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When I built a 1600 sq ft house in the mountains the second floor was 2/3 the size of the first floor and open to the first floor at the living room on one end. The hot air would rise and make the second floor hotter. I put a floor register at the far end on the second floor opposite to the...

We are both retired teachers in Florida but only my wife draws a pension from the state. I am not sure why you only give 3 choices of states in which to live. I would think selling the house in La would be a good idea since you already have reservations about living there. Whether CO is the...

As a teenager a preacher taught a few of us how to play Craps. We used pennies and I eventually amassed a large pile of them. In less than 5 minutes it was all gone with a few throws of the dice. I never gambled again as I measured the loses against money for a date with my high school...

Mine was a Bay window so not as expensive as the older microbus with the split window. But yes the price is getting up there. Still would not be a problem. I wish I had my old 55 Chevy pick up with extra hood, fenders, grill, etc. too. Being all heavy metal I had no fear on the road among...

Sometimes an old truck like he has may hold special memories. I know if I still had my 1971 VW bus (and could still work on it) I would still be driving around the country in it and would have no problem spending money to keep it on the road. Nothing else could match the experience. I could...

For a little more than $4 I can buy a 5 pound bag of potatoes at the inflated grocery store prices that would make about 5 orders of fries.

If you are near Ashville, NC there is an amazing motorcycle museum (Wheels Through Time) probably the best in the country, eat some Po Boys and Beingnets in New Orleans, in Savannah, Ga a great stop is the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Airforce, The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex...

I would pay attention to my wife first then the State Department. Unless you know and trust the person making anecdotal reports and can speak with them to ask questions and clarify their responses I wouldn't pay any attention to them.

The restrictions are clear with the words "must be" until a vote otherwise. However, according to the HOA President a fence can be made of any material, design, color, and size unless it was explicitly prohibited. The HOA President is making a feeble attempt at justifying their action. It...

This sounds very similar to our situation except my wife wouldn't keep our pickup truck that I wish we still had. We don't spend much except for little stuff that doesn't amount to much. We would travel more but our way has always been camping and backpacking that I am not able to do anymore...

Where are you that you can grow mangos and how did you do it? I am in N Fl and have never seen anyone that could successfully grow them here. Maybe in S Fl where it doesn't get as cold.

Thank you. I'm guessing you have been to Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum in Maggie Valley. We have taken our motorcycles through N Ga to the Blue Ridge Parkway and I-81 to Md. a few years back. A fun 2000+ round trip ride except for some of the worst roads in SC. I'm sad to say I had...

Returned from a short (5 days) trip to Bryson City, NC at the Freymont Inn to celebrate our 37th anniversary. Our honeymoon was backpacking in the Smoky Mountains those many years ago. I wanted to walk a short distance on the trail we hiked back then to a couple of waterfalls one last time...

Sometimes things just need a little persuasion. My persuader is a hammer. Yours must be your hip. ;) Yours would work better in this situation.

The few times we eat at a restaurant I want to see the menu and prices on their website before I go. Lately many have been omitting the prices. They could at least post a menu in their window but that is extremely rare in our area of Florida. It is also not required for the restaurant to post...

Some of the states are a little scary to drive. What I don't understand is there is no actual driving test to check awareness and reaction time in addition to the vision test. Maybe the testers at the state dept of motor vehicles are a bit wary of getting in the car with a senior or maybe the...

+1 As I get older I am still frugal although it isn't necessary anymore. I still screen my purchase choices for the best value and live in my modest home of 41 years that I fixed up. Money management is on autopilot except for paying utilities, insurance, taxes, and CC purchases. I don't...

I bought a new 2020 Santa Fe four years ago at 71. We just returned from a trip to NC and the milage is now at 18,500. We have only taken a few other shorter trips so the majority of miles is around town. At this rate in 10 more years it should only have about 60k miles. As long as it holds...

Don't most cities have an unskilled/skilled labor service? Don't they also have a social service employee that helps people find jobs? Don't most cities/towns have daily meals for homeless? Don't most churches have organizations like Catholic Charities that help people in need? Doesn't the...

+1 Absolutely!

We only have tIRAs and Roth IRAs (Wellington, Wellsley, and MM funds for dividends) at Vanguard. We don't plan to make any changes at our age so I am not concerned. Eventually it will all be inherited so I hope to convince our 2 grown children (61 and 56) to leave it alone and only harvest the...

Around 12 years ago I became aware of how Costco does business, treats employees as well as the quality of their products and services. I immediately bought some shares. I wish I had bought more at the $65-67. As of yesterday the price of a share was $787. They must be doing something right...

I am not sure what you mean by "vibrate". I am guessing you mean stimulate. This is done by weight bearing exercises like walking/running (and all the variations like elliptical machines ), weight lifting, elastic bands (and variations), calisthenics, biking, etc. Walking is a good exercise...

I used to do western dancing (two-step, waltz, polka). I taught my wife before we were married when I was on an exhibition team. We even went to a national competition 2 weeks from the time I started teaching her and we were awarded 3rd place for our routines. Unfortunately after a few years...

I have always enjoyed riding bicycles just for the fun of it but also rode competitively in sprint triathlons. I have had a few nice quality road bikes but my favorite bike was a rusty $10 garage sale one speed beach bike I would ride on the beach just a couple of blocks away. I only rinsed it...