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Your Retirement Life: Striped Bass Fishing off Block Island

September 29, 2023 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Your Survival Guy received these shots of striped bass fishing off Block Island. Originally posted June 8, 2022. … [Read more...]

“Jesse’s Going Crazy, Just Running Along the Edges”

September 13, 2023 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Just thinking about our dog Louis, who turned twelve in July, brings a flood of memories. Like when our kids came home that day, dropping their backpacks on the floor like they summited Everest, as a puppy came sliding and tumbling around the corner into them for the first time. Or, when Louis brings Your Survival Guy dead animals, rolls around in “something,” or won’t come in when I know he hears me, and I’m ready for bed. Or grabs dinner—not his—from the counter. Then there’s the times we’re all together on long walks in New Hampshire. But let’s not forget the dog fights at … [Read more...]

Survival Guy’s Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season

September 8, 2023 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

"We're initiating the hurricane protocol," he said. "We'll have your boat out by tomorrow morning." "OK, great, thanks," I said. And that's how the call from Your Survival Guy's boatyard went yesterday. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. If there's a chance this Cat 5 Hurricane Lee is going to make landfall, I don't want my boat in the water. Here's the backstory. Earlier this summer, my boatyard emailed Your Survival Guy with a hurricane and tropical storm boat hauling offer. For a fee, they would guarantee Tom Sawyer would be hauled, secured, and relaunched after the storm … [Read more...]

Summer’s Not Over Quite Yet….

September 6, 2023 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

In New England this week, the weather is gorgeous. Summer's not over quite yet. There's still plenty of time to visit some of the best locations in states like Maine, where David Shribman recently traveled for a report in The Wall Street Journal. Shribman hit some of the state's best landmarks. He writes: In 1961, well before Billy Tower’s dream of a restaurant opened in the artsy New England town of Ogunquit, Perkins Cove was a working Maine harbor surrounded by a painters’ colony. Tower, a local fisherman who understood the lure of a spectacular view, had a vision: a high-toned seafood … [Read more...]

Your Survival Guy’s Mailbag: Paperwork and Yellowstone Cutthroat

August 25, 2023 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Thinning Out Paperwork Dear Survival Guy, “[I] am getting around to thinning out old tax papers (from 1995 on) and learned two things: 1) I had no real plan except for a consistent, albeit small, allocation to precious metals, and 2) I was venue shopping for a firm with a plan I could understand and agree with, i.e. you guys! Plus, I would note that it was a difficult time period. Have a good one, Dr. P Yellowstone Cutthroat Dear Survival Guy, Your article brought back a recent backcountry trip on horses. That’s the smile of a financially comfortable … [Read more...]

Early Advice from Her Dad on Tipping at Charlie Trotter’s

July 19, 2023 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

UPDATE 7.19.23: Americans have apparently had enough of being asked for tips every time they swipe their credit card through a payment system. During the pandemic, many places refused to accept cash, leading to an increase in the use of electronic payment systems with the option to offer "suggested" tips. The percentage being asked for has increased rapidly, creating runaway "tipflation." As a result, two-thirds of Americans surveyed by Bankrate now have negative views on tips. Bankrate reports: Roughly two in three (66 percent) U.S. adults have a negative view about tipping, according to the … [Read more...]

Your Survival Guy and Gal Cruising Buzzards Bay

July 3, 2023 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Your Survival Guy and Gal left Newport, RI, for a cruise down Rhode Island Sound Saturday with our destination Mattapoisett, MA, through Buzzards Bay. We took a hard left to swing into Westport, MA, to have some oysters and chowder. Approaching Westport, you have some beautiful coastline with Gooseberry Island off starboard side, then Horseneck Beach State Reservation, and off your port side are hidden ledges sitting like Jaws waiting to grab your hull. You’d never know there was a harbor inside, but once you thread the needle and throttle back, it’s a beautiful, long, winding, narrow, … [Read more...]

Your Retirement Life: Let’s Go Fishing!

June 14, 2023 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Your Survival Guy caught this beauty last night. It’s a slot-sized striped bass. Slot means it measures between 28 inches to less than 31 inches, one fish/person/day. We started off using top water poppers, but the rough seas were keeping the bigger action below the surface. We switched over to small jigs, let ‘em sink, and it was game on. Originally posted June 14, 2023. … [Read more...]

Your Survival Guy Felt Like a U.N. Worker in Rome

May 31, 2023 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

OK, if you’re a regular to www.yoursurvivalguy.com, then you know about surviving and thriving. Much to my chagrin, so much can be learned from my mistakes or mishaps. Is there anything more enjoyable? In this installment, I want to draw your attention to Your Survival Guy’s best insider’s guide to Rome. This is a tricky one because in just a handful of conversations on my first day back stateside, four out of five of you are either going to Rome, just got back, or have a cousin there. It’s not a secret. We live in a world where information is readily available. “Let me google that,” … [Read more...]

Emergency Food Prep You Might Actually Enjoy Eating

May 5, 2023 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

One of the problems with emergency food prep is the thought that someday you might have to eat it. Your Survival Guy keeps an MRE package on his bookshelf as a daily reminder. You just don’t know what’s going to happen. Period. But enough of that dire end of the world zombie apocalypse talk. In a conversation with a client last week, he told me they’re building FIFO shelves. Your Survival Guy remembers FIFO, first in first out, from his accounting days at Babson. Who knew it would come in handy for a real-life situation? A couple of weeks ago, I was studying a can of tuna (a … [Read more...]

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