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by Ego
Tue May 14, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Ego's Journal
Replies: 398
Views: 63521

Re: Ego's Journal

@Laura, we did the camino in September a few years ago. It was excellent. Heal up! Mrs. Ego found a pretty good pair of hiking shoes in her size at an animal welfare thrift store for €3. We couldn't believe our luck. https://i.imgur.com/7PRhcu2.jpeg Still working on material for gaiters. This is fun.
by Ego
Tue May 14, 2024 6:41 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Ego's Journal
Replies: 398
Views: 63521

Re: Ego's Journal

Laura, I am sorry to hear that. I hope you heal quickly. Have you postponed the trip or completely cancelled it?

I don't believe my wrist is fractured, but I haven't had it x-rayed. Since I have pretty good range of motion, I expect it will come back with rest.
by Ego
Mon May 13, 2024 1:45 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Ego's Journal
Replies: 398
Views: 63521

Re: Ego's Journal

Mrs. Ego sent me a text from the kitchen of our hostel in Lisbon, saying she was heading into the bathroom. I responded that I was starting my workout and asked that she please knock on the door to our private room before entering (she had the key) as I was going to hang my TRX suspension trainer fr...
by Ego
Mon May 13, 2024 1:06 am
Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
Topic: NYT article on fatFIRE
Replies: 17
Views: 1491

Re: NYT article on fatFIRE

I, similarly to Ego, really enjoyed Jacob’s quote. Might have been 50 words, but he really made them count. The more I think about, the more successful this is. @jacob found a way to slip a truth bomb like that into The Paper of Record. That is a massive success in itself. Normally, ERE is the pres...
by Ego
Fri May 10, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Ego's Journal
Replies: 398
Views: 63521

Re: Ego's Journal

@WRC, cleaning the closets is a wonderful feeling!

@2Birds1Stone, We are headed to Lagos tomorrow and may do the trail backward. The Planner is working on the details now. Our first serendipity of the trip. THANK YOU!!!!
by Ego
Fri May 10, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: On-the-go Meal Prep Kit for maximizing grocery stores as an alternative to fastfood/restaurants?
Replies: 16
Views: 825

Re: On-the-go Meal Prep Kit for maximizing grocery stores as an alternative to fastfood/restaurants?

We eat twice a day. This morning we went for a run and then came back to the hostel/hotel and made a breakfast of fruit, oats, nuts, seeds and nutmilk. This afternoon we splurged on a readymade salad from Pingo Doce (€2.89) with some fake chicken (€3.79), leftover bread (€.60), leftover hummus (€.60...
by Ego
Fri May 10, 2024 1:49 am
Forum: Friends, Family, Relationships, and Community Questions
Topic: What do you do for work?
Replies: 22
Views: 1029

Re: What do you do for work?

Lately, I have used this question as an opportunity to evangelize. "We have always been EXTREMELY frugal and were able to save most of our earnings from regular corporate gigs. Then, way back in 2000, we quit those jobs. Since then we have been doing thing we find interesting. Lately I've been ...
by Ego
Thu May 09, 2024 3:07 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Ego's Journal
Replies: 398
Views: 63521

Re: Ego's Journal

@theanimal, YES!!! Four and a half years seemed twice as hard as our normal three year. I am not sure why. We certainly had more stuff to sell, but we did phenomenally well with that. I created an "Estate Sale" on Facebook Marketplace where I listed the price of the paintings and furniture...
by Ego
Thu May 09, 2024 2:20 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Ego's Journal
Replies: 398
Views: 63521

Re: Ego's Journal

Most of our possessions have been sold. Mrs. Ego's scooter has been sold despite three friends offering to store it for us. The photos below show our storage unit. This time we needed a 5' X 10' unit. We decided to save the Honda Fit and three bikes. https://i.imgur.com/fCASQjN.gif Jobs resigned. Ju...
by Ego
Thu May 09, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
Topic: NYT article on fatFIRE
Replies: 17
Views: 1491

Re: NYT article on fatFIRE

Well, this quote alone is spectacular. Jacob Lund Fisker, a Danish former astrophysicist who is often thought of as the father of the FIRE movement, told me. “However, it is not easy, because everything the typical middle-class consumer has been raised and trained to believe goes against these princ...
by Ego
Thu May 02, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: The camino
Replies: 11
Views: 749

Re: The camino

We used this guide.
https://caminoguide.net/

Very good. He updates it every year and if you sign up he sends a link to the most recent version.

