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<t>+1 on the AeroPress. I just recently found out about this and had one delivered yesterday. I made my first cup this morning and it was great!<br/> The main thing I love about it is the size and simplicity. Hopefully I can convince the wife to get ride of the giant coffee maker we have to clear up...

Where is this 4% bank account you speak of? Everything on www.savingsaccounts.com (linked from a previous thread) is <=1%

<t>I'm in the no kids camp, but I do plan to enjoy the pleasure of procreation vicariously by helping out with other people's children. Not sure exactly what form this will take yet, but it is in my goals.<br/> I think this will strike the perfect balance of not feeling like I "missed out" on a fund...

The article cites the source of data as the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey, which is linked at the bottom: http://www.bls.gov/cex/

<r>Found this article today, thought it was pretty interesting.<br/> <URL url="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/01/157664524/how-the-poor-the-middle-class-and-the-rich-spend-their-money"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/ ... heir-money">http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/201...

<t>About 3 years ago, my jaw would occasionally hurt with a "clicking" sensation while chewing. The dentist recommended removing 4 severely impacted wisdom teeth to fix the problem.<br/> So, I did. The painful clicking sensation went away for about a year, but now it's back. Meanwhile, I'm out $3000...

Cool video, but damn that version of the song sounded awful! I guess it fits with the context of the video tho

<r>Interesting, first I've heard of convertibles. I found this Vanguard fund that collects them, but I couldn't find much information on them in my E-Trade account. How does one go about researching/buying them directly?<br/> <URL url="https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/snapshot?FundId=0082&...

<r>Saw a commercial advertising the "receive cash now" side of this today, and got interested. dot_com, could you provide more info on the Vanguard annuities? What is the smallest chunk you can buy into these? <br/> I've done some P2P lending on LendingClub, is there any crowd-sourced version for bu...

<t>Favorite authors are Kurt Vonnegut, Aldous Huxley, C.S. Lewis, Ayn Rand<br/> Favorite philosopher is Bertrand Russell<br/> Favorite books:<br/> <br/> Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut<br/> <br/> Til We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis<br/> <br/> The Time Machine - Wells, H.G.<br/> <br/> Flatland: A Roma...

Do you plan on infiltrating the ERE forums this weekend?

+1 to KevinW

Just to circle back since I looked up this thread anyway, I have more data on the leangains diet: I have gone from 165/14% at the beginning of the year to 162/10.5% today. Most of the fat loss was in the first 8 weeks, and strength gains have been consistent as well.

<r>This thread has a lot of discussion on diet / bodybuilding: <URL url="http://forum.earlyretirementextreme.com/viewtopic.php?t=2081"><LINK_TEXT text="viewtopic.php?t=2081">http://forum.earlyretirementextreme.com/viewtopic.php?t=2081</LINK_TEXT></URL><br/> Spartan_Warrior has a nice cost break-down...

<t>From what I read, we'd have to incorporate an Australian "holding company" with a Tax ID and open the account through that identity. Is anyone familiar with this? Or is there an easier way?<br/> The minimum deposit is 10,000 AUD which is 10,302 USD. 5.9% is pretty nice, but I'm not sure it's wort...

I swell with happiness every time I listen to this song:
http://vimeo.com/31133188

A little bit of Real Estate wouldn't hurt either

<t>I live in Texas, where summer days are routinely over 100F. I have a few fans that I bought without research and they are OK, but I'm investigating investment quality fans or other alternative cooling methods. My main complaint with the big fan I have now is that it is very noisy (to the point wh...

<t>Pro tip: copy+paste the URL into a new browser tab to circumvent the Access Denied hot-linking protection.<br/> I think the decline in savings rate from 1980 -> 2000 people could be due to irrational exuberance in that there will always be more money. It may take a while, but I think we'll see a ...

<t>Everything said here resonates very strongly with me. Thanks for sharing. When I feel like this I usually run through all of the things I could do, and none of them sound fun. I start playing guitar, nothing... I pick up a book, meh... oh, maybe we should try fiction instead, nope, not interestin...