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When I got divorced, my ex-friend moved into my ex-house with my ex-wife and my ex-dog. I got my pickup truck and a guitar.
It's like a country song.
It's like a country song.
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Wife and I started out without anything. If her mom dies soon, we will inherit a nice amount, but nothing life changing. Otherwise, she will consume it paying for elder care. My parents don't have much. Either way, I don't care as I'm good. I've always told my parents that the perfect estate plan is to spend your last dollar on your last day. The timing is the hard part though.
If something happened to both of us today, the kids would be in a very good financial position. However, I don't plan to enable that type of thing!
As for the wife and I, since we live in a community property state, what's hers is hers, what's mine is hers, and what's ours is hers.
If something happened to both of us today, the kids would be in a very good financial position. However, I don't plan to enable that type of thing!
As for the wife and I, since we live in a community property state, what's hers is hers, what's mine is hers, and what's ours is hers.
That said, my parents also did a lot for me and I I grew up with huge cultural and educational advantages and privileges, which very much put me where I am today.
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It's a country song, of course there's beer involved. The other country song about wine, women, and whiskey was after the divorce, and had a much different vibe.
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My Dad used to sing a line from a song, "Cigarettes and whiskey, and wild, wild women! They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane!", but that's all he sang of it.
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My Dad also used to sing us to sleep with a song called "Lone Sod Shanty", about a drunken farmer, his long suffering daughter, and a branding iron. You wanted to fall asleep before he reached the end of the second verse. Trust me.
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First Pfizer shot scheduled for Friday morning.
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I inherited money from my grandmother and my parents, but, except for taking an allowance for a few years when we were when were training, and our house purchases, we always lived on what we made and managed to put a decent amount away. Therefore, my goal is to pass on what I inherited more or less intact and duly inflated because I never felt that it was really mine to spend.
That said, my parents also did a lot for me and I I grew up with huge cultural and educational advantages and privileges, which very much put me where I am today.
That said, my parents also did a lot for me and I I grew up with huge cultural and educational advantages and privileges, which very much put me where I am today.
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BTW, I have lost so much weight that last night as I was leaving work, I pulled my hand out of my jacket pocket and heard a faint *pling!* sound. I looked down. There was something round on it. I looked closer.
It was my wedding ring, which had slid right off my finger. I gotta be careful.
It was my wedding ring, which had slid right off my finger. I gotta be careful.
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For many years, about 40% of our miles were on tandems. We've owned several since 1988 and have raced them as well as toured all over the US and in Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia, etc. Tandem rallies are great, too. We rarely ride tandem anymore due to my wife's vertebrae fractures and subsequent back pain. Anything near 35 miles sidelines her for a few days.
Adding to the difficulty is that a road tandem would likely need to be a custom - I could probably ride a 58cm CTC captain but would prefer a 62cm, and she would need absolutely no larger than a 52cm CTT. And that height difference certainly will affect visibility from the stoker position.
This though, if I could find one...I bet I could make a stronger argument
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Tandem riding for couples can be great or it can be a disaster. It’s a shame because good tandems are so expensive and the sport can be difficult to get in to.
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A guy can dream...am I right?
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I dont know what’s going on with my fitbit alarm, but it has only worked twice this whole time I have been off. Today was not one of the days it worked.
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Got a cash award for volunteering for many horrible tasks last year and they cut the personnel order today. Tidy little sum which could be spent in all sorts of interesting ways. Ran outside to give LSS the news. Her reaction: "That's great; it'll just about pay for daughter's prenup!" So it will. So it will.
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So I just finished ordering a pair of gran prix 4000 IIs. Found em on Ebay. But who can tell me why? Can anyone guess?
If you guessed because the Michelin pro4 endurance tyres I was testing out failed miserably. You would be correct!
Send your answer written on a 3 by 5 card with you return address and postage paid envelope , plus 2 box tops with the receipt to.....
6 miles... that's all it took for the first puncture. It was a piece of quartz stuck in the Tyre. I busted off my thumb nail removing it too. Booted it with a dollar. Made it 2 more miles when I got the second flat in another spot. THATS IT! IM DONE. Said good by to the group, borrowed a tube for emergency use and headed back.
What a shame. I really liked them. Nice ride, very supple, low rolling resistance. Good grip. Ah well.
If you guessed because the Michelin pro4 endurance tyres I was testing out failed miserably. You would be correct!
Send your answer written on a 3 by 5 card with you return address and postage paid envelope , plus 2 box tops with the receipt to.....
6 miles... that's all it took for the first puncture. It was a piece of quartz stuck in the Tyre. I busted off my thumb nail removing it too. Booted it with a dollar. Made it 2 more miles when I got the second flat in another spot. THATS IT! IM DONE. Said good by to the group, borrowed a tube for emergency use and headed back.
What a shame. I really liked them. Nice ride, very supple, low rolling resistance. Good grip. Ah well.
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No, it’s that daughter will have significant assets on our death and—who knows?—before, and a pre-existing agreement will help her protect them in the event of divorce. She, being a fair-minded creature, also drew it up with a mind to protecting her partner. The money is all for the lawyer.