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Frittering away Frugality
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 7/8/2026
FIRST: DrLefty on 7/8 | RECENT: R Quinn on 7/8/2026 at 1:34 PM
Automatic Income stream? How important to you?
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/26/2026
FIRST: Dave Melick on 6/26 | RECENT: Dan Sturgis on 7/5
Exercising true frugality
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 7/1/2026
FIRST: Mark Crothers on 7/1 | RECENT: R Quinn on 7/5
Thinking about downsizing? Think seriously
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/21/2026
FIRST: Dan Smith on 6/21 | RECENT: Catherine on 7/3
Why can’t more people plan for the retirement future?
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/27/2026
FIRST: Edmund Marsh on 6/27 | RECENT: R Quinn on 6/29
Remember the shopping cart fiasco Last November? Regular HD readers do I’m sure.
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/24/2026
FIRST: Mike Gaynes on 6/25 | RECENT: Linda Grady on 6/26
Many of us seniors think we paid for our Social Security benefits based in the FICA taxes we paid. Let’s dispel that myth- we didn’t
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/15/2026
FIRST: Nick Politakis on 6/15 | RECENT: R Quinn on 6/24
How financially illiterate are Americans?
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/19/2026
FIRST: Dan Smith on 6/19 | RECENT: Dan Smith on 6/21
How well off are Americans compared to the rest of the world? Fun facts.
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/16/2026
FIRST: Nick Politakis on 6/16 | RECENT: R Quinn on 6/20
Fixing Social Security is not that hard, here's how
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/13/2026
FIRST: Dan Malone on 6/14 | RECENT: Mark Gardner on 6/19
Just the fact about Social Security
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/12/2026
FIRST: August West on 6/12 | RECENT: Joe D'Alessandro on 6/16
Time to share our financial info with children?
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/6/2026
FIRST: Mark Crothers on 6/6 | RECENT: afwAZ on 6/13
What do we Americans want? We want “free” healthcare
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/11/2026
FIRST: Dan Smith on 6/11 | RECENT: Howard Rohleder on 6/13
Peter Cancro from age 14 to 69 covered in oil and vinegar
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 5/31/2026
FIRST: Mark Crothers on 6/1 | RECENT: R Quinn on 6/9
Billionaires, taxes and you
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 5/26/2026
FIRST: Dan Smith on 5/26 | RECENT: Andy Morrison on 6/5
Shopping carts again…but not what you think
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 6/2/2026
FIRST: baldscreen on 6/2 | RECENT: John Katz on 6/4
Time to scrap IRAs, 401k, 403b and all the rest
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 5/21/2026
FIRST: Dan Smith on 5/21 | RECENT: R Quinn on 5/25
The reality of Social Security and Medicare- My real life experience.
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 5/4/2026
FIRST: Nick Politakis on 5/4 | RECENT: Concerned on 5/23
Dickie and his magic beans
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 5/6/2026
FIRST: DrLefty on 5/6 | RECENT: mllange on 5/15
The never ending payday
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 5/9/2026
FIRST: baldscreen on 5/9 | RECENT: R Quinn on 5/10
Is saving really that hard? Nope, not for the great majority of Americans.
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 4/28/2026
FIRST: DAN SMITH on 4/28 | RECENT: R Quinn on 5/5
Shopping around - you versus the grocery store
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 4/30/2026
FIRST: DrLefty on 4/30 | RECENT: Linda Grady on 5/3
The great COLA debate-maybe not the expected solution.
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 4/26/2026
FIRST: R Quinn on 4/26 | RECENT: Dave Melick on 4/29
Enough complaining already. Live your life and stop worrying about “they” “ them” or things
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 4/24/2026
FIRST: R Quinn on 4/24 | RECENT: John Verlautz on 4/24
Do retirees really struggle financially? Why and what to do?
