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I have forgotten this? Are you an only child? If so, you inherit all from your parents. Wonder if you could present a case for them gifting you part of your inheritance now and buy a condo?
 
Lastpointe said:
I have forgotten this? Are you an only child? If so, you inherit all from your parents. Wonder if you could present a case for them gifting you part of your inheritance now and buy a condo?
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Who says I inherit anything from them? I don't know that. They would not be amused if I asked them that and presumed I was entitled to it!

On my dad's side I have a half brother, a step brother and step sister. ...Dad and step mom.

On my mom's side I have two step brothers and a step sister. They were already grown and moved out when my mom and step dad got together, I was a teenager in junior high. One of them is my upstairs landlord, currently. His dad is married to my mom. His dad is a second dad to me.

I am an only child of my mom and dad, but it's complicated. It's been complicated since I was 8 or 9.
 
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Ah yes it is complicated. I had forgotten about all the step siblings.

it’s too bad you can ask them for monetary help but I understand . keep your eyes open, hopefully something you like better will come up
 
Northwind said:
And many people are breaking their groups and partying. Especially people in younger age groups. Maybe you should contact the province to express your concerns. Dr Bonnie Henry and Adrian Dix would be the people you would contact.
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I supported the move for exactly that reason. Didn't seem like a big deal actually. Buy booze before 8 pm. Drink it at home. Don't go to parties. Simple.

(Plus it makes up for the years that businesses rip people off with door charges, and overpriced everything, on New Years Eve. I'm happy with businesses not taking that for granted anymore. There are some traditions I'd be happy to see the back of. Gawd, ever been to a crowded bar on New Years, and strangers are kissing each other? Yuck. Why? It's just another day - the clock changes. Big deal.)
 
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Lastpointe said:
Ah yes it is complicated. I had forgotten about all the step siblings.

it’s too bad you can ask them for monetary help but I understand . keep your eyes open, hopefully something you like better will come up
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I can ask for $50 now and then if I really need it. Sometimes they gift me small amounts. My dad and step dad, that is. Which makes me more fortunate than others in similar circumstances. I can't ask for thousands per year, to actually support my cost of living. My parents never had plans or intentions of doing that. Their idea was that it is what their taxes should be paying for. None of us got a trust fund from them. I'm no different - they never considered it.

I have to know my rights. My step brother and his wife - actually her daughters, are getting my money at a profit, and I'm a super quiet tentant who just wants to live in peace, safe from covid - so I don't feel guilty. Well, I do because I always do- but I don't have to. My counsellor is reminding me, because I keep forgetting, that I don't need to feel guilty about it.
 
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A distant acquaintance here ... went to a party at a bar ... resulting in aberration of our Covid statistics. Now he is quarantined for 14 days ... because of statistics. Some believe stats are bad things as they may incriminate.

In courts it is stated that you not quote stats that are self-incriminating ... thus giving mercy to the sacredly convicted ... being few know the truth!

Sacred as hidden is wonderful cover ... write?
 
Kimmio Laughterlove said:
Her daughters have gotten $10,000 from me, $7500 from the non communicative (she could speak English perfectly but she chose not to not communicate about anything) roommate I was stuck with for several months. Ironically, she was the same age as the upstairs daughter - no prob making that young lady from a poor country pay too much rent - she's not seeing the injustice in the nepotism. They don't get to have my home too, without proper recourse. It's not right. They don't recognize it as my home so I'm teaching them the rules by being here and speaking up. Maybe they need that wake up call. I'm not being mean and I'm not moving in a pandemic.
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Kimmio Laughterlove said:
I supported the move for exactly that reason. Didn't seem like a big deal actually. Buy booze before 8 pm. Drink it at home. Don't go to parties. Simple.

(Plus it makes up for the years that businesses rip people off with door charges, and overpriced everything, on New Years Eve. I'm happy with businesses not taking that for granted anymore. There are some traditions I'd be happy to see the back of. Gawd, ever been to a crowded bar on New Years, and strangers are kissing each other? Yuck. Why? It's just another day - the clock changes. Big deal.)
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I agree. Most responsible businesses have modified their operations over the last few months. At one point bars that are strictly bars/nightclubs were ordered closed and establishments could only sell alcohol until 10. If that's still in place, the 8:00 change is not huge. I do realize they got short notice and that a bit more warning might have been nice. Still, under the circumstances, I would be ready for anything. Hopefully this is only for one year
 
Northwind said:
I agree. Most responsible businesses have modified their operations over the last few months. At one point bars that are strictly bars/nightclubs were ordered closed and establishments could only sell alcohol until 10. If that's still in place, the 8:00 change is not huge. I do realize they got short notice and that a bit more warning might have been nice. Still, under the circumstances, I would be ready for anything. Hopefully this is only for one year
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It's huge for the small restaurants doing the right thing not allowing eat in and you've cut their preorders made weeks in advance.
 
ChemGal said:
It's huge for the small restaurants doing the right thing not allowing eat in and you've cut their preorders made weeks in advance.
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Why? They could still make those orders up to after 8 pm. They can stay open for a couple more hours.All they couldn't do is sell booze after that. They could still sell food (even in the sit-down restaurants). I don't see how that further affects small restaurants that have already become take-out only. Even if they sell beer and bottles of wine - most people are already buying that from the liquor store instead of paying extra at a take-out restaurant.
 
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Most responsible businesses have modified their operations over the last few months.
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Yeah, our Viet-Thai place put in a pickup and delivery system on their website and have been running as a takeout since the first wave closed restaurants here. I'm not sure they even reopened the dining room in the summer when things quieted down here.
 
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Why? They could still make those orders up to 8 pm. All they can't do is sell booze.
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Then they have to shift all of those orders to a different time. And is it pickup or delivery? Can they get out the deliveries out in time? What about people who are working which is why they set their delivery or pickup order for after 8 pm, etc?
 
ChemGal said:
Then they have to shift all of those orders to a different time. And is it pickup or delivery? Can they get out the deliveries out in time? What about people who are working which is why they set their delivery or pickup order for after 8 pm, etc?
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Then again, the mall near here was closed earlier than normal all of Boxing Week and New Year's Day. They closed voluntarily New Years Day. At least the stores that normally stay open 7 days a week and holidays. Normally they'd be open at least 11-5 or something, I think. Tim's was closed New Year's Day, voluntarily.
 
Kimmio Laughterlove said:
Then again, the mall near here was closed earlier than normal all of Boxing Week and New Year's Day. They closed voluntarily New Years Day. At least the stores that normally stay open 7 days a week and holidays. Normally they'd be open at least 11-5 or something, I think. Tim's was closed New Year's Day, voluntarily.
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It's different though when that's planned. When places have planned a way to allow people to have safe celebrations, packaging up local goods as a gift basket to help support other businesses, etc. I don't see why the government should stay in and say nope. If anything, that's just encouraging people to go take off to someone else's house where the booze has already been picked up.
 
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It's different though when that's planned. When places have planned a way to allow people to have safe celebrations, packaging up local goods as a gift basket to help support other businesses, etc. I don't see why the government should stay in and say nope. If anything, that's just encouraging people to go take off to someone else's house where the booze has already been picked up.
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Since its people they know and could more easily trace, even if they did sneak off to a friend's place, that seems better in terms of limiting community transmission, than going to a bar or restaurant to spend New Years.

As for take out and delivery - until 8 pm is more reasonable than not having them open or allowed to sell booze at all. I really don't see how it would make a big difference. People just had to buy their booze at the liquor store before 8. I don't see the big deal.


Restaurant and business associations have enough collective clout that they can take some legal action or appeal to the government for compensation if they feel strongly about it and can prove significant loss from New Years. Thing is, bars and restaurants rake in a lot of extra tax free cash on New Years too - and the unreasonable mark-ups and door charges for the occasion notwithstanding - so I'm not sure they'd win that argument.

I remember the days when no liquor stores were open on Sunday. So if Sunday was New Years Eve, they'd have to plan ahead.
 
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