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On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 07:17:15 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 20:04:07 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 13:04:03 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/3/2016 12:16 PM, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 06:44:17 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: I wouldn't waste the time and effort required to maintain a personal outdoor pool, especially one up here or further north, considering the shortness of the season compared to yours. I understand the season concern but the time is not that great if the pool is caged and you are not dealing with leaves and other airborne junk It is just money. I figure it costs about $300 a year to run the pump and another $400-500 for chemicals. I spend 10 minutes a week dealing with that and I check it in the middle of the week to be sure things are going OK. Once you get the routine down, things are very predictable. Nothing wrong with having a pool if you use it. Up here an in-ground pool is, at best, neutral in terms of adding any value to your property though. In some cases it's a negative. It also puts a limitation on the market for your property when it comes selling time. Not everyone is interested in having a pool. I don't care. I plan on being buried in the yard next to my dogs. "Market value" just makes my taxes higher. Get yourself cremated first. Makes life much easier for relatives. My mom wanted cremation with ashes spread on her parents graves. Well, cemetery didn't look favorably upon that for some reason (city or county law). So the brothers and cousins each took a handfull and crawled around scattering a bit here and a bit there. A custodian came by and asked what we were doing. We told him we were picking weeds. He left. It sounds more like the cemetery was just upset that they were not being paid for an additional person put there. I know that they charged full price to bury my grandfathers ashes on the same plot with my grandmother and they pretty much did it with a post hole digger. My father went in the gulf and the main cost was the 6 pack charter I hired to take him out over the horizon. The captain asked if we wanted to do any fishing, since we had paid for a half day. My mom and I were OK with it but my sister freaked. My mom wanted to be in the Boca Ciega Bay behind her home and that is what we did. I am not particular about how I go into the ground. I said they should just get a buddy with a backhoe and dump me in next to the dogs. Don't tell anyone I am dead and keep spending the money but my wife said that would be wrong. In real life the only people who might notice would be the people at the Publix when I wasn't there 3 times a week. Everything I do is EFT and credit card so if you kept up the spending, it would look normal. I suppose no medicare claims might ring a bell That probably how they catch people but here in South Florida it would not be hard to find a doctor who would file false medicare claims. At least that is what 60 minutes says. ;-) Some must know how to keep the money rolling in. $1.3 billion in SS payments to those over 116 years. |
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On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:45:05 -0500, wrote:
On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 07:17:15 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 20:04:07 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 13:04:03 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/3/2016 12:16 PM, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 06:44:17 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: I wouldn't waste the time and effort required to maintain a personal outdoor pool, especially one up here or further north, considering the shortness of the season compared to yours. I understand the season concern but the time is not that great if the pool is caged and you are not dealing with leaves and other airborne junk It is just money. I figure it costs about $300 a year to run the pump and another $400-500 for chemicals. I spend 10 minutes a week dealing with that and I check it in the middle of the week to be sure things are going OK. Once you get the routine down, things are very predictable. Nothing wrong with having a pool if you use it. Up here an in-ground pool is, at best, neutral in terms of adding any value to your property though. In some cases it's a negative. It also puts a limitation on the market for your property when it comes selling time. Not everyone is interested in having a pool. I don't care. I plan on being buried in the yard next to my dogs. "Market value" just makes my taxes higher. Get yourself cremated first. Makes life much easier for relatives. My mom wanted cremation with ashes spread on her parents graves. Well, cemetery didn't look favorably upon that for some reason (city or county law). So the brothers and cousins each took a handfull and crawled around scattering a bit here and a bit there. A custodian came by and asked what we were doing. We told him we were picking weeds. He left. It sounds more like the cemetery was just upset that they were not being paid for an additional person put there. I know that they charged full price to bury my grandfathers ashes on the same plot with my grandmother and they pretty much did it with a post hole digger. My father went in the gulf and the main cost was the 6 pack charter I hired to take him out over the horizon. The captain asked if we wanted to do any fishing, since we had paid for a half day. My mom and I were OK with it but my sister freaked. My mom wanted to be in the Boca Ciega Bay behind her home and that is what we did. I am not particular about how I go into the ground. I said they should just get a buddy with a backhoe and dump me in next to the dogs. Don't tell anyone I am dead and keep spending the money but my wife said that would be wrong. In real life the only people who might notice would be the people at the Publix when I wasn't there 3 times a week. Everything I do is EFT and credit card so if you kept up the spending, it would look normal. I suppose no medicare claims might ring a bell That probably how they catch people but here in South Florida it would not be hard to find a doctor who would file false medicare claims. At least that is what 60 minutes says. ;-) My wife wants Arlington. I'd rather be cremated and dumped on a golf course. But, the wives usually get the last word. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
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On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:04:35 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:
wrote: I am not particular about how I go into the ground. I said they should just get a buddy with a backhoe and dump me in next to the dogs. Don't tell anyone I am dead and keep spending the money but my wife said that would be wrong. In real life the only people who might notice would be the people at the Publix when I wasn't there 3 times a week. Everything I do is EFT and credit card so if you kept up the spending, it would look normal. I suppose no medicare claims might ring a bell That probably how they catch people but here in South Florida it would not be hard to find a doctor who would file false medicare claims. At least that is what 60 minutes says. ;-) Some must know how to keep the money rolling in. $1.3 billion in SS payments to those over 116 years. I suppose they could find them and SS gets medieval on you when they catch you. ... as well they should There should be special punishments for people who steal from the tax payers. In China they just shoot you. |
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On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:06:29 -0500, John H.
