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It just said I was toast:(
Finish him!
I've started adding "quizzes" to my html-lessons website.
Keeping with the zero-JavaScript approach, it uses CSS3 to dynamically show the result based on the selected answer.
I am finding it hard to ask questions that aren't too simple but at the same time it's also hard to ask questions that aren't too difficult.
That's always the issue once you get beyond the basics. Intermediate questions are the most difficult.
I got old and retired.
Then I got older and really retired.
Now I am ancient, and hoping I'm not too broke to die.
When my grandfather died, he had literally spent every penny he had. Up to the point to where my dad said "I hope the check clears at the funeral home."
I thought that was pretty funny.
Of course he lived like a perpetual sailor on a 3 day drunk, so it's not all that surprising in retrospect.
Maybe "a sailor on a perpetual 3-day drunk" is more correct.
With age things like hearing and vision can fade. This might give the appearance of a perceptual drunk.
No, he was a literal drunk... and a drug addict.
The Rich Dad, Poor Dad book really hit home with me.
My paternal grandfather was very frugal and lived a healthy life. He was able to retire at 55 and live comfortably until he died at 96.
My maternal grandfather on the other hand spent everything he owned, completely destroyed his body, and "retired" in the sense that he physically couldn't work anymore and had to rely on my parents and social security to make ends meet.
I love both of them, but at the same time I understood at a very early age which grandfather I wanted to emulate.
In the end, both grandfathers spent their final days living at my parents' house for them to take care of. My paternal grandfather passed very peacefully whereas my maternal grandfather... did not.
If you can time your death to when you spend your last penny, then good job!!! It going broke before you die that's the problem.Quote:
When my grandfather died, he had literally spent every penny he had. Up to the point to where my dad said "I hope the check clears at the funeral home."
For some reason I'm hoping to stretch my savings and leave my house to the kids.
My father grew up on a farm in the depression. For his entire life, he never bought what he wanted, just what was good enough to get by. He's still doing that. I guess I might live long enough to spend it.
He's happy, though, and doing pretty well. At some point, you just don't need much money outside of health care...which is a BIG one.
I spent the morning exercising. Now I'm so tired I can't even spell exercising without help.
Ready to go back to sleep, but I need to go do some shopping, and I'm on a conference call...even though I'm retired. I've got a bit of historic perspective to add to part of the discussion.
It's all their business, now.
It's hard to change life long habits. I haven't changed my spending habits and probably never will.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Medical bills can be VERY BIG. I'm not far away from having a major increase in medical expenses. Probably at least $4k a month till I either die or my money is gone. It's a strange situation, if you have no money the state will pay the expense so it makes you want to spend you money on other things before those medical bills start. But you don't know when that day is. I can't seem to make myself spend my savings.
Yeah, health care is a biggie. Even scarier though could be long term care if you get to that point without anybody able to take your care on within your family. Many people even bought into and keep up with long term care insurance but find it falls short when the time comes. It's a very high-cost market.
Somehow, my dad purchased a very good long-term care policy that is already paid up, but apparently Allstate doesn't sell that policy any longer.