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Knight said:
Going to my credit union to deposit yesterdays winnings. The pic on the left has all the info the IRS asks for when showing gambling winnings.
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Don't want to embarrass you, but just a gentle reminder about that money I loaned you.. :p:sneaky:


Incidentally do you have to pay Tax on those winnings at a Casino ?
 

hearlady said:
I love those!
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So do many other people which is why they demand their own price IYSWIM...

I prefer the pastel ones like we had over 20 years ago on the Essex coast... they're still there...goodness knows how much they're selling for now...I must go and look

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The king has been diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The diagnosis was made recently while Charles underwent treatment at the London Clinic for a benign enlarged prostate.


In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: “During the king’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. Subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer.

“His majesty has today commenced a schedule of regular treatments, during which time he has been advised by doctors to postpone public-facing duties.

“Throughout this period, his majesty will continue to undertake state business and official paperwork as usual.

“The king is grateful to his medical team for their swift intervention, which was made possible thanks to his recent hospital procedure. He remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible.

“His majesty has chosen to share his diagnosis to prevent speculation and in the hope it may assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer.”

Buckingham Palace was not releasing any further details at this stage.

It is understood that the diagnosis is not of prostate cancer, as some might have incorrectly assumed in light of his separate diagnosis of benign prostate enlargement.

The king is understood to have returned to London from Sandringham on Monday morning to commence treatment as an outpatient.
 
King Charles has cancer and will be postponing his public duties to receive treatment, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The King was diagnosed with cancer after receiving treatment for a benign prostate enlargement. Doctors noticed a separate issue and undertook tests.

He will now receive regular treatment at a London hospital.

He is said to be “wholly positive about his treatment”, and “looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible”.

The news was announced by Buckingham Palace after the Prime Minister was informed, and the King had a chance to tell Prince William, Prince Harry, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
 
hollydolly said:
Don't want to embarrass you, but just a gentle reminder about that money I loaned you.. :p:sneaky:


Incidentally do you have to pay Tax on those winnings at a Casino ?
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Good thing about being older I CLAIM memory loss on money you say you loaned me.

Yes to being taxed on winnings $1200.00 or more at one time. If for example we won $800.00 then another $500.00 that wouldn't be taxed. Last year our winnings caused us to pay the IRS a lot in taxes instead of getting a refund. But not being foolish we invested most of those winnings.

Of coarse we don't always win but it's about days out enjoying our last years together is the primary reason.
 
So this is a separate thing from the Prostate problem of which he was hospitalised last week ... they found the cancer while treating him for the Prostate problem... oh dear...

if this was a smaller cancer, something like skin cancer.. he would not have allowed it to go public while being given treatment for it.. but this has to be a BIG deal cancer for him to allow the announcement to be made to the public...🙁
 
Knight said:
Good thing about being older I CLAIM memory loss on money you say you loaned me.

Yes to being taxed on winnings $1200.00 or more at one time. If for example we won $800.00 then another $500.00 that wouldn't be taxed. Last year our winnings caused us to pay the IRS a lot in taxes instead of getting a refund. But not being foolish we invested most of those winnings.

Of coarse we don't always win but it's about days out enjoying our last years together is the primary reason.
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Ok I'll let you off the loan, being as you're suffering so badly with Amnesia...🤪 we don't get taxed on winnings here.... so for example if we won 50 million on the lottery, it's all ours.. no-one gets any of it, least of all the robbing taxman
 
hollydolly said:
So this is a separate thing from the Prostate problem of which he was hospitalised last week ... they found the cancer while treating him for the Prostate problem... oh dear...

if this was a smaller cancer, something like skin cancer.. he would not have allowed it to go public while being given treatment for it.. but this has to be a BIG deal cancer for him to allow the announcement to be made to the public...🙁
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Dang! And he just got to be king! =(
 
CinnamonSugar said:
Dang! And he just got to be king! =(
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well there was always the risk that he would be close to death by the time he came to be King, because of his mothers' long reign.....but of course given they have the best doctors in the world at their beck and call, in fact a Doctor lived within the palace walls while the Queen and the Duke were alive , so they could be monitored for anything as soon as it arose.... I think most of us feel/felt that Charles would be as fit and well as any man his age..because of that

However depending on what the cancer is of course.. they do say Stress can cause it in some cases.. and he's had a very stressful few years, what with the loss of both his parents, the scandal with his Brother and Epstein.. and the terrible lies to the public by his younger son and his wife..and then of course the enormous pressure of being the head of 37 countries..
 
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Everything done for today. BP back to normal. Appointment to get ears flushed next Monday, at which time I'll make an appointment with the ophthalmologist to talk about cataract surgery and make another appointment for the "enhanced" mammogram at a facility that's so freaking far from home that I just don't want to be bothered :mad:

Color me annoyed. Doctoring is not my thing. I liked it a whole lot better when all I had to do was show up once a year for a physical.
 
Sliverfox said:
@GIG I stopped having mammograms couple years ago.
Thought you didn't need them after age 75?
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Two years ago PCP found a tiny, tiny spot that she felt was suspicious so sent me for a mammo. Then there was a biopsy, which was diagnosed as nothing. I was supposed to go back in a year, then Covid, etc. so I never did go back. Now she wants me to go back again just to make sure. I don't wanna be bothered, but she's a breast cancer survivor and will not be deterred from her appointed rounds! I'm gonna find a way to work this out in the next couple of weeks and be done with it so that she'll leave me alone about it.

I dread the trip all the way out to that facility. Ugh. And I don't look forward to sitting around in that place and being shifted from this room to that, this doc to that doc. I just want them to leave me the heck alone.

ETA: Sounds like I'm getting old and cranky. Yup. I'm old. Yup. Cranky, too.

I really like my doc. What I don't like is that at Kaiser, they don't fool around. They tell you to do whatever, by damn, you do whatever. Or else.
 
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Sigh. More doc annoyance. The earliest I can get an appointment with an ophthalmologist is May 20. See why I just don't want to be bothered with any of this :poop: anymore?

There's no such thing as coordinating appointments so that I only have to figure out how to get to an inconvenient place once for multiple appointments. Do these people give a rip? The answer is a resounding no.
 
Sliverfox said:
@GIG I stopped having mammograms couple years ago.
Thought you didn't need them after age 75?
So I was 80 when I thought to heck with it.

Same with pap test,,, no,,,, thank you ,, don't care if they are free.
Last one was an student & he hurt me. :eek:

Thinking, someone somewhere pays for them.
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here in the Uk they stop inviting women for Pap tests once we reach the age of 65...
 
By the time they get their act together to serve the bulging retirement population in an acceptable manner we'll all be dead. Then they'll P&M all day about the overbuilt facilities that came too late and now go as unused and unnecessary as a Chinese Ghost City.

All of this has been not just predictable but known for many decades. And I don't mean just facilities but also transportation and coordination of services including appointments. The "baby boom" has been on the calendar from its beginning, but totally ignored.

And yes, I am still PO'ed about no Senior Centers with 60 year old hula dancers and such.
 
~Used mini peddler for 37 minutes

~Practiced piano, did more work on the composition for my DIL and the Reggae tune. Figured out what to do for bridges on both. Yaay!

~Watched (re-watched for me) the 1st two episodes of Abbott Elementary with my son. He laughed a lot too.

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