jdean

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• After reading this article and its subsequent comments, I'm convinced to never ever use VRBO for anything. We run an AirB&B and are happy with their system....and use AirB&Bs when we travel.

  Post: Headache for Rent

  Link to comment from April 17, 2024

• Whistling past the graveyard is what my grandfather used to say. I foresee a significant reduction in Social Security benefits for those of us who have diligently saved for an extended retirement. If I had it to do over again, I'd have filed at 62. I think that most of HD readers and contributors fall into the category of diligent savers.

  Post: Farewell to Forever

  Link to comment from March 6, 2024

• Yes! Number 10 is exemplified continually by George Soros and family.

  Post: What Lies Beneath

  Link to comment from February 25, 2024

• Thanks for an interesting story. I also learned from AAII back in the late '70s and have been a lifetime member since '85. Their monthly articles are all an investor needs. I, too, made early mistakes like palladium, gold, live cattle, and orange juice before I came to my senses.

  Post: For the Fun of It

  Link to comment from February 21, 2024

• Your third sentence - didn't you mean "bear", not "bull"?

  Post: Lean Against the Wind

  Link to comment from December 23, 2023

• I enjoyed your article. Since I'm retired, I can choose the amount of tax withheld from IRA distributions SSN, and pensions. So I choose to have very little withheld every "odd" year. The "even" year, I over pay my taxes by a thousand or so with a huge withholding in December. I think that this is a viable technique for avoiding quarterly dings and preventing our government from having the use of my money for most of the year.

  Post: Taxing Our Brains

  Link to comment from December 20, 2023

• Thoroughly enjoy your writing. The "beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission" mantra is an Air Force maxim. Also, the best Pisco Sours are in Lima not Santiago. My wife and I were in Santiago at a very unusual time - stayed at the Hilton across from the president's place. Cost us $1.27/night and our room service bottle of wine was 11 cents and we got 10 cents back when we returned the bottle. Hard to believe, but true. Allende was assassinated about a month later. We're heading for Mendoza in '24 where we'll find the best Malbec.

  Post: The Frugal Flaneur

  Link to comment from December 17, 2023

• Re: Johnson's biography - Caro is 87 or 88 years old and still hasn't finished the final volume that he's been working on since his forth volume in 2012! He is thorough, but 11 years of writing dealing with Johnson's last 11 years of life is ridiculous.

  Post: The Other Side Sucks

  Link to comment from November 29, 2023

• I agree with almost all of your points. But with a 2.125%, 15yr mortgage, it makes no sense paying it off early. I've refinanced many times over the last 22 years, but no more. The final refinance was from a 30yr, 3.875% that would have been paid in full when I turned 103. Keep contributing, I enjoy your writing.

  Post: My Retirement Prep

  Link to comment from November 29, 2023

• That's part of being an officer.

  Post: Not Cool

  Link to comment from October 19, 2023