wrote: My wife wants Arlington. I'd rather be cremated and dumped on a golf course. But, the wives usually get the last word. I would pick a sand trap, then you would be able to laugh at everyone who visited you and you get to fly when they leave. |
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On 2/4/2016 1:06 PM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:45:05 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 07:17:15 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 20:04:07 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 13:04:03 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/3/2016 12:16 PM, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 06:44:17 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: I wouldn't waste the time and effort required to maintain a personal outdoor pool, especially one up here or further north, considering the shortness of the season compared to yours. I understand the season concern but the time is not that great if the pool is caged and you are not dealing with leaves and other airborne junk It is just money. I figure it costs about $300 a year to run the pump and another $400-500 for chemicals. I spend 10 minutes a week dealing with that and I check it in the middle of the week to be sure things are going OK. Once you get the routine down, things are very predictable. Nothing wrong with having a pool if you use it. Up here an in-ground pool is, at best, neutral in terms of adding any value to your property though. In some cases it's a negative. It also puts a limitation on the market for your property when it comes selling time. Not everyone is interested in having a pool. I don't care. I plan on being buried in the yard next to my dogs. "Market value" just makes my taxes higher. Get yourself cremated first. Makes life much easier for relatives. My mom wanted cremation with ashes spread on her parents graves. Well, cemetery didn't look favorably upon that for some reason (city or county law). So the brothers and cousins each took a handfull and crawled around scattering a bit here and a bit there. A custodian came by and asked what we were doing. We told him we were picking weeds. He left. It sounds more like the cemetery was just upset that they were not being paid for an additional person put there. I know that they charged full price to bury my grandfathers ashes on the same plot with my grandmother and they pretty much did it with a post hole digger. My father went in the gulf and the main cost was the 6 pack charter I hired to take him out over the horizon. The captain asked if we wanted to do any fishing, since we had paid for a half day. My mom and I were OK with it but my sister freaked. My mom wanted to be in the Boca Ciega Bay behind her home and that is what we did. I am not particular about how I go into the ground. I said they should just get a buddy with a backhoe and dump me in next to the dogs. Don't tell anyone I am dead and keep spending the money but my wife said that would be wrong. In real life the only people who might notice would be the people at the Publix when I wasn't there 3 times a week. Everything I do is EFT and credit card so if you kept up the spending, it would look normal. I suppose no medicare claims might ring a bell That probably how they catch people but here in South Florida it would not be hard to find a doctor who would file false medicare claims. At least that is what 60 minutes says. ;-) My wife wants Arlington. I'd rather be cremated and dumped on a golf course. But, the wives usually get the last word. -- Ban idiots, not guns! In this case she surely would. ;-) |
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On 2/4/2016 7:11 PM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 2/4/2016 1:06 PM, John H. wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:45:05 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 07:17:15 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 20:04:07 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 13:04:03 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/3/2016 12:16 PM, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 06:44:17 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: I wouldn't waste the time and effort required to maintain a personal outdoor pool, especially one up here or further north, considering the shortness of the season compared to yours. I understand the season concern but the time is not that great if the pool is caged and you are not dealing with leaves and other airborne junk It is just money. I figure it costs about $300 a year to run the pump and another $400-500 for chemicals. I spend 10 minutes a week dealing with that and I check it in the middle of the week to be sure things are going OK. Once you get the routine down, things are very predictable. Nothing wrong with having a pool if you use it. Up here an in-ground pool is, at best, neutral in terms of adding any value to your property though. In some cases it's a negative. It also puts a limitation on the market for your property when it comes selling time. Not everyone is interested in having a pool. I don't care. I plan on being buried in the yard next to my dogs. "Market value" just makes my taxes higher. Get yourself cremated first. Makes life much easier for relatives. My mom wanted cremation with ashes spread on her parents graves. Well, cemetery didn't look favorably upon that for some reason (city or county law). So the brothers and cousins each took a handfull and crawled around scattering a bit here and a bit there. A custodian came by and asked what we were doing. We told him we were picking weeds. He left. It sounds more like the cemetery was just upset that they were not being paid for an additional person put there. I know that they charged full price to bury my grandfathers ashes on the same plot with my grandmother and they pretty much did it with a post hole digger. My father went in the gulf and the main cost was the 6 pack charter I hired to take him out over the horizon. The captain asked if we wanted to do any fishing, since we had paid for a half day. My mom and I were OK with it but my sister freaked. My mom wanted to be in the Boca Ciega Bay behind her home and that is what we did. I am not particular about how I go into the ground. I said they should just get a buddy with a backhoe and dump me in next to the dogs. Don't tell anyone I am dead and keep spending the money but my wife said that would be wrong. In real life the only people who might notice would be the people at the Publix when I wasn't there 3 times a week. Everything I do is EFT and credit card so if you kept up the spending, it would look normal. I suppose no medicare claims might ring a bell That probably how they catch people but here in South Florida it would not be hard to find a doctor who would file false medicare claims. At least that is what 60 minutes says. ;-) My wife wants Arlington. I'd rather be cremated and dumped on a golf course. But, the wives usually get the last word. -- Ban idiots, not guns! In this case she surely would. ;-) LOL. Good point. |
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