American expats

[Caveman Jim]

You should try Grandville Public Market in Vancouver, BC. The market is nice and the food is really is good. Check it out on YouTube. You get to stay mostly in America. It barely outside the lines.

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Went fishing in Vancouver Island back in 1990, there was lotsa fish, good food, funny money and great adult entertainment.
Have not been there since.

 

[pinne65]

Deaths are public records. In some places, it is easy to monitor them and find out the residence address. Professional thieves clean out the residence if no one is present. This is not unusual.

The time between the death and the funeral are easy to determine, and if the residence is not reported to be the site of a gathering afterwards, thieves often hit the place during the funeral, knowing that the friends and family will be elsewhere.

When my dad passed, door/phone salesmen were on my mom like "flies on lice" right after. She ended up buying a $1K Kirby Vacuum that she didn't need back in 2004.
(corrected mom passed this spring, dad in 2004 )

 

[monkeybutler]

When my dad passed, door/phone salesmen were on my mom like "flies on lice" right after. She ended up buying a $1K Kirby Vacuum that she didn't need back in 2024.

I had a fun time discharging the Kirby vacuum tard who had latched on to my grandma. It is amusing how poorly prepared they are to deal with someone who is rational and coherent.

 

[CLT65]

After my dad passed, my mom went through a half-million dollars in one year. That was a drop in the bucket though, compared to the land. One sibling took her to a lawyer and got her to sign an irrevocable trust, with that sibling as the sole beneficiary. Yeah, I never thought my family would be like that.

 

[lucusloc]

Pretty sure I know how statistics are created. It would be pretty hard to do my job if I didn't. What I asked you to do is nothing different than what I would ask my staff for in supporting a position. And you did not understand why. If you want to play with the big kids, better hit the books. And now, I leave you to your stories.

Put up or shut up.

 

[3MTA3]

Put up or shut up.

Right click on thread titles -> open in new private tab.

But that would be like leaving a tropical Winter vacation to attend a riot in the worst Part of Detroit. Likely you will be joining me here on the beach shortly. Do you have a particular umbrella drink you would like me to have the cabana girl fetch?

 

[lucusloc]

But that would be like leaving a tropical Winter vacation to attend a riot in the worst Part of Detroit. Likely you will be joining me here on the beach shortly. Do you have a particular umbrella drink you would like me to have the cabana girl fetch?

Oh man, give me a Dark and Stormy to go with the mood.

This "holier than thou" bubblegum is a real drag on the conversation. Either you have a valid point, in which case concealing it with word game is offering nothing but a pure disrespect not only for your rhetorical opponent but also the wider audience as well, or this is some poor excuse at mind games to distract from the fact that your position has been thoroughly obliterated. Neither one are the mark of an honorable and well adjusted person.

 

[3MTA3]

Oh man, give me a Dark and Stormy to go with the mood.

This "holier than thou" bubblegum is a real drag on the conversation. Either you have a valid point, in which case concealing it with word game is offering nothing but a pure disrespect not only for your rhetorical opponent but also the wider audience as well, or this is some poor excuse at mind games to distract from the fact that your position has been thoroughly obliterated. Neither one are the mark of an honorable and well adjusted person.

Here ya go, and dang that looks good!


It's a personality trait based ultimately in insecurity. I'm not immune to that myself. The best course of action is to realize that, act with compassion and not let it get under your skin.

Most of us are chill with having our opinions questioned as if it can't stand up it's time to change and move on. Personally I'm grateful to be proven wrong as that means I am now that less ignorant. Some just can't accept it.

 

[lucusloc]

It's a personality trait based ultimately in insecurity. I'm not immune to that myself. The best course of action is to realize that, act with compassion and not let it get under your skin.

Most of us are chill with having our opinions questioned as if it can't stand up it's time to change and move on. Personally I'm grateful to be proven wrong as that means I am now that less ignorant. Some just can't accept it.

Same, which is why I post my conclusions for others to analyze. If people ask for more detail I oblige. If there is something wrong with what I posted I want to know. I am always ready to learn after all.

But someone telling you there is something wrong but not being willing to actually state it? I agree that it likely comes from insecurity (what if you are wrong, and the person corrects your attempted correction?), but that does not stop it from ultimately being nothing but pointed disrespect at the other guy. Disrespect that comes from a place of personal failure is still disrespectful, and I will point it out as such.

 

[Nosferatu]

Here ya go, and dang that looks good!
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It's a personality trait based ultimately in insecurity. I'm not immune to that myself. The best course of action is to realize that, act with compassion and not let it get under your skin.

Most of us are chill with having our opinions questioned as if it can't stand up it's time to change and move on. Personally I'm grateful to be proven wrong as that means I am now that less ignorant. Some just can't accept it.

Yeah, but nobody has learned anything from his smug, passive-aggressive dismissive approach. It's arguing for the sake of arguing.

The "I'm so much smarter than you that I can't be bothered to explain it" crap got old on the internet a few decades ago.

 

[Capn Jack]

You kids keep that up, I'll have to stop the car and you'll be sorry.

 

[lucusloc]

Yeah, but nobody has learned anything from his smug, passive-aggressive dismissive approach. It's arguing for the sake of arguing.

The "I'm so much smarter than you that I can't be bothered to explain it" crap got old on the internet a few decades ago.

I would argue it's not even arguing, it's needling. You are not trying to come to some conclusion about the merits of an idea, you are just trying to rile up the other guy with baseless and irrefutable claims. Again, the amount of disrespect on display here is astounding.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Just tossing this out there to consider....


Some men , you just can't reach.

In any event...
Circular conversation with others is just like a broken pencil.....pointless....
Andy

 

[Tony617]

You should try Grandville Public Market in Vancouver, BC. The market is nice and the food is really is good. Check it out on YouTube. You get to stay mostly in America. It barely outside the lines.

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I have been to Grandville Island numerous times over the years. The food and beer is quite good. I have not been up there since the plandemic happened and now my passport is expired. Not sure how safe Vancouver BC is now.

 

[AshWilliams]

Just tossing this out there to consider....

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Some men , you just can't reach.

In any event...
Circular conversation with others is just like a broken pencil.....pointless....
Andy

Great movie!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Great movie!

Yes it is...the author* of the novel of the same name...did time on a Florida chain gang.
Andy
* Don Pearce

 

[AshWilliams]

Yes it is...the author* of the novel of the same name...did time on a Florida chain gang.
Andy
* Don Pearce

Thanks for the info. I just read about him at Wikipedia; what an extraordinary life.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

Starting to think auto miscorect made a mistake on the tread title, and instead of "American expats" it was supposed to be "Exasperating Americans"

 

[whiskeybill]

Retired from the Navy and traveled extensively. Lots of nice places to visit out there, but at the end of the day, there isn't anyplace like home. At least for me.

 

[Provincial]

After my dad passed, my mom went through a half-million dollars in one year. That was a drop in the bucket though, compared to the land. One sibling took her to a lawyer and got her to sign an irrevocable trust, with that sibling as the sole beneficiary. Yeah, I never thought my family would be like that.

You aren't the only one to have a similar experience. It seems like there is always someone in the family who will try to take advantage.

Our neighbor was dying, and the fellow he had contracted with to manage his extensive land holdings attempted to get him to sign a similar trust. Fortunately, the father reengaged with his sons, and they stopped the process just in time.

My wife ended up in a long battle when her brother tried to cut his three sisters out of their mother's estate. He overplayed his hand, and they were able to get their shares after a very long and expensive battle. It turned out that her mom had Alzheimer's, and he was hiding it.