We group all the difficult costs as
#1 Difficult to Manage. Insurance. Home Owners and Liability. Health Medicare Supplemental, Flood, Personal Items Rider, Automobile, Life and Medicare Deducted from SS.
#2 Wasteful. Electronics
Broadband. Broadband Extenders, Phone, Cellular Phone Equipment and Lines, Cable and TIVO, Computers, Audiobook and Music downloads and subscriptions.
We gave up vacations as we live on the coast and what travel we do is to see grandkids in four locations or them to see us.
The smartest thing I did for retirement was to stay in the Army Reserve, the pay is OK but the Tricare is super taking care of my wife and daughter.
How do you read and post on FreeRepublic, given that you think that computers, broadband and cell phones are all a waste of money?
(I’ve been doing computer science and software development for over 60 years, and at my age I’d give up my car sooner than my computers.)
How do you read and post on FreeRepublic, given that you think that computers, broadband and cell phones are all a waste of money?
At my age, since I’ve been doing computer science and software development for over 60 years, I’d sooner give up my car than my computers.