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By coincidence, another terrific mystery in which the main hero is old. What Rose Forgot, by Nevada Barr https://search.worldcat.org/title/1091237399 The author is a former National Park Service ranger who is best known for her series taking place in different national parks and featuring ranger...

So, piggybacking on the noise conversation, does anyone have a recommendation for a brand or type of earplugs that you've found works especially well? Budget travel related question in my case ;)

That must have been fun (not)! It's intense enough for someone without the hyperacusis. I lived for 7 years right behind a freight rail line. There was just a good-size backyard between us and the trains. (The rail right-of-way turned out to be a great place for walks during early Covid when we...

The last time I tried to make ends meet living in Honolulu was 2004. It was tight but manageable. (A comfortable year-round climate, good public transportation [on Oahu at least], and lots of free things to do helped.) I can't imagine trying it today. I sometimes wonder how people in my then...

oooh, looks great ... where is your nephew?

So I'm trying to plan a trip to the Dominican Republic. I've done things like that before, and always wanted to do it again. I didn't expect to feel this nervous about it, but I guess it has been a long time (when the #$%^& did I get so old???). I want to get around on public transportation...

That will turn the digest on or off, but as far as I can tell it won't exclude the politics forum from the digest. (Can't imagine why anyone would want to do that though) (KIDDING)

If you'd rather keep your daily digest, I think there's supposed to be a way to "ignore" a thread or forum so it won't show up there? Have a look here https://vanlivingforum.com/threads/the-ignore-button-now-works-on-threads-and-entire-forums.50239/ and if that doesn't work maybe ask an admin?

I can see how that would be fun -- a nice eau de engine block facial lightly dusted with blowing dirt ...

My backyard mechanic (I can't call him a shade tree mechanic because there's no shade tree) has to work outdoors in this weather. I don't know how he manages; I was wiped out just from standing around watching him work. He was trying to fix a transmission Saturday when he got caught in a monster...

Cloud cover here too :( OTOH, cloud cover here is also pretty exciting :)

The next couple of nights are supposed to be the best time to see the Perseids meteor shower. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/science/perseids-meteor-shower-how-to-watch.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B04.9SKb.BuVpDXFeRKRw&smid=url-share For your ongoing viewing pleasure, ^^this article^^ also...

Also that the helpful facts are still missing.

I just want one more time to encourage people to check things out for themselves. In debt like in health issues, the more urgent your problem is, the more carefully you have to proceed. The very moment when you would most like to trust someone else to take care of things for you = the very...

Of course I say you should verify, and that is exactly what I did. I stand by everything I said. I would think twice before trusting this organization, and the material you provided would not reassure me. The IRS is the place to verify 501c3 status, not some non-letterhead nine-year-old xerox...

I would check out this or any other law firm carefully before using it. Here are some red flags regarding HELPS which showed up quickly: They refer to themselves as a 501(c)3 but do not list their EIN (Employer Identification Number) or Federal Tax ID. They do not seem to be listed by the IRS...

I know, I hate that! I wonder how those are even legal. I have asked in the past to have print-outs of everything I signed that way ... but who knows if they're really giving you everything?

Yes, it would be nice if they were more proactive on warning patients about this stuff.

Yeah, I've gotten pressure to sign those, too. Just like I've had pressure to sign hold-harmless clauses (~"I agree to be liable for every damnfool thing anyone on this project does, even though I have no say in it") clauses for freelance work. "Don't worry, it's only a formality, just go ahead...

I just learned something that might also be useful to other people on Medicare. Maybe most of you know it already but I didn't. I was looking at a big bill for routine lab work that Medicare refused to pay for. Apparently, there's a thing called an Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN) that, if...