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Appliance shopping is a real crapshoot. I have had great service in department stores and big boxes and terrible service in dedicated appliance stores and vice versa. Fortunately, the Frigidaire appliances (some of which we bought from a Future Shop salesperson who later became a doctoral candidate in my wife's faculty) we put in when we built the house proved to be fairly robust. After 16 years, the fridge, washer, and dryer are still the originals. The stove has been changed twice as has the dishwasher but that's because we got lemons the first time we replaced them.
 
Quick tip: When buying major appliances, 25-33% off is about what you should be aiming for. Anything more is a very good deal, usually old stock clearances.
 
Right, the first deal offered was $50 off. On a $1000 appliance. 5%. joke.
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I getