Well then I won’t complain about having my plumber replace the 38 year old electric water heater in our new 1978 vintage  house. Four grand? Yeesh.

Correct on the timing. The house I grew up in was built in the 40s. I remember the original septic drain field being dug up and being replaced. Roots had destroyed the Terra Cotta piping and gone through everything else. Because Florida. The replacement was done in early 70s I think.

Maybe she’s just one of those people that shouldn’t be allowed to touch the computers. ;-)

Would only be better if first and second names were Oscar and Mayer.

Oh yeah, in addition to the old Polaroid I rediscovered last week, I also found one of our old Mavica cameras. I feel like an archaeologist. There’s also standalone dialup modems in there. LOL

An NSA contractor doesn’t assume that anything she does on computerized equipment at work is logged and tracked, easily traced? Yeeesh!

Going through boxes moving into our new house, I found an old Polaroid camera and a still sealed pack of film. I’ll be taking bids shortly at the spy auction in Prague.

Exactly. Rebuilding public water infrastructure is expensive, but damn, NOTHING compared to the medical care those affected folks will need later on.

That was actually my initial plan, about fifteen years back. Life happened, though. I don’t want the stress of the same level job again though. I’ll get back to work again after a while, or start my own business. I did promise Mrs. Wookie that I would start teaching her more in depth about computers and networking.

This times 1000. I was fortunate enough to get into an old style retirement plan before things went all newfangled. I had the option to switch plans many years ago. There are many reasons why I went ahead and retired not long after becoming eligible. All the factors came to point me to make the jump in 2016. It was…

Hey, now. That’s a status symbol in some areas. ;)

I’ve got the screen and extra computers and game systems laying around. Does anyone know where I can purchase a microwave with a seventy inch diagonal door? This is SO doable.

Remember the Napper Crapper from Stay Tuned? I still want one of those.

Yeah. At least we’ll have four years of entertainment...?

Nope, it’s not intentional sarcasm. Common sense has been in dreadfully short supply in the last few decades.

Good job! You’ve cracked the secrets that most never glimpse.

Now that right there is funny.

Just imagine how much healthier we’d all be without the stress of worrying over health insurance covering/not covering this or that procedure or thing or medication.

How’s about next time my doc makes me get a colonoscopy, you tag in for me? I’ll spring for the copay. You get to find out if you have any problems and I get to skip doing the colon prep. I’ve wondered for years how many elderly people die each year from the prep?

I’ll never complain about my premiums again.