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Two Idiots Fishing

Trying to keep Tabs on my finances
Sun - Sep 27 03:07am
While trying to fall asleep but failing to do so, I decided to write down my retrospective of this weekend's fishing and kaya...
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2026: The Year of the Waterfall

Save More, Spend Less
Sat - Sep 26 10:18pm
I'm back from a wonderful waterfall trip in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Together with two prior trips this year tha...
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August, September, and Upcoming Travels

Monkey Mama*s Monkey Money Blog
Sat - Sep 26 05:43pm
I never did an August update.  I thought we might be in the black in August.  We were, but it was a close breakeven...
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February - August 2026

Petunia in a Flower Garden
Fri - Sep 25 09:21pm
That time went by quickly! My aunt is doing better. She was moved to another location, closer to her daughter.  We did...
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Making Do

Frugal Foodie
Fri - Sep 18 09:45pm
Harvest is currently going on around us. We live in Central Illinois where the two main crops are corn and soybeans. It has b...
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The Latest From The Saving Advice Forums

90% of Generational Wealth is Gone by th...

bjl584 • 28 Sep 2026 21:05:45
Roughly 70% of wealthy families lose their wealth by the second generation. By the third, that figure climbs to 90%. Those numbers come from a 20-year study of more than 3,200 families conducted by the Williams Group (https://www...
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Any fasters here?

QuarterMillionMan • 28 Sep 2026 21:04:30
I've started out small about 1 month ago eating 2 meals a day. Yesterday was my first 1 meal a day. Working my way up to eventually to 0 meals in 2 days or more. Not trying to lose weight. I'm 5' - 7", 138 lbs. Saving a lot o...
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I'm back! Time for an update

disneysteve • 28 Sep 2026 14:26:49
Remember me? It looks like my last post was in February 2026 so about 7 months ago. I decided I needed a break at that time. I've lurked periodically since then (and banned some spammers along the way) so I never fully left. I hav...
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The never ending CD dilemma...

Drake3287 • 27 Sep 2026 17:19:15
For those of you that play the CD game, what's the percentage rate that has you looking for a new bank with a higher APR when your CD matures? It's always been sort of been a pain for me deal with all the time. Assuming you have a...
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How to change brokerage companies?

Drake3287 • 27 Sep 2026 17:16:04
Long story short, for years I've had a brokerage account with one of the larger well known companies until a couple of years ago when they closed the local office where I live. In turn they transferred my account to a person on th...
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