Spartana
Senior Member

I took a tour of San Quentin prison once and the inmates had better digs. And they got to live there for free :-) :-). Although the NYC apts in the...

This is what's happening in my 1950's tract 'hood of small ranch houses. Giant mcmansion of several thousand sq ft going up everywhere - just...

Well it will probably create a huge number of government jobs - and reams of red tape - to administer it at both the state and fed levels. Pus the...

You are probably right - the plan and how to administer it is all set up but then details haven't made it to the public yet. I have looked at Calif...

Have a great trip. It sounds like fun. No route advise to give as I'm not familiar with that area but just take your time and enjoy. I always find...

Ditto. I think it was really a simalair thread in politics that put her over the top. It got a bit out of hand with personal comments and some...

I wonder if the main reason these kinds of long sabbaticals are more common in other countries is because their healthcare isn't tie to their job. If...

I guess I'm the jaded one as I love Game of Thrones and don't find it any more violent or graphic than most of what's on network TV and primetime....

I look at managing and maintaining one's own rental property the same as managing and maintaining one's own home or any investment. It is "work"...

I pay cash for everything except my household bills like utilities. For those I write a check (I actually pre-pay most of my utilities because I...

My sister has taken many long sabbaticals in her life - a year in New Zealand, 3 summers in Alaska, a year road trip around the USA, a year...

I don't think the problem is their ability to get the information out to the public - at least not that I have seen - but that they actually don't...

Ha Ha - Well I have nothing to get rid of any more. Never really have as I've been a lifelong minimalist. However I share a house with a semi-horder...

I always thought the most important advice from ymoyl wasn't how or where to invest, but rather how to change you concept of enough and use your life...

Ha Ha - so true. A much younger friend told me about a PBS TV show episode on yesterday (a show called Growing Bolder) he said was about "old" women...

BTW Gary - I am heading up your way so will contact you when I get near by. Can't get e-mail to work on this tablet yet - can get into my account but...

Well it probably depends on what your overall housing expenses are as a landlord and if the rental market can bear all those costs. If your rental...

I have the opposite mentality - love getting rid of everything and have to stop myself from giving it all away. I actually am sad when I have nothing...

I have never seen the hoarders show but am very fascinated by hoarding behavior. I am an ultra-minimalist so the hoarding seems strange and...

And why face-time is so important when starting a new relationship. I want to see their face, hear their voice and laugh, etc... Can't get that as...

30 or 40 texts after one date would totally creep me out - especially if it was only to expound on my awesomeness :-) . I don't like texting,...

Also read an article that said that working low income people with employer provided health insurance may actually be worse off financially than...

You should have no problem getting it and probably getting it fully subsidised too. You can look online for the calculator and put in your numbers to...

Well I wasn't talking so much about the quality of health care but rather the availability of subsidies based on income rather than income plus...

Also, besides the question of how subsidy money will be paid to the individual or insurance provider, how will penalties be paid. If a low income...

well so far I'm hating this tablet and will probably give it to my sister and get a laptop again. It's convienent but more of a hassle then I like....

Dang nabbit - I'm still tootling around in California but you sure do paint a purty pitcher. But you best include Little-Jimmy-Joe-Bob and his...

Poetry Writer - My understanding is that there are 2 parts to the ACA. The first is acually having to buy the health insurance coverage. You can...