Set out yesterday to do some bike maintenance, but decided I'd better clean the garage before I started. I'm sure you can all imagine how well that worked out.
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Set out yesterday to do some bike maintenance, but decided I'd better clean the garage before I started. I'm sure you can all imagine how well that worked out.
Morning!
Car threw a CEL and code yesterday, identified as a Honda code P2413 for the EGR valve. Hopefully I can just clean the valve (cleaning passages
) and connector, reset, and be good to go.
Otherwise, perhaps a nice long walk is on tap for today.
Car threw a CEL and code yesterday, identified as a Honda code P2413 for the EGR valve. Hopefully I can just clean the valve (cleaning passages
) and connector, reset, and be good to go.Otherwise, perhaps a nice long walk is on tap for today.
Mid-thirties and warming...
The garage is worse than ever and your bike's still fucked?
Set out yesterday to do some bike maintenance, but decided I'd better clean the garage before I started. I'm sure you can all imagine how well that worked out.
Sunny and 60 today. Need to coffee first.
Raining in le France. Spent the afternoon turning a cherry bowl on the lathe.
closing in on beer:30
closing in on beer:30
double espresso, some scrambled eggs then its off to go kayak fishing in San Leandro Bay for striped bass.
Here. Wifey has a sinus infection, so she's ready to die. Another person is coming by to look at the M today.
Ran our retirement plan analysis yesterday and our FTS target of 60 is back on the table if I can find $1k/m to save. Going through the budget now to see where we can get rid of stuff. COVID has done a really good job of scrubbing "extra" crap out of our expenses, so we can easily see where things can go away.
I highly recommend that you guys do the same thing right now as well. Unnecessary spending has been effectively pulled out of everybody's expenses right now, so you have really great transparency into your actual expenses. Mint, CountAbout, and You Need a Budget are great budgeting tools. Personal Capital (don't sign up, use the free tools), most employer retirement plans, most companies like Schwab, Fidelity, etc all have free retirement planning tools too. The retirement planning stuff will often give you investment advice, even without paying for it if you're willing to put the work in. Otherwise, fees for investment management should never be above 1%, EVER. And you definitely should never be paying any kind of front- or back-end loads.
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Ran our retirement plan analysis yesterday and our FTS target of 60 is back on the table if I can find $1k/m to save. Going through the budget now to see where we can get rid of stuff. COVID has done a really good job of scrubbing "extra" crap out of our expenses, so we can easily see where things can go away.
I highly recommend that you guys do the same thing right now as well. Unnecessary spending has been effectively pulled out of everybody's expenses right now, so you have really great transparency into your actual expenses. Mint, CountAbout, and You Need a Budget are great budgeting tools. Personal Capital (don't sign up, use the free tools), most employer retirement plans, most companies like Schwab, Fidelity, etc all have free retirement planning tools too. The retirement planning stuff will often give you investment advice, even without paying for it if you're willing to put the work in. Otherwise, fees for investment management should never be above 1%, EVER. And you definitely should never be paying any kind of front- or back-end loads.
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Hey. 14 mile run done, and now Wife is making pancakes. Temps are going to be >60 this afternoon, so I'll probably take the road bike out.
Trails are in primo shape, what's wrong with you?
Btw. did you pick your new bike, yet?Morning! Late breakfast with bacon, eggs and avocados. Nice weather -> hoping for a ride this evening. Might have to take a Silky with me to start cutting down some of the downed trees.
I want to ride. I have time to ride. Weather is perfect to ride. BUT...
Last Sunday there were 21 cars parked at the trailhead to our semi-legal trails. Onward with the Great Culling.
Last Sunday there were 21 cars parked at the trailhead to our semi-legal trails. Onward with the Great Culling.
I can make my post-FICA-cap monthly budget just about balance if I axe 529 contributions. So 529 contributions have been duly axed in this era of uncertain (any?) bonuses.
Awesome ! Probably one of the best things I’ve read in weeks. Keep it up.
If I pull the trigger and we emigrate to NZ in a few years then those existing 529 contributions will be for naught, as schooling is free there, right?
:thinks:
Chainsawd a bunch of downfall and some old scrap wood that had been sitting around. Trying to clean up the yard. Getting the tractor out now for the season.
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If I did it it would be permanent.
Still need some more US-pay years for various debts so not a 2021 thing.
Caved and ordered BBQ from a local place. Best brisket around. And some wings. Left a nice fat tip too.
Damn people with transferable skills
NZ was on the shortlist of places around the world S and I considered before we ended up where we are.
Two weeks hitting both islands with our bikes as we checked out the cities was a great trip.
Two weeks hitting both islands with our bikes as we checked out the cities was a great trip.
NZ is nice but way too effing far from our families in Yurp.
#transferrableskillsmatter
#transferrableskillsmatter
Bbq was delicious. Beers and bonfire afterwards.
Anyone wanna buy a slightly used 12 Y.O.? Shipping included.
trade for a 2-pack of 10yo and 14yo
the sounds of the cars overhead on the steel grate roadway was way cool. I could see tripping out for hours there if one had the proper mind altering substances
He would be a little too gamey for Westy, and there was no crack involved.
recently.
recently.
