Replying to a message of James Bradley to Ardith Hinton:

 JB> On or about: 02-12-08  22:06, Ardith Hinton did engage James Bradley
 JB> regarding, but not limited to: YooHoo to You...  2.

 AH>>  I figure I'm worth $90,000 a year... i.e. what a
 JB>>  the combined potential income?

 AH>> If a person is in intermediate care or extended care, the
 AH>> basic  charge may be scaled according to income.  Often there 
 AH>> isn't much left over after this charge has been paid.  As I 
 AH>> pointed out to my father, though, the government is 
 AH>> subsidizing the difference between the actual cost & the 
 AH>> cost to the residents. A "retirement community" for people 
 AH>> who need little or no nursing may have more frills... but 
 AH>> otherwise these people are paying $50,000+ a year for a lot 
 AH>> less.

 JB> Ah... That puts a new light on it!

Nevertheless, the 'retirement community' would have to do a lot of convincing
to get me to accept that minimum care in one actually costs $30,000 or more
a year (likewise the idea that the cost of putting someone in a jail cell actually
costs that much).  Shucks, an ordinary one bedroom apartment - which is what
one of those things look like - shouldn't cost more than $12,000/year (outside
of the "high rent" areas like CA, anyway).



 JB> I just had a horrible day at an auction, and before I got home to
 JB> discover *how* bad, I have a car too close behind me, with their
 JB> headlights aimed way too high. (The kind that you have to flip your
 JB> rear view mirror to the night position.) Buddy aint backin' off, so I
 JB> take the next two turns of a detour to make some distance, (A three
 JB> cylinder motor necessitates maneuvers over HP.) when he lights me up.
 JB> It was the *heat!*

 JB> Here I'm regretting paying too much for this, and how I missed bidding
 JB> on that, I now had to think the night was about to get REALLY
 JB> expensive. 

Heh.  The summer of 2006 I got carried away at an estate auction.  Some good deals,
though, a lawn sprayer (that's towed behind a lawn tractor) in mint
condition for $65 -
they're $250 new.  And phonograph records, lots and lots of phonograph
records.  In fact
after I got them all in the car there was just barely enough room for me to
squeeze in to
drive home (and I didn't get all of them because somebody distracted me for several
minutes).  Spent something over $300 total as it was.

Last spring (2007) I picked up a pickup box trailer for $20.  Cost me $25
to get the flat
tire fixed so I could tow it home.  And another $75 or so to get the parts
to fix the lights
on it.

Going to one later this afternoon.  I purposely do *not* take a truck to
them. 

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