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Congratulations to WM. Selling in this market is a feat. We congratulate you!

CanadianTeddy, How is college financed in Canada? Does the government pay for everything, or is it like here? There are frugal living sites on the internet that have lotsof ideas for financing college. And your upcoming home improvements can sometimes be handled with barter, like when DH...

Hi Teddy, I am new too, and not in Canada, but does the exchange rate make a difference with the money we talk about? And do your taxes mean property taxes only? I think you are doing amazingly well for being "unemployed," and there will be lots of help for you on here. And I think the...

My DH retired at 61 in 1999. We had to pay into the state High Risk plan for health insurance, no dental, no eyeglasses, and a $2,500 annual deductible apiece. It did have some drug coverage. Can't remember if the drug deductible was in addition to the $2,500 medical deduction. We had no kids...

Wild congratulations and huzzahs! Tarradiddles and rooty-toots. Brass bands and more brass bands. You made it happen! Thanks for helping educate your co-workers too. I remember that once I left Social Security and people cried. They cried because they wanted to leave so badly, and they...

Hello, NotReady4Purple, Come on in, the water's fine. I became a Red Hatter and wear purple with a huge garden-party outrageous hat and love every minute of it. Their idea is to have all the fun they missed when they were too busy earlier in life. My group has run out of new places to go, so...

Crikey, didn't anyone answer that great idea? Did it eventuate? Is it history? Did everyone go PM (if that is private message-ing). I don't qualify, I'm just wondering.

Hmmm, should I have the carpet cleaned before the painters paint, or should I have the carpet cleaned after they paint? These are upstairs rooms, at this phase. I am afraid a carpet cleaner might blast the walls with soap and steam or spray. But a damp carpet will make the paint take...

Yes, PB, it was someone on the phone who told us this when we called about a huge increase in our homeowners insurance bill. We finally decided to cut our coverage way down to get the premium down, since they were hardly doing us any favor with the policy. Kept liability, of course, and...

Well, don't leave me hanging. We are trying to sell, too. Did the Michigander make it to Tennessee?

Whoa, WM, we had a neighbor who lit a fire in the fireplace an hour before a showing. He was already moved out of the house, and the house burned up before the prospective buyer got there. Some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed. Just want to ask the rest of you if my insurance company is...

Progress: Took a load of magazines to nursing home, a truckload of books, pictures and software to Goodwill, and a vanload of bins and book boxes to our U-Stor. We are getting ready for a contractor to patch plaster cracks and paint everything neutral. Donating three bins of picture frames...

Thanks, Martha and Harley. I am such a babe-in-the-woods on this house business. We wonder what a one-time showing is. Would you mind telling us what that is? Thanky. (Re: feeling lost in space- that's why I chose my avatar.

Texas Hill Country pop culture meter?