TheBanyanTree: annoying

[Monique Colver]

I have given up adult-ing. My phone keeps refusing that word without a
hyphen. I have buried my parents, though in two cases it was more of a
throwing them to the wind. My mother the convenient Catholic had her nice
Catholic funeral, and now her husband lies next to her. When I drop in when
in town, which is rarely, the graves look untended because my brother isn't
in to that, so I clean up a bit.

I thought of my stepmother the other day. She dropped dead when she was 60.
And I thought how sad it was that she never got to see her golden child's
children. Just as well - she was a bitch.

Monique

On Dec 14, 2016 9:46 PM, "auntiesash" <auntiesash at gmail.com> wrote:

> ​As you are working down to the $2000 mark, you can pre pay burial
> expenses.  Just go wherever she'll end up.  Pay for the cremation or
> whatever,  For mom, we prepaid for pastor, church, flowers, etc.​
>
> One less thing to deal with later on & it comes out of her money.
>
> Love you, sweetie.  This adulting shit sucks!
>
> *“Everyone is from somewhere, **even if you've never been there.  **So take
> a minute to remember the part of you that might be the old man calling
> me.” *
> ― Jethro Tull
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 8:37 PM, paul <paul at remsset.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Mom had AAA for insurance on her van.   I canceled it, it was pushing
> $850
> > a year.  Did not get the promised refund, so F the AAA.
> >
> > Our cars and house are on Traveler's.  R wants to get a local insurance
> > critter.  I'm not exactly sure why unless it's a Nikita at the UN thing.
> > So, I got a policy on the van at the local Farmer's agency.  6 months at
> a
> > time.  $280 the first 6 months including a $30  membership fee.  And then
> > $302 to renew.
> >
> > Really?  For a 2004 Ford Freestar minivan?  Almost $600 a year???
> >
> > And the policy is for me, not my 84 year old mother that has problems
> > pushing a walker.
> >
> >
> > Oh, and shit, all the effing e-mail from Farmer's wanting me to do
> > "satisfaction surveys".  A couple of surveys a week!  I got nothing to
> > say.  Mark as spam.  So of course I missed any renewal notices that may
> > have appeared.
> >
> > I went by the local Germania office the other day.  Closed for lunch from
> > Noon to One. And hey sports fans, it's eleven fifty fucking eight!!!!
> >
> > I have other stuff to do.
> >
> > I called Traveler's and since the title isn't in my name, no go.  Like
> now
> > you have get your vehicle inspection done before you can renew your
> > plates.  And you can't do shit if you don't have insurance.   A royal
> pain
> > in the ass.
> >
> > Er, must be a new rule by Traveler's because the PU on the policy isn't
> in
> > my name.  Not gonna say a word...
> >
> > Anyway, they'll cover the van for $354 /a year/.  With more than AAA or
> > Farmer's.   Add about $80 for Comprehensive to cover shit like running
> into
> > deer.
> >
> > Plan A is to "sell" the van to me.  That puts the title in my name.
> >
> > As long as she has less than $2000 in the bank, including her slush fund
> > at the nursing home for stuff like hair cuts and extra jello or whatever,
> > we be cool.  She's going into the hole because it's like $20/month each
> for
> > a water and electric meter on  her house.  Plus Property Taxes.
> Basically,
> > Medi-whatever takes all of her income but gives her a $60 a month
> allowance.
> >
> > The surplus is running down.  Not a surprise, actually.  It's ok.
> >
> > Plan B is my preferred choice:  Get my name on the title.
> >
> > Why?  Because the van has Purple Heart tags.  Labels you as an old fart
> > driver right away... folks seem to back off on the tailgating stuff.  For
> > real.
> >
> > Oh, and Purple Heart tags are like $12 a year vs $70.  I think I earned a
> > bit of that for all the beatings I received.
> >
> > So, Plan B is The plan.
> >
> > Now to get the paperwork done....
> >
> >
> > paul
> > --
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> >
> >
> >    I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
> >
> >
>