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Post by onlyMark on Feb 8, 2024 10:45:09 GMT
I remember as a kid just going out and never bothering about the weather. Now I need to walk to the shop and I'm looking out the window at a cloud wondering if I can go tomorrow instead.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 8, 2024 14:14:22 GMT
I put a dishwasher tablet instead of a tea bag in my cup this morning. I specialize in that kind of mindlessness. The other day I was dishing out homemade food for my dogs -- scoop in this bowl, now a scoop in this bowl, and now a big heaping scoop into the water bowl next to the third bowl.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 8, 2024 14:23:55 GMT
wondering if I can go tomorrow instead. I actually still don't mind getting drenched from time to time.
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 8, 2024 15:38:09 GMT
I'm made of sugar though.
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Post by whatagain on Feb 8, 2024 18:44:26 GMT
Living where i live going the day after will not solve the issue.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 9, 2024 13:53:27 GMT
I'm made of sugar though. Are you sweetpea? Aw.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 9, 2024 13:56:47 GMT
I have to admit that when I pop to the local shops (one is a 5 minute walk away and another ten minutes) I refuse to buy milk because the 4 pint containers are too heavy.
I don't mind the rain but if its icy I don't like going out..I'm terrified of slipping and breaking my wrist or hip...
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 9, 2024 16:01:01 GMT
I'm away for the weekend whilst Mrs M and daughter are staying home, so I've took the car (in the rain) to do a big(ish) shop at a big supermarket for them. It's surprising how much toilet roll we seem to get through. The danger of slipping on ice and snow doesn't bother me as much as in the bath/shower.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 9, 2024 16:09:38 GMT
Supermarkets in Luxembourg and Belgium have been my big occupation these last two days. Younger generations would prefer to use an app.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 11, 2024 21:36:40 GMT
"WHEN YOU ARE OLD" - by William Butler Yeats
When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
(W.B. Yeats Born 13 June 1865 ā Died 28 January 1939)
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 11, 2024 21:37:52 GMT
Love Yeats.
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Post by lugg on Feb 18, 2024 19:33:54 GMT
60 fluffing 4 today ...how the hell did that happen ?!
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 18, 2024 19:42:41 GMT
You should worry...
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Post by htmb on Feb 18, 2024 20:17:22 GMT
60 fluffing 4 today ...how the hell did that happen ?! Happy birthday! If itās any consolation, Iād love to go back to that age.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 18, 2024 20:19:15 GMT
Happy Birthday lugg xxx
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 18, 2024 20:21:25 GMT
60 fluffing 4 today ...how the hell did that happen ?! And yet we all still love you! Happy birthday, vibrant, ever-friendly, ever-thoughtful, ever-curious Lugg! š š š„³
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Post by lugg on Feb 19, 2024 19:31:32 GMT
Thanks guysx
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Post by bjd on Feb 19, 2024 19:39:01 GMT
You're still a spring chicken, Lugg! Happy Birthday.
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Post by mich64 on Feb 19, 2024 23:31:52 GMT
Happy Birthday Lugg!
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Post by Kimby on Feb 24, 2024 17:46:28 GMT
60 fluffing 4 today ...how the hell did that happen ?! On this side of the pond we celebrate turning 65, Medicare age! (Then we stop having birthdays.)
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Post by lugg on Feb 24, 2024 19:51:12 GMT
On this side of the pond we celebrate turning 65, Medicare age! (Then we stop having birthdays.)
65 is a biggie for sure ... celebrating that one with my similarly old friends with a return visit to Skye in March 25 . Although I will also celebrate 66 as that is when my state pension kicks in. Then I am so done.
Kimby - does Medicare then mean you have free healthcare ?
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Post by mich64 on Feb 24, 2024 20:18:55 GMT
With already having free health care here in Canada, it is when we turn 65 that helps people as they can then receive lower costs for their prescription medications. You pay the first $100 and after that you are charged $4.11 for any prescriptions for the rest of the year.
