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I am seeing houses with finished basements (walk-outs, not much below grade) with full bathrooms that use ejector pumps to function. Do these bathrooms work well? What maintenance is involved? Are there better and worse Ejector Pumps? (Any recommendations are appreciated.) These are houses served b...

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For reference, here is the latest professional study for the retirement savings by age: https://dqydj.com/retirement-savings-by-age/ Most people on this forum are definitely well beyond median numbers. The website provides a calculator to calculate your percentile. That is a very interesting link. ...

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I’d probably get the Duracells. Have you checked Batteries + Bulbs? Thanks for your reply- Just checked -they have the Ultralast for $13 w/free shipping. Better than Amazon $16. Not familiar w/the brand though. Just based on the familiar name, agree regarding Duracell, and EZ to get at Lowes I agre...

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I wouldn't call it great form to open the discussion with criticisms of a former employee, but I see nothing wrong with reaching out to someone who previously was interested in your company. I have had two somewhat similar experiences on the employee side: one with a former employer that had laid me...

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I believe firestop putty would be the most appropriate product to use to seal holes between floors. Duct sealant putty would probably also work Here's an example of each: https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Fire-Barrier-1-45-in-x-6-in-Moldable-Putty-Stix-MP-Flexible-MP-Stick/206873182 https://www.homedep...

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New 2021 Chevy Spark under $17k. New car warranty, backup camera, functional airbags, 30/38 mpg. Chevy quality is good. Skip the 10 year/100k mile POS. :beer The cars the OP mentioned considering are all compact to mid-size sedans and crossover SUV's, not sub-compact hatchbacks. It is possible to g...

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1. Get a permit. If you have a fire and no permit, then your insurance company will not pay. I'm just trying understand how this is enforced. 1) How I am going to ensure that no work is done without permit if I'm not the first owner? 2) How does the insurance company know which add-ons were done wi...

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This is helpful. The next time I sell my car, I will hit up both Carvana and Carmax. Are these considered the best places to check? Plus Vroom, Shift, Autonation, and AutoLendersGo.com You can even pit these companies against each other How do you pit them against each other? When I checked several...

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One way of measuring car safety is by looking at the driver death rate per million registered vehicles. You can get the statics on this web site. https://www.iihs.org/ratings/driver-death-rates-by-make-and-model There are a lot of different Silverado models and yours was not listed, probably becaus...

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I have always left SSN fields blank or entered N/A unless I can verify there is a legitimate basis for requesting the information - I was surprised last time I created a new bank account to find there was a new requirement for that action, but the bank cited the proper regulation, so I was able to v...

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It depends on the circumstances. I just bought a replacement for my 2002 as a few issues beyond normal maintenance cropped up for the first time in its history. I fixed the biggest issue, but due to the time involved, my wife mandated for further issues, I either pay a mechanic or replace the car. I...

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Yes, but it's not ideal. Don't expect to maintain highway speed on significant hills, and pay some heed to how much weight you put in the trailer when packing, including water and propane. Also, tongue weight + 2 adults puts you right at the pickup's payload capacity, although I think you can check ...

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I'm favorable to the idea of keeping the Cherokee as a bad weather car and getting a cheaper to operate good weather car. Repairs are frustrating, but still far less than a new Cherokee or equivalent. If going with the replacement option: Locking differential and low with a 4WD could be hard to repl...

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There is a huge difference between 2000 SF and 4000 SF. You indicated your immediately family would be comfortable in 2000-2500 SF. I think even 500 SF extra would go a long ways towards giving two more adults a little personal space and privacy, so it seems pretty reasonable to me to focus more in ...

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I don't follow NIkon so does anyone know what the two new NIkon dslr (vs. mirrorless) bodies to be introduced this year (2021) will be? I wouldn't buy a Nikon dslr without knowing that. Nikonrumors.com has always done a good job of keeping up with the latest details like this, although lately there...

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Where are people getting the highlighted info above? I can't find it anywhere, in fact: Repairs won't stop at the list you posted (lots of rubber based parts in the suspension will need replacement soon as well) and the Corolla isn't on the list of the top 20 cars predicted to go for 300,000 miles....

