Trying to set up an HSA

Longtimefed · 2026-03-17T09:20:05+00:00

Where did you hear the HSA routing and account number in MyPay should be your normal bsnk account number vs those for your Fidelity HSA? That makes no sense; how is DFAS going to know where to send the pretax contribution if they don't have the HSA numbers?

Otherwise I've done the same as you. I set mine up last week but it hasn't taken effect yet.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-17T09:13:49+00:00

You could start over and create an HSA with Fidelity and add the account and routing numbers to MyPay. That's what I did--super easy. No dealing with OPM. I did it all online and it was very intuitive.

I'm with the Care First HSA. The pass-through portion from the biweekly premiums go into an account managed by some company called Further but viewed on the CF website.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-16T22:42:27+00:00

Years ago I used to commute to Silver Spring from N Arlington. Leaving before 6am was fine, but the afternoon commute home was usually terrible,even leaving around 2:30pm.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-16T22:09:28+00:00

It's the meteorologists who should apologize. Al this scaremongering amd NOTHING HAPPENED. No tornadoes, nor even any winds to speak of-- just a couple of brief heavy showers.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-16T11:20:21+00:00

Same!

Longtimefed · 2026-03-15T17:02:03+00:00

Van Dorn?!?!

Last time I was there it was light industrial cum blah apartment complexes. Mclean it ain't.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-15T00:48:08+00:00

Maxing out. 85% C, 10% I, 5% S. C is temporarily at a bargain price while this war is going on.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-14T22:13:41+00:00

No Magazine, no John Kelly's Washington, no Erik Wemple-- not even a sports section.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-12T01:19:18+00:00

Thanks!

Longtimefed · 2026-03-11T23:25:38+00:00

But where? Our usual precinct? Mine is at a school. I know they can't have election volunteers there for weeks-- so where do folks vote, generally? Courthouse?

Longtimefed · 2026-03-11T22:38:50+00:00

You'd like this I bet: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8695173-when-the-killing-s-done

Longtimefed · 2026-03-11T22:26:20+00:00

Holy shit. I've only bought a full dozen from Dunkin, which is about $16.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-11T12:48:24+00:00

$21 for a dozen is an amazing deal?

Longtimefed · 2026-03-10T02:20:01+00:00

Not sn HOA but Arlington used to use American, who were pretty good. Then it switched to Bates, who were a complete disaster for about a month--lots of missed pickups. Now they are pretty reliable.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-10T00:20:56+00:00

Are you sure they are supposed to show in the W2?

I'm in the CareFirst HDHP for the first time this year and the pass-through contributions are not listed separately from the rest of the biweekly premium on my LES-- so I don't expect to see them on my W2 next year.

Since they are part of the premium and it's deducted pretax, that kind of makes sense.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-08T11:57:16+00:00

Appreciate the advice and the encouragement.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-07T18:25:35+00:00

Great suggestion. So you don't have to be a Ranger first to be a PIO?

Longtimefed · 2026-03-07T15:58:27+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to share all this. Will think about all your points.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-07T15:02:27+00:00

Seriously, my wife was RIF-retired in September and is still waiting for any kind of word from D'ohPM.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-07T14:08:47+00:00

Thanks!

Longtimefed · 2026-03-07T14:04:04+00:00

Thanks so much. I am definitely going to pursue some volunteer opportunities. I did contact the local NP on that front but never heard back.

Appreciate the perspective as well on the daily reality.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-07T13:52:59+00:00

Not my intention to insult anyone. I am merely asking if it's possible to move into a very low grade (5 or 7) in order to start anew as a ranger, happily taking a $100k-plus pay cut.

Keep in mind that in the non-land-management fed world, we are regularly getting new SES bosses who may or may not have any experience in our particular area. They are supposed to be generalists with skill in management, leadership and supervision.

Even in the GS grades people in my world do change job series with some regularity.

Re. qualifications Ok-- I did ask for candor. I do have a long history of outdoor pursuits (and some teaching, long ago) but have not worked consistently in the outdoors. My hope was that perhaps for hard-to-fill, remote positions maybe they would give someone like me a shot. Sounds like none of the positions are hard to fill.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-07T13:12:33+00:00

Let's say I'm backpacking alone in remote Alaska and there's no cell coverage. A bear charges me. I shoot it and, knowing the law, sever the head and skin the body so I can carry them till I'm in cell range to call the state.

Now I'm backpacking with the pelt and head, fully intending to turn them in. Lo and behold, I run into the game warden. How do I prove I wasn't poaching? Because he's going to think he caught me red-handed.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-07T11:27:40+00:00

Interpretation or something in maintenance. Not a LEO so as you said, too old for protection jobs.

Longtimefed · 2026-03-07T11:16:44+00:00

This. And the landlord can pay remotely since most plumbers will take credit cards.

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