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Get out to travel as early in the day as possible and be prepared for overwhelming hordes of tourists in and around both Rome and Cinque Terre. This. We loved sleepy Cinque Terre on our honeymoon in 1990. We liked it in 1994 when we went back. In 2016 we returned again as part of our first major tr...

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I've gotten the the alert also. Seems the new company wants carte blanch to use information in our email,etc., and an agreement not to sue them.

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Since you found it, I have no doubt that it exists but I have never seen or heard of this membership benefit before.

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Over the course of time, I did notice that it was getting harder and harder to stop but, it being a lightly and seldom used vechicle, I ignored it. ...I was shocked to see that the old brake fluid was the color of Coca-Cola . One hour and a large bottle of new fluid. Problem solved. Could you see t...

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Yes, old fluid can make your brakes fail to operate correctly. Voice of experience here. I'm slightly ashamed to admit this but I had a minivan for over 10 years and that I never changed the brake fluid. I do most of our car maintenance but I honestly had never heard of needing to replace brake fuil...

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If you are only using it occasionally to blow off leaves or inflate things then almost any compressor will work OK. I would second the recommendation for a simple pancake compressor. I had one made my Porter-Cable and it served me well for years. You can still buy them or simular models at Home Depo...

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A Sawstop table saw. I have twenty digits and I'm very attached to them. I'm retired, I've been around and seen a lot of stuff go down, and that's what the money's for. I agree. Buying one next week to get the free mobile base. I've still got all my digits but I'm buying it as (I think) my last tab...

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Today the birds are singing, the water is clear and the sky is blue. Lakehouse for sure. Retired here three years ago. Sunk another 100K into it since then and don't regret a single penny.

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I agree. My wife tried to get the one time $100 per year just few weeks later. It was no longer being offered, but they did offer the $10 per month option. It also required the $40 annual service fee, so she passed. That $40 annual service fee seems a little sneaky to me also. Been using Planet Fitn...

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Thank you LadyGeek. Good hints to know.

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Thank you for the responses. I was thinking that I'd seen my posts correctly placed into the thread but fail to be there later. As most of my web viewing is done in the evening, it is possible that I'm missing any 2nd Submit screen. If this has happened to you, then you know the mild frustration of ...

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I'm writing to voice my concern that I'm noticing with some regularity that my responses in posts/topics are disappearing. I always try to be brief, courteous and remain of topic so it is with some confusion to find my posts are possibly being screened and removed. If I am being censored, would some...

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Been using Planet Fitness for several months now. Got the cheapest possible. $10/month with one club, no contract + small annual fee. Close to the house. Planet fitness here also. Got in on a end of the year sale. $100 for 12 months. One location only but that's OK with me since I don't work out wh...

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Without seeing it, it sounds like a footing problem. Should be relatively easy to get someone to jack up the deck and fix the footings. It's going to have to be corrected at some point and I would think this would be much cheaper than building a whole new deck.

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Hanes from Walmart...a BIG no on comfort. I bought about 8 pair around 18 months ago. They were a size larger than I normally wear, hoping for comfort, but the elastic waistband was still way, way too tight. I mean, if I wore them for over 4 hours, I could read "HANES"-----HANES------HANES.... impri...

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My hands down favorite sipping rum that you can buy in the states is Zaya. It runs about $30-$40 a bottle. Everyone has their own idea of reasonably priced so I'll also add Pyrat rum. It's a smooth rum with a nice nose. Less than $25 a bottle. I sampled some Flor de Caña dark rum (not sure of the ag...

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Our LSC was a lake lot. Purchased about 13 years ago. We looked for a good deal on a great lot for about a year and finally found it. Our plan was to sit on it and wait till we retired to build. That lasted two months. We convinced ourselves to go ahead a build a weekend place and enjoy it now, and ...

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Mine were getting close and I was about to rebalance but the market did it for me.

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In the past few decades I've had accounts with Schwab, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price and Vanguard. All have been OK but over the years we've consolidated down. Most of our assets are now with Vanguard as they were the clear winner about 12 years ago when we made some major changes. I thought they were gre...

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We binge watched "The Crown" and loved it. Wish there were more. We trying watching Ozarks (actually filmed just north of Atlanta) but found we just didn't care for any of the characters.

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At 48, I was still in the the dark about asset allocation. I was all in stocks.
"Bonds, who uses bonds?"

The US bear market of 2007–2009 taught me a lesson. Now I'm older and a tad bit wiser.(I hope)

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If it's only a couple of prints, I recommend having them professionally scanned, or find a friend with a good flat bed scanner. Most of the decent to good scanners have adjustment software built in that will allow you to make corrections to set levels and bring back some of the details. When all els...

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sambb wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 23, 2017 8:20 am
im considering taking some profits off the table and rebalancing to a lower stock allocation by ~5%-10%

Since we have reached and exceeded or number, I am considering doing the same.

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NYCguy wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 23, 2017 5:11 pm
Your spouse.

This is the first thing I thought when I read the subject line.

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For vodka, "Grey Goose" is a known quality brand but I would recommend "Tito's" as it costs less, rates better in taste tests, is widely available, has a craft liquor vibe and is made in/near Austin TX. With rum, most people will be enjoying this spirt in some sort of mixed drink. I would recommend ...

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Over my investing lifetime, I can expect that sometimes the market will be going up and sometimes it will be going down. Sometimes it will do this sharply over days or weeks, sometimes it will happen gradually over months or years. Sometimes it will be bonds doing much better, sometimes domestic eq...

