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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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All posts by richinmdShrewdness 2
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Re: The psychology of retiring - oft ignored
richinmdRetirement Investing509/03/26
Re: MYGAs up as treasuries go up
richinmdRetirement Investing309/03/26
Re: ADP
richinmdFalling Knives308/01/26
Re: Toronto
richinmdTravel Wanderer108/01/26
Traveling
richinmdTravel Wanderer-07/24/26
Re: The user has sent too many requests in a given amo
richinmdMechanical Investing207/24/26
Re: Anyone Traveling To Europe/UK?
richinmdTravel Wanderer-07/13/26
Re: Anyone Traveling To Europe/UK?
richinmdTravel Wanderer-07/06/26
Re: Anyone Traveling To Europe/UK?
richinmdTravel Wanderer106/30/26
Dividend Stocks
richinmdRetirement Investing406/03/26
Re: choosing a restaurant
richinmdTravel Wanderer106/03/26
Re: choosing a restaurant
richinmdTravel Wanderer-06/02/26
Re: ML for MI
richinmdMechanical Investing505/28/26
iMacs
richinmdHelp With This Silly Computer-05/25/26
Re: 2026 YTD Performance
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway205/04/26
Re: Fire the Advisor with the 3% Fee?
richinmdRetirement Investing304/30/26
Re: Viking Grand European Tour
richinmdTravel Wanderer104/13/26
Re: Anyone Traveling To Europe/UK?
richinmdTravel Wanderer104/13/26
Re: Anyone Traveling To Europe/UK?
richinmdTravel Wanderer-04/06/26
WFC pl (Preferred Stock)
richinmdRetirement Investing303/28/26
Re: MYGA - issued by Axonic, brokered via Blueprint
richinmdRetirement Investing103/27/26
Re: Berkshire's decline
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway103/25/26
Re: Uber Math
richinmdTravel Wanderer503/25/26
Anyone Traveling To Europe/UK?
richinmdTravel Wanderer-03/17/26
Re: Cars, year one, no commuting
richinmdRetirement Investing203/16/26
Re: An Open Letter
richinmdAn Open Letter303/09/26
Re: Most real life retirees don't take 4%
richinmdRetirement Investing203/08/26
Re: Generalized fixed income news - ladder rebuild
richinmdRetirement Investing403/06/26
Re: Most real life retirees don't take 4%
richinmdRetirement Investing503/06/26
Re: Generalized fixed income news - ladder rebuild
richinmdRetirement Investing103/03/26
Markets Tanking
richinmdRetirement Investing103/03/26
Re: Taxes and Retirement
richinmdRetirement Investing203/02/26
Taxes and Retirement
richinmdRetirement Investing602/28/26
Re: Greg's letter
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway602/28/26
Re: Retirement dalliance - cheap lunch
richinmdLiving Below Your Means102/26/26
Scotland/Ireland
richinmdTravel Wanderer-02/24/26
Medical Procedures in retirement
richinmdRetirement Investing-02/23/26
Re: OT mostly: forevers
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway302/23/26
Re: The Healthcare Plan Most People Should Buy
richinmdRetirement Investing502/19/26
Re: The Healthcare Plan Most People Should Buy
richinmdRetirement Investing202/18/26
Re: Generalized fixed income news - ladder rebuild
richinmdRetirement Investing202/17/26
Re: Purchasing service credit at retirement age?
richinmdRetirement Investing302/15/26
Re: OT: A heretic question
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway802/13/26
Re: Finally got it right
richinmdRetirement Investing202/12/26
Finally got it right
richinmdRetirement Investing502/12/26
Re: Year One withdrawal rate
richinmdRetirement Investing302/07/26
Re: 2025 Results
richinmdIndex Investing202/07/26
Re: Gold Timing
richinmdMechanical Investing301/28/26
Gold Timing
richinmdMechanical Investing1601/28/26
Re: International Stocks
richinmdRetirement Investing101/27/26
International Stocks
richinmdRetirement Investing101/26/26
Re: From broke to $23 MM net worth w/ index funds
richinmdRetirement Investing501/23/26
Re: OT:Use a VPN for security? - THINK!
