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JaneyLH

Since I had uninsured motorist coverage with State Farm, they eventually offered me 5x the amount of my medical expenses. How do you negotiate that, what leverage do you have with your own insurance co Also, was there anything your health insurance wouldnt cover? Do they expect you to pay anything ...

JaneyLH

We have a recirculating system. There is so much drought that I cannot imagine letting the water run and be wasted just to heat it up. Ours is 13 years old and troublefree.

JaneyLH

I was read-ended by a drunk at 10 am while stopped at a red light. The guy hit me at about 45 mph without braking. His airbag inflated but he was chased by a witness until pulled over for driving on the wrong side of the road. Uninsured, of course. Car was totaled. I had whiplash injuries, went to a...

JaneyLH

Ireland. You will see that yes, there are many roads to beautiful Dublin. Good luck and thanks for reading / cfs +1 Husband and I traveled there last April. It was unbelievably cheap and probably the most gorgeous country I have seen. People were wonderful. $10/day for stick shift car, $90/day for ...

JaneyLH

I’ve moved from 60/40 to 65/35. And yes, I realize that it will likely make no substantive difference.

JaneyLH

I have all of my 400+ unique, randomly constructed passwords in Dashlane. Syncs perfectly across my Windows laptop, Android phone, and iPad. Takes a bit of time to make the transition but I’m very happy I did. Works with both web and device apps.

JaneyLH

Placed freezes for both my husband and myself. After 2 weeks got one letter for me with PIN from Innovis. Called and requested new PIN for him. Called ChexSystems and let them know no letters were received, asked them to reissue PINs.

JaneyLH

For over a year I had free access to digital WSJ after cancelling out of a cheap trial. When they closed the door I subscribed to the NY Times digital edition and am finding it much more interesting.

JaneyLH

When you are move than a few miles from port both phone and wifi need to go by satellite. Think $, or maybe $$$ or $$$$$. It's a vacation. Lose the phone and the email. Agree with all of the above. We did one cruise during a minor family emergency when we did login fairly regularly, but otherwise n...

JaneyLH

I also spent a week on a live aboard dive boat in the 1990s, and had a spectacular experience. Sadly, I have read that the reef is quite different today and would do some research before I recommended it to anyone today. Google "Great Barrier Reef dead".

JaneyLH

+1 Contact the contractors licensing board for Florida and lodge a complaint. Contractors have to pull permits for work that requires one. They will contact the contractor and try to convince him to make things right for you. They can eventually pull the license, but they would rather make it go awa...

JaneyLH

+1 for dropping the jewelry rider. You can afford to replace the items. +1 for skipping earthquake coverage. Unless you live in a turn of the century unreinforced brick building, chances are your home would not sustain sufficient damage to exceed the steep deductibles. Modern wood frame have suffici...

JaneyLH

Thanks Taylor! I'm staying the course!

JaneyLH

I still don't understand the risk of sharing my password with my spouse. What would the Vanguard logs of system access show? The IP addresses of the devices used to connect would likely also show up in the logs, not just the login name used for the connection. That and other forensic evidence might...

JaneyLH

My question is, if you disclose your login information to your spouse how would Vanguard know? It seems someone would have to tell Vanguard they had done this. If I had a theft of my Vanguard funds and were asked by Vanguard if I had shared my password with anyone, surely my answer would be “no”. A...

JaneyLH

Skiing in Europe us a bit more challenging than the carefully groomed slopes in the U.S. For a first trip to Europe I'd recommend sticking to the major cities and seeing the classic tourist highlights. The short days are a concern for outdoor activities.

JaneyLH

My question is, if you disclose your login information to your spouse how would Vanguard know? It seems someone would have to tell Vanguard they had done this. If I had a theft of my Vanguard funds and were asked by Vanguard if I had shared my password with anyone, surely my answer would be “no”. Am...

JaneyLH

Back in 2000 I was sitting on a mountain of stock options with a Silicon Valley firm. Over the past 10 years, the stock did nothing but go up, split, go up, split... until it didn't. By the time I was emotionally ready to act on the bursting bubble, I probably lost about $1.5 million. One word: dive...

