Just wanted to say, epic, that I have been thinking about you a lot. I can't digest what you're having to, and it's incredibly sobering. I truly hope you get to travel as much as you possibly can! Go forth and see all the places and people that have been calling to you!

Yes to all of this, Epic.

Oh, Epic, I so hope you can figure out how to spend that money on doing what you want!

I am appalled that people over 95 are expected to pay for their medical expenses. I know that's how our whole system works but I'm particularly mad about it, apparently.

I was actually coming in here to say that I'm using this report from one of our vendors that refers to expected inventory at the beginning of a period so my chart is full of columns labeled "TOTAL BOP" and that sounds like a much better time than it actually is

I am pretty committed to being soft and squishy but I do have to worry if a rambling Victorian full of aging, eccentric Buffistas is more of a "hilarity ensues" scenario or a "and then the murders began" scenario. Or both? Depends on the availability of axes?

I do have to worry if a rambling Victorian full of aging, eccentric Buffistas is more of a "hilarity ensues" scenario or a "and then the murders began" scenario.

Porque no los dos? We don't have to be murdering each other, you know.

Oh, good point! Not necessarily a closed system

I do have to worry if a rambling Victorian full of aging, eccentric Buffistas is more of a "hilarity ensues" scenario or a "and then the murders began" scenario.

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Timelies all!

I know I'm not going to be able to retire for another 10 years at least(barring any major medical issues) because of Mr. S. I'd like to see him graduate from high school, although right now I'd just like to get through 3rd grade.(He's having a lot of meltdowns at school, so we are realizing this is not the best fit for him)

Yah, I was thinking, those are not necessarily mutually exclusive...

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In a weird way, I feel like my life is happening backwards. like this could seem like a thirty-year retirement. Except, for not working? I am busy as hell. At 62, maybe I'll have a Chinese baby and publicist.

My parents both had pensions, which let them retire with some level of comfort and with really good health insurance. Both had years of cancer treatments and the costs were almost entirely covered. They didn’t leave a whole lot, but they never feared outliving what they had.

I would love a pension. Was it Reagan or Nixon who signed off on letting employers switch to 401ks? I mean, damn both of them for various reasons, but definitely damn the one who stuck us with the tender mercies of the stock market ruling our future well being.

However, I am a lifelong member of team soft and squishy, so at least I have that going for me.