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway201/21/26
Re: SaaS stocks down on AI fears
richinmdFalling Knives601/21/26
Re: Waymo : $110B Valuation
richinmdAlphabet-01/21/26
Re: stowic.com
richinmdTravel Wanderer201/13/26
Re: Don't delay your retirement, anything could h
richinmdRetirement Investing-01/05/26
MYGAs
richinmdRetirement Investing201/04/26
Re: Don't delay your retirement, anything could h
richinmdRetirement Investing601/03/26
Re: Waymo : $110B Valuation
richinmdAlphabet612/30/25
Re: Waymo : $110B Valuation
richinmdAlphabet212/29/25
Re: 2026 baggage rules
richinmdTravel Wanderer112/28/25
Re: European Nations have to Rise Retirement Ages
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-12/23/25
Re: VIP Travel Assistance CDG
richinmdTravel Wanderer112/22/25
Utah?
richinmdTravel Wanderer-12/22/25
Re: New York Times -- Social Security at age 70?
richinmdRetirement Investing212/12/25
VIP Travel Assistance CDG
richinmdTravel Wanderer912/08/25
Re: An Open Letter
richinmdAn Open Letter711/20/25
MTBA
richinmdRetirement Investing311/09/25
Re: Fixed income/bond investments
richinmdRetirement Investing-11/08/25
Re: 100% Stocks
richinmdRetirement Investing1610/31/25
Re: 100% Stocks
richinmdRetirement Investing210/30/25
Re: 100% Stocks
richinmdRetirement Investing610/28/25
Re: Portfolio for a 90 year old
richinmdRetirement Investing310/22/25
Re: Rethinking gold
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-10/20/25
Re: 24" iMac
richinmdApple Users Group110/14/25
Re: Protecting the Downside
richinmdRetirement Investing410/08/25
Re: Protecting the Downside
richinmdRetirement Investing-10/07/25
Re: Why Bonds?
richinmdBond Investing510/01/25
Christmas Market Trip
richinmdTravel Wanderer-10/01/25
Re: The first OS 26 is out.
richinmdApple Users Group109/30/25
Re: S&P overvaluation
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway209/28/25
Re: M2 Mini Sound output?
richinmdApple Users Group109/28/25
Re: Protecting the Downside
richinmdRetirement Investing209/26/25
Re: Asset Tokenization
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-09/23/25
Protecting the Downside
richinmdRetirement Investing-09/23/25
OT: Jonathan Clements
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway2509/22/25
Re: Covers calls: A Devil’s Bargain
richinmdRetirement Investing109/21/25
Re: Updated Waymo Safety Stats
richinmdAlphabet309/21/25
Re: 30 Day Plus Follow Up
richinmdTravel Wanderer209/21/25
Re: Inflation is dropping on the chart
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks509/15/25
Re: Nestlé...
richinmdFalling Knives-09/15/25
Re: Zweig article/30-year Returns
richinmdRetirement Investing109/12/25
Re: Zweig article/30-year Returns
richinmdRetirement Investing-09/11/25
Re: Zweig article/30-year Returns
richinmdRetirement Investing609/11/25
Re: OT. GOOG ruling
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway109/04/25
Re: 30 Day Plus Rentals
richinmdTravel Wanderer-09/04/25
Why Bonds?
richinmdBond Investing-09/04/25
Re: BMW Method Backtest?
richinmdMechanical Investing308/30/25
Re: BMW Method Backtest?
richinmdMechanical Investing208/29/25
Re: Cracker Barrel gives up
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-08/27/25
Re: The 4% rule inventor makes some revisions
richinmdRetirement Investing408/18/25
Re: Aldi vs Walmart price changes on same item.
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-08/06/25
Re: Aldi vs Walmart price changes on same item.
