"Just have to find that one you enjoy spending time with and traveling..."

That is almost the impossible task!!!

doesn't quite work that way up here in Quebec.. we call the insurance co.. they send an investigator.. once approved we get an allowed amount for the repair then we gotta do all the work in finding contractors.. they simply have to be reputable and registered

although I truly believe any insurance is a scam (money grab) with my luck, once I'd let my lapse, the house would probably crumble to the ground

if memory serves.. you work with your brother.. no??

I'd love to do more cruising.. just way too expensive solo and most ports are in the USA.. which for me traveling there is kind of no freakin way at the moment.. the ICE (frozen snow) I have here is enough of a headache.. which reminds me.. had more come down last night so.. best get shoveling.. yet again..

I think my roof is covered under my insurance.. I have to start looking for quotes too as mine has started leaking.. not heavily.. but enough to notice.. all round the chimney.. *sighs*..

I did that too.. worked for 3 mths in 2024 and got all the $$ I needed to replace my cooktop, built-in oven, TV and all my deck supplies.. my project is putting the roof on the deck this summer.. this shud be interesting if I don't kill myself in the process

but you're right.. never ending list of 'things to do'.. mind you.. been thinking of selling and moving to a cruise ship.. no more shoveling, reno's, repairs, cooking or bills!

Glad to hear things are good for ya..

I'm still doing the same with my house.. it's like it NEVER ends lol.. specially when you're doing everything yourself on your own.. phew! but now that I'm retired.. you'd think I'd have more time.. nope.. seems I have LESS..

oh well.. keeping busy is a good thing.. and even tho life's treating me like a beach.. I'm content which is the most one can be these days huh

Many thanks (((TxsGal))).. yup, been a long minute huh.. life got really busy

I've noticed a few of the ol'timers hanging round.. *sighs* feels kinda good, like putting on an old pair of comfy, warm slippers!

How's life treating you my dear?

bobtail, why is it I find myself disagreeing with you so often.
Raised by different grandmothers I suppose.
The first part of your post didn't necessarily provide anything truly objectionable, but that last paragraph REALLY set my hackles in full stand-up mode.

When my wife took ill this last time she didn't make it, but if the doctors had miraculously been able to save her life it would have meant she would have lived every day having to change colostomy bags, and diapers, and lawdy knows what other physical infirmities I would have had to endure with her.

But you know what else?

I DON'T CARE !!!

I married her because of a deep and abiding love burrowed into my bones.
I promised to love and cherish her until death do us part in the marriage ceremony and in the promise I made to her father when I asked for his permission to ask for her hand in marriage.
And I meant every damn word of it.

I stayed with her when she lost her kidneys and the year of 3x/week dialysis.
I stayed with her through the devastatingly expensive cost of a transplant ($1.1 Million nearly broke the bank & wiped out any hope of a more comfortable retirement).

I stayed with her through 17 YEARS of all the medical complications & doctors' visits of living with a transplant.
And as sure as peanut butter sticks to your tongue I would have stuck with her through colostomy bags, diaper changes, and whatever else came with the good fortune of spending even 1 more day with her, albeit hopefully 20 years or more.

BECAUSE I LOVED HER, and nothing, nothing at all, could ever destroy that.
At least not in my heart, and those problems would have only shown her that I loved her even more than she ever realized - though lawdy I told her often enough.

So nice of Mingle2 to deactivate FishingMan's account for complaining here.
No small wonder this site gets such terrible reviews on the web.
Any moderator with enough hutzpuh to directly face me would be more than welcomed.
Reasonable people should be able to reach reasonable solutions without going all nuclear over peanuts.

what does that mean,, #5 ??

So true..it was by using image searches that I came to realize just how many of the female profiles are just copied & pasted from professional bios of totally unrelated people in far aware places (a petro engineering professional in Dubai claiming to be right here in my home city, for instance).

I withdraw what I just said, ONE picture has finally been approved... and I don't even like it.

Come on guys, the site used to be so user-friendly and relaxed, no one comes here to be stressed about something as simple as uploading a picture.

Drugs cuts your life short