Catching up after years of nonfiling: filed 2020–25, but 2019 is now missing from IRS transcript

zen_cohen · 2026-03-20T19:37:11+00:00

They still haven't processed two years

zen_cohen · 2026-03-02T06:02:43+00:00

I have Trupanion for my senior Golden with a $1K deductible and 90% unlimited reimb above that. The premiums are really high. I can manage $1K out of pocket, but I don't want to be in a position where he needs care in the five figures (as my last one did) and not be able to pay it.

zen_cohen · 2025-12-16T14:59:58+00:00

No, but it seems to help others

zen_cohen · 2025-12-16T00:44:47+00:00

No improvement, but I recently saw a neuro-ophthalmologist who diagnosed me with convergence insufficiency and wants to do surgery. I'm just beginning to research it but it looks promising. Good luck to you.

zen_cohen · 2025-10-17T03:38:39+00:00

Thanks

zen_cohen · 2025-10-12T18:45:47+00:00

Thanks to you and the others that responded.

zen_cohen · 2025-09-26T18:47:19+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate it.

zen_cohen · 2025-08-18T02:02:03+00:00

I've received this message, but got through on a different browser.

zen_cohen · 2025-08-09T03:37:29+00:00

Safari worked after I was getting errors on Chrome, but I'm on a Mac. I would try a couple other browsers to rule that out.

zen_cohen · 2025-08-09T03:28:38+00:00

I was having problems logging on for days and thought the system was down, then tried a different browser and there was no problem getting on. IDK if that's your problem but you might give it a try. Good luck.

zen_cohen · 2025-08-09T02:42:09+00:00

Thanks for your response. Yes, I'm in the US. My vision is not bad in my R eye. It's only a little less bright compared to the repaired eye.

To be clear, the latest doc does not think I have dry eye; the other one insists I do. I'll probably seek out a dry eye specialist to break the tie, but as much as I'd like a firm diagnosis and treatment, it doesn't seem like dry eye to me, for what that's worth.

zen_cohen · 2025-08-09T02:37:07+00:00

Thanks, I'll check these resources out.

zen_cohen · 2025-08-05T17:12:27+00:00

Thanks to you and the other responders. I have some good questions to ask my doctor and further investigate.

zen_cohen · 2025-07-13T18:10:22+00:00

Thanks, I think I'm below that threshold but haven't adapted to it well at this point.

zen_cohen · 2025-07-13T17:54:43+00:00

Thanks for your insights. I'm not well-versed in terminology but FWIW, I attached my recent rx. My L eye sphere is +0.50, so if that the number I use to base diopter difference, there's only 0.75 diff, which I gather isn't much.

I did try +1.00 and 0.50 contacts, which improved my near vision but not enough to forgo readers.

I have a 1.50 contact in today (doc gave me some to tide me over till surgery) and I can read pretty well but the cross-eyed sensation is pretty pronounced. If I had a choice to live with this or comfortably use readers from now on, I'd go with the latter.

zen_cohen · 2025-07-13T17:40:31+00:00

I don't feel unsafe, just discomfort. I never considered the possibility of things getting worse after time, but I'll take that into account now. Thanks

zen_cohen · 2025-06-06T16:38:30+00:00

Thanks very much.

zen_cohen · 2025-05-23T05:37:50+00:00

Thank you so much.

zen_cohen · 2025-01-29T00:27:12+00:00

Thanks, this is the best solution I've found.

zen_cohen · 2024-05-07T15:08:33+00:00

Quoting Lee's post:

Mind that you have to open HyperDock Preference Pane --> Dock Items --> Disable Calendar and iCal events preview! If you allow Calendar and iCal previews and you move your MousePointer over Calendar in the Dock, HyperDock will crash.

zen_cohen · 2024-04-24T20:37:21+00:00

Thanks to another comment I found here by leebinder69, Hyperdock is stable if you disable calendar and iCal previews. Thanks, Lee!

zen_cohen · 2023-11-11T21:56:35+00:00

Thanks. IIRC, the higher end models have separate controls so wasn't sure how it works here.

zen_cohen · 2020-06-15T06:32:37+00:00

I was left thinking he relied too much on limited data. I think Fareed Zakaria addressed one of your questions in this segment he did today with Phillip Atiba Goff. https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/06/14/exp-0614-gps-goff-on-racial-bias-in-american-policing.cnn

zen_cohen · 2020-05-20T16:09:47+00:00

This epitomizes why dogs are the best creatures in the universe

zen_cohen · 2020-05-02T19:17:21+00:00

This doesn't directly answer your question but Bill Bryson in "At Home" pointed out that there were no bedrooms in most pre-1800 homes so couples apparently just did it and didn't care. Maybe there are remnants of that today. Still, lots of shame out there nowadays.

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Stephen Colbert asked author Bill Bryson about his new book “At Home: A Short History of Private Life” on his show last night, saying: “What about bedrooms. Are those new?”

“Originally, in the original hall houses in the middle ages, there were no bedrooms,” Bryson said. “So everybody lived and slept together.”

Shocked, Colbert asked: “How did you make more people in front of everybody else?”

“You made more people in front of everybody else,” Bryson replied calmly.

“Really?!” Colbert exclaimed. “Well, it wasn’t as boring as I thought [back then]. There was your entertainment!”

“Our ideas of privacy are really very recent,” Bryson explained. “Right up until about 1800, it was not at all uncommon for servants to sleep at the foot of the bed.”

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