Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

[Flowersoul]

This ECF has beena mess since they made it better. Kay your reply came through as part of the quote. I'm going to stay calm but I was all siked up to have it done, now I have to wait. To me it would've made more sense to find out what is going on with my esophagus, it is getting harder and harder to get food through in a few hours. If for some reason I have esophageal cancer then there is no point in having this nodule removed. I have a call in to them to find out something, I just want to have another endoscopy and know what is going on there. Doctors offices piss me off. Have to listen to 15 min of recorded stuff our menu options have changed please listen carefully navigate finally to the one you want and leave a voice mail.

So sorry you have to wait cause of the weather.....I can't imagine your frustration.
As far as those answering machines with their menus, I've learned to bypass all the 'press this#' by pressing 'O' and, most times, it takes me right to a live human voice!

 

[2legsshrt]

So sorry you have to wait cause of the weather.....I can't imagine your frustration.
As far as those answering machines with their menus, I've learned to bypass all the 'press this#' by pressing 'O' and, most times, it takes me right to a live human voice!

Get outa here you actually get a person. When I do that they either say that choice is not available or they send me to the wrong person.

 

[Flowersoul]

Get outa here you actually get a person. When I do that they either say that choice is not available or they send me to the wrong person.

Oh, I get the choice is not available at times, also......depends on who I'm contacting.........doctor's offices are fairly good......

 

[2legsshrt]

Well they even called me back and it wasn't the usual asst. it was someone else and the doc I've been seeing retires on Friday so she is going to see what they should do.

 

[MikeE3]

Well I decided that I would move these Cyberknife treatments out another week. We have 2 weather systems moving in supposed to get snow today heavier tomorrow heaviest on Friday. They don't really do much to the roads out here when school is not in session and tho I could probably make it today the rest of the week looks bad and not going to chance it. I was all in the mindset to get this done but not worth risking our lives to get there 50 miles away. They are wide open as far as their schedule so last 4 days of next week and then Monday. They should have the roads cleaned up by then. This kind of sucks cause I was ready to do this but they just came out with this winter storm warning and don't want to get 1 and then have to wait till next week to do the rest.

Ah, that kind of sucks ... you had yourself all mentally prepped to go through it this week. Now another week of mental gymnastics for you. Stay strong / stay warm ... and do your best not to worry about it every minute of the day.

 

[2legsshrt]

I've been trying to understand some of what this tax bill does. Mainly is it going to make any difference to people like us?
Wished they'd of left it alone at least we knew where we stood.

 

[2legsshrt]

Ah, that kind of sucks ... you had yourself all mentally prepped to go through it this week. Now another week of mental gymnastics for you. Stay strong / stay warm ... and do your best not to worry about it every minute of the day.

Oh we will just started to snow. Winter storm warning in effect till 4am Saturday. And thanks Mike. I'm really pretty prepared for the Cyberknife, I think they have it pretty well under control so I'm ok with it. Will be glad when it is over tho.

 

[bigbells]

I've been trying to understand some of what this tax bill does. Mainly is it going to make any difference to people like us?
Wished they'd of left it alone at least we knew where we stood.

Who are people like us? No two of us are the same. I know it's true, because I read it on the Internet.

If you don't itemize, you will come out better because the standard deduction for a married couple is going up to $24K. It's currently only $13K. The personal exemption, which would have been $4150 in 2018, will disappear, so you need to subtract that. Besides having less of your income taxed, you will also pay at a lower rate because of the new tax brackets.

If you DO itemize, then there's no telling whether you'll be better off or worse off. It all depends on how much your current itemized deductions are. Some itemized deductions are going away.

Remember: nothing has changed regarding the return that's due in April 2018. The new rules will go into effect for the tax return that's due in April 2019.

 

[Iffy]

Anybody heard anything out of Iffy? Kinda worried with what he said was going on.
Another been wondering about is Matt.

Thanx Pat!

Recent times have been 'somewhat' challenging! Each week it seems Patty has a lil' less energy/strength/awareness. Regardless, it's all blessed and joyous in that she and I still have each other upon this globe. Glorious times are ahead...

Yepper, would like to have Matt drop in on us!

Do hope that your 'trials' are much kinder than your expectations!!!

