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TexasEd

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  1. Yeah, I realized this yesterday but need to do the math. Some of the cards I saw had annual fees. I would want to make sure of the redemption rate and cost per mile after any annual fees and figure out if I keep or shut down and cycle through a different card. I could do 3 cards, Me, my wife and my college age kid. Is there a restriction or can you do them all under one name? One of the goals is to get to Europe next summer. I'll check food and travel again.
  2. If both kids go to the same college I might do that. I've also thought of that when I retire. Rent my huge house to my kids and buy a new one for me to downsize. Right now I have a 1% unlimited cashback card I plan to use but there has to be a better payout. Different Capitol one cards have things like 75,000 bonus miles after spending $4000 in the first 3 months, 1.5% on all purchases and other offers.
  3. No. I put some in a Roth IRA but don’t think I will need to tap that. Most is coming from taxable investments like EESP or retail brokerage accounts.
  4. Going soon. Too bad the track is not open until July
  5. Got my first college student starting in the fall. I have the cash side of the equation with different securities, CDs, and investments maturing on a schedule to withdraw as we go so this isn’t a saving for college question but how to best pay for it. I want to know thoughts on how to go about maximizing the transaction between taking loans, paying with credit cards, etc. I remember when I was a student my dad had a GMAC rewards card and with 4 boys in college at one time he earned enough to get a new truck. I have one starting in fall 2025 and the next one in fall 2027. How do I maximize the opportunity for things like airline miles, cash back, new cars or just floating the cash with a low interest loan and bank the spread on a higher interest CD?
  6. Like Star Trek was a documentary.
  7. TexasEd replied to TexasEd's topic in Hobbies
    Drove to Lampasas last week and got to see a new car museum being built in an old Ford dealership. I took videos of most of the cars it will be a great drive destination
  8. Wrong nope Bingo. Hell now that they have voted for him he's ending their direct ship mail-order businesses, bankrupting the farms and deporting the spouses of the idiots. If they are not actively contributing to the grift they are disposable.
  9. Signed the deal with Great Britain/United Kingdom but says that the deal is with the EU/ European Union. He has no idea who he is standing next to and no idea what he signed but he gets to show off his signature he perfected in 6th grade.
  10. Lee is the one proposing an amendment to the budget to sell off Public lands to pay the deficit. Like converting a revenue generating asset in a one time transaction to contribute towards the BBB tax cuts. He's not a sane person.
  11. TexasEd replied to TexasEd's topic in Hobbies
    The most memorable Father’s Day trip. She caught this on video saying “this trip never f… ends”
  12. TexasEd replied to TexasEd's topic in Hobbies
    Went to the San Marcos River for Father's Day. Had not been in years and took the family for their first trip. Pop up thunderstorm caught us in no-man's land and we ended up having to pull out of the river. We were lucky and were near a fishing cabin and we made the decision to get on the porch and wait it out. We didn't touch anything and left it like it was. After an hour delay we had the biggest hatch of mayflies I've ever seen. It was a slog for the kids, partially brought on by them taking too long to get in the car which impacted our timing but there was no sign of rain in the forecast. I'll see if I can post some pictures.
  13. I doubt this guy has the million plus that the pardons seem to be going for.
  14. Is his wife under arrest for helping him? Wrote his bio at a 5th grade level.
  15. Why do they assume he’s an impersonator?
  16. Dotard gave it away yesterday. Our OPSEC is so good that everyone knew that Trump/Hegseth/Rubio gave the order for all US Personnel in the region to leave before the strikes. Then he says that "Iran cannot have nuclear" This is the real question.
  17. They're big mad about this. So I guess they like Kings.
  18. Speak softly and carry a big stick - TR
  19. It's like the clips vs magazines argument. the pedantic argument that makes no difference to the substance of the discussion. Yes, similar to the Greg Abbott stranglehold on Tx Ledge and the private school subsidy bill. That does not happen because it is good policy, it happens because the funding was there for a purity test and purging anyone with a spine.
  20. TexasEd replied to TexasEd's topic in Hobbies
    @Jerry Callo I'd be interested in another set of 69 if you ever decide to sell. Mine are not great. My YOM plates are registered as Antique and then I just display the one rear plate on the back of the car.
  21. Keyword search for DEI terms like gender would make sure it was purged from all public records.
  22. The train car looks a lot like the ones I rode in between Moscow and Leningrad/St. Petersburg back in 1987.
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