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    Need Desktop Computer Purchase advice

    Do you combine SSD with HDD, or is that not necessary?
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    Need Desktop Computer Purchase advice

    Bumping this thread to get updated thoughts on the best places to purchase a desktop. Similar needs as the OP - internet, photo storage, kids' homework - so looking to stay pretty basic. Only considering PC, so no need to revive the Apple debate on this thread. Thanks in advance.
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    How do ISU fans feel about Zadick getting the boot

    A time machine.
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    Iowa State Fair-Craft Beer

    So will the high end list be served at the same location, or somewhere else?
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    Elder Care / Estate Planning Legal Advice

    There are many concepts and potential priorities being jumbled together in this thread: 1. Medicare eligibility 2. Avoidance of estate tax (as noted by Clonefan32, rarely an issue due to the size of the exemption and portability between spouses) 3. Assuring offspring receive share of...
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    Creighton lighting it up

    I will say, after going back and looking at conference RPI over the past few years, the conference is better than I expected. And better than the Big 10 each year!
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    Creighton lighting it up

    McDermott was the anti-Prohm. His teams at ISU seemed to get worse as the season wore on. And remember, this isn't your father's Big East. The conference is a shell of its former self.
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    Favorite early/mid 90’s record (poll)

    Weezer - both the blue album and Pinkerton.
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    VIDEO: Rhoads praises Cyclones, Lanning

    Let me introduce you to Kirk Ferentz.
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    Friday OT - Light It On Fire

    On the TV front, I would love to get rid of HGTV. I don't understand the interest with someone's home repair project or home search in someplace I don't care about.
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    Can we talk about Nebraska?...

    This is an oversimplification, but it basically means, given the location of Nebraska, it is relatively more difficult to have either sustained or occasional success there than it is in places that have more "favorable" locations - with greater population densities or warmer climate, for example.
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    Can we talk about Nebraska?...

    Seems like a matter of geography finally catching up with them, rather than anything having to do with switching conferences.
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    Sh*tty Beer Reviews

    One of these is not like (or even remotely close to) the others. O'Fallon is a solid brewery.
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    OT - Most Overused Phrases on CF

    Baylor is Baylor is Baylor.
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    Retirement thread

    There is spousal portability, so for a married couple, it's really $11 million before any estate tax applies. And that number is indexed for inflation, so it will continue to increase in future years.
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    Friday OT #3 - Video Killed The Radio Star

    TLC - Waterfalls.
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    E Iowa Golf Trip - advice needed

    Rather than 36 in Burlington, why don't you do 18 there, then 18 at Finkbine in Iowa City. Stay at the Marriott in Coralville. Walking distance to Backpocket and other establishments.
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    Most Humble Brag Profession

    Had to bandage up my elbow today after I scraped it on the rim while practicing my windmill dunks. So annoying!
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    LLC creation

    I'm guessing it's because he didn't consult with legal counsel.
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    Tax- Standard Deduction vs Itemized Deduction

    Agree with this. I think psychologically it would be hard to write a check that large, which would cause some people - but maybe not you - to not donate at all in the end.