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 4/17/2026
FIRST: Jack Hannam on 4/17 | RECENT: baldscreen on 4/18
It’s all so relative, where you leave and what $$$ you may
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 4/1/2026
FIRST: Mark Gardner on 4/1 | RECENT: Mike Gaynes on 4/2
Coping with inflation in retirement, what’s the plan?
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 3/30/2026
FIRST: Kenneth DeLuca on 3/30 | RECENT: Michael1 on 3/30
Keeping up with the Jonses— at least it looks that way.
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 3/29/2026
FIRST: Mark Crothers on 3/29 | RECENT: R Quinn on 3/30
Focus on the real healthcare financial risk in post age 65 retirement
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 3/23/2026
FIRST: William Perry on 3/23 | RECENT: R Quinn on 3/24
Retirement in America is not a pretty picture…and not getting better.
38 replies
AUTHOR: R Quinn on 3/17/2026
FIRST: Ormode on 3/17 | RECENT: R Quinn on 3/23
Is there any point in life when a child needs financial assistance that you feel comfortable/justified simply saying “not my problem?”
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 3/14/2026
FIRST: David Lancaster on 3/14 | RECENT: David Mulligan on 3/17
No, it is not a scam
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 3/10/2026
FIRST: Dave Melick on 3/10 | RECENT: Raghu on 3/14
Question for writers
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AUTHOR: R Quinn on 2/21/2026
FIRST: Bogdan Sheremeta on 2/22 | RECENT: Michael1 on 3/1
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I had one of those avocado packs in my hand the other day. I resisted and opted for the popcorn. There are several things I would like to buy, but not in packs of 8 or 10.
Post: Frittering away Frugality
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i Only go there when dragged.
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Some around us sell wine but others don’t or can’t. Is it a bargain?
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I’m impressed all that is on an 11 year old car. It wasn’t on mine at that time.
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Good point. I think part of the answer is utility and degree of pleasure derived.
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Just curious as to type of safety features on a older car.
Post: Tempted by the Shiny and New: Another HD Car Post
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I am haunted by a need to be informed to learn what is going on and my obsession is to try and squash the fake and misinformation on social media- an impossible task I know. But when I read some of the junk people post and others believe I can’t help putting out facts. I write an article for my blog everyday and have for many years. Sometimes I still feel I should be doing something, but I have no idea what. Out of habit I am still up by 5:00 am and try as I may, I can’t break it. I too am out of steam by 2:00 in the afternoon.
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Very true, probably half as much elsewhere if you found someone qualified, but even if they said $4,000 I would not have spent that because it was ten years old and had none of the safety and driver assist functions or even CarPlay. I may have one more new car left in me and it will be another Mercedes. The money is being accumulated now. I waited until I was age 70, I’m not giving up now. Besides as I pointed out before my car costs about the same as a well equipped pickup truck and some SUVs both of which seem the choice of the middle class.
Post: Tempted by the Shiny and New: Another HD Car Post
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I keep cash in different accounts designated for different purposes such as a car or travel. They are money market accounts. Psychologically I have already spent the money so when it’s time to actually do so I am prepared mentally and financially. I had four cars we drove until the engines literally blew up. Once going 65 mph on a highway in another state. I just left it in a junk yard. I had bought it used. No more of that for me.
Post: Tempted by the Shiny and New: Another HD Car Post
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If I could I’d like to have back my first car, a 1963 VW bug, but that didn’t even have a heater. I like new technology. Yesterday when I started my car there was a fireworks display on the screen and a Happy 4th of July. The car said “Welcome back, Richard.” Most of what I want to change I just ask the car. When I am on the road, I just say “Hey Mercedes, take me home.” All unnecessary for sure if you want to go from A to B. But when you can say to your car “Hey Mercedes, how are you today?” And the reply is “ All the better for hearing your voice”. It’s pretty cool. A flaw though. Something happened after my last service and now when I ask the tire pressure it says it in German, used to be pounds.
Post: Tempted by the Shiny and New: Another HD Car Post
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