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Congratulations. I knew several people who delayed their retirements, only to drop dead before they ever actually retired. Sad. One thing you will notice, some expenses you had while working will disappear or drop significantly. No more commuting, no more business related clothes or other...

I think you got s decimal point in the wrong place. $ 1 million dollars invested at 4%, the present Treasury bill rate, would produce $40,000 per year, or about $3330 per month. And if you managed to save up a million dollars, your earnings record would probably result in a SS check higher...

Just don"t throw a lit match on it.

If your engine blows next month, $100 won"t go far.

Before 1965, USA dimes, quarters and half dollars were made of 90% silver.

If you have a unwanted intruder in your home, you can use it as a blunt instrument weapon.

Seems to happen regularly in Vermont. For example https://www.wcax.com/2025/03/12/man-collides-with-cop-car-after-officer-tries-cross-intersection-too-early/

I think mergers in the industry have reduced competition, thereby contributing to less supply and higher prices.

If you eat a cheese sandwich in Buffalo and drive across the border to your home in Canada, is there a tariff on the cheese in your stomach?

The old 1960s advertising octane number was "research octane", There is a different octane test called 'motor octane". A the motor octane is typically 10 points lower than the research octane, The octane number posted on our gas pumps is the average of the two, So, today's 94 octane is...

they may have switched from winter grade to summer grade. summer grade has more BTU/volume.

93 is recommended for most performance cars, such as my Corvette. But how could they recommend anything higher, if 93 is the highest generally available? 94 might help under conditions that are extreme. Such as, a 100+ degree day in slow or stop and go traffic.

Money deposited in a bank is a passive asset, managed by the banking institution, ultimately loaned to a person or business that puts it to economic use.

The only way you can age in place with advanced bad health/dementia is to have a trusted full time live in caretaker to watch over you and take care of things. Gene Hackman would probably still be living if he had such care. And he could have afforded it.

NOBODY makes legal passive income without owning a productive asset(s), which were initially obtained by somebody's hard work.

A 90% lean hamburger home grilled on an electric grill with fat dripping off. No side carbs, just the burger on a toasted roll.

I wonder, can you buy Kosher food in Piggly Wiggly?

Foreign material embedded in your dermis can not possibly be totally benign.

Sales must be flat.

With world wide populations expanding and everyone seeking to improve their standard of living, the human impact on the environment will not abate. I believe in the theories of Malthus, that population growth leads to a decline in conditions, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robert_Malthus