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In general, I think for Honda or Toyota, you're going to be looking at lightly used Fit's or Matrices , and 5+ year used Civic's and Corolla's for the price target stated. Those cars should still be good for 10+ years of reliable use, though. We must have different definitions of "lightly used...

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I think it's funny that when children are newborns and toddlers parents put them in the latest and greatest car seats and generally purchase and drive them around in vehicles with high safety ratings. Then once they are old enough to drive parents give them the old crappy run down cars that have li...

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$15k would buy a brand new Honda FIT. Or a slightly used Civic LX. What's important to you besides reliability and fuel mileage? Heck...a Mazda Miata fits the mpg and reliability requirements. A newer NB with low mileage fits your budget easily. The Honda Fit is discontinued in the US market after ...

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This thread has gotten completely derailed. As far as we know the OP has an upper-mid-range 14-year old dslr with a built-in flash, 12mp crop sensor and a kit lens. The OP is considering upgrading to what today is roughly the equivalent camera. The D300 was more or less the D850 of its day, despite...

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Father of two here. Used to drive a sports car. Cant tell you how much I love the Minivan, it’s been the best thing I’ve ever purchased for the family. The sliding doors take the cake. The thing most people don’t emphasize is the visibility for the kids. Sedans and SUVs don’t allow the kids to see ...

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The other thing that blows my mind is I can get a 1" sensor point and shoot like the Sony RX100 that matches the ISO performance of my SLR, has a F/2.8 lens, and fits in my pocket. I'm a huge fan of Sony's 1 inch stacked sensor. I have the ZV1 at work an it's a gem. The RX10 is a lot of fun to...

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What's the aperture or F-stop range on your current lenses? If it's like F 3.5-5.6 (kit lens range) you'll need a tripod to keep the camera steady or crank the ISO way up. If the shutter speed is slower than 1/60 you'll probably have noticeable camera shake in most of your shots. Getting a fast 35m...

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I only use the pop-up flash when desperate for some extra fill, or to trigger the optical sensor on an off-camera flash when I didn't bring my radio triggers. The nearly face-on lighting angle is not very natural due to the lack of shadows, and it is especially noticeable when the color temperature ...

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My undergrad degree was engineering so I understand the mechanical and fluid dynamics. It's clay soil and will require some labor. My wife says no hire it done. It's simpler than that. Most drainage installations are done with standard fall rates. I don't know what will apply in this case, but most...

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If you're wife requires a Escalade ESV I think I would be looking for a new wife. We're the prototypical outdoorsy family whose vacations almost exclusively include dozens of miles of hiking and a tent. We currently do it, with our two kids, out of a VW jetta and did it out of a 3-door hyundai acce...

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Do also consider that cars have undergone large improvements in structural strength over the years, in no small part due to "tougher" IIHS crash tests. They added testing for side impacts and small overlap frontal impacts in 2003 and 2012. When cars perform poorly on such benchmarks, the ...

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1. Should I repair the car? The repair price is more than the car's value. The mechanic told me that Corolla can be driven by 300,000 miles. Will I have more repairs coming up? Is it worthwhile to repair the car? The value of a car at this age is affected in part by the assumption that major mainte...

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Where I live, Safeway grocery is going head-to-head with a $5 chicken. Anyone else seeing competition like this out there? Yes and no. Similar price, but a much smaller bird at my local Safeway vs. the local Costco. I've never checked weights, but I would estimate on average, the Costco chickens ne...

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Table saws often go for a pretty decent discount used. A lot of people buy them for one or two projects, don't use them much afterwards, and sell them years later with maybe a little surface rust that can be polished away or other aesthetic defects, but good overall shape. My experience is that smal...

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Building costs, labor and materials, are not going down. Sometimes they lag or slow down, though not in a long while. Composite for your deck given your conditions. For a long time, the only way to significantly lower project costs is to change design and/or materials used. As a general trend, yes,...

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Some are conflating mulch (shredded hardwood, wood chips, cocoa fiber) with green compost (anything that has green matter blended in, e.g., the stuff the tree services and transfer stations (dump) gives away for free). The green stuff will consume some nitrogen as it breaks down, will break down qu...