JaneyLH

I love Jeep Grand Cherokees and have one now that I tow a big boat with. It works great pulling and OK stopping but going down big mountains is too hard. I live in Tahoe. My boat weighs about 5500 pound all in and it is very tense towing that with the jeep if I go down hills, up is fine. Plus JGCs ...

JaneyLH

There is a big benefit to people who own a minimum of 100 shares of stock in the cruise ship lines and then sign up for a cruise on that line. I've owned 100 shares of Carnival for many years and have gotten cabin credits on a number of cruises. I thought, why not sign up for RCL, since Royal Caribb...

JaneyLH

DW and I went to Italy 2 years ago. Venice, Florence, Rome and Pompei. We took a Rick Steves tour for the first 3 cities and then at the end...took the fast train down to Naples and the regional train over to Pompei for a day. We didn't stay in Naples very long....but after our Pompei visit, we too...

JaneyLH

I have read through the responses here and hope that no-one reading this uses ANY of the information in the comments to make a decision about their dental health (except for YoungDentist, good job). There is so much misinformation and ignorance it is mind blowing. First off, to the op, no-one, not ...

JaneyLH

We also live in the SF Bay Area, and recently purchased a Lifetime brand 8x8 vinyl shed from Costco. The panels are heavy duty and click-lock together and than get screws (included). It has a floor and seems VERY well engineered. It weights just about 500 pounds. After assembly, it feels very solid...

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dm200 wrote:I refuse, in almost all situations, to use bottled water. I believe that tap water, in 99%+ locations is just as safe (or safer) than bottled water.

Unless you live in my municipality where unsafe levels of cyanide are routinely reported. PH levels are way down my list of concerns.

JaneyLH

You could do what my buddy does regardless of which airline he flies. When they call (usually first boarders) for folks who need extra time [read: disabled] getting down the jetway, he saunters right up. He never pays extra for early boarding and always gets early boarding. When I asked him, "...

JaneyLH

I've had 2 leather couches for about 20 years each, with dogs who were allowed on the furniture. If the dogs don't scratch or try to dig a tunnel, I've found there is no problem with leather. A couple of fabric chairs, however, tell a different story. Fabric is not nearly as tough as leather and wil...

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. Will they continue to respect me if I’m not working---just minding my own business, catching up on shows, books, reestablishing friendships etc.)?? I think part of the response is to this. How many stay at home parents would describe their day this way. I would think you are sending a certain mes...

JaneyLH

I think it's a little odd to quit what seems to be an extraordinary flexible and high-paying job at 50 to mostly sit around and watch movies. Most people can't just take time off during the week, assuming you've hit your max 2 or 3 weeks annual vacation by now. And 30x seems light to me at that age...

JaneyLH

Jeep has questionable reliability lately. My 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4X4 has been utterly reliable, indeed the most reliable car I've ever owned. I love it so much. I bought a brand new 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit a year ago and have driven 15,000 miles on it -- much towing a trailer. ...

JaneyLH

I bought a linen organizer box at the Container Store and use it for just this purpose!
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DW and I each have them. Can the pass be replaced if lost, damaged, dog ate it, etc.? From the way the pass looks (with a number and my full name), it seems that they know we have the passes. I just went and got a second pass with just that in mind. For $10 I'll put the second one away somewhere sa...

JaneyLH

Jeep has questionable reliability lately. My 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4X4 has been utterly reliable, indeed the most reliable car I've ever owned. I love it so much. I bought a brand new 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit a year ago and have driven 15,000 miles on it -- much towing a trailer. ...

JaneyLH

A year ago I bought 100 shares of Royal Caribbean stock so I could get a cabin credit when I cruise on one of their ships. I thought it was a little expensive at $68 compared with the shares I purchased in Carnival a few years back at $39 for the same reason. (I've since gotten about $1000 cabin cre...

JaneyLH

And here's a quote from a current review of Lastpass from Engaget: "But LastPass has had some security issues in the past including bugs affecting Firefox and Chrome and one that could allow passwords to be stolen." Hmmm... a password manager that allows passwords to be stolen. :oops: The...

