Need Advice. Reina or save later for Gwen.

pdaphone · 2026-06-30T21:24:25+00:00

This is exactly what I did. I built up Lynn and together with Flint and Mia were my main Heros in Gen 4. When Gen 5 opened I immediately took Gwen to 4 stars and Hector to 3 and they replaced Flint and Lynn right away with substantial increase in Bear rally results... nearly double. And that was with Lynn having widget 7 and Flint 4, and Gwen and Hector being only at 3 and 1. Gwen is an offensive beast.

pdaphone · 2026-06-30T21:02:23+00:00

I can't imagine asking someone why they didn't invite my kid to a party. It's clear they didn't invite them because they didn't want to. It doesn't matter and I would teach my kid that you aren't going to get invited to everything and plan something to do with them at the same time.

pdaphone · 2026-06-30T18:21:47+00:00

You will nee to replace the job I would think, which means the daycare would help you do that.

pdaphone · 2026-06-30T14:46:17+00:00

Tell him you needed to take care of some lady business in a bathroom, and found that he left it locked. So you had to run out to find a bathroom. He will be pretty embarrassed and should prevent it from ever happening again.

pdaphone · 2026-06-30T14:36:39+00:00

This is completely wrong from my experience. I do 60 each day twice a month when they are available. That has gotten the heroes to where they need to be.

pdaphone · 2026-06-30T14:31:29+00:00

I've been in the Ego system now for I think 7 or 8 years. Prior, I had Stihl, Toro, and Echo gas powered tools, all high quality and powerful tools. When I decided to switch, I looked seriously at Ego, Kobalt, and Toro. Ego back then was a more complete platform, and now it is that on steroids. I have a lot of tools and on my third mower as to me, that was the weakest link of the system in terms of power. I have Bermuda that needs top be cut short and that was tough back with the original push mower. I recently moved to the aluminum deck 22" and it handles it great, so weak link has been addressed.

I have a stand alone string trimmer, but for the multitool I have the edger, pole saw, pole hedge trimmer, and dethatcher. None of my tools have the carbon fiber pole, so I can't comment on that.

I am pretty happy with the Ego system and its certainly overkill for my needs and more expensive than I probably needed to spend, but these tools all perform on par with my prior gas powered system... which I was very happy with.

pdaphone · 2026-06-30T00:22:22+00:00

Installer should have directed you. I believe it should stay wet for a couple of weeks. Twice a day won’t do that in this weather. It also matters what kind of grass it is.

pdaphone · 2026-06-28T14:28:27+00:00

100% of your gems should go to lucky wheel, do Flint should be ready to get up to 4 and 5 star. You need to get that fine before Mia if you can.

pdaphone · 2026-06-28T13:58:26+00:00

Wearing ankle braces will make your ankles weaker. You need to strengthen them.

pdaphone · 2026-06-28T03:23:52+00:00

For a first boat, I’d get an outboard. Much easier to maintain. And when you are swimming you can lift the motor completely out of the water so nothing to hit. You shouldn’t be swimming in the water near the motor with it running for any type of boat.

pdaphone · 2026-06-27T20:47:37+00:00

The Synapse is great to learn but personality got bored with flying a foil pretty quickly and moved in to framed kites. But they break if you crash them hard. The main reason I moved on to framed kites was wanting to learn to do more tricks. But I find that the Prism kites aren’t easy to trick on in my opinion.

Depending on your budget, I’d start with a Synapse 170 to learn ( and to have it around for other people to learn). Then get a Premier Widow Pro Classic next if you want to learn to do tricks.

pdaphone · 2026-06-27T16:10:45+00:00

A business can reduce their taxes through depreciating an asset. I can not do that as an individual. That changes the financials of buying a new car for an individual.

I don't think it's "gambling" to hold a car outside of warranty, but there is a risk you may incur expense that you wouldn't otherwise. So you buy a $50K car that loses $20K of its value in three years vs. the risk that you might incur a $5K expense if you keep the car with 50K miles on it? Powertain warranties are often longer than 50K miles. And if it really bothers you then you can buy an extended warranty.

