Recent content by sch404

An old guy goes to the doctor. Doctor says, "Well I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but you have both cancer and Alzheimer's disease." Patient says to the doctor, "Well at least I don't have cancer."

To John: I'm glad you are playing chess on Chess.com! I've been on that site since Jan 1 of this year. My current puzzle rating is 2826. I only have a free account which gives me everything I need. The free account lets me have 3 rated puzzles per day plus the daily puzzle which is not rated. I...

For many years we have had Ring cameras front and back as well as two indoor Ring cameras, one upstairs and one downstairs. I also have a Google Home Nest camera in my home office. The monitoring service for both of these is not all that expensive. Although we live in a very quiet suburb where...

Old white people exiting a bank or ATM machine can sometimes be a problem. Same is true for old black people

I am a fan/follower of Anna Cramling!

Thank you for that Ms Diva. Very well said. I guess my wife and I are very 'old school' when it comes to such matters as helping our children. Of course we are always ready and willing to help our kids through any of life's exigencies, emergencies. health circumstances, job losses or other...

Me and my power chair. Enjoy!

Shakespeare's wisdom obviously applies equally to friends lovers and relatives. I have always felt the main job and responsibility of being a parent is to teach my children not to need me, not to depend on me anymore after the age of maturity or after they have received their formal education by...

IMHO by age 30 she should be fully independent of her parents, able to live and survive on her own. "Neither a borrower, nor a lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend. And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.” Wm Shakespeare, Hamlet

Several years back I was depressed about work and family issues and decided to visit Death Valley in the heat of summer. I simply wanted to be alone and away from people. So I finally made it to the only hotel in the area, a place called Furnace Creek Inn. Arriving about dusk I went up to the...

That is very sad to hear! But I don't think that will be the case with me. For me its all about quality of life. Once the quality has deteriorated to such a dismal point I would not want to keep on living and keep being a burden to others. Facing the circumstances you describe with your late...

Great argument StarSong! I concede! It is totally sensible why some transactions would not be convenient or practical using cash and aptly explains the Federal Reserve's position. Learn something new each day! Its all good anyway because I haven't used cash in many years. The other day I picked...

That is very interesting indeed! I had assumed that when a person accepts merchandise from, say, a store, they legally become a debtor to that store. The customer then offers to settle that debt with cash and the store refuses. I'm suing them in Federal Court! I think this boilerplate from the...

I'm 81. I have stage 4 prostate cancer. Plus I have bad vision due to macular degeneration. I'm also mobility impaired due to being a lifelong AK amputee. A lot of my friends and loved ones are dying off, especially ones in my cancer support groups. Do I think about death? Of course! I'm in the...