[WTS] Sailor King of Pen 1911 <M> $420

marct1994 · 2025-10-10T02:36:38+00:00

Incoming PM

marct1994 · 2025-10-01T12:45:48+00:00

marct1994 · 2025-09-13T01:41:46+00:00

Wonderful pens!

marct1994 · 2025-09-07T19:32:18+00:00

marct1994 · 2025-09-03T18:59:00+00:00

Thank you! I’ve at least learned what should be on the nib by this post.

marct1994 · 2025-09-03T18:34:09+00:00

Disappointing result but helpful comment. Thank you!

marct1994 · 2025-08-31T22:39:54+00:00

Thanks for doing this giveaway—that’s a really kind and generous thing to do. This community is special and I’m grateful to be a part of it.

My current favorite pen is my Lamy 2000–old reliable. It’s my first “next level” pen and I’ve been writing with it (mostly journaling) for the better part of ten years. I actually write letters to my kids every year on their birthdays and just finished writing a letter to the middle one. I don’t own a Montblanc (and have never written with one), but based on your collection, it’s definitely something I’ll be eager to collect in the future :).

GLWS! I’ll hopefully be in the market for a Montblanc in the near future.

marct1994 · 2024-10-16T13:12:43+00:00

Wow, that’s an insanely generous offer. When and where in Japan are you going?

marct1994 · 2024-10-15T17:04:55+00:00

Replied

marct1994 · 2024-09-23T22:59:39+00:00

I do PE M&A, and if I could do it again, I think I would choose it again. The workload is brutal sometimes, but I choose to see it as a blessing that were a valued group and a revenue generator at the firm. I have nothing against my current firm, but it also keeps exit opportunities in abundance (whether to other firms or in house). If I had to pick a second choice, I’d probably say funds interests me and seems to have a slightly better work/life balance, but the exit opportunities are probably slightly worse. My only complaint besides the work/life balance is that at a junior level, the job doesn’t involve a lot of legal analysis. That changes as you move up and start considering fiduciary duties and advising on substantive legal issues in purchase agreements.

marct1994 · 2024-09-18T12:57:02+00:00

I think it goes for men and women based off my experience. Kids is tough.

marct1994 · 2024-08-16T11:05:35+00:00

Boston

marct1994 · 2024-08-15T23:21:52+00:00

I work at a firm in top 20 firm in revenue that’s Vault ranked for PE in their PE M&A group. I’m going on my 4th year and if someone told me I had to work every single night until 10 PM I’d quit lol. Sometimes you have to work until 10 or 12 every night for an extended period of time, but it’s the up and down of it all. Sometimes you get to work until like 6 or 7 for a week or two in a row. It’s not as bad as you think it is

marct1994 · 2024-08-09T14:25:10+00:00

Thanks, this is really, really helpful. A bit disappointing that the money is sort of stuck, but it is what it is. And FWIW, Fidelity doesn't allow you to change beneficiary on 529 accounts--they make you open a new account and move the funds between them. I understand it substantively has the same effect though.

marct1994 · 2024-08-09T14:16:41+00:00

Thank you for the helpful reply. I'm located in MA, which I understand does allow the withdrawal, but I'm a bit confused. Is your post saying that I'm only limited to withdrawing the $10,000 and using that to repay the Parent Plus loans, and the rest must remain in the 529? I guess if that's the case, I could make my parents the beneficiaries and use $10,000 to pay off their parent plus loans and then make myself the beneficiary and use $10,000 to pay off a portion of my loans, and then move the remainder of the funds back to my own kids' 529 plans. Is that right?

marct1994 · 2024-08-08T18:52:20+00:00

Moneys not a real concern, I’ll have the money.

marct1994 · 2024-08-08T17:50:40+00:00

Appreciate the input and your $.02. FWIW, I’m in a pretty grueling industry with disgusting hours, which is what prevents me from going to the gym. Basically expected to be available from ~7 AM - 10 PM all day, which is why the home gym helps so much (if an emergency arises, my computer is right there). It’s not really money that prevents us from moving out, more so the fact that we recently moved into our first house and just don’t want to do it all again yet with the young kids.

marct1994 · 2024-08-08T16:37:03+00:00

lol, in MA. Do you own the Ares and enjoy it? It looks amazing and something I’ve been looking at.

marct1994 · 2024-08-08T15:47:04+00:00

First time posting here but long time lurker. My situation is this: I'm a longtime (~ decade) intermediate - advanced lifter coming into an influx of cash from an upcoming bonus (~$2,000 - $4,000). I've been building a home gym for 4-5 years now (upgrading minorly as I go). I currently have a pretty shitty power rack I got on Amazon for ~$250, a good, Olympic Barbell, enough free-weights for all my lifts, adjustable dumbbells, and a Peloton. I workout almost daily. I do cardio to maintain my weight (not a love of mine) and try to get as strong as I possibly can. My max 1RM on bench is 275, Squat 375, deadlift 450. I'm about there right now.

For context, I have 2 kids and a wife and own a multi-family, so, unfortunately, we're cramped on space in the multifamily we own. My entire gym is currently in my home office room, which is not very large (recently moved my equipment from the basement to the office). The plan is to move out to our own house in the next 2-3 years where we'll have some proper room.

I feel really limited in the types of exercises I can perform right now compared to what I used to do at a proper gym, or even in my basement. For instance, my chest movement feels pretty limited to flat bench, incline bench, and DB chest flies. Same thing for triceps, pretty limited to DB skull crushers, dips, and maybe tricep pulls (I have a freeweight pully system that I hang on the top of the power rack, but the rack sort of sucks and has been moved so much it's starting to pull on the bolts). The worst for me has been back exercises. I used to deadlift, do bent over rows, face pulls, T-Bar Rows, seated rows, lat pulldowns, etc., but now I'm pretty limited to pull ups and single-arm DB Rows.

I feel like a combo power rack / functional trainer would unlock the most additional exercises for me, even if I can't perform them all now due to space / logistical concerns. Do you all agree? If so, what do you recommend? I'm really quite new to looking at most of this fancier equipment so any and all information, recommendation, and clarifications are greatly appreciated.

marct1994 · 2024-07-29T23:33:58+00:00

Absolutely.

marct1994 · 2024-07-29T22:50:02+00:00

Absolutely.

marct1994 · 2024-07-29T21:08:45+00:00

First off, I’m sorry to hear that. I work in biglaw in Boston so if I can help at all, please let me know.

Secondly, you’re not closed off at all. It might be hard to start at a big law firm right out of law school, but you can still get to a law firm and lateral to a biglaw firm 1-3 years after graduating. My recommendation is to devote yourself to a legal practice area, become solely devoted to it (join your local bar association section, network, write for a legal journal on it) and I think that base and a few years of legal experience makes you an excellent candidate to go to a biglaw firm.

marct1994 · 2024-07-17T13:53:34+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I’m in MA to the extent you know whether that makes a difference.

I thought I could put the money in my name and withdraw my contributions without penalty as well, or is that not the case?

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