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I have always gotten good advice here so perhaps I can ask the smart folks here once again? MIL is 90. Fairly good health. She has a bit under 100k in cash and currently in an assisted living facility costing 60k per year. SIL who has power of attorney over her finances is saying that if she...

We purchased a beautiful grand old Victorian in the summer. It is a showplace now, we have put a ton of work into it since we purchased it, but we really are not happy here for various reasons. We have decided to sell in a few months when we finish up the last of the projects like adding another...

I've tried to google this but I'm only coming up with something related to strokes. I thought perhaps someone here had heard of this? I'm back home visiting family, and my aunt and I decided to go shopping at the mall. She drove. 3 different times over a 4 hour period my aunt suddenly was...

My long-term 5+ year tenants in my smallest oldest rental just moved out. I had not been in the house since they moved in so was a bit worried to see it. I do have a property management company manages my properties and they do a yearly inspection but it is still not the same. Anyway, overall...

Every time I return to the USA, Raleigh in particular, I seem to notice that most gyms I saw last time have either gone out of business or have reopened under a new name. Do gyms go into business with the intention to fail? How do they get financing to start up in the first place? I am...

I spend most of my time out of the USA and therefore have anything of any importance set up online. But, I have a "real" address and have to pay for a box for my mail. I don't think I have gotten anything of value except CC's for at least a couple of years and I could have them sent to a...

I was talking to a friend yesterday, it was about 6pm and I said I had better get off the phone, I was ready for my nap. You would have thought I had said I was ready to go torture some kittens! She said she has 2 teenagers, a husband, works full-time and said she was an adult she didn't have...

My grandmother is 92 and in an assisted living facility. She hurt her shoulder about 10 years ago and the doctor started her on Vicodin which she continues to this day. I am fairly certain the shoulder no longer hurts her at least every time I ask her she says she doesn't hurt anymore so I...

I need help..... I bought a great sounding pair of JBL speakers from my neighbor who just moved but now that I have them home I don't know how to hook them up! They last stereo I bought came with speaker wire that you just plugged in. These JBL speakers have 4 connectors of some sort on the...

I had heard of heartburn before but never experienced it. I started burning in my throat and chest the last few nights, especially once I laid down to go to sleep so since its 2am and I can't sleep I read up on it. Seems all those midnight pizzas have done me in. The tomato sauce then going...

My friend was here visiting at lunch today and I ordered a $9.99 pizza online for us. It has a $2.50 delivery charge already so when the driver got here, I gave him an extra dollar thinking that a $3.50 tip was sufficient. My friend then said, "don't be so cheap" and handed the guy a couple...

Nearly 20 Percent Of Young Adults Use Their Smartphones During Sex: Survey 20% of young adults use their smartphone during sex. among all adults 35% in a movie theater 33% on a dinner date 32% during a childs function 55% while driving 19% in church & 12% in the shower.... REALLY!! IN THE...

I don't LIKE facebook and have never once registered with my real name or real email address. However, so many things you need to be a member of facebook to see that I created a "fake" account to be able to access stuff. I also opened up a "fake" email address that I have never used for...

I inherited my mom's old Lexus LS 400 and it has been neglected, sitting sad and alone in my dad's garage the past 3 years since my mom passed. He takes it out occasionally on short runs but it really has been mostly stored away collecting dust. I drove it a couple of times maybe 10 years ago...

I normally just buy cheapest computer I can find and when something goes seriously wrong, I toss it and buy another. However, last summer I bought a nicer Lenovo I5 laptop to do video editing and hate to just throw it away. It was over $600 new (double what I normally pay) and I really liked...

I have had over 20 surgeries in my 45 years. Several before I was 5 and more than a dozen before I was even a teenager. The last one was just a few years ago on my spinal cord and I was under for more than 8 hours, then they had a hard time getting me around and I was several more hours in...

That is my profound question of the day :coolsmiley:

I used to sell stuff I no longer wanted on ebay quite frequently 10 or so years ago. I remember the fees being around 3 or 4% then you could chose to accept or not accept paypal. Seemed like a pretty good deal. I think the last thing I sold was about 5 years ago and remember thinking the fees...

I have a feeling that I can predict pretty accurately the responses here.... if for no other reason than most people on here wouldn't want to part with the money ;) so... my good friend invited me to go to one this coming up weekend with her and her hubby. Shocked the socks right off of me to...

So I moved back to the USA in December and rented an apt for the next year. The day after I moved in I had TWC come to install service. The day of the install the guy showed up a few hours after the 4 hour window, errr... that they had given me and proceeded to do the install. He walked out...

Gas Mileage Tips - Driving More Efficiently Drive Sensibly Aggressive driving (speeding, rapid acceleration and braking) wastes gas. It can lower your gas mileage by 33 percent at highway speeds and by 5 percent around town. ************************* One of those things I always wonder...

deodorant/antiperspirant that is... ******************* At the Local Wal-Mart: Secret PH Balanced powder fresh 2.6 oz: Active Ingredient: 19% Aluminum zirconium trichlorohydrex Gly (anhydrous) $2.63 Secret Clinical Strength 1.6 oz: Active Ingredient: 20% Aluminum zirconium trichlorohydrex...

I have been sleeping on foam or latex mattresses in Central America and Mexico. They have been really comfortable overall. But, I am now in the USA for the next year due to circumstances and have had to purchase an entire apartment full of furniture down to spoons and forks.... Anyway, I will...

I sold my Z4 when I left the country 3 years ago and at that time I had Geico. The deductible was $1000 and my yearly payment was $790. High I thought but whatever... got to have it. Today, I decided to go buy a car and purchased the much more sensible Hyundai Genesis. Called Geigo and they...

I am watching HGTV and almost all of them seem to think they need a room for guests which certainly adds lots of money to the purchase or rent price. It was funny that the guy on the show just kindof said what I often think when his wife insisted on a guest room. He stated that they had never...