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    Anyone else NOT watch the news?

    Markola, I could not agree more with you. Our eyes were opened by our seventh-grade science teacher who implored us to not even have a television in our houses (he did not). I have one that is off unless I put in a blu ray. I still think of that day in class... I am sure I would have come...
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    ......but I don't work here anymore.

    My BIL "retired" at 60 with 20 years with his mega corp. He then worked on a contract basis for 18 years for 3x to 4x what the mega corp ever paid him as an EE. Certain industries have that option (he's in oil and gas and a lot of engineers there typically take this route). Hard to stop...
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    Anyone else NOT watch the news?

    I dumped my cable TV back in 2016. I glance at the headlines just to have an awareness of what is going on. Reading the news is a lot less dramatic. I only dig further into things I am interested in (and search and read other sources, etc., etc.) However, I only pursue "watching" the news if...
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    Spring 2024 booster

    I hear it is killing 1,000 people a week 90% of which are over 65 and / or immunocompromised.
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    What is the last thing you ordered from Amazon?

    Thanks for pointing that out. Home Depot and Lowes are no bargain at this point.
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    What is the last thing you ordered from Amazon?

    3 bottles of garlic pills - $72
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    Rethinking my yearly Roth conversions

    Diversification with Taxable versus Non-Taxable seems worthwhile. You can take a break on conversions and you still have time to decide to do some more or not.
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    REtiring early at 57 and scared

    Not all veterans are eligible. It depends on dates of service.
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    REtiring early at 57 and scared

    Work until you are not scared. :)
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    Medigap plan G vs plan N

    F for Following...
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    Spring 2024 booster

    The problem is that we get a mild case sometimes because we got the booster. I'm not sure I want to gamble and find out what happens without it (even though I would prefer not to have had every single one that came out)..
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    Social Security (House) Proposal

    No, the paperwork is initiated by the wife. The actual separation is initiated primarily by the male (by his actions, words or decisions). The old adage women have to do everything.
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    Social Security (House) Proposal

    ...very narrow because most people remarry... Not very many people meet the criteria is the point. I believe the projection is that it goes from 2% to less than 1% due to the fact that increasingly their own benefit is higher than they would get as a survivor of the spouse.
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    Social Security (House) Proposal

    A person married that many times is not still eligible to collect on spouse #1. One of the rules is that you could not have remarried prior to age 60. No one gets two benefits. They get one benefit and it's just a matter of which benefit is highest that they are actually eligible for. It's a...
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    Social Security (House) Proposal

    On the bottom of the second page it says (1/09 edition). That's where you're getting 2041 (it's more like 2033 now).
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    Social Security (House) Proposal

    They might do something in 2034 at midnight the night before the cuts must take place.
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    Hi, I am 57 thinking of retiring next year.

    Yeah, good point. As long as you have enough money you can worry about first world problems of how you feel about things. LOL!
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    So what am I missing?

    Disadvantage to buying joint with the kid is that if you make the purchase on your death the kid's basis in the place jumps to 100% of the FMV at your date of death. I would rent, sell and then buy. So what double move. Stay where you are if it is all too inconvenient. SS at 70.
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    has anyone tried brazil nuts to lower cholesterol

    Maybe they are just tall :coolsmiley:
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    has anyone tried brazil nuts to lower cholesterol

    Exactly why I feel so out of place at the Oncology center. I am not thin enough to belong there (yet).
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    Poll: What generation are you?

    I here you on that. I was more of an only child (except for the fact I had 5 siblings 14 to 20 years older than me). They did come in somewhat handy when my parents died when I was far too young. At least they could sign for me (not that they raised me).
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    Poll: What generation are you?

    I was "Gen Jones" "Me Generation" and "GenX" until they finally filed me as a Baby Boomer / BB Group II. My Siblings are BB and Silent and my parents Greatest. What does it all mean? People like to categorize people.
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    has anyone tried brazil nuts to lower cholesterol

    Have you ever eaten too many of them? I did (once). It's a killer.
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