JaneyLH

Dashlane costs $39 annually for unlimited number of devices. My husband and I share a Dashlane account with 2 PCs, an iPad, 2 smartphones, and 2 iPod Touches (still have some use for us). We have nearly 500 passwords stored plus all our credit cards and IDs (passports, Social Security, Known Travele...

JaneyLH

The Priority Pass Lounges are horrific compared to a "real" lounge offered by American Express or any of the major airlines. A lounge that accepts Priority Pass is certainly better than nothing, but I've been very underwhelmed when visiting them in PHX, JFK, HNL, etc. I value that at mayb...

JaneyLH

Get free entrance to airline lounges at almost every airport with a companion, worth $59 x 2 every time we use it. Would you say that $59 x 2 is a fair price for those lounges that you'd be willing to pay if you didn't have the card? I have yet to find a PP lounge that I would pay more than $20 per...

JaneyLH

My husband and I both got these cards. We just cancelled his card after he got his 100,000 mile bonus, TSA Precheck, and $300 in travel credit. I love this card and definitely will keep mine! Get free entrance to airline lounges at almost every airport with a companion, worth $59 x 2 every time we u...

JaneyLH

Even the regular AMEX card provides primary rental car insurance in Europe. The only exception I know is particular countries, most of which begin in the letter I. The premium car insurance is mainly an advantage in the US, where it is primary insurance. Apart from the excluded countries, I never f...

JaneyLH

I moved from a FA and fee-laden funds to a 4-fund portfolio a couple years ago. I have a loss on Total Bond Market Index Fund and a nice gain in my International Bond Market Index Fund. I'm currently at 15% international but rethinking this allocation

JaneyLH

I don't think the poor reviews are based on their price, but rather on their service. If you never have a claim, you have no need to be concerned about customer service. I've had one claim for a total loss car plus medical from an uninsured motorist, two roof leaks, and damage to my sailboat by a d...

JaneyLH

Check out WeBoost (formerly Wilson) cell phone boosters. We use one for travel and it does a good job. Realize that you have to have some signal to boost. Using an antenna with the booster helps even more.

JaneyLH

When young, if you move to index funds, you will almost certainly have a great future. If you continue to pick stocks, there is much higher risk of loss. Look at it this way... if you went to a casino and had a hot winning streak and were way up, would you just keep gambling until you lost it? Or wo...

JaneyLH

[/quote] I think that like many people, they just aren't aware of how much they are paying and costing themselves. Seeing real numbers in the order of $1,000's a year in costs would open their eyes I assume.[/quote] Amen! That's what did it for me. I was aware there were fees but it wasn't until I a...

JaneyLH

The Access Pass for the disabled must be applied for by mail or in person at a national park. For me, the nearest national park is a 2 1/2 hour road trip. Although, I could have walked there and back before I receive it from my mail application One bit of misinformation mentioned in many of these p...

JaneyLH

I couple of years ago I decided to use the Variable Percentage Withdrawal (VPW) method to calculate how much we could afford to spend in retirement. I just found the Optimal Retirement Planner model (i-ORP) today and input our current data. In terms of who should or shouldn't use i-ORP, my husband a...

JaneyLH

My husband and I sat down with my financial planner a couple months before the wedding and provided her with a list of all assets with statements. She prepared a financial statement listing all our balances. I prepared a pre-nuptial agreement that I modeled after others I found online (I know, I kno...

JaneyLH

Excellent question. I know people with the Vitamix but never understood what the fuss is about. It would never occur to me to consider for even a second spending that much on a blender. I felt the same way until a girlfriend fixed me delicious hot soup in her Vitamix... took about 5 minutes. Went r...

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I've been insuring my $10,000 engagement ring to a tune of about $100/year for 10 years. Think it's time to cancel that rider. :oops: Why? If you lost it then what? I also have my wifes ring insured to $11k at an annual cost of about $120 I'd probably replace it from my investment portfolio. Not so...

JaneyLH

I live in Goose Hollow, just behind Providence Park. I love the area. Very walkable. I'm less than a five-minute walk to Fred Meyer, and a ten-minute walk to Trader Joe's, Powell's City of Books (and my brother's condo across the street from Powell's), the Multnomah County Library Central Library, ...

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