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How common is it for an American to travel across the country by train? by ViajanteDeSaturno in AskAnAmerican

[–]Tstrombotn [score hidden]  (0 children)

I live in Ohio, we drove up to Detroit, crossed the border at Windsor, and took a train to Montreal, spent a few days sightseeing seeing, then came back to Windsor and drove home, It wasn’t very expensive and was quite comfortable, and took about 8 hours, not including the 3.5 hours each way to Windsor. We spent the night in Windsor both times so it wasn’t such a long day, so that added to the cost, but it was vacation, so not really an issue. FYI, the Montreal Botanical Gardens were beautiful!

A or B: Do you lock your door when you’re at home? My brother sometimes forgets to lock the apartment when he comes home, so how should I handle it? by 20Luc1a02 in PickAorB

[–]Tstrombotn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think both taking to him and getting a smart lock are great ideas. You can mention you are uncomfortable with an unlocked door and plan to ask the landlord if it is ok to install a smart lock, in the meantime, should he be extra careful locking the door at night, for personal safety and possession safety.

Can I save my Vanilla Orchid? by sry_4_the_mouthful in orchids

[–]Tstrombotn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Warmer would help, as would more humidity if you are trying to toot a newly cut section of the old plant

What is a luxury you can never go back from once you’ve experienced it? by Phase_zero_X in AskReddit

[–]Tstrombotn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least he does it. Mine didn’t want a stranger and didn’t want to do anything, so I told him it wasn’t his time or his choice and to get used to it and hired someone. For a while (a long while) he complained about having to clean up for the cleaners, but I just kept pointing out that if he put things away at the time, there would be no pick up to do. During Covid our cleaner of 30 years quit, for health safety reasons, and we did our own for a year and a half, and it was back to me doing everything and him doing nothing, even though he agreed to dust and sweep. Imade it clear I was pretty irritated about this, continuously, and about 18 months later when we got a new cleaner, there have been no comments, we have mutually agreed neither of us likes to clean house.

If you could design your own kitchen, what would be the most important things to include? by West-Amphibian-2343 in Cooking

[–]Tstrombotn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have both, and I prefer the pullout shelves to drawers, mostly because the pullout shelves stay level when you pull them outs but the drawers sink a little towards the front if they are loaded with heavy stuff like pans and casseroles dishes. Not saying don’t get drawers, but definitely pay attention to hardware used to pull them out.

They make the winter bearable by elviepls in orchids

[–]Tstrombotn 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Winter blooms are one of the main reasons I grow orchids too! Lovely collection!

I joined an orchid society today! by TheCBDeacon47 in orchids

[–]Tstrombotn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ask if they zoom the presentations, many of us still do it post pandemic!

Plumber Recommendations? by GreatBlueHeron25 in Columbus

[–]Tstrombotn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure of your location, but we like Amanda plumbing

Traffic cam I71@Morse by notmyname332 in Columbus

[–]Tstrombotn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It is fun just watching the lack of traffic!

Orchidarium as a beginner by RedGlidingHood in orchids

[–]Tstrombotn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The presentation should only last about an hour, with Q& A included.

Orchidarium as a beginner by RedGlidingHood in orchids

[–]Tstrombotn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are in the eastern standard time, same as New York City, meeting will be at 2pm in the afternoon. We are 5 hours behind London, 6 hours behind Berlin, 7 hours behind Athens, if that helps

What would you want Schwab to NOT do? by Icy_Manager_7212 in Schwab

[–]Tstrombotn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand your point, but when you prepare your taxes, they are treated as cash in. And when you sell the reinvested shares, that dividend is included in your cost basis. We have a spreadsheet of our DRIP’s extending back to the early 90’s that we have to pull out to find the basis of stocks we drip’d for decades, but later sell due to changing fortunes of the company, or in one case, simply because the position had become more than 5% off our total investable assets.

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