negotiating over txt about the used 2016 Lexus GS 350 40k miles (RWD, not F-sport). We are $2,000 apart, I am offering $29,200 and dealer is saying $31,200. They are not budging yet, but the car has been on the lot 3 months (well, 79 days). Unsure what a good deal h...

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BTW, these are OTD prices. Included is ~$1700 in tax and $300 in dealer fees.

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Not Certified. Yes, the normal Lexus warranty which is 4 yrs/50k bumper to bumper. According to the carfax they provided, it has one owner and was sold on 05/31/2016. Warranty ends in 10k miles though, but by time it would be 05/31/2020. Other than no warranty left, is there much difference with th...

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Sorry to revive the thread. Been negotiating over txt about the used 2016 Lexus GS 350 40k miles (RWD, not F-sport). We are $2,000 apart, I am offering $29,200 and dealer is saying $31,200. They are not budging yet, but the car has been on the lot 3 months (well, 79 days). Unsure what a good deal h...

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Sorry to revive the thread. Been negotiating over txt about the used 2016 Lexus GS 350 40k miles (RWD, not F-sport). We are $2,000 apart, I am offering $29,200 and dealer is saying $31,200. They are not budging yet, but the car has been on the lot 3 months (well, 79 days). Unsure what a good deal he...

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