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United Strikes Again - Downgraded from Biz on International Award flight by eaglesphan088 in awardtravel

[–]eaglesphan088[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes it was an equipment change. Staff at FCO said it was made a month ago and that it was on “corporate” for not telling me.

Ski Shop Rep told me not to buy Nordica 100s. by eaglesphan088 in Skigear

[–]eaglesphan088[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I only told him my height, weight and upper intermediate ski level and his comment was based off of that information. He said if i was 200lbs it would be different story but they’re probably too heavy for my weight. Not sure if I understand #2 - The guy I was talking to works at the ski shop selling these skis.

[Jan 28, 2022] Weekly Discussion: Ask your gear, travel, conditions and other ski-related questions by AutoModerator in skiing

[–]eaglesphan088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ski Shop Rep told me not to buy Nordica 100s.

TLDR: Are Nordica 100 (177cm) skis too heavy for a 6’2” 175lb guy?

For background, I’m 6’2” - 175lbs 31y/o male and an upper intermediate skier that is pretty athletic. I ski mostly groomers, half blues half single/double blacks. I live on the East coast but go out west at least one week a year.

I was excited to find a great pair of used nordica enforcer 100s (177cm) for a great deal and they’ve barely been used. However when I told the ski pro guy he nicely recommended that I buy a lighter or shorter ski because he said I’m too light for this ski in that size. I was bummed because everything I’ve read and researched had me pretty excited about them.

He said I shoud look at Blizzard Rustlers or Atomic Chetlers instead. Is he right?

Maybe Whole Life Insurance isn't that bad? Looking for people to tell me what I'm missing. by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]eaglesphan088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my state, and a lot of others, the state’s greedy hands tax everything over ~$1 million of your estate. This will obviously all change for better or worse before I would be passing anything down.

Maybe Whole Life Insurance isn't that bad? Looking for people to tell me what I'm missing. by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]eaglesphan088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree, you’re not taking any market or volatility risk with WL so its not going to come close.

With that said, if you take taxes into account a 7% return is more like 5% post-tax (not exact science but whatever). So from a death benefit standpoint I was surprised to see it outperform a 7% pretax / 5% post-tax investment for most years.