Also, our government is currently working on providing no charge prescriptions for all low-income Canadians of any age. They just passed free dental care for low-income people.
A lot of people have eye/dental/prescription coverage through their employer, but many people do not, especially low-income/minimum wage workers.
After my husband and I turn 65 we will pay for our eyecare and dental, but I think we can apply for the reduced prescription coverage.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 24, 2024 23:54:14 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Feb 25, 2024 5:31:38 GMT
Kimby - does Medicare then mean you have free healthcare ? Sort of. Depending on your income you pay premiums for Medicare, and thereās a deductible you have to meet before Medicare picks up the full tab, after that you just pay a $20 copay for office visits. Preventative stuff like most vaccines, mammograms and colonoscopy plus an annual āwellnessā visit (physical) are āfreeā under medicare. Thereās a separate plan - Medicare Part D - that covers prescription drugs, but we didnāt sign up for it. Our current drug needs are so minimal and are for cheap generics, it wouldnāt be worth it. We are gambling that one of us wonāt get cancer and need expensive chemo drugs, or that we can self-insure until the next signup period when we could start Part D, but at a higher premium since we didnāt start at 65. Most people also get a Medigap policy from a private insurer, or a Medicare Advantage plan, for an extra premium. Ours costs less than $100 a month. I donāt recall what āgapā it fills. Way too complicated, but way less expensive than our private insurance and even ACA (āObamacareā) from before we reached 65. Less well-off folks are subsidized under the ACA, we were not.
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Post by mich64 on Feb 25, 2024 16:06:25 GMT
Bixa, I guess I should not say free healthcare. Up until about forty years ago, we did have to pay a quarterly payment for our healthcare and then they came up with a system where it was put on the employers to do a deduction on payroll and then it developed into a formula in our annual taxes. So, we all do pay for health care we just do not see it or notice that it happens. It certainly is a less stressful way to collect and provide care.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 25, 2024 16:42:08 GMT
We all fall into the trap of saying "free healthcare." Obviously, we are all paying for it through taxes or other methods. It is just nice for us to be able to go to the doctor or to the hospital and not be charged for it or worrying about things like ambulance fees. I don't pay for any medicine either as there is no deductible.
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Post by bjd on Feb 25, 2024 19:00:02 GMT
I don't pay for any medicine either as there is no deductible. Don't forget they are going to start knocking off 1ā¬ instead of 50c for every package of medicine when you are reimbursed.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 25, 2024 19:01:16 GMT
My mutuelle is still picking up the difference.
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Post by lugg on Feb 25, 2024 19:19:32 GMT
Sort of. Depending on your income you pay premiums for Medicare, and thereās a deductible you have to meet before Medicare picks up the full tab, after that you just pay a $20 copay for office visits. Preventative stuff like most vaccines, mammograms and colonoscopy plus an annual āwellnessā visit (physical) are āfreeā under medicare. Thereās a separate plan - Medicare Part D - that covers prescription drugs, but we didnāt sign up for it. Our current drug needs are so minimal and are for cheap generics, it wouldnāt be worth it. We are gambling that one of us wonāt get cancer and need expensive chemo drugs, or that we can self-insure until the next signup period when we could start Part D, but at a higher premium since we didnāt start at 65. Most people also get a Medigap policy from a private insurer, or a Medicare Advantage plan, for an extra premium. Ours costs less than $100 a month. I donāt recall what āgapā it fills. Way too complicated, but way less expensive than our private insurance and even ACA (āObamacareā) from before we reached 65. Less well-off folks are subsidized under the ACA, we were not. It must be quite confusing for those less able to work it out ( the benefits/ disadvantages ) maybe ?
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Post by questaredux on Mar 17, 2024 12:22:24 GMT
's funny. I feel like I am a contemporary of most of you, then you say your ages and I realise I was in high school when you were born!In the village here they think I am just mid 70s...I am 82 but look younger.
S'pose I should dig out a photo...
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