I had a home inspection when I bought this house. I negotiated with the sellers, but only had them pay for the things that were not to code. Mainly, that would have been the ugly fact that the stove hood had been venting directly into the attic for 20 years. I know you want to sell, Anne, but look how fast you got that offer. There's negotiating room in there.
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
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Ginger - Mar 21, 2005 8:05:04 am PST #8235 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
DavidS - Mar 21, 2005 8:06:33 am PST #8236 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Greasy, fried food, he thinks it should be okay for him to eat.
He better learn to love oatmeal or raisin bran or he can start working on his will this afternoon.
Trudy Booth - Mar 21, 2005 8:08:17 am PST #8237 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
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Amy P: Tell her, "quit it"
Connie Neil - Mar 21, 2005 8:10:39 am PST #8238 of 10001
brillig
Plus his eating habits are going to be an issue. Every day he goes and eats "country" food at a restaurant across from his office. Greasy, fried food, he thinks it should be okay for him to eat.
As someone who's been dealing with this, you telling him to change will do nothing but annoy him. He's just had a huge scare, and contemplating the pleasures he'll have to modify is not going to help his mood. If he's been going to that restaurant for so long, it's part of his social life. Sweeping changes, unless he initiates them, will not stick. He's going to miss his old life, and he may come to the conclusion that a country fried steak with his buddies is worth the risk.
Would it be possible for you to go to that restaurant with him and look at the menu? There might be compromise options. Heck, enlist the waitresses who have served him for years in the fight. They want to keep a good customer.
At the bottom of it, though, an extended life without joy is not always a victory.
brenda m - Mar 21, 2005 8:11:21 am PST #8239 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
He better learn to love oatmeal or raisin bran or he can start working on his will this afternoon.
Good luck with that. My father's been resisiting any and all improvements to his diet and lifestyle for more than ten years since his first heart attack.
Pix - Mar 21, 2005 8:11:35 am PST #8240 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
askye, so glad your dad is doing better!
Aims - Mar 21, 2005 8:15:20 am PST #8241 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Amy P: Tell her, "quit it"
I'm trying!!
Connie Neil - Mar 21, 2005 8:16:18 am PST #8242 of 10001
brillig
What am I supposed to quit now? I haven't endulged in pervy thoughts of underage relatives in hours.
Betsy HP - Mar 21, 2005 8:16:21 am PST #8243 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I think Connie's suggestion is brilliant. "What can you eat in your favorite restaurant?" will probably work better than "Hey, son, it's Meiji's Macrobiotic Munchies from here on!"
DavidS - Mar 21, 2005 8:19:48 am PST #8244 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think Connie's suggestion is brilliant. "What can you eat in your favorite restaurant?" will probably work better than "Hey, son, it's Meiji's Macrobiotic Munchies from here on!"
Undoubtedly, she speaks from experience and knows the ways of the stubborn greasy spoon fancier.