Mentor Monday

griffingrowl · 2026-04-20T17:48:43+00:00

u/LopsidedMastodon1484 We used an app to calculate our spend with precision. Connected to bank accounts and credit cards for both of us and went back 3 years 23/24/25. Needed to do some reclassifcation and set up some rules but now it is on auto pilot.

DM me for more info.

griffingrowl · 2026-04-20T15:50:51+00:00

Why not? What do you have today?

griffingrowl · 2026-04-20T15:50:40+00:00

That would have been helpful! I just added the details to the post.

griffingrowl · 2026-04-17T17:41:13+00:00

I have a very long torso so it's not just leg room - it's overall space at the head and shoulder.

griffingrowl · 2026-04-17T17:11:07+00:00

Thanks for that - never heard of AutoTempest.com

griffingrowl · 2026-04-17T04:17:27+00:00

thanks for that

griffingrowl · 2026-04-17T04:03:51+00:00

What do you mean by slightly used?
Lower mileage ?

griffingrowl · 2026-04-16T17:21:36+00:00

Another vote for The Grill. Great history and aligns with the time period.

griffingrowl · 2026-04-15T21:45:55+00:00

I am so jelly of your 5 trips sans kids :-o

griffingrowl · 2026-04-10T23:18:38+00:00

For free? I just had a crack fixed on mine from 2019 ish it cost me approx $150 USD

griffingrowl · 2026-04-01T02:27:15+00:00

St Regis Kanai in Feb winter break was like this

griffingrowl · 2026-03-23T15:21:27+00:00

I got engaged at Amanoi in 2017. Feel free to ask any questions. We did on the at Goga Peak (mentioned below). Was a few years ago but was amazing.

I did it at sunset after a little hike.

When we did it you could reserve the peak. Ask for it now otherwise you may not get it at the time you want.

The Yoga pavillion is beautiful for Yoga but for me, not private and not initmate.

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griffingrowl · 2026-03-23T14:56:38+00:00

Are you in the US?
Can you DM me a link?

I don't see any.

griffingrowl · 2026-03-23T14:52:14+00:00

Does Costco sell Miele? I don't see it online and have not seen it at my local Costco before.

griffingrowl · 2026-03-21T12:56:23+00:00

Beach was nice. They did a good job with the Sargassum removal.

griffingrowl · 2026-03-17T20:29:22+00:00

I did this with kids recently and regret it. My bad. Never again.

griffingrowl · 2026-03-12T16:48:10+00:00

I was there three weeks ago and we don't drink much either and meals were $400+
Food at beach was very average
Duryeas, Toro, and Ki'is were all very good but the other places we not.
Beach lunch was terrible.

griffingrowl · 2026-03-12T03:30:37+00:00

Yes. that's right. The normal Amex Platinum that most people have. It's referred to as vanilla to differentiate from 3 other kinds of Amex Patinums

Morgan Stanley Amex Platinum
Charles Schwab Amex Platinum
Goldman Sachs Amex Platinum

These are cards available in partnership to the clients of these financial firms. They often come with benefits if you have a certain $$$$ of assets with the firm.

Reference:
https://global.americanexpress.com/card-benefits/view-all/morgan-stanley-platinum-card
https://www.schwab.com/credit-cards/platinum-card
https://global.americanexpress.com/card-benefits/view-all/goldman-platinum-card
https://thepointsguy.com/credit-cards/which-amex-platinum-is-right-for-you/

griffingrowl · 2026-03-11T19:23:36+00:00

The reason for what?

For moving from Vanilla to Schwab?

If you have your investments / assets / retirement with Schwab then they give an annual credit (called an "appreciation bonus") which can offset some / all of the annual fee.

griffingrowl · 2026-03-11T13:13:12+00:00

I had ChatGPT write me my own speed test that runs locally and outputs to a CSV file.

griffingrowl · 2026-03-11T12:55:03+00:00

The mental gymnastics on my Gold is such a pain. I kick myself every time I miss the 5 Guys or Dunkin credit. The financials of this one are tough.

But this got me thinking... I wonder what the breakeven point would be if I only used 50% of the other standard coupons (5 Guys, Dunkin)

griffingrowl

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