Last evening in Lisbon, home tomorrow morning. Had a marvellous morning and afternoon walking around. Going for a meal in an hour or so and maybe a cafe afterwards for a drink and a coffee.
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Have an relaxing and enjoyable day.
...again, I thank you all....we certainly would welcome some good luck....at least the funds to pay for it were in the bank, just leaves us that much poorer for updates elsewhere that need done......the bad gunky has to pass sometime.....
Since the Munchkin turned 18, it's time for me to take over the homeowner's policy for the house. I decided to get a quote from the folks I have the car insured with. Turns out, the old insurance company had added endorsements we didn't need, and had been charging us as if we were still renting out the house. They were also still charging for endorsements on the first house we lived in. Looks like I'm going to save a nice chunk of change by switching the policy.
....rotten, theivin', stinkin' bastids!.....
Imagine my surprise that I was insured for liability on watercraft that I've never owned, and that my furs would be replaced in case of theft!!
....not surprising, because what woman would be caught dead without her mink wrap whilst astride her jet ski?.....
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I was going to say "Oh good! So you are flush then?" (Remember I asked if you could get a bank loan?)
Knocking three times on wood after saying "Flush" - hoping you won't have any bathroom problems!
Hang in there GNT. The same thing happened to my mom when my father passed. 50 years of neglect because he refused to spend any money on the house needs. $50,000+ later (new roof, new siding, plumbing, windows, A/C installed, paved driveway, redo the landscape, and also had to tear up the floor in the basement and put in a french drain) the house was up to snuff. But it was worth it and put mom's mind at rest... and made selling it after mom's passing pretty easy.
....thanks buddy, same time I'm dumping six large into the basement-Contractor drops off our renovation estimate of $55,000....so much for the Golden Years, more like the Losing Green Years.....
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Dad was the same - only it was just about 25 years worth of neglect.
Instead of getting someone in to clean the chimney for the fireplace he got up on the roof with a big heavy chain, thinking he could knock all the soot off the inside of the chimney.
He ended up just cracking the clay liner - oy vey!
Wow, that's one hefty bill... An arm, leg and testicle.
My father-in-law is 76. The wife has those worries about his house after he's gone. She said a match should be taken to it.
I did the same with my chimney after watching the fire dept do it the first time. I rigged mine the same way as the FD... Rope with 3 - 20" chains on the end. Worked okay for me and didn't break the liner.
When dad painted the house he mixed 50% water to 50% paint. It never covered nothing, and I had to paint it three times just to cover the bare wood spots from the scraping. I swore from that time I would never cut paint with water... and haven't.
Oh no!!! ((((Scott and Tracy))))
Arrived back home today from Lisbon, while I love travelling and seeing new places, people and things I just adore coming home.
Nothing like sleeping in your own bed.Arrived back home today from Lisbon, while I love travelling and seeing new places, people and things I just adore coming home.
Which is exactly where I'm lying at the moment, takes me a while to calm down after a flight, always a white knuckle experience for me.Nothing like sleeping in your own bed.
Went to see the Broadway Series national tour of ‘Cats’ over the weekend with the family at a theater built in 1933. Magnificent theater and it was like taking a time travel trip to nostalgia. When I first sat down I wondered how they could perform all the dance numbers on such a small stage. But it was all an optical illusion created by the set design. When the cast came out the stage suddenly grew 3 times as large. The singing and dancing was superb but I had no clue what was going on. There were virtually no spoken words and the whole story was told in song… which I couldn’t understand. But the family loved it and that made the trip worthwhile. I was surprised that seemingly every patron dressed up for the performance… except me. I was Hicksville goes to the opera.
Still in work, 4.30 can't come quick enough. 