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Me too. I just installed a TireRack "winter package" on my FWD car for an upcoming trip to western Massachusetts over New Years. It felt wonderful to have the money to consciously spend on increased...

I like ESPlanner (esplanner.com) because it's approach encourages you to live comfortably but frugally now so you can continue to live comfortably your entire life. You can use their online version...

Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs cost more, but they last much longer than incandescent bulbs. I used to buy soft light incandescent bulbs. Now I buy soft white CFLs. Here are some figures you may...

Is anyone else using esplanner? After using firecalc a few times, I graduated to using the online version of esplanner. I really like its model of smooth resource consumption before and after...

I recently enrolled through healthcare.gov for coverage in PA (which did not expand Medicaid) after doing extensive research online. The healthcare.gov site has a lot of information and these Health...

I also switched to SEE Finance after having to retire my trusty Quicken 2007 due to a Mac OS upgrade. It has it's quirks (doesn't automatically create corresponding transfer records like Quicken...

Finally saw Barbarella 45 years after it's release. It is a cheesey tongue in cheek sci-fi flick starring Jane Fonda in the flesh -- completely. She's come a long way since then. Wouldn't recommend...

I've been happy trading in books to Amazon for store credit. Amazon sets the trade in price and provides a pre-paid UPS label. All I had to do was box them securely and drop them off at the UPS...

I track expenses, but don't usually look at them this way. Here are my year-to-date top 10:

Income Taxes 16%
Heating System Replacement 15%
Computer 7%
Medical Insurance 7%
Groceries 6%
...

What survey? 8-)

Saw "All Is Lost" last week and highly recommend it. Robert Redford is extraordinary as a man trying to survive a sailing accident in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The director previously did...

cx3 I'm not new here. I've been a member of the simple living forum for 8 years. I am not interested in debating public policy. I do disagree with any assumption that casual agist remarks are okay....

It's more than a bit offensive. Paralleling common disparaging views of "others" does nothing to counteract or dispel them.

I recently saw Moon (circa 2009) and was charmed by the story's plot twists. It ranks up there with GATTACA for me due to the questions it raises regarding ethics and technology.

What the heck are foggies? Did you mean fogies as in old fogies? I am 60+ and not foggy -- at least most days.

The movie was loosely based on the life story of White House butler, Eugene Allen.

This movie gripped my heart in the opening scenes and did not let go for over two hours. I am old enough to...

This recommendation appears to apply to onions as well as garlic.

http://therightnutritionplan.com/2011/06/hidden-health-benefits-of-garlic-and-onions/

"To get the most health benefits from...

Tesla certainly was an amazing person. If you like the book, please share the title.

Just watched "Surrogates" a Bruce Willis science fiction action movie. It's set in a not too distant future in which people have stopped going outside and live their lives through surrogate robots....

I recently enjoyed watching RED on Amazon instant download. RED stands for Retired Extremely Dangerous. The movie stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and other stars of a certain age....

"I am being forced to buy a commercial product by virtue of living here. That is a new and pretty big government intrusion, despite what Justice John Roberts said."

New but not unique. In a...

I recently watched it as an Amazon Instant Download. Enjoyed it very much, but it had some loose ends that seemed to not add up (apologies for the mixed metaphor). Since then I've done some internet...

Four years ago, I went to a car dealership to test drive a particular model and to my surprise drove home in a new car. I was able to write a check for the purchase price because I had a HELOC to...

I'm beginning to see articles in the mainstream that admit conventional retirement advice no longer works. For example,...

I got this book a few years ago based on recommendations in this forum and have finally skimmed through most it. Is anyone following its recommendations? Especially, has anyone followed the...