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-08/04/25
Re: CMG $43.12
richinmdFalling Knives108/02/25
Re: CMG $43.12
richinmdFalling Knives508/01/25
Re: where to store money
richinmdMechanical Investing107/28/25
Re: where to store money
richinmdMechanical Investing107/25/25
Re: Walmart really passing on the tariffs to consumers
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks107/25/25
Re: where to store money
richinmdMechanical Investing107/24/25
Re: Thoughts on Berkshire withdrawal strategy
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway207/21/25
Re: OT: intercst
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks507/21/25
Re: Value, when to buy
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway-07/10/25
Re: POOL, DPZ, STZ
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway107/09/25
Re: OT: Finding Active Boards?
richinmdAny Missing Board Requested Here-07/09/25
Re: Hate Divs? There’s an ETF for you
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway307/07/25
Re: brka book value in google
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway207/06/25
Re: I like annuities
richinmdRetirement Investing206/30/25
Re: ideas betond BRK
richinmdMillionaire Shrewds106/30/25
Re: Does AI boost productivity?
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks506/29/25
Re: I like annuities
richinmdRetirement Investing506/18/25
Re: OIG + SSA letter - suspect DOGE phishing\fraud
richinmdRetirement Investing406/10/25
Re: McDonald’s and Starbucks' U.S. sales are down
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks205/09/25
Re: OT? Or not? Start of the NFL draft.
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-05/08/25
Re: Search business degrading rapidly
richinmdAlphabet705/04/25
Re: Way OT: AI is here
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway305/01/25
Re: Why to not pay off your mortgage.
richinmdRetirement Investing404/26/25
Re: Tax software
richinmdLiving Below Your Means604/21/25
Re: Control Panel: Tariff chaos playbook
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-04/21/25
Equities
richinmdRetirement Investing104/18/25
24" iMac
richinmdApple Users Group104/18/25
Re: article: How a dollar crisis would unfold
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks204/17/25
Opportunities, somewhere
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-04/16/25
Re: Buy the Dishwasher
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-04/14/25
Data Source for Stock Prices?
richinmdMechanical Investing-04/13/25
Re: OT: might get "interesting" today
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway2204/09/25
Bucket Approach
richinmdRetirement Investing804/03/25
Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway1504/03/25
Re: TIPS?
richinmdRetirement Investing104/03/25
Re: Bucket withdrawal opinion
richinmdRetirement Investing104/02/25
Re: Bucket withdrawal opinion
richinmdRetirement Investing204/01/25
Re: What are we missing?
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway103/27/25
Re: Alternative to TurboTax?
richinmdTax Strategies303/27/25
Re: Another way to sell things on a screen
richinmdMechanical Investing203/25/25
Re: Fastenal-OT
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway103/16/25
Re: FKA: Alphabet
richinmdFalling Knives103/10/25
Re: TIPS?
richinmdRetirement Investing-03/06/25
TIPS?
richinmdRetirement Investing203/05/25
Re: What's your take on the Macro in the US?
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks203/04/25
Re: A lament
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks303/02/25
Re: OT: T-bills
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway202/20/25
Re: Testing Backup Gone Wrong
richinmdApple Users Group102/18/25
Testing Backup Gone Wrong
richinmdApple Users Group302/14/25
Re: Robotaxis, AI, and bubbles
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks302/11/25
Re: Hard Tapping on the Brakes?
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway1601/31/25
Scanning Photographs
richinmdApple Users Group201/31/25
International Stocks
richinmdRetirement Investing801/30/25
Re: Total Portfolio Allocation and Withdrawal
richinmdRetirement Investing301/29/25
Re: Discounts/savings
richinmdRetirement Investing501/23/25
Re: Berkshire's strange market behavior...
