My leukemia's back.

[sourland]

Good morning, Team Rachel.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

You must have blinked.

Can't lock ourselves out of our cars. A Prius won't lock if the "smart key" is inside. I'm sure other vehicles with "smart keys" work similarly.

When I went through a class on Prius maintenance for work..... It was when they were dealing with the whole runaway Prius crisis...... They told us if you want to stop a Prius that's running away.... Throw the smart key out the window..... Some where between 100' and three miles it will stop.....

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Ha, that was my first thought too LG. Phil has something like 3 feet of snow and he's outside without a coat.

Of course I have the mom that will not wear a coat for any reason. She gets cold and complains about it but refuses to wear anything warmer than a sweater. Some people

No no....I had a coat on but it was just a light jacket. It wasn't snowing out so I never planned to be out of the vehicle very long.
My wife accidently locked the door when we got out at the store. I had a heavy jacket in the locked truck and Bunny boots too..... But alas they were in the locked truck.
Dang I think I'm coming down with a cold....

 

[LittleLakePhil]

This isn't a bad idea though less necessary in some states than others for the reason stated. Utah doesn't tax estates/inheritance and the federal tax law passed last month raises the exemption on federal estate taxes to $10M (currently $5M for 2017) so not an issue for most people.

Cynthia, if you are going to give the house to your youngest son, you might want to make sure all the other kids know. Don't want a surprise and hard feelings. Of course, it will likely be years or decades before you and your DH both die and conditions can change, you can modify things as time passes by going the trust/estate path.


Yep, he needs to be proactive or he will likely get royally scr3wed.

For sure a lawyer is a must.... My best but very nieve friend took his wife of 10 years on vacation..... To Los Vegas..... After they got home she decided she wanted to be a city girl..... Walked out on him and the kids.
At first he was like we are just gonna do this divorce thing without lawyers..... Now he's trying to raise two very young and not well behaved kids she's not even showing up to take them on her days and he's stuck paying child support ...... She had a lawyer.
She came up to me recently and asked how me and the wife were getting along these days.....I think she was prospecting.....

 

[getaclue]

I wasn't trying to be morbid, just practical. Alzheimer's/Dementia are not typically life threatening, but the victim of it cannot make legally binding decisions. You might want to consider a blanket power of attorney which entitles you to make all decisions in his stead, sign all documents on his behalf, etc., now too. My mother got one from my grandfather, so any decisions she made in regards to him, his property, his money, her signing his signature on documents, etc., could not be challenged. It stops a lot of problems on many levels.

 

[Bunnylady]

She came up to me recently and asked how me and the wife were getting along these days.....I think she was prospecting.....

It's awful having to think like that, isn't it? Many times, I have said, "I hate being me. I have this nasty, suspicious little mind that refuses to take anything at face value. Sometimes I see things that I don't want to believe and hope like mad aren't true, but too many times, I have been right on the money." It can absolutely destroy your faith in the human race.

Phil, I hope you aren't catching a bug. The flu is getting the headlines, of course, but even the cold viruses making the rounds this year are nasty.

 

[getaclue]

To be honest, the first time we heard of a blanket power of attorney, was when my dad started working overseas. He would be gone several months at a time. Having contractors come do work, financing for major purchases, and other things, required his signature, but he was not there to sign. One of the lawyers where he worked suggested the blanket power of attorney. Mom used it on many occasions throughout the years. It held up overseas too.

 

[getaclue]

Good morning Team Rachel. Have a blessed day.

 

[oldrooster]

When I went through a class on Prius maintenance for work..... It was when they were dealing with the whole runaway Prius crisis...... They told us if you want to stop a Prius that's running away.... Throw the smart key out the window..... Some where between 100' and three miles it will stop.....

I have a family member with a car with a device like that and asked him what would happen if someone would car jack him and leave him on the black top he replied it would automatically shut off, i asked if he was sure about that when he forgot to turn off the car and grabbed a paper from a paper box and got back in his car he said i don't know then it might run until it got shut off or ran out of gas then he didn't know. i told him that would be the first question i would ask before getting saddled with it. and if battery operated what to do if the battery died or the thing got soaked while out like dropped in a puddle or fountian.....

 

[oldrooster]

I wasn't trying to be morbid, just practical. Alzheimer's/Dementia are not typically life threatening, but the victim of it cannot make legally binding decisions. You might want to consider a blanket power of attorney which entitles you to make all decisions in his stead, sign all documents on his behalf, etc., now too. My mother got one from my grandfather, so any decisions she made in regards to him, his property, his money, her signing his signature on documents, etc., could not be challenged. It stops a lot of problems on many levels.

I don't know about others but the theme of this thread is a frank discussion of life altering health problems, one must hope for the best and plan for the worst. if you have the major problems planned for then there is less stress for everyone involved when and if they happen....