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Wally Fairway

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  1. I had to deal with this with both my parents, they had a decent amount of savings but it was not effectively invested. It took several years before my Dad was willing to change their investments. They decided to move to senior living in 2017, by 2019 they were in assisted living - thankfully they did have long-term (separate) LTC insurances that paid for most of their LTC costs. Dad passed in 2020 (due to medical complications) and Mom moved to a higher level of care later that year. In 2022 she was moved to the mental care (dementia/alzheimers) wing of the facility, and the LTC policy was covering 90% of that cost. She passed in August of 2023, which was a blessing as she hadn't been able to speak for over 6 months and was not responsive. Thankfully, money was not an issue because there savings was able to cover the insurance shortfall, but we were looking at how long that could be maintained as her LTC policy would have reached full payout by October. Talking with specialist is a great option, there could be things you can do that someone dealing with families making these transitions are not aware of . Also I would advise looking into hospice care, there is long-term hospice care that may be covered by Medicare. We only found this out a few weeks before my Mom passed, and only because a new medical director at her facility was pro-active in getting this started. In all honesty, no one in my family thought about it, and she could have had those services for probably the last 8-12 months. Good luck with this journey, it is a difficult road - stay in touch with family and close friends who are aware of what is going on. This is not a path that you need to travel alone. And ignore the assholes who throw out hateful comments - that is a bit much, even for the assholes on this site.
  2. I'm waiting too, if you hear any good rumors let me know
  3. 🤣🤣🤣 Now tell us the one where OJ is looking to find the real killer
  4. So another way to put is NC State was 17-14 heading into the ACC tournament and have run off 9 wins in a row to get to 26-14
  5. North Carolina loses & Duke loses this weekend
  6. Heads up, you will get there before you know it
  7. A friend of the family was an extra in O&G, she is one of the recruits who gets off the bus, lines up at the far end. So I'm 2 degrees of separation from Lou. Thought that was a great movie, Lou was the best in that role. RIP Drill Sergeant.
  8. + Houston Open and for some of us Northern types the first round of the Frozen Four (aka NCAA Hockey playoffs https://www.ncaa.com/scoreboard/icehockey-men/d1
  9. Just the NCAA doing stupid things, no idea why CBS (and friends) allow this rounds games to only occupy 2 timeslots when they could start the early game 2 hours earlier and push the late games 1/2 back and they'd have a solid 7= hour block of time to sell advertinsing. Maybe they all decided that they were making enough money off the tournament (lol - now that last statement is crazy)
  10. Or if the guy really was funding terrorist activity with untraceable payments, then maybe Nigeria is not a terrorist friendly country (then again it could be both)
  11. Listen to this man, don't pussy out. It isn't bad at all, especially if you compare it to a prostate biopsy, now that is a real pain in the ass (and I should know since I've had 3 of them)
  12. @Harrison Stafford - Holtec Intl is approved for a $1.5 billion loan from DOE to reopen the Palisades nuke plant. Not directly impacting 4U, but a move in the right direction for Uranium. I'm not saying it is an old facility, but original construction started in March 1967, and it was initially commissioned in December 1971; decommissioning was "completed" in May 2022, obv this is being reversed however I do not see a targeted date for restarting (I'm sure there are plenty of legal, licensing, permitting and testing to last for a couple of years) https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2024/03/palisades-gets-15b-federal-loan-for-historic-nuclear-restart.html
  13. Lol - you must be new around here. We have all kinds of opinions, on damned near everything.
  14. clearly there is only one correct answer - best summarized technical analysis is - 🚀
  15. Thanks - missed that update
  16. Looks like Champ is going to have to find another pit to run - Good luck Jim, hope it works out for you, missed out on getting to Dozier's my last trip to Houston. https://www.doziersbbq.com/ THE LAST FIRES IN THE PITS AT DOZIER’S BBQ WILL BE LIT ON MARCH 30TH, 2024. We are saddened at this difficult decision, and it has been an honor to be a part of this community since 1957. We invite you to come by for a fond farewell from the Dozier’s family through the end of the month.
  17. Not sure the exact technical answer to the first question; for the second if you have to ask it is probably true. The NYSE and NASDAQ are separate entities - some history on the NYSE https://www.nyse.com/history-of-nyse#:~:text=In 2008%2C the NYSE acquired,listing on NYSE in 2005. NASDAQ is also a separate publicly traded exchange - https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/career-map/sell-side/capital-markets/nasdaq/ Both ICE and NASDAQ, Inc. are publicly traded, and the largest investors are institutions like Black Rock, Vanguard, State Street, TRowe Price, Lazard, etc - so it seems like it is a circle within a circle, or maybe just a big money manager circle jerk.
  18. this is what happens when you let noobs start threads @immamac - please merge
  19. 2nd fair warning - I am heading to Chicago for the weekend, last time I did this was end of Feb 2020 & the market went into crash mode. If this happens again in the next week it confirms causation 📉 Price me wrong
  20. please stop saying that, it makes my spidey senses tingle and I want to go layer on some SPY puts
  21. Ride the wave, or get caught in the undertow
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