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway201/14/25
Re: Retail isn't dead, but
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks601/13/25
Re: RFP - where to roll CD fixed income investments
richinmdBond Investing301/13/25
Discounts/savings
richinmdRetirement Investing301/09/25
Re: Retirement Year 2
richinmdRetirement Investing101/05/25
Retirement Year 2
richinmdRetirement Investing1001/03/25
OT: Finding Active Boards?
richinmdAny Missing Board Requested Here212/16/24
Re: 401k
richinmdRetirement Investing311/05/24
Re: Macroeconomics of the election
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-11/04/24
Re: Buffett from Barron’s,
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway310/28/24
Re: OT: Another Goodbye
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway110/22/24
Re: Yahoo games
richinmdMechanical Investing110/22/24
Re: Geico vs Progressive, i finally did it, ,
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway210/21/24
Re: 401k
richinmdRetirement Investing310/15/24
Re: Mark Cuban: CEOs getting cheated on health care
richinmdRetirement Investing110/11/24
Re: GEICO ending coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway910/07/24
Re: New Direction?
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway509/24/24
Re: RW, Just Hold the Gdamn stock,
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway309/23/24
Re: OT: Bad day for data moochers
richinmdMechanical Investing109/07/24
Re: FKA: DG
richinmdFalling Knives109/01/24
Re: Use Zelle for Money Transfers?
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks208/25/24
Re: up enough
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway208/17/24
Re: Red Signals
richinmdMechanical Investing1008/11/24
Re: How Dey Do Dat?
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-06/24/24
Re: Investment/Retirement Accounts
richinmdRetirement Investing106/24/24
Re: Investment/Retirement Accounts
richinmdRetirement Investing-06/22/24
OT: Volatiility
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway-06/21/24
Investment/Retirement Accounts
richinmdRetirement Investing106/21/24
Re: Yay! Fidelity CMA cash core position
richinmdRetirement Investing206/20/24
Re: WMT vs AMZN, groceries and e-commerce
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks206/07/24
Re: Announcement
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks106/02/24
Re: Dave & Buster’s excellent adventure
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks206/02/24
Re: No Fed Cuts this year?
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks306/02/24
Re: Trading Once a Year
richinmdMechanical Investing105/30/24
Trading Once a Year
richinmdMechanical Investing805/30/24
Re: Early retirement pitfalls?
richinmdRetirement Investing504/28/24
Re: AGRH
richinmdBond Investing204/01/24
Re: OT: Biglari Holdings (BH)
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway-03/31/24
Re: 3% bonus for IRA transfer
richinmdRetirement Investing103/30/24
Re: Taxes and Retirement, oops
richinmdTax Strategies-03/29/24
Taxes and Retirement, oops
richinmdTax Strategies303/28/24
Re: Warren’s flashing signal
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway303/28/24
Re: Why I sold my entire Berkshire stake
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway203/27/24
Re: Goodbye, 6% commissions on home sales
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks103/22/24
Re: Dynamic withdrawal rules during retirement
richinmdMechanical Investing103/08/24
Re: Iceland, anyone?
richinmdTravel Wanderer-03/02/24
Re: SOLD : $423.25
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway202/27/24
Europe Travel
richinmdTravel Wanderer102/15/24
Re: January inflation numbers
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks102/13/24
Re: What a real retirement portfolio looks like
richinmdRetirement Investing302/06/24
Getting Defensive?
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway-02/06/24
Re: Budget Software
richinmdRetirement Investing-02/02/24
Re: INTC - Update
richinmdFalling Knives102/01/24
Re: RMD's at Vanguard
richinmdRetirement Investing201/29/24
POAs at Vanguard
richinmdRetirement Investing-01/27/24
Re: RMD's at Vanguard
richinmdRetirement Investing-01/27/24
Re: RMD's at Vanguard
richinmdRetirement Investing201/24/24
Re: Inherited IRA
richinmdTax Strategies101/08/24
Re: population collapse?
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks301/08/24
My father
richinmdMillionaire Shrewds1801/08/24
Re: Dividends
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway901/04/24
Re: BlackRock's Defined-Maturity TIPS ETFs
richinmdRetirement Investing-01/04/24
Year End 2023
richinmdRetirement Investing912/31/23
Re: BlackRock's Defined-Maturity TIPS ETFs
richinmdRetirement Investing-12/26/23
Re: Roth Conversions
richinmdRetirement Investing312/26/23
Re: INTC - Update
richinmdFalling Knives212/26/23
Roth Conversions
richinmdRetirement Investing-12/22/23
Nearly 1 year
richinmdRetirement Investing1012/21/23
Re: anyone around?
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway612/15/23
Re: Who is having success with smallcaps?
richinmdMechanical Investing112/15/23
Re: FKA: HSY
richinmdFalling Knives612/07/23
Re: OT: Facebook
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway-12/04/23
Re: CAPE and BRK
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway112/01/23
Re: RIP Charlie
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway911/29/23
Re: OT: Financial Planner
richinmdMechanical Investing111/15/23
Re: OT: ChatGPT
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway110/25/23
Re: Thoughts on Retirement Investing
richinmdRetirement Investing210/25/23
Thoughts on Retirement Investing
richinmdRetirement Investing-10/23/23
Re: OT: S&P 500 Valuation
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway210/08/23
Re: A far better DG analysis
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway209/30/23
Re: Schwab: Problem to invest cash
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway-09/24/23
Re: Planning
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks109/16/23
Planning
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks409/15/23
Re: OT: Schwab for primary brokerage
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway109/09/23
Re: China bans Iphones for government employees
richinmdBerkshire Hathaway-09/07/23
OT: Health Insurance/Mayo/FEHB
richinmdRetirement Investing-07/26/23
Re: Brokered CDs
richinmdRetirement Investing107/14/23
Where is Everyone?
richinmdAn Open Letter106/25/23
Re: inheriting via trust
richinmdRetirement Investing106/24/23
Re: $700 to move to Chase
richinmdRetirement Investing106/20/23
Retirement, so far
richinmdRetirement Investing206/17/23
Web Site
richinmdRetirement Investing306/12/23
Retirement
richinmdRetirement Investing504/21/23
Brokerages, Insurance, SIPC, etc.
richinmdInvesting Beginners304/03/23
Re: So, a question
richinmdMillionaire Shrewds103/28/23
Re: The Origins of Current Financial Failures
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks303/22/23
Re: How to spread your accounts?
richinmdInvesting Beginners203/22/23
Re: Savings account rates
richinmdRetirement Investing-03/16/23
Re: Pfizer / pounding the table.
richinmdFalling Knives103/16/23
Thanks
richinmdApple Users Group803/14/23
Re: Buying Treasuries Via Vanguard
richinmdRetirement Investing403/14/23
SVB
richinmdFalling Knives403/10/23
Re: Buying Treasuries Via Vanguard
richinmdRetirement Investing302/28/23
Re: Portfolio Diversification
richinmdRetirement Investing102/22/23
Inherited IRAs Article/Example
richinmdTax Strategies302/07/23
Re: Bridge Money
richinmdRetirement Investing-01/29/23
Re: Invite sent
richinmdInvesting Beginners301/29/23
Re: Bridge Money
richinmdRetirement Investing101/27/23
Bridge Money
richinmdRetirement Investing101/25/23
Doctors, getting 2nd/3rd opinions
richinmdHelp with Health & Insurance401/23/23
Re: How long before China ...
richinmdMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-01/21/23
Re: Welcome!
richinmdInvesting Beginners401/21/23
Re: french...
richinmdHelp With This Silly Computer-01/13/23
Interest Rates
richinmdRetirement Investing101/12/23
Re: Hypergrowth valuation
richinmdSoftware as a Service Gems112/31/22
Re: What differs in retirement?
richinmdRetirement Investing212/31/22
Re: Inherited IRA
richinmdTax Strategies-12/31/22
Re: LBYM travel
richinmdLiving Below Your Means212/30/22
Re: Bankers, Lawyers and other Parasites
richinmdMillionaire Shrewds212/30/22
Re: Support for SSL?
richinmdAny Missing Board Requested Here-12/30/22
What differs in retirement?
richinmdRetirement Investing212/29/22
Inherited IRA
richinmdTax Strategies112/29/22
Re: Why I started using ETFs
richinmdIndex Investing412/29/22
Re: I'd love to...
richinmdMillionaire Shrewds412/28/22



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