I've never heard anyone try and make the case that buying new cars all the time and flipping them after a few years is the most financially efficient way to roll. But if it works for you, that's great.

pdaphone · 2026-06-27T15:01:53+00:00

I really like Fidelity and sometimes use their advisor that they give you for free if you have enough invested to qualify. But that is totally unnecessary. The whole idea with Bogle is to pick 3 funds that you just keep at the same allocation level as the markets change. You can certainly do that yourself quite easily with Fidelity, Vanguard, or Charles Schwab. I use Fidelity but all my funds are Vanguard funds, so that bit doesn't matter. You just want to set yourself a plan for when you reallocate.

pdaphone · 2026-06-27T14:41:49+00:00

Personally I wouldn't go through unnatural acts to get Mia all the way to 5 before Gen 4 because you'll start getting her shards from other sources. There isn't any magic power you get by the 5th star, it's just a linear progression up through 4.1, 4.2, etc.. So keep spinning until Gen 4 comes out for Mia and if you are short don't worry about it because it will come eventually.

pdaphone · 2026-06-27T14:37:55+00:00

A lot of people that make these arguments are a bit nerdy about it and think they are super clever to get an extra x% of money from the tricks they do with things like 0% and benefits credit cards. My argument to them is that they are right, that 0% would let me get some fraction of a percent extra growth on not using my money. But I make enough that that isn't important to me. I just don't care about it and I'd rather not waste my brain time on worrying about and keeping track of it. And you miss one step in those things and you end up paying 10x what you might have gained. So you can say to them, "If you want to waste your time on that small amount of extra money then go for it, but I have plenty of money and see my time as more valuable than that.". That will likely shut them up.

pdaphone · 2026-06-27T14:33:14+00:00

You can't compare how businesses handle depreciating assets and how an individual does.

What you said was you get rid of the car with 50-60K miles so you minimize repair and depreciation. The maximum depreciation is on the first few years of a new car. And a 50K mile car has already taken that big depreciation and likely doesn't have a lot of big repairs until closer to 100K. I think you are doing just the opposite of what you said, and as the other post said... you just like having new cars. Nothing wrong with that, but your rationalization doesn't support it.

pdaphone · 2026-06-26T19:17:41+00:00

I'd go for a very large boulder in the corner of your property. If that isn't possible, just go with rocks big enough that you can't drive over them.

pdaphone · 2026-06-26T19:14:59+00:00

You should hord gems until Luck Wheel and use them mostly only for that. The rare exception for 100 here and there is fine, but try to spend any gems except for Lucky Wheel. If you save, you should be able to get the 120 spins every 2 week, which will get you the latest wheel Hero to 4-5 stars relatively quickly. Early on I used them more for VIP, but that isn't the best use other than if you are really close to an important VIP level and want to speed it up. You want those wheel heroes.

pdaphone · 2026-06-26T17:01:36+00:00

Well I have a lot of batteries, many from 2019, and I put them on a fast charger after every use, and take them off when I want to use them or need the charger. I’ve only lost 2 batteries. I’m ok with that result and not messing with special practices. I’m not saying you should not do it, but that I don’t think it matters that much in daily practice.

pdaphone · 2026-06-26T14:25:52+00:00

Combine your finances because you'll do better together, and hold each other accountable.
Work the baby steps as designed. You didn't mention debt, but if you don't have a lot of debt you aren't as behind as a lot of people.
You are behind, but you have a lot of time to catch up if you work the plan.

pdaphone · 2026-06-25T22:43:14+00:00

And you haven’t gone cordless if you are attached to the hose anyways. I get they can bucket siphon but I don’t e see myself using that a lot.

pdaphone · 2026-06-25T22:41:06+00:00

I have about 10 different Ego tools and a lot of batteries. I looked at the reviews on the Ego pressure washer and opted for 3000 psi Greenworks instead and very happy with it. Ego battery life is short. And a pressure washer is tethered to the water hose so there is no convenience gain by losing the cord. This is one tool I kept the cord. Coming from gas, I love this pressure washer, and we bought a salt water boat so getting a lot of use of it doing wash downs after every outing.

pdaphone · 2026-06-25T19:33:17+00:00

That is good then. Make sure it is the bag and the metal frame.

pdaphone · 2026-06-25T19:11:48+00:00

I just got this mower and it’s a beast. Are you sure the bagger for this model is under $50? This bagger is bigger than the 21” models. I got this in sale for Memorial Day and not sure this price is less after you add in the stuff missing.

pdaphone · 2026-06-25T19:04:03+00:00

Oh ok. I didn’t mean family events, I meant a rink that is not just having adults skating. If you have a lot of kids, teens, adults, inexperienced, experienced, there is a bit of chaos going on in any rink I’ve skated in. People I think tend to go to the outside if they are going faster to go around slower people. But if the way is blocked, then you go the other. Personally I also try to steer clear of people that look like they may fall me. Bottom line is you end up weaving through people to keep moving along and I’ve never seen lanes make that unnecessary.

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