I've been trying to understand some of what this tax bill does. Mainly is it going to make any difference to people like us?
Wished they'd of left it alone at least we knew where we stood.

can be your 'friend'...
Fer moi, anywheres twix $270 and $870 less 'phederal penaltie$'.

 

[2legsshrt]

Well then I should come out ahead because I'm not paying the high insurance any more so it will just eat the mortgage interest no break there but I won't have to itemize anymore I guess. I've always had to with mortgage interest and medical I was at about 24000. I take it none of that is on top of your standard deduction. About 1/3 of my income is not taxable since I paid income tax on it before it was taken out for quite a few years. I wonder if I can declare my vaping as a corporation that loses money.

 

[therussellv]

New toy

4yrs stinky free

 

[2legsshrt]

Thanx Pat!

Recent times have been 'somewhat' challenging! Each week it seems Patty has a lil' less energy/strength/awareness. Regardless, it's all blessed and joyous in that she and I still have each other upon this globe. Glorious times are ahead...

Yepper, would like to have Matt drop in on us!

Do hope that your 'trials' are much kinder than your expectations!!!




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My problems are nothing compared to Pattys. I'm still vertical and not breathin dirt so all is good. All our best to her and hope she enjoyed Christmas. I'm just glad everything is not worse for you guys. We would enjoy some of that sunshine now.. Matt I check his FB page but all he ever posts are little funnies but they are pretty funny. Guess I'll have to send him a message on messenger, he seems to go to FB some. I just have my groups there and especially my heart group is a real bunch of supportive people just like here. And over at Willies place.

 

[2legsshrt]

New toy

4yrs stinky free

Thats a slick looking atty. Man they sure are coming out with a lot of new stuff.

 

[2legsshrt]

I was watching Busardos Christmas stocking video and for you Kenna they had the developer of Hex Ohm. Didn't really talk to him about much but you at least get a chance to see him.

Also he said he is no longer connected with Be Juice or Molecule labs, don't know what happened there but he must make some good money off of vaping somehow. Man that guy has travelled all over the world for vaping. This video was partly in Greece, he went over for the opening of a new ejuice shop there and visit with Dimitri, who by the way looks like a shell of his previous self. Don't know how much weight hes lost but he looks 15 years younger. I still like his reviews and over the years I've spoken to him on email many times and he always gets back and remembers who I am now. I was a day late and a dollar short on the stocking give away which I bet this year is worth in the neighborhood of +$3000 worth of vaping gear and Apple products.

Also for you Bells he had a prototype of a new SX mod that looks really slick and comfortable. Completely new screen and interface on it and back to somewhat of the ML style. Looks good. Maybe I'll get Perry to trade my G for a Qmini. My G has a glitch in it that the screen flashes off and on when on TC so he wants me to watch it and possibly send it in. I think I would've liked the Qmini better.

 

[bigbells]

Also for you Bells he had a prototype of a new SX mod that looks really slick and comfortable. Completely new screen and interface on it and back to somewhat of the ML style. Looks good. Maybe I'll get Perry to trade my G for a Qmini. My G has a glitch in it that the screen flashes off and on when on TC so he wants me to watch it and possibly send it in. I think I would've liked the Qmini better.

You and I tend to have similar tastes regarding vaping gear, except that one-battery mods are not for me. I just made my first purchase from Perry.... a Q Mini. It arrived yesterday. I like it as much as I liked the Q Class, and it is so much better thought out than the G Class, in my opinion. Here it is, dressed up in Christmas colors.

 

[r77r7r]

Frigid here in PA! Thankfully I recently learned to put my heat pump in Emergency mode and leave it there until it gets around 30 degrees outside. Not a cold spot in the whole house, nice and comphy.

 

[MikeE3]

Frigid here in PA! Thankfully I recently learned to put my heat pump in Emergency mode and leave it there until it gets around 30 degrees. Not a cold spot in the whole house, nice and comphy.

What part of PA do you live? We're about 40 miles NW of center city Philly.

 

[r77r7r]

What part of PA do you live? We're about 40 miles NW of center city Philly.

Just a bit west of YiddleB.

 

[MikeE3]

Just a bit west of YiddleB.

Ahh ... so we're in the same corner of the state.

 

[bigbells]

It sure was nice a few days ago when my outdoor thermometer was reading temperatures in the 60s. Only thing is, today at 2 in the afternoon the temperature is 24, and that optimistic thermometer still says it's 60.