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Originally Posted by Phd You are correct. Holiday was the wrong word. Flexable adventures, like you do, is what our goal is. 2 months in Maui to start later this month, then in late June, driving down to Utah, Arizona, Montana to visit and photograph the National parks. Might even shoot up to Alberta for Jasper and Banff parks. We have decided to go and take anywhere from 4-7 weeks for this adventure.
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How about Yellowstone?
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Originally Posted by SaiJin How about Yellowstone? | That is in Montana, so yes, it's on the wish list. The only downfall with Yellowstone is it is at an elevation of 7-10K. Friends of ours went, but could not stay for more than a day. Breathing for us sea level folks can become hard. Familiar with that from Maui, as the top of the volcano is at the 10K level and can cause breathing issues.
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Sad to see you go. I’m very quiet, been on here for years. Almost the same situation here. But gathering up more courage to continue on. I always need something to do. It seems beautiful disappeared and is no longer selling AZ stores. Anyone else take his place? I saw someone selling but they demand 5% of revenues and I’m not going to do that.
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Originally Posted by Phd That is in Montana, so yes, it's on the wish list. The only downfall with Yellowstone is it is at an elevation of 7-10K. Friends of ours went, but could not stay for more than a day. Breathing for us sea level folks can become hard. Familiar with that from Maui, as the top of the volcano is at the 10K level and can cause breathing issues.
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PhD | Anyone get's breathing issues at that height, it's lack of oxygen. But it's a good workout for your lungs. Unless you have some underlying health condition that you don't want to aggravate. I was trekking in Nepal a couple of years ago, 4 day trek on the Mardi Himal trek which is 15,000ft. I had headaches as we got to a certain height but nothing I couldn't handle.
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Originally Posted by estrada Sad to see you go. I’m very quiet, been on here for years. Almost the same situation here. But gathering up more courage to continue on. I always need something to do. It seems beautiful disappeared and is no longer selling AZ stores. Anyone else take his place? I saw someone selling but they demand 5% of revenues and I’m not going to do that.
Best of luck with retirement and please come back to say hi! | Wasn't Saijin (moderator) selling AZ accounts? Did you check marketplace?
just a side note - not derailing
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Originally Posted by Phd Truth be told, the last 11 years were just myself and the wife working out of our home. It got crowded sometimes, and storage units work great as warehouses, but it worked well. The last 8 years, we grossed over 1M a year.
PhD | I use storage units for my warehouse haha. I used to always operate in co-working buildings like WeWork, however I knew this wouldn't work long term.
Not everyone thinks this way, or figures it out as a solution.
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Originally Posted by Phd That is in Montana, so yes, it's on the wish list. The only downfall with Yellowstone is it is at an elevation of 7-10K. Friends of ours went, but could not stay for more than a day. Breathing for us sea level folks can become hard. Familiar with that from Maui, as the top of the volcano is at the 10K level and can cause breathing issues.
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Have you seen the series Yellowstone?
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Originally Posted by Phd Truth be told, the last 11 years were just myself and the wife working out of our home. It got crowded sometimes, and storage units work great as warehouses, but it worked well. The last 8 years, we grossed over 1M a year.
PhD | Was that all 4 accounts total? And that was all profits? Damn.
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Originally Posted by user3657 Was that all 4 accounts total? And that was all profits? Damn. | 4 accts. 2 cnd. 2 us. Net sales over 1M.
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Originally Posted by Phd 4 accts. 2 cnd. 2 us. Net sales over 1M.
PhD | I can see your inbox flooding with pm's  hah
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Originally Posted by rsot I can see your inbox flooding with pm's  hah | Well he's made a thread to tell us how much he and his Mrs are retiring with, and also how much his business is making, perhaps if someone messages him he'll give his sales pitch for an 'Amazon Mastery' course. So much for retirement
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Originally Posted by sax4 Well he's made a thread to tell us how much he and his Mrs are retiring with, and also how much his business is making, perhaps if someone messages him he'll give his sales pitch for an 'Amazon Mastery' course. So much for retirement  | Yes, but what worked then, doesn't always work now.
I go back 19 years on AZ. Too many restrictions have been setup by AZ over the last 5 years. It's a whole different ballgame now.
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Your #1 asset is your body. Be sure to stay mobile, and move around instead of sitting. Also, calisthenic workouts. I'm seeing folks in their 60s-80s that look 10-25 yrs younger than their actual age due to diet and mobility.
I also, agree that everything has changed, and it isn't as easy as it once were. The 90s had the dot com era, and made many millionaires. I feel history is repeating itself with ai and web 3.0. People need to educate themselves asap for the upcoming wave.
Health, Business ownership, A.i/web 3.0, precious metals, and dividend investments are the way to go imo
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I'm going to bet PhD will be back here this week because he can't be without me too long.
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Originally Posted by SaiJin I'm going to bet PhD will be back here this week because he can't be without me too long. | Aloha SaiJin
Your beauty and magnetism will always draw me back.
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Originally Posted by Phd Aloha SaiJin
Your beauty and magnetism will always draw me back.
PhD | Thank y..... wait a minute.... what's with the violin eh??
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