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I switched from a bloated Verizon family-plan to Republic Wireless back in 2014 when it was making its rounds on all of the PF blogs. Back then it was $10/month (+ location dependent taxes) for unlimited talk/txt so I'm grandfathered in at somewhat less than their current rate of $15/month. I had to...

@jacob Of course, no problem. Sorry to hear they won't work but best of luck! Reminds me of the time when every cell phone had a different kind of charger . Curious to hear if you're eventually able to find a solution since I still have the same problem but without even the dimensions of the missing...

@jacob I don't any have any calipers so these are just estimates. Diameter of shaft: 5mm Diameter of ears: 9mm Thickness of ears: 1mm Distance from bottom of knob to bottom of ears: 27mm I wasn't able to figure out a quick/easy way to insert an image into the post but I've uploaded a picture of the ...

Not always. I had a similar issue with an old Black and Decker hand mixer that was missing both beaters (lost in a move). I looked for replacement parts online but found out that they had been discontinued (I also contacted the company but they haven't been much help). Someone later bought me a pair...

@ertyu: Thank you, your comments were incredibly helpful! Perhaps I haven’t been approaching the material in the most effective manner. Moving forward, I’ll focus more on the implications of what is being explained in a given chapter as opposed to the specifics of the calculations, graphical analysi...

Hi everyone! It has been a couple months since the last activity on this thread so I wanted to revisit the topic to see if anybody has made much progress on the McConnell Economics textbook. For a while I was reading at least a few sections every day and have been able to work my way through the fir...

My girlfriend and I moved into a new apartment at the end of August which resulted in the usual bombardment of advertisements, discounts, coupons, etc. x2 after we both submitted our USPS change of address forms. Most of these are worthless but people will actually pay a couple bucks for certain cou...

+1 The challenge I often have with audiobooks when listening to more complicated subjects/writing is that there's no time to stop and think like there is while reading a book (well, you can stop the recording from playing, but it's not the same). If you do start thinking, the book words just keep co...

I don't think so. I believe the book was (intentionally) written at the textbook level and as such you actually have to engage with the material in order to gain anything from it (as opposed to passively listening). When I read the book the first time I stopped frequently to re-read sections and to ...

I actually started reading the first economics textbook a couple weeks ago (7 chapters down so far). Would be happy to discuss/work through some sample problems if/when others join in later this year. The end of each chapter has web-based questions that seem like they would be good exercises using r...

Happy to begin whenever everyone is ready though I may get a head start in the interim. Do we have a sense of how quickly we'd like to tackle the curriculum? Obviously people will have varying levels of availability/commitment but I feel like some kind of benchmark would be helpful. I wouldn't expec...

I purchased all of the books (used) in 2011 when I was first getting interested in personal finance/investing and after I had just finished reading the ERE book for the first time. It's hard to believe it has been 8+ years since then! I started reading/studying the curriculum several times throughou...

An obvious one we're missing is football/soccer which really only requires a ball along with some imagination to determine what constitutes a goal. I imagine something like this is played in schoolyards essentially everywhere. Also kickball if you're willing to get creative with the bases or find an...

I don't cook with beans frequently but the two varieties I keep in my pantry are pinto beans and Great Northern beans. Pinto beans because I bought a 10 lb bag from a wholesale club on a whim a couple years ago (almost finished! only another year or two to go :lol:) and Great Northern beans because ...

My experience with carpentry/woodworking begins and ends with assembling furniture from the aforementioned "certain Scandinavian brand" (if that even counts). That said, it is something I've considered experimenting with previously but always shied away from due to the supposedly high cost...

One more thing to keep in mind is to remind yourself that no move ever has to be permanent. You can always change your mind, or move to an even better city in the future. It's just one decision of many, not a final decision. Exactly! I'm wondering if it is worth dedicating a few years of my life to...

Hello ERE community. I'm currently considering moving across the county (Baltimore, MD->Tri-Cities, WA) for a job and I thought I'd draw on your collective wisdom to help me make the decision. Although the Pacific Northwest is not without its charms (global climate change "winner"?), I'm w...

Higher quality version (can read the slides): https://vimeo.com/25262968

@jacob The following link (with pics/video) suggests pairing with fried chicken/other greasy food but I mostly just snack on them. She uses a daikon radish but you can make the same thing with garden-variety radishes.

http://aeriskitchen.com/2011/03/korean- ... d-chicken/

You could also try (quick) pickling them! I'd recommend using rice vinegar (delicious) but you can probably use whatever vinegar you have sitting around. I also prefer cutting them into chunks rather than slicing them or using a mandoline. Example recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/pickled-radishes-...