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Mr. FIRE Station

@MrFireStation

Counting down the final months to reaching FIRE - financially independent & retired early. Saving final year paychecks for charity :-) https://teapawt.net/t.co/wOepclC4jn

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401k Focus mrfirestation.com/2023/05/15…
401k Focus

401k Focus

When I was at MegaCorp, I had the opportunity to have lunch with Bob Johnson, the wildly successful founder of BET Television. Johnson was on our board of directors and I was on-hand to present an …

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Unexpected Hobby … mrfirestation.com/2023/05/12…
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Unexpected Hobby …

Today I am up on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula on a road trip suggested by frequent reader, Randy. It’s the part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that juts up into Lake Superior. Definitely Paul Bunya…

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Finally … Cutting The Cord mrfirestation.com/2023/05/08…
Finally … Cutting The Cord

Finally … Cutting The Cord

Television has always had a special place in my heart. I grew up just when color TV started to blossom. I think we switched from black & white to color about 1970. We got rudimentary cable abou…

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Back In The Club? mrfirestation.com/2023/05/05…
Back In The Club?

Back In The Club?

I flew out to SmallCorp this week for our spring board meeting. On my way out, I stopped in to check out the new Delta World Club (above) that just opened at MSP – a benefit of my new airline…

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Coin Counting Charges mrfirestation.com/2023/05/01…
Coin Counting Charges

Coin Counting Charges

A friend has a senior role in operations at one of the largest banks in the country and said they get more complaints about removing coin machines from their branches than about anything else. It t…

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Dubious Green Summer Travel Tips mrfirestation.com/2023/04/28…
Dubious Green Summer Travel Tips

Dubious Green Summer Travel Tips

The media is promoting tips for a “Low Carbon Footprint Travel” for the upcoming summer vacation season. I saw it posted in NerdWallet and a couple other places. The facts & thinking look like …

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Small Change mrfirestation.com/2023/04/24…
Small Change

Small Change

We’ve spent the last few weeks working on clearing out my wife’s father’s house. He passed away earlier this year. Let me tell you, the man had a lot of coins! I wrote earlier about his collection …

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Cold & Rainy mrfirestation.com/2023/04/21…

Cold & Rainy

Our preseason softball practice was cancelled this week due to rainy, windy weather in the low 40s. While other parts of the country are already enjoying golf and baseball opening day, we are muddl…

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77 Pints of Beer on the Bar mrfirestation.com/2023/04/17…

77 Pints of Beer on the Bar

I asked my AI illustrator app to picture 77 pints of beer on a bar top, but I think it went a little overboard with this image. I can relate. After a couple years of buying ‘Pub Passes’ and ‘Tap Ro…

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Preventative Care Coverage Prevented? mrfirestation.com/2023/04/14…
Preventative Care Coverage Prevented?

Preventative Care Coverage Prevented?

Quite unexpectedly this is the second post in an unplanned series about preventative insurance care coverage. After I posted on Monday about being charged for my annual check up, I ran across this …

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A Good Question To Ask At Your Next Check-Up mrfirestation.com/2023/04/10…

A Good Question To Ask At Your Next Check-Up

I’ve always been good about going in for my annual checkup, both when I was working and now 7 years into early retirement. I was blessed to work for MegaCorps that had on-site health clinics and ex…

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Collecting Coins? mrfirestation.com/2023/04/03…
Collecting Coins?

Collecting Coins?

My wife & I took her Dad’s collection of old coins to an appraiser last week. Her father had collected them his whole life. We weren’t at all sure how much they might be worth. We learned a lot…

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Starting Out or Waiting – Homeownership mrfirestation.com/2023/03/31…

Starting Out or Waiting – Homeownership

With interest rates rising and housing prices up, it’s no surprise that home affordability is in the headlines. I thought I’d share these two charts that highlight trends in the ‘starter home’ mark…

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Financial Potholes – Ten To Dodge! mrfirestation.com/2023/03/27…
Financial Potholes – Ten To Dodge!

Financial Potholes – Ten To Dodge!

It’s pothole season and good friend and regular reader, “Bowmanifesto”, commented about the “financial potholes” that prevent people from reaching FIRE (financial independence & retiring early)…

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Epic Potholes! mrfirestation.com/2023/03/24…

Epic Potholes!

I have a friend who owns a car repair / body shop here in Minnesota who is enjoying a bumper crop of business from nasty potholes this spring. The roads are in such bad shape that you can see the o…

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Stop Calling Student Loan Debt A “Crisis” mrfirestation.com/2023/03/20…
Stop Calling Student Loan Debt A “Crisis”

Stop Calling Student Loan Debt A “Crisis”

I really hate writing articles about political issues, but here I am again. The Biden administration’s student debt cancellation policy – which seeks to erase $430 billion in college st…

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Banking Mess Involvement mrfirestation.com/2023/03/17…

Banking Mess Involvement

The failure of the Silicon Valley Bank – and subsequent other banks – garnered all of the headlines this week. Like many of you, I’m sure, my simple response was to double-check that no…

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Heading Down The Hill … mrfirestation.com/2023/03/13…

Heading Down The Hill …

I’m turning 57 this year, which certainly means I’m on the downhill side of the mountain. Not just in age / likely lifespan, but also in annual spending. This JP Morgan chart shows ‘the other side …

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Americans Less Financially Resilient Than Ever? mrfirestation.com/2023/03/10…
Americans Less Financially Resilient Than Ever?

Americans Less Financially Resilient Than Ever?

It’s been about three years since the start of the pandemic. I’m not sure if it’s officially over yet, but Americans have returned to their old financial behavior: save little & charge much. He…

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