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Am I being overly concerned with rtings? As I asked earlier and people mostly agreed, I'm not really going to notice some/most of the items that rtings complains about, correct? You are probably being overly concerned with rtings. From your initial posts about what this TV would be for and what I p...

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Neither. Organic based mulch (non-wood) is better for the soil and your plants. Cocoa shell husks work very well, though need to be replaced every year, but seasons to a nice dark brown. Wood based mulch sucks nitrogen from the plants, and can actually harm plants where it's used. Agway sells this ...

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If person #5 is another child, I see nothing wrong with sticking them in the middle between the 2 carseats, especially if you use some of the narrower carseats available like the Diono Radian. In such case, a 3-row vehicle is not necessary. Personally, I have no qualms about sitting there as an adul...

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I would HIGHLY recommend that you bring your mom to a Subaru dealer. Recommendations are worthless. Looking through pictures on the internet is worthless. I agree with this. Although your mom's experience hands-on matters most, I can say that my grandmother chose a Forester because the height was e...

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And there will probably be all manner of new businesses crop up like "valet charging service" Drop your car at a mall or restaurant and someone will whisk it away to get charged while you shop or dine. Right now most charging stations are self-serve. As electric cars become more common I ...

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Yeah but the difference is four-fold: 1. Tesla’s are designed to have their batteries be swappable. An LS400 engine is not designed to be easily swappable. 2. An LS400 engine is not improving in efficiency by 10% every year, with cost going down even faster than that. 3. An LS400 does not receive O...

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Weird thread. The OP asked for advice about retiring earlier than they previously planned, and started getting lectured about his car. I think a newer car sounds like a great idea for the OP, but it really seems like they want to figure out their bigger financial picture before even thinking about t...

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All good points. Also remember snow. Vision based systems can’t work when they can’t see the lines on the roads..... For example: The Honda I just bought decided during my test drive that a seam in the pavement in the middle of the lane was a line, due to wet pavement that made it more visible than...

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Even with widespread EV adoption, gasoline station will still be around 50+ years from now. EV's work great for passenger vehicles that have defined commutes, but they don't work so well in long haul trucking. As long we are still using diesel trucks as the backbone of our distribution industry, th...

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Icy rains and kids dropping things shouldn't damage properly poured and cured concrete. The way the original poster is describing it, I suspect they have higher expectations for the appearance of their patio than most of us. In such case, a concrete paint or epoxy might be an option. Note that I've...

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If this is an important need for you, perhaps consider leasing a car rather than purchasing. That is not a typical Boglehead approach, however. I'm not personally a fan of leasing, but I've noticed there are plenty of Bogleheads who are. People of sufficient means can live below their means without...

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How concerned should I be with a TV where something like rtings.com says the viewing angle isn't great? Does that just technically mean it's not great, and perhaps a videophile would notice, but in reality, the average consumer won't really notice an issue watching from a non-direct angle? I would ...

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abuss368 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:25 am Toilet paper!

Tony

Yes, I already mentioned $100 bills just a few posts up.

/ Jeff Bezos humor

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For the OP - I may be mistaken, because I don't own an iPhone to experiment, but I believe newer TV's featuring Roku as their smart platform can mirror both iPhone and Android screens with . Airplay should not be the only way to do this. Honestly... ANY brand on the market is fine, today. Buy what i...

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According to all the online calculators, I can get a much bigger tv than I thought. TLDR; what size TV for an approx. 10' distance, and does it matter if ceiling is a bit lower than a standard ceiling? Whatever size you want. The purpose of the screen size calculators is not to guide you to the per...

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Another addition to the thread I encountered today. $100 bills. I made a large cash withdrawal today for a private party used car purchase. They said they had to issue a significant portion of it in $50 bills because the stimulus funds have led to a large number of people making large withdrawals to...

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I can tell with my hills though, it does strain the transmission, so I'm fairly certain that a big-box version would likely fail due to transmission problems. Some groaning noise is normal with a hydrostatic transmission under load, not generally a sign of excessive strain. What is a sign of strain...

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Regarding mowing two times a week, I live in NE Ohio. When the grass comes in early in the season it grows and grows. At best you can let it go for five days but that is pushing it. Honestly there are a lot of times where it looks like it needs cut just two days later. The point of the suggestion i...

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