3/24    Has anyone put money into annuities? Any good/bad stories?
        I'm thinking of putting my parents' money into it (they're way over
        59 1/2 so they quality) since it has significant tax advantages.
        \_ My parents just did, so I can't really say anything about the
           long term effects.  I'd say it sounds like a good idea just to avoid
           future problems with dimentia.
        \_ Do you have to be 59 1/2? Annuities are probably a Good Thing,
           but I would ladder into them in this low-interest enviornment.

3/24    How are people transferring large files to one other person these days?
        When I need to send some videos to my parents, I upload them to
        my SpiderOak account, but they don't have anything like that,
        so I'm not sure how to get videos from them.  Does DropBox do this
        for free?
        \_ DropBox +
        \_ ftp upload to soda, http download from soda, delete file on soda.
        \_ USB Thumbdrive
        \_ files? are we in 1990? everyone uses YouTube. You can even set
           them to be private. If you want convenience, use Picasaweb.
           My goodness, I didn't know people still transferred files.
           \_ It might not seem to be a good idea to pass on family memories
              to later generations in the form of a YouTube link.
           \_ It might not be a good idea to pass on family memories to later
              generations in the form of a YouTube link.