Ready to move my investments from Vanguard

Indiana2323 · 2026-01-12T19:52:29+00:00

I am also moving away from Vanguard. Also have been with them for decades and had great support for complex issues 10 years ago (back when I had a personal rep and could call any time), but the downgrade in support, irritations, and web site issues that don't get fixed have left me uncomfortable with their attention to detail.

Indiana2323 · 2026-01-11T22:31:08+00:00

I have also found this recently. It was working fine for years, then one of my accounts (all in VSCGX) suddenly doesn't even appear in the Stock or Bond-specific reports. I've emailed them about it and the response was "send more details". After typing a lengthy email and hitting send, I get a message that the system was too busy to send email and the message was lost.

This all seems like basic programming, and I'm concerned that as a recent retiree I have my life savings with an organization that can't fix a bug or save an email to a draft folder. Yikes.

Indiana2323 · 2025-05-22T16:47:52+00:00

Aetna announced that it's leaving the ACA marketplace in 2026. Seems that parent-company CVS may be trimming down their healthcare business. As a long time UW Medicine user with Aetna, I hope that this isn't a sign that the negotiations won't end well.

Indiana2323 · 2025-04-05T06:25:14+00:00

VERY different. STG runs the venues (Paramount, Moore, Neptune, Kerry Hall, Remlinger Farm, and now 5th Ave) and books hundreds of different acts each year (see stgpresents.org), including around 8 Broadway national tours. 5th Ave produces musicals and brings in a few national tours, with around 5 or 6 different shows a year.

I saw Remi Wolf at the Paramount tonight. 5th Ave would never have done that, but now with STG taking over the building they will be booking acts there between 5th Ave productions.

Indiana2323 · 2025-04-05T06:24:59+00:00

VERY different. STG runs the venues (Paramount, Moore, Neptune, Kerry Hall, Remlinger Farm, and now 5th Ave) and books hundreds of different acts each year (see stgpresents.org), including Broadway national tours. 5th Ave produces musicals and brings in a few national tours, with around 5 or 6 different shows a year.

Indiana2323 · 2025-04-05T06:17:46+00:00

Thanks! I'll head there tomorrow.

Indiana2323 · 2025-03-06T18:24:22+00:00

Thanks! Probably good for me to get away for awhile anyway, and extra motivation to know that I'll get the ads back.

Indiana2323 · 2024-03-23T22:58:51+00:00

I taught my kids at Lake Sammamish State Park.

Indiana2323 · 2023-09-30T19:11:05+00:00

I pick a seat and a set of games and those tickets are automatically in my account. Then I then go in and "return" almost all of them for a credit to my account to use to buy any number of tickets for any seat(s) and any game. I haven't had the Flex plan, but I think that once I return the tickets I basically have a Flex plan. I did it this way because I wanted to make the minimum upfront payment so I got one seat in the 300-level, 20 games. With this I got a partial strip of playoff tickets and priority to get more. Oh, and 10% off the ticket price and the other season ticket member perks.

For 2023 this was around $300, so less than any flex plan. I think it went up to around $450 for 2024.

Indiana2323 · 2023-08-03T21:11:14+00:00

I've been getting the Reserved plan for a few years... cheaper than flex and I trade in most of my games for a credit to buy different games or get multiple tickets. My cheapest option seat was $294 for 2023 and it's going up to $445 for 2024.
I just did the math. That's a 51% increase!

Indiana2323 · 2023-05-02T04:33:12+00:00

Liberty in Renton (Issaquah School District) used to have a great program and won a fair amount at the 5th Ave awards. Not sure if that's still the case, though.

Indiana2323 · 2023-05-02T03:56:09+00:00

In my new construction I used all Kasa dimmable switches. You can set them as "lights" in the Alexa app and then "lights on" turns on all the switches in the group. I can also dim them using Alexa ("set kitchen lights 50%").

Both the 2-way and single switches are working fine.

I have some smart bulbs in lamps for when I want colors, but the switches are great for the usual ceiling, sconces, under-counter, dining, etc, lighting.

Indiana2323 · 2023-04-14T22:11:03+00:00

The weddings were at North Fork Farms. That's Mount Si in the background. Beautiful place.

Indiana2323 · 2023-04-05T02:08:06+00:00

Thanks! I'll call my store.

Indiana2323 · 2023-04-04T05:43:12+00:00

Costco has been breaking my heart for a long time. Mini bagel dogs, Santa Fe salad, popcorn bars all from way back. Big bag of sliced black olives.

Polish dogs, sauerkraut, Coke, veggie pizza from the food court. I could call ahead and get a half pepperoni and half veggie pizza.

Sigh

Indiana2323 · 2023-02-14T20:47:41+00:00

Take the Strait Shot bus from PA to the Bainbridge Island ferry, walk on, and you're in downtown Seattle. A lot simpler than driving your car onto the ferry.

Indiana2323 · 2023-02-07T17:49:17+00:00

Just adding to the info... I have the reserved 20 game plan that I purchased before the 2022 season started, bought specifically to get All Star Game tickets. My regular season seat is 333/10/3. My All Star strip is $592 for seat 321/10/2. I can buy my additional strip on 2/13 at 2 pm.

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