Recent content by Dr. Jekyll

The only individual shares that we own are in Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines International. Bought a hundred shares back during the pandemic to get the shareholder perks when cruising. Didn't really buy it for the investment - but as it turns out, we got it near the bottom during the pandemic and...

Great minds... I was just about to post that same clip. Yes, for folks of our era, this was the defining example of talk box use.

This is what I do. For the longest, before retirement, I used the bill payment system that was part of my credit union. I felt more like it gave me some element of control by specifying exactly when I wanted to make the payment. However, since retiring and now having a rather well defined set...

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I thought I would keep the topic all in one place. I had my right knee replaced last February and just had the left knee done in January - coming up on three weeks post-op. Things are going well. We can't decide if I'm really recovering faster on this one...

The topic seems to go in waves. For the last few months I've gotten a ton of voicemails and text from "so and so" at "something tax advisors" noting that I seem to have some tax related issues that they will be happy to help me with. While we still lived in Atlanta, we had months of people...

Pretty easy bass lines to play. Easy note-wise (mostly blues patterns), but pretty hard to keep perfect time since they are driving and repetitive eighth notes. The community jam group that I'm in does Sharp Dressed Man and it's lots of fun. ZZ Top songs will get a crowd rockin'.

I took piano lessons for a few years as a kid. That gave me my musical foundation, reading notes, understanding the keyboard etc. One of my great life regrets was giving it up, but as a boy, too many other things were more interesting. Starting in middle school, I played the clarinet all the...

I'll second (or third) the free version of DaVinci Resolve. I like it because it also has the integrated audio editor. However, Infinnab is more than correct about the steep learning curve. But, as with almost everything, there are a ton of tutorials on YouTube.

This was me...right up until the moment I decided to retire. I was in IT and I loved the actual work that I did. (I still love IT stuff and try to keep up!). Within 3 years of graduating I had landed a job at a company (DEC) that I expected to work for forever. But time passed, the company...

Sorry to resurrect a dormant thread and this may be of little interest to non-techie types. My career was software development. I've started playing around with using AI assisted coding just to try and keep up with basic knowledge etc. I have to say I find it pretty amazing. Now that they...

I do a fair amount but I like to think that I keep it focused. Facebook for family connections, a couple of bass guitar groups and an instrument buying and selling group. We also use it for cruising. Generally someone starts a group for each specific sailing and we will join that for cruises...

I too gave up the endless sock matching game many years go. I buy 10 pairs of white socks and 10 pairs of black. When enough of them have holes or are showing wear, I toss them all and start over again.

Also an all Apple environment here. If Open Source is a thing for you then Bitwarden is good; I used it for a while. I have hopes that the Apple Passwords app will someday "Sherlock" its competitors. However, for me and my house, 1Password is the thing, Have used it for many years and it has all...

If you are able to and don't mind driving, another interesting idea is auto parts delivery. Local auto parts stores are always looking for people to deliver parts to dealerships and repair shops. They generally seem willing to work with retirees and part time schedules and some places, like...

We have one very close by and it's the cheapest lunch date around! It's the one place where our shopping instincts are totally opposite from anywhere else. Normally, she's the "shopper" and I'm get in, get your stuff and get out as quickly as possible. However, at Costco, I'm the one who wants...