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[Brendone]

Originally Posted by Locke

They'd never get me on my island.

If the great unwashed get on the island, they were shipped in to be hunted.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Locke

They'd never get me on my island.

Let's be honest, you know you won't get away from the CRA by going to your island.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by BigThief

It peaked when they executed Louis XVI.

They were just getting started at that point.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Let's be honest, you know you won't get away from the CRA by going to your island.

The ironic part is...I'm not trying to get away from the CRA. I just want them to do their goddamned jobs properly.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Is that the LOST island?

...Username "Locke"...

[GGG]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Is that the LOST island?

...Username "Locke"...

The numbers are just Locke trying to get through to the CRA

[getbak]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Is that the LOST island?

...Username "Locke"...

[Dion]

For the past 8 years my brother has been dealing with back condition called Spinal Stenosis. Over that time the condition has gotten worse and worse. He's had 2 operations on his neck and 3 on his back, with the last one being this past weekend. He's been offered opioids like Oxy numerous times to help relieve the nerve pain he is experiencing and he always says no to that #### as he knows that will create another problem. He just uses Tylenol.

My brother is one of the toughest SOBs you'll ever meet. He doesn't like to complain and basically solders on and deals whatever curve balls life throws at him the best that he can.

A few weeks ago his attitude changed and he said to me in a phone conversation that he doesn't know what he did to deserve all this. His back reached a point where he can't walk with a walker or walking sticks. Last Thursday morn he tried to get out of bed to get to the washroom and fell. His wife tried to help get him back in bed and she struggled doing it. After another fall she had him taken to the hospital where his Surgeon moved up the latest surgery to the weekend.

It's been hard on me watching him suffer through all this over the years.

Sorry, I just needed a place to vent.

[Amethyst]

Originally Posted by Dion

For the past 8 years my brother has been dealing with back condition called Spinal Stenosis. Over that time the condition has gotten worse and worse. He's had 2 operations on his neck and 3 on his back, with the last one being this past weekend. He's been offered opioids like Oxy numerous times to help relieve the nerve pain he is experiencing and he always says no to that #### as he knows that will create another problem. He just uses Tylenol.

My brother is one of the toughest SOBs you'll ever meet. He doesn't like to complain and basically solders on and deals whatever curve balls life throws at him the best that he can.

A few weeks ago his attitude changed and he said to me in a phone conversation that he doesn't know what he did to deserve all this. His back reached a point where he can't walk with a walker or walking sticks. Last Thursday morn he tried to get out of bed to get to the washroom and fell. His wife tried to help get him back in bed and she struggled doing it. After another fall she had him taken to the hospital where his Surgeon moved up the latest surgery to the weekend.

It's been hard on me watching him suffer through all this over the years.

Sorry, I just needed a place to vent.

Maybe he needs to re-consider his pain management options? I'm not familiar with spinal stenosis, but I had a condition that caused extreme pain a couple years ago and combinations of Tylenol/Advil did nothing. Fortunately in my case, the situation resolved, but it got me looking into pain management.

Yes, opioids can be a big problem, but the solution isn't forcing people to suffer with nothing but Tylenol. These options do need to be carefully managed, but if he's in that much pain, it might be worth discussing his concerns and looking into them with a medical professional who specializes in pain management.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Buy a boat. You can not comprehend how expensive it is to keep a million dollar boat in usable form, so a 5 million dollar one should easily eat away at it and you wouldn't know where it all went.

It is floats, flys or f.ucks it’s best to rent.

[puffnstuff]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Buy a boat. You can not comprehend how expensive it is to keep a million dollar boat in usable form, so a 5 million dollar one should easily eat away at it and you wouldn't know where it all went.

A boat is a hole in the water you pour money into

[Slava]

Originally Posted by GGG

Let’s define rich.

I don’t think I want a billion dollars.

I think anything say more than about 20 million I think I’d be happier with less. Perhaps I lack imagination but I don’t think I could spend 50k a month on a continuous basis.

So for me saying anyone over say 100 million in wealth should be taxed out of existence seem fairly reasonable.

I’m a big believer that all you want is like $10-20m and not billions. At that kind of money, you can do whatever you like and it’s gobs of money, but it’s not so much that you will be in the public eye and dealing with everything that comes with it. Plus, the added bonus (like Cliff alludes to) is that you can still hate on the rich at the same time!

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

A boat is a hole in the water you pour money into

People like to make boat jokes and laugh, but it's absolutely wild how expensive they are. Just yearly insurance and dock fees are unreal, like 10-20% of the boat cost, depending where you are. Did you clean and paint the hull last year? No? Probably time to do it this year, which means dry dock. Not cheap. While it's out you should probably have the whole thing pressure washed, waxed, brightworks polished. Is it a sailboat? Oh hoho, those ropes are 5 years old and all need to be replaced. Probably should replace the metal cables holding the mast up soon too. The boat specific freezer just broke, that's 10 grand. One of the Garmin nav units had a Mai Thai spilled on it, that's gonna need replacement. Have you subscribed to new charts? Need those. Solar panel wiring is all rotten, may as well do the panels too since number 3 never worked properly and the salt has eaten through the frames(salt builds up into chunks you can break off of anywhere water sprays). All the canopy fabrics and seat cushions look pretty tatty after scorching in the tropical sun, but that'll have to wait for next year! Same with refinishing all that nice teak.


And crap, a hurricane just levelled the tropical island you keep it at. Too bad hurricane insurance was 25% of the boat cost, so you passed on it. Off to the boat grave yard, better to abandon it than have to pay for salvage and disposal. This one was from Hurricane Irma.

Spoiler!

And that's the end of your boat owning experience. Good thing you didn't pay to replace all those cushions and biminies. Would have been a waste of money.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by Shazam

You done fuсked up.

nvm

[undercoverbrother]

The best boat is someone else's boat

[Titan2]

Ass, grass or cash?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

The best boat is someone else's boat

I've been on a lot of other people's boats in my day, but the only one I own is 14 feet long and holds one person. It's still a maintenance money pit, but a small one.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

I mean, we pull ours out of the water each year and moor at a buoy in the bay when it's in and the cost is basically maintenance / repairs and gas. Really not that bad. Have to figure out how to keep the sea otters out though, that's annoying.

[troutman]

A Laser sailboat is about $6000, less than many mountain bikes.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by troutman

A Laser sailboat is about $6000, less than many mountain bikes.

I learned to sail on a Laser 2 in Halifax Harbour.

Great times

Looking back I can't believe they let a bunch of grade 8 kids into Halifax harbour in those boats.

Just nuts