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I have been through this with my brother. The home is controlled by her doctor. If he tells them she can "self medicate" they will bow to that. I got my brother out as soon as I could and he is back home with a paid care giver. If this is possible for you, I would suggest it. Ours gets free food...

Porsche Cayenne I bought this to drive to my country house in the Northern California wine region. That last 27 miles of twisty road is great fun.

PreWar Trains Lionel trains, no American Flyer crap. This got me into collecting PreWar trains. Here is one room of several, these range from 1907 to about 1935 (not all shown here).

Solar I am planning to install solar at my country house in the California wine country. I don't want PG&E to even know I have it and I don't want any of their rebates or costs to attach to their system. I have PG&E at this house and will continue to stay connected but I know they will be...

Porsche I recently bought a Porsche Cayenne with an eight speed V6. I love driving this car. I have three other cars so I mostly only drive it on long trips. There is a very twisty road on the last 20 miles up to my weekend home that a lot of wine tourists don't like and I love.

Leaf Blower I think it is a mistake to blow leaves around, that doesn't fix anything. You are either going to blow it onto a neighbor or in the street where it will just blow back with the next wind. What I use is a blower that has a reverse so it becomes a vacuum. It grinds the leaves into a...

Income Sources Pension, SS, rental income, royalties, movie sales, book sales, interest income, cash back.

Inflation Numbers "inflation is 6% and you will never keep up" Inflation figures are different for everyone. A large part of that so called 6% ,is housing costs that have risen either through rents or mortgages or home prices. However, if you already own a paid off home, then you can subtract...

Although I was ignored, I was certainly correct in my post, "Somethings Wrong". By January 3r, of 2007 banks started failing. Lehman Brothers then nearly took down the world economy. My post was just months before this and centered on the banks.

Scan I went for a calcium scan and about a week or so later I found a voice mail message on my phone. It said, "Your calcium score was zero". At first I thought, why me? It sounded bad...zero. Like a test score, But there was this long pause in the voice mail, then he said, "That's a perfect...

Never File Electronically I always fill out and send in paperwork. No digital filing. Saves me a lot of grief. Has to be hand done at the IRS. Not bloody likely they will ever get to you.

Not Doing It I have a house near San Francisco that looks directly at the Golden Gate Bridge. Also a country house North of here in the wine country. Like my neighbor said, "I'm only leaving feet first". Just got some great pizza near me, can't do that after about 6pm at the country house...

One Problem I don't own a Tesla but several of my friends do. They live near my country house about 2.5 hours North of San Francisco. Here is what they told me. Tesla has no spare tire. Not even one of those miniature ones that can get you a hundred or so miles to help. If you live in a...

Non Wages The way I handled this was to plan for lots of "Non-Wage" income. I went with real estate and royalty income. There is no deduction from Social Security if you income just isn't wages. Rental income, you can have as much as you can get. Same with any kind of royalties books, article...

Almost free money As I understand it, banks need to keep a certain ratio of cash to other obligations to get the best rates from the Fed. So sometimes they will offer deals to increase their ratio. So both my wife and myself deposited $50,000 new cash each in new Citi Bank accounts. Each got...

Inflation To me these numbers are so misleading. Inflation is different for almost everyone. It's 8.5 percent. But what is it for you? For me, the largest part of inflation figures don't affect me. Shelter, new and used cars, furniture, apparel, on and on...I already have all that. My rent...

"Fossil Fuels Received $5.9 Trillion In Subsidies in 2020, Report Finds. Coal, oil, and natural gas received $5.9 trillion in subsidies in 2020 — or roughly $11 million every minute — according to a new analysis from the International Monetary Fund." So, for those same companies selling oil in...

I think the key word here is "prairie". I don't live on a prairie.

Well Water I have a country house in the California wine area North of San Francisco. We have two wells there with a 2000 gallon holding tank. I have never paid a nickel for water there. My City house is on city water. We have a front and rear garden that has held up because we get San...

Inside The Star Wars Empire: A Memoir "It is May 1982 and I am in George Lucas's editing room with a small group of production people and George is telling me how he wants the Space Battle in 'Return of the Jedi' to be done as I have been hired as the visual effects editor for this sequence."...

Porsche Had a 1969 Alfa Romeo for years. Back when having an Italian GTV sports car with sodium filled valves, dual overhead cams, and a five-speed gear box was pretty cool. There were only about 600 of these imported in '69 and none in 1970. Lived in San Francisco and choose it over a Ferrari...

I often wonder how long it is going to take for people to understand that you need to have some debt, some credit history, to play the game. It is like the ante in poker. Without the ante you can't play the game. Saying you are debt free and paid off your home years ago, and although you use a...

Didn't Ben Franklin invent the lightning rod? I know a guy who had one installed on his barn. Saved the barn in two different storms. Ruined the rod but saved the barn. You can still buy them. Why does almost no one use them anymore? Got me.

I have owned a second home since 1990. It is on 20 acres about an hour and a half north of San Francisco where I live nearby in the Berkeley hills. Originally, it was a weekend escape from a hi-tech job in the entertainment industry. It was fully stocked so I could leave work on a minutes notice...

City House/Country House [/ATTACH] Country house looks out on vineyards and redwoods. City house looks at the Golden Gate Bridge and the S.F. Bay.