Early Retirement Extreme Forums

Cool site. Good idea. We had loads of positive reviews - 24 maybe? But because we didn't renew with TrustedHouseSitters they are gone now. "Full disclosure of active security devices (cameras, etc) in your home." - We had a camera in one sit. Host disclosed it as they were leaving and ther...

@theanimal - Reading the interview - her position sounds similar to Jacob's. Leading the lifestyle, but with a financial backstop. Nice house. Multiple income streams. Enough money to identify as a value investor. Financially successful parents (inheritance?). Ivy league education. Not a criticism ...

Hello and welcome. I look forward to reading about your adventures and perspective. My wife and I did around 25 house sits, mainly around Ireland and one in France. We enjoyed it a lot but there was some fatigue in looking after pets and places by the end. Fortunately or unfortunately since then we ...

10 years on from the original post. Is the sister still working with a walker? Is the brother still working for free @60 and asking family to pay his bills?

Does sclass have a warm blanket?

2Birds1Stone wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:03 pm

The people I was largely friends with in HS and college are now mostly overweight shadows in the cave, sedated by HFCS and reality TV, and they love to get together on the weekends to binge drink and complain about work/their lives.

I had forgotten we were friends back in the day....

Think your relationship with debt would be better if you earned more. Perhaps focus on acquiring useful skills to do that.

Yeah postgrad degrees are in the large horseshit for people who feared employment. Bums on seats = cash. In many cases a masters doesn’t even cover undergrad content (or assume it). Got a mate who got a ‘masters’ and he did a case study of a petrol/gas station and made some trite observations about ...

Dividends are taxed as income here so it doesn’t matter if I use that income or any other to pay the bills. Grown would be the same as I regularly invest the difference between income and expenses. It was more a fun idea to divert dividends even in the accumulation phase to expenses to focus the min...

Pre FI. Accumulation phase. Spend or reinvest dividends? Reinvest you say, fool. But assuming your investment levels are the same, has anyone spent the dividends for encouragement and to see how investment income is working against bills? It could be fun. Knock bills off one at a time each year. Whe...

We relocated to rural Ireland from Australia where we lived for over 5 years. When Covid blew up we came back while things settled. Our current thinking is we like sunshine and to a lesser degree family. I like to look to animals for inspiration and I’ve had both a dog and cat who are happiest just ...

Money no, but work trauma, yes. It’s like a ptsd. Nightmares about old characters and plots. Me trying to please them. Betrayal. But then I used to work in a large law firm. A snake pit. An old friend turned foe had a public humiliation a few years after I left work. My work nightmares almost vanish...

I took off about a year and a half for covid. I returned to work because I'm a chicken and I don't feel like I have enough money, but for me there was definitely a period of sit and stare at the wall while you recover from job burnout. So that's also a thing that can happen and it can take about a ...

I got irritated by Mark Boyle when he took the money from the sales of his book which advocated living without money and bought a house. He now advocates not using technology. He looks ill when interviewed.I’m not sure his lifestyle suits him health wise.

This giving advice on the problems of others thread reminds me of a story about Steve Jobs: As well as being a sort-of-genius, Jobs was a truly weird man. As a young man, he was once put on the night-shift so co-workers wouldn't have to endure his BO. (Jobs was convinced his vegan diet meant he didn...

Thanks. I wonder about the Aussie Stockmarket being overvalued due to forced superannuation / retirement savings. But I guess if you go along for the ride it all works out. Re etfs I’ve been buying a few of the bundles. Down 12 percent from a year ago. Slightly addictive throwing cash in, still bett...

Novice here. Looking at vanguard etfs. Was wondering how the they get valued. Is it just the market? But if everyone piles in, do they get overvalued. Or are more issued?
Appreciate any insights,

I see he took a hit again when crypto and stocks shit the bed as one his commenters said…. Still looks like he is on track!

How is the winemaking experience vs the beer making experience? Is it easier to make wine in smaller batches so the need to move inventory is less a problem? I only made from kits. It was pretty easy but I did bottle which was a pain. I’m going to keg for my current batch but will get another gas s...

Wine takes less gear, no heat, can be made in very small batches. Ever heard of prison wine? :D If I remember correctly, you just buy a bottle of fruit juice, dump out some, add yeast, replace cap with an airlock, and wait. Hard cider is the same. Obviously it can get more complicated if you want. ...

My bootlegger coworker always mentioned sterility. He said wine didn’t require the cleanliness of beer. While the feedstock for the wine was more expensive than the beer making materials. He said those two things balanced out so it was a matter of picking your battles. Just what I heard. I haven’t ...