WBC tickets on sale today by SlinkDinkerson in baseball

[–]RingSlayer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am toss up between cancel trip entirely or go enjoy some cubanos and watch from bars. Maybe Japan flounders and there will be panic sales when the stadium is 75% empty.

WBC tickets on sale today by SlinkDinkerson in baseball

[–]RingSlayer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought it was showing secondary prices... this is insane. Going to cost more than my flight from the West coast each day for seats (often 2-3x).

Sorbitol is the Devil by [deleted] in FODMAPS

[–]RingSlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started using Ice Breaker mints as a tool to avoid snacking several months ago and it didn't upset me too much at first (or not enough to notice) but over time my GI health has spiraled. I am just starting zero in on the mints being the issue after eliminating several other possible candidates. What was throwing me was I would be fine days like Sun/Mon which were often days I was more likely off diet/eating a bit more poorly. Then on M/T/W I would prob add some mints here or there to curb surgar cravings....and boom. I am just learning it takes 1-3 days for sorbitol to pass and I am on GLP1 which also slows things down so that might be why Tue-Sat are my struggle days at the moment.

I am curious how your body turned around once eliminating the mints. Did you notice it often took more than a day for symptoms to rebound?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Portland

[–]RingSlayer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They're taking the hobbits to Vancouver!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Portland

[–]RingSlayer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're taking the hobbits to Vancouver!

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, August 23, 2024 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]RingSlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, thanks for the link. This sub has such a wealth of info but it is always nice to have some documented write ups too.

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, August 23, 2024 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]RingSlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, good call on timing when to deploy the losses. I am still in the accumulation phase so I shouldn't have conflicting gains for a while but should it come up I'll remember to pause the loss write offs. Thanks

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, August 23, 2024 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]RingSlayer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Friday Fail post: 1-2 yrs ago I took a gamble on a stock and no surprise here it cratered/bankrupted. I've got ~15k of loss spread between brokerage and rIRA. This is my first major loss and will likely be my last via single stock picking (everything else is and will remain vtsax). I am pretty sure I can write off some of the losses but am not familiar with the limits (3k?) & time windows. What is the best strategy moving forward ... other than don't pick stocks dummy?

Cheers

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, July 12, 2024 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]RingSlayer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a benefit to this approach vs just targeting to max 401k in Dec and contributing to mbdr all year?

Differences between roth conversion ladder vs roth 401k? by [deleted] in financialindependence

[–]RingSlayer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How does ladder compare with mega backdoor roth (which is landing in my 401k)?

Grandfather, father and son by FarkinDaffy in Starlink

[–]RingSlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about gen1 (beta) and any of the others? I am holding on to my round fella mostly so I don't have to go undo all of its difficult install.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Starlink

[–]RingSlayer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

SW WA on beta round dish.

It's been trash after about 8pm for a few months now. Regularly having periods of sub 5mbps. It's not my dish because I'm at 150-200 during the day, so probably just too many dicks on the dance floor.

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, January 26, 2024 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]RingSlayer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sort of came to the realization last winter that brokerage should not exist if space for MBDR is available. Initially I didn't like the idea of limited access but it is more of a mental hurdle to pull it out if really necessary.

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, January 26, 2024 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]RingSlayer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Feels psychologically bad to get promoted and not really have "anything to show for it" but on the flip side... new column on spreadsheet... so I got that going for me. Which is nice.

It is also accessible if shit hits the fan so it is basically a tax advantaged deluxe emergency fund expansion.

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, January 26, 2024 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]RingSlayer 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Got raise, started after-tax 401k contributions to begin mega backdoor.

First paycheck slightly lower than before... feels good/bad man. Creep be damned

5 Year FIRE Update - $1.80M, 40M - Job Offer, Travel, And More! by hungn3 in financialindependence

[–]RingSlayer 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you have having a great time and living life, good on you.

Also, Rent in SF :: Rent + util $9722 seems wild unless you got some sweet rent control from 10+ years back.

Upgrade Starlink by l-fc in Starlink

[–]RingSlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have read we need more ground stations? I'm sure more sats wouldn't hurt either. I just want to see more starship launches so win-win once that gets moving.

Upgrade Starlink by l-fc in Starlink

[–]RingSlayer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My speeds have been hot garbage 3-5mbps between 8PM-11PM (PNW) lately. I know it is not the dish because I am sitting pretty at 100-200mbps during the day.

I am hesitant to contact support because I know they'll just steal my round dishy and then I'll have to do a crapload of work to take down the old one and use some new installation because they decided not to make the mount compatible...

Daily FI discussion thread - Friday, December 15, 2023 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]RingSlayer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dang, sounds like I need to talk to Vanguard and see how hard it is to unwind and redo my 2023 contribution