The 2024 app version is here:
https://www.caminoapp.net/index.php
by Ego
Thu May 02, 2024 8:29 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Western Red Cedar's Journal
Replies: 550
Views: 167109

Re: Western Red Cedar's Journal

What a wonderful post! You did such a great job of capturing one of the most important elements of couples travel. During lunch today, we were talking about how fortunate we are to be taking this trip now, rather than in our 60's. We are seeing the country at a unique point in time, and are healthy ...
by Ego
Wed May 01, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Ego's Journal
Replies: 398
Views: 63521

Re: Ego's Journal

I think one element may be that the US consumer is cash poor these days. Agreed. I believe the messaging does not match the reality, but I would have thought that a bike swap meet would have been the place to boom during a downturn. I guess not. This is something very specific to the bike industry ...
by Ego
Wed May 01, 2024 8:16 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Ego's Journal
Replies: 398
Views: 63521

Re: Ego's Journal

I sold at the Velodrome bicycle swap meet last weekend. It is the largest bike swap in California. While I did quite well selling all of my mismatched bits and pieces to buyers from Mexico who cross specifically for this event, I was surprised that the number of buyers remains at about 50% of pre-co...
by Ego
Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: How awesome is slow cooking?
Replies: 20
Views: 2478

Re: How awesome is slow cooking?

Yes, perpetual stews were the norm in many places since medieval times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew

Might be a good feature of a multi-day ere meetup. Seems to be getting quite popular today.
by Ego
Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:41 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: The Education of Axel Heyst
Replies: 2077
Views: 356755

Re: The Education of Axel Heyst

@AnalyticalEngine, you say that as fact, but I know two autistic young men who have experienced incredible improvements when they worked specifically on theory-of-mind strengthening techniques, so we could argue the degree to which these are fixed. Many years ago when I coached basketball I used a s...
by Ego
Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: A Journey of Mindfulness--the Remaking of Life in Midstream.
Replies: 1415
Views: 309496

Re: A Journey of Mindfulness--the Remaking of Life in Midstream.

@Scott2, yes, my average over the past 4 week was 67 minutes per day, though the past week skewed the average lower as we have been busy and I ran only three days. That said, my mother was an avid runner as well. Her cholesterol was very high despite her walk-running until the day she died.
by Ego
Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:48 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: The Education of Axel Heyst
Replies: 2077
Views: 356755

Re: The Education of Axel Heyst

A crude metaphor would be how tall one is. The average male US height is 5'10" or thereabouts. If you're 6'2", you're taller than average, but your height is not your defining characteristic. OTOH, if you're 7'5".... Similarly "tall" cognitive functions is the same way exce...
by Ego
Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:26 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: A Journey of Mindfulness--the Remaking of Life in Midstream.
Replies: 1415
Views: 309496

Re: A Journey of Mindfulness--the Remaking of Life in Midstream.

So I'm at a loss. I'm very leery of statins but I'm more leery of heart disease, lol. Even though it appears I'm doing a pretty (but not off the charts great) job at managing blood sugar/insulin in an instantaneous sense, ir seems likely I still have something fairly serious going on under the hood...
by Ego
Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:18 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: The Education of Axel Heyst
Replies: 2077
Views: 356755

Re: The Education of Axel Heyst

As such, if MBTI was actually taught en-masse in the public school system, about 9% would "finally get it" whereas the other 91% would be complaining about "why we have to learn this crap theory that clearly doesn't apply to myself or anyone I know". Results of an MBTI test are ...