The Final Chapter - Musings about the end of the line

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The Final Chapter - Musings about the end of the line

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22	Yes, that's wonderful. Someday I may seek a similar social situation. We wil	jazzlover2	1	November 6
21	True. It's a sad thing for us single folks that our circles of friends and f	Stan	1	November 6
20	Thx for that. You are lucky to have a deep pool of alternates to choose from.	jazzlover2	1	November 5
19	... the fees, If I remember correctly were under 1%. but those were the days whe	Investor2	-	November 5
18	Good info. Thanks Shootie.	Stan	-	November 5
17	20 years ago a banks trust department would take $250000 and manage it for the b	Shoot1st	2	November 5
16	Obviously, there’s a cost to having a professional trustee. True. The local f	Investor2	-	November 5
15	I see the overall benefit of that, but my estate wouldn't be large. I'd	Stan	-	November 5
14	As a trustee for a number of trusts, I recommend going with a trusted financial	Alan Smithee	-	November 5
13	It's best if the trustee is not a family member. My mom's friend made he	Sun Tzu	1	November 5
12	As a trustee for a number of trusts, I recommend going with a trusted financial	Investor2	2	November 5
11	If you go back a ways, or for some other reason have stock certificates stashed	S. maltophilia	4	November 5
10	In the case of a beneficiary who is not good with money, either a Testamentary W	Stan	4	November 5
9	A suggestion to copy and paste the 10 headlines from that post and include in th	Bob	3	November 3
8	Death--The Final Frontier [an ode to Star Trek]	Sam	-	November 3
7	A note on health care POA’s (based on a personal experience): Never give a HC P	kidl	-	November 2
6	We thought so too. But unless you are explicitly declared as such, it is not tru	Sun Tzu	-	November 2
5	Seems to me that logic would dictate that the person with the (financial) POA s	kidl	-	November 2
4	A friend had an untimely death last year. Even though we had power of attorney,	Sun Tzu	-	November 2
3	A repost from another chat A major lesson learned on getting old Do your chil	Don Green	4	November 2
2	Re: 9. Make a bank account "payable on death" (POD). My attorney sa	Investor2	2	November 2
1	10 Questions to Answer Before You Die: hellomortal.substack.com Hat tip to ajtj	Sun Tzu	3	November 2

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