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420:
Hey! I just rediscovered the Discussion subforum!

First, I'll say that medical bills are brutal. A majority of my family is well cared for because they served in the military (and they closed that military deathtrap known as "Silas B. Hayes Hospital").

However, just over 10 years ago a bartender that Throbblefoot and I knew went in for her yearly checkup and contracted bacterial meningitis from the hospital where she got the checkup! She spent a year in the hospital at death's door, lost a bunch of toes, had horrible scars on the backs of her hands from the IV (ending any chance at an acting career), and the bar she worked at had to hold multiple fund raisers to help pay her medical bills. Last time I saw her she was in the back of her parents car being driven "home" to live with them because she was destitute.

That said, I don't really need to worry about finances. (In fact I just dropped $1,200 on a new gaming computer just to play Brink.) When I was a child I planned ahead: I'm the only child of a single mother and I made her promise me that she would never sell the house I grew up in and that I would get it in her will. She agreed and I've held her to that promise ever since. She eventually remarried and bought a new house (a big house) and I'll split that one with my two step siblings. But I still get sole possession of the old house and, thanks to Prop 13, since it's considered a "gift" (ie I'm not buying it) then I will be paying the original property tax from when she bought it in 1972.

I come from what my mom calls a "lower middle class" family (whatever that means) but they all bought property in the Monterey area back in the late 60's and early 70's and as long as I can convince them not to sell then it's all good.

Also, Throbblefoot is now an "executive"! Sweet.

Sorry to hear about your financial troubles Soul. Hope it all works out.


--- Quote from: Mo on September 15, 2011, 11:39:57 AM ---Well if you came to Montreal you'd have the new problem of needing French to get by for the most part.

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Pfft, I spent a week in Paris and I can't speak or understand a word of French. I didn't even need to speak much English. It's all about pointing and then looking at the numbers on the cash register. The real problem is the metric system. WTF is that supposed to be anyway?!?! Much too logical and sane for Americans to deal with.

-420

Illutian:
Things change quickly; just look at the people who showed up to work at...[ I believe it was ] AIG, only to find the doors barred and the bankruptcy notice taped to the door.

Also, monetary (and a few non-monetary) assets will mean little when the US Dollar collapses (I forgot where you lived 420; US? :( ).

Plan for the worse; expect Armageddon :P


PS: End the Fed.

Soul Sojourner:
Move to Canada.

Illutian:

--- Quote from: Soul Sojourner on October 03, 2011, 07:38:17 AM ---Move to Canada.

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Too damn cold :P

Soul Sojourner:
The grass is always whiter on the other side.

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