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• Oh wow, David, Sugar Ray Leonard! Of course I remember him. How fun! C

  Post: FIFA Financials

  Link to comment from July 20, 2026

• Yeah, I get that. I have wanted to go all my life and Spouse is agreeable. We are going to try to be easy going about it and go to one event per day and not staying the whole 2 weeks. I never thought we would be able to go in a million years. Very grateful. Chris

  Post: FIFA Financials

  Link to comment from July 20, 2026

• I can see it if you can afford it. Spouse and I have already spent more than that on tickets to the LA Olympics that will be held in 2028. They are having another lottery soon and we will buy more if we are chosen. I fully expect our trip will be a lot of $$ when all is said and done. But it is the Olympics. It is a bucket list item. Chris

  Post: FIFA Financials

  Link to comment from July 19, 2026

• This is similar to what we do. We helped our kids with their first homes and cars. We helped them through college. We help watch our grandkids now. We haven’t been retired long enough to feel comfortable about giving them yearly gifts yet, but hope to be in that position in a few years. Those of us who can help our children in these ways are blessed, not everyone can do this. Chris

  Post: K-shaped Economy

  Link to comment from July 18, 2026

• Great thoughts of what really matters. Thanks, Mark. Chris

  Post: The Paradox of Wealth

  Link to comment from July 16, 2026

• Spouse started keeping a spreadsheet after retirement. I had never done this, I did more of a guardrail type budget and sinking funds. So I have no idea if the spreadsheet is good or not? I certainly have no idea what the information tells us. I am going to suggest to spouse to play with AI and the spreadsheet to see if it can tell us anything useful. Thanks for the suggestion, Mark. Chris

  Post: Better Questions

  Link to comment from July 12, 2026

• This was great, Mark. You always seem to stumble into the most serendipitous and fun situations. I am glad you write about them here. This cheered me up today, thanks. Chris

  Post: So Maybe That’s What It’s All About

  Link to comment from July 11, 2026

• I am not sure if we would fall into the groups you mentioned or not? We have only been taking SS for around 18 mos, so only 1 COLA so far. It did help us with the Medicare premium going up. SS and 2 very small pensions are our base income, and we have been able to live on them for the most part. The 401k, now IRA funds we are using for extras and to save for big things. We are saving for a replacement car and recently replaced our 20 y/o refrigerator before it failed. And travel, both to our families and some fun things. So I think if our COLA was modified we would be ok for awhile, but we also were responsible and saved and did without things like fun traveling like I wanted to before retirement. Chris

  Post: About that inflation in retirement

  Link to comment from July 11, 2026

• Andrew, thank you for this. I loved reading about Jonathan’s path in life. I only “knew” him from HD, and had no idea of his fame. He was kind to everyone, including me. Chris

  Post: The Making of Jonathan Clements

  Link to comment from July 11, 2026

• We shop at Costco, but try to keep to our list. I agree it can be tempting to spend there. Chris

  Post: Frittering away Frugality 

  Link to comment from July 9, 2026