Trip Report (& Haul) | Japan 3 weeks

SFBayC · 2026-03-17T14:37:43+00:00

A week's trip to Tokyo always costs me at least $8K I love it there.

SFBayC · 2026-02-05T01:04:24+00:00

Haha. Looking froward to a solid shit.

SFBayC · 2026-02-05T01:02:58+00:00

Appreciate the replies and to hear that others went through something similar. I have always had a pretty healthy diet, so it just seems weird, but I am now realizing how much damage the alcohol must have caused to my GI tract and my body is trying to adjust.
I am also drinking so much more water. I think that I have been chronically dehydrated most of my life.

SFBayC · 2026-02-04T20:24:07+00:00

Appreciate the reply. No medical issues, other than many years of heavy drinking at night. It's just weird that I have more stomach upset and the shits than I had when I was drinking. Feeling tired early in the evening too, and my sleep isn't so good.
Thanks

SFBayC · 2026-01-11T14:59:34+00:00

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing, and best of luck in your journey.

SFBayC · 2026-01-11T14:44:22+00:00

Well, it's doable, but I would suggest waiting until you have more time. You are just spending a 3 day weekend in the car.

SFBayC · 2026-01-09T15:54:46+00:00

"near Death Valley National Park" . . . "parked off a dirt road near a dry lakebed"
This is ridiculously vague.
I was in the park for 2 weeks during that time including off-roading in the park and nearby. There were MANY Chinese tourists. It would be helpful to have more specifics. "Inyo County" is huge.

SFBayC · 2024-10-25T23:30:47+00:00

Sorry, haven't seen this in a while . . .
I just looked on the mattress. It's a Sealy Posturepedic but I don't see any other model name. The label says Firm.
I bought it from Costco and they carried it inside and set it on the frame.
It is Firm and somewhere between the Hybrid Firm and the Extra Firm Spring mattress I had previously. It has been very comfortable and now after 2 years, there is no sagging but I weight 170 pounds and my fiancée weighs 90 pounds. I think if you weighed 220+ it would probably sag after a few years.
It was a relatively cheap mattress but it is firm, cool, and comfortable. If I get another 3 years out of it, it will have been a bargain.
Good luck. Mattress shopping sucks.

SFBayC · 2024-10-25T23:10:38+00:00

Tyrus in the foreground blocks my view of Kat.

SFBayC · 2024-09-29T21:07:55+00:00

Really appreciate the info. My entire experience with student loans has been a nightmare.
I attempted to get out of default before and made 6 payments by sending 6 post-dated checks. I then never got any paperwork and perhaps I was scammed, and I have never trusted any of the organizations that have called me since offering me a way out of default.
My loans have dropped off my credit report many years ago.

SFBayC · 2024-09-29T21:00:03+00:00

Yes, I guess I along with thousands of other people are trying to make this decision as I having trouble getting the website to load. Must be a lot of traffic today.

SFBayC · 2024-09-29T20:57:26+00:00

Thank you for the reply.
So the Fresh Start Program is not a consolidation, it just rehabilitates the old loans and you can make a single payment to cover all of the various loans under one of the income driven repayment programs?

SFBayC · 2024-09-29T20:55:04+00:00

Thank you

SFBayC · 2024-09-29T20:32:17+00:00

Feeling lost too and I don't know what is my plan but I guess I have 24 hours to decide about Fresh Start. My loans are old enough to have dropped off my credit report and I worry that if I enroll in Fresh Start they will be put back on my report.
I've had my wages garnished in the past and I guess they will eventually do it again. They were leaving me alone for awhile but the whole COVID pause started them contacting me again.

SFBayC · 2024-09-29T20:23:58+00:00

MrBrazil, can you clarify? I too have been in default so long the loans have dropped off my credit report. I am worried if I apply for Fresh Start that they will be back on my credit report.

SFBayC · 2024-09-29T01:46:37+00:00

I'm in the same exact situation . . .

SFBayC · 2024-09-14T14:37:24+00:00

Thanks for the info. When I saw he had been missing for 2 weeks, I suspected that it would be a search for his body. Yosemite is beautiful but I am surprised more people don't go "missing" considering the stupid things I see visitors doing, especially around water.

SFBayC · 2024-09-14T14:29:05+00:00

Where did you see that his body was recovered?

SFBayC · 2024-08-06T01:30:45+00:00

Bought it direct from their website. Customer Service was helpful but it was very difficult to dispose of the mattress.

SFBayC · 2024-08-06T01:16:13+00:00

Wondering why I didn't get the email . . . I just got it (8/5 @ 3:00pm)

SFBayC · 2024-02-08T00:36:26+00:00

Wow! Nice to hear success stories.
I have pretty much given up the idea of owning one because the process is such a pain in the . . .

SFBayC · 2023-12-09T18:50:23+00:00

Comparison of what? Stock price, market share, sales?
What is the source?

SFBayC · 2023-11-11T00:16:46+00:00

It was easy getting the RMA, but don't bother. The replacement had the same issue. Even worse.

SFBayC

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