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You have more options for cabinets than just the big box stores. There are specialty online cabinet suppliers that offer very nice pre-finished cabinets in stock sizes. Many offer design services also, often free. We recently finished our basement and installed a bar/kitchen area as part of the proc...

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I don't know if expensive tires are worth it but I can attest that cheap tires are not. We have an old minivan that we use very occasionally to haul things like furniture or bagged mulch from Home Depot. We might put 2500 miles a year on it so the last time it needed tires I went with cheaper tires ...

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Our city's water is "safe" but does not taste great. After several years of using a Brita pitcher for drinking water, I spent around $120 for a CuZn UC-200 Under Counter Water Filter. It should last 5 years. So easy to install and nothing to service. Just replace around the 5 year mark. Years ago we...

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White Coat Investor wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:34 pm
That very point was made quite well years ago by Andrew Tobias in his best-selling The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need.

Over 20 years later I remember that book and that point very well.

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This is a nice milestone. It may not last out the year or it may be the first of many. Doesn't matter. Enjoy the moment. Life is all about goals and experiences so share a nice bottle of bubbly with someone special. Also, congratulations on reaching the two comma club!

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Granted no one can predict, but it seems like afterward all the signs were there and it was fairly obvious. Whether its a bubble somewhere or something else, what indicators are you watching for the next adjustment? Is there even anything on the horizon? It's funny you should ask as I was thinking ...

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1 and 9 primarily. For everything there is a season. Earning is a means to an end. Do not make it the end. Same here. Had a job that I liked (worked for myself) but we had saved for decades and it was time for something new. Or as I like to call it Life 2.0 It's been two years and I don't miss work...

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painting... With the internet and youtube, there are so many projects that can be done by the homeowner. The problem is knowing just enough to think you can do something...but realize about half way through you had no business trying to do it yourself. Too funny! But too true... After watching some...

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I would add that one major hurdle for me has been getting used to living as an investor. We've been savers our whole lives and have more than enough to live on but I found there was still an adjustment needed. Before, we always had paychecks coming in and really didn't worry about how much we spent...

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Since the majority of my $$ is with Vanguard I use their site. The have a nice feature where you can include outside investments in your account that are not under the Vanguard umbrella. It's simple and works well. Every so often I have to manually update the outside investments but it's not a big d...

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I've read and followed with great interest the overriding question of how much to invest (from a USA prospective) in international. 0 to 10 percent sayeth Bogle and Buffett. "No, no, the US has peaked so 50 percent is the safest bet" says the maximum diversity folks. In an annual conversation with V...

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abuss368 wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:07 pm
We recently started "The West Wing" on Netflix. The pilot episode was very good.

What a great show. Great characters with crisp, rapid fire dialog. You are in for season seasons of great viewing.

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Death in Paradise , available on Netflix. This is a BBC television series of 40 one-hour episodes, murder mysteries set in the British Virgin Islands and solved by a group of four police officers. We are about halfway through the series. This series is addictive, very good. We really enjoyed the fi...

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Woodshark, Would you mind explaining something? You seem to be oblivious to several poster's mentioning that for certain income ranges the 15% & 25% marginal tax rate on other-than-SS-income can effectively almost double once you are receiving Social Security. Is this just because you and wife will...

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Once again thank you for the thoughtful responses. As others have mentioned, I don’t think there is a clear cut answer as everyone’s situation is different. Take the free tax harvest gain now or go ahead and take the 15% tax hit so as to not pay an unknown tax on it in the future. There certainly is...

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I think it is highly dependent on the type of heat you have, your willingness handle some checks and maintenance yourself and mostly where you live. We live in the Southeast so we depend on AC much more than we do heat. Our last house had gas heat and it worked flawlessly for over 24 years with almo...

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Like retiredjg, I consider conversion to the top of the 15% bracket a no brainer for most early retirees. Part of the reason is Doc's point, once you start receiving SS Benefits marginal tax rates can increase significantly. Tax gain harvesting, as you have been doing, is another smart move for tho...

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I know Roth conversions and conversion ladders are can be a good idea if you are a high income earner and expect to be in a lower tax bracket upon retirement. You may have misunderstood. It is only a good idea for high income earners who convert AFTER they retire and are in a lower tax bracket. Tha...

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I know Roth conversions and conversion ladders are can be a good idea if you are a high income earner and expect to be in a lower tax bracket upon retirement. I just don’t know about those firmly in the 15% tax bracket and who are already in early retirement. It’s a question I’ve been trying to find...

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Jane Bryant Quinn's, Making the Most of Your Money Now is the one book I keep on hand and give as a gift. It's a large book but broken into easy to read chapters for each subject. Her writing style is inviting and personal which makes reading it not only informative but a pleasure.

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If this is "the" flooring that you are going to use then go ahead and buy it. It does not matter if it's this guy or another contractor you eventually hire, this is the stuff going down. If you have to go with another contractor just specify in the contract that the flooring will be provided by you....

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I've had security systems installed and hard wired in the walls during construction in each of the last two homes we've built. They are not generally turned on during the day but they give me much peace of mind every evening when I activate them as I go to bed. In other words, I rest much better kno...

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Thank you all for your very informative and detailed responses. The room it is in has a lot of large windows so it will be very light in there when viewing during the day so this is something I had not considered. From all the replies my starting point will be a 60 inch (it's a large room) flat scre...

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After completing a recent but lengthy home renovation, we are now in the market for a 60” flat screen to enjoy in our new space. I haven’t bought a TV in years. (Back then there was a big debate of plasma vs LED but now I couldn’t even tell you what we ended up with.) So before we begin shopping, wh...

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