Tybee
Senior Member

I would go with what would be a reasonable commute to work. Lots of private roads where I have lived and somebody plows them, or neighbors pay...

Honestly, I don't understand what he was talking about with respect to "quantum entanglement." Funny you both had similar experiences.

Yes, I have the same thing, and have identified the two causes you mention, the aging parents and the dwindling 401k. So you have my sincere...

That is interesting. I think I will call next week and try to ask some questions now that I have a better understanding of what to ask. Thank you!

These seem like good suggestions--can you bring a cozy blanket from home--I had chills while in labor, for some reason. Is there a baby blanket from...

Won't he need the extra freezer?

I want to Cozumel three times. I loved it. I hope you have a wonderful trip, and I can remember an amazing place where people were diving--it was...

My fear is that if he is not held accountable, then he will go on to worse and worse atrocities--like 1938. I do not understand how he could have...

Grilled cheese sandwiches, too.

It has some kind of product on it, I don't think it is real wicker. More like thin plastic spun to look like wicker? I'll take them in the winter.

And that is why there is no Republican Party anymore.

I would prefer Kasich or Cheney.

I bet your Spanish would be fine after six months!!

Decided to try the plastic wicker chairs in my barn that I had bought to stage a flipper house in South Carolina nine years ago--kept waiting for...

That is what I am afraid of. Hoping everyone watches the hearings tonight.

I think with ours, you can buy the service without the specific job years, but they are about twice as expensive. At least that is what the...

OMG, be careful with this. My father did this, and in his important papers, I found some upsetting things where he had used copies of...

But unfortunately, I think we are already seeing that there is no more "standard medical treatment," and that doctors are now afraid to treat.

I guess I am confused about buying service credit years. The years that I would have credit for start with 1981 and 1982, for example. I did not...

Not currently. If I took a new job teaching K-12 in Maine I might. But currently, I do not fall under that.

I think if someone was an active participant in a coup attempt, one should not vote for them. Period.

Thanks, dado. We are already on Social Security so this is a rubicon crossed. The COLA thing showed up when I was looking into the pension...

Yeah, the handbook said the earlier you buy the years, the cheaper it is.

I am not, just trying to understand how the system works in case we ought to be buying service credit. There is a cost estimate calculator on the...

I am eligible for social security benefits.

Thanks, pinkytoe, I also like the survivor benefit option because it will make budgeting easier for the survivor, and we have the exact same pension.

Thanks, LDAHL, that is just the kind of experience I am looking for, and I will look into this more closely. I think it preselects the guaranteed...

I'm not sure about there not being a market. When we lived in Traverse City, we went on a neat tour put on by a building supply place that sold only...

Interesting, Lupron is what you go on when you are trying to hyperovulate prior to IVF. I was on it one time and it was murder.

Here you go, Rob: first, Angus King: Thank you for getting in touch with me about the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...

My mother pays 10600 a month for memory care. The 6000 a month, not per year, represents what her income does not cover, so comes out of her...

Understood; if anyone wants to know what they said, please let me know and I will post.

So does UB have enough money to pay for years and years of care for himself, so that the giving away of money will not become an issue with the five...

I also received answers from President Biden and Angus King. If anyone is interested, I will post them.

That was a very good article. Thank you for that. Had not put together what Pence was saying. Absolutely chilling.

Honestly, I think that there should be more strident feminists banging on clinic doors--it is our willingness to silence ourselves so as to not bring...

I agree. I would not consider him a personable, nice guy anymore.

This is why I try not to have neighbors.

Yes, when you say, "I love being here," and "I hate the idea of going back to Texas," it makes me worried for your happiness if you do sell the place...

Or what if you rented a place in Texas for a year and went back and forth, or kept your place in colorado for the year to see if you really want to...

Be careful with allergies to nettles; if you have, don't eat them.

You could getting rid of one or the other as an experiment, and see how life is like without that one, and whether it causes stress to be without it.

that's a good idea. I was thinking about the five year lookback period, if he is giving money away.

If UB is still living, then can't UB give the money away if he or she chooses? Where is this bookkeeping taking place? I'm not sure if it would...

My first husband's grandmother and one of my very good friends was Christian Science, so why not check out a reading room for support for your...

Thanks, Terry, good advice. I agree about not taking a lot of financial risks at our age.