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    Stolen check From mail stream

    Indeed. Thanks for telling this sad story, wish there was better way to resolve than what you've heard here. I'm a ways a way yet from RMDs, if enough people yell in the right direction(s), maybe this will be resolved by the time I get there. If not, this is great heads up to track hard, move...
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    Open Letter to Thrift Investment Board

    well, i ran into problems with website, even trying to put my banking information in so i could make withdrawal request. ran into inactive screen for data input. had to call direct to get my bank deposit information entered. first withdrawal attempt coming up next week.
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    TSP Poker Club

    We're still here. PO veni,veni, etc. I went down after you did. sometimes ya wins sometimes ya loses. :cheesy:
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    Open Letter to Thrift Investment Board

    I can see I need to come back to visit more often! wow. I have yet to withdraw from my tsp, but the time comes very soon, assuming I don't run into difficulties along the way. I'm going to send this letter to reps also, with a cover letter. I will hold off til I find out how successful I am...
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    The new TSP website is an unmitigated disaster!

    Un-fingbelievable. I heard from another member the other day that the site was missing records like past quarterly statements. I haven't visited the site since I retired last fall, but expect to need a withdrawal sometime 4th quarter if not sooner. I truly hope things are fixed before I get...
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    TSP Poker Club

    T'is a fine evening for poker, friends. Come and play. 45min from now, 20 minutes late join up possible. cheers, alevin
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    Oil Slick Stuff

    I know I'll be paying over $4/gal when I restart my longdistance travels later this month, ones necessary for family reasons. At least I was able to take the winter off.
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    Ukraine war

    I do believe Smedley Butler made that same observation sometime back, James...nothing new under the sun. Unfortunately.
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    alevin's account talk

    The days will pass in a flash, RR. trust me! :beerchug: Flalaw, yes, that was one of the several reasons I hung in as long as I did, was covering for another recently retired position as well as my own, this past year, and pitching in to extent possible for a 3d person who had more than they...
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    alevin's account talk

    Hi ho and away I went! Been retired a whole whopping week now and so far absoluuuutely no regrets, no looking back whatsoever. Took me til now to know with inner certainty that I could leave without looking back, without guilt. Left tracks as best I could for the next person to fill my shoes...
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    < 1 pct. IFT Option

    Re: <1%IFT Option Many thanks to former member Squalebear for the 1% option. Good to see it's come back into the light, and excellent example of how effective it could be. hattip, James.
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    Using TSP G fund as your cash bucket in retirement?

    I'm in the boat of trying to figure out withdrawal strategy as well, familiar with bucket approach and ability to put trad IRA into tsp, or back and forth if that seems the right thing to do. not planning on either of those at this point, but the trad ira back into tsp G is a hole card to pull...
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    Chinas Evergrande is on the brink of default

    Re: Evergrande way back when I did some out of country travel, I saw for myself first hand the empty skyscraper apartment buildings in Beijing-very few lights on in windows in the evening as we passed through the city enroute to somewhere. One of my travel associates who grew up there but...
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    Government Shutdown - AGAIN!

    Was aware of the processing backlog. fortunately, tho my earliest years had some major nuances in terms of off-on again fed employment and various hiring authorities along the way, all that time credited to retirement has been with just one agency. Since I put in the request 3 months ago, and...
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    Government Shutdown - AGAIN!

    Check out James' quote back a few in this thread. 2-5-2018. We've been there before, that particular Q has been asked before. similar answer this time if it comes to that. G fund is the emergency slush fund, but they promise we won't lose anything by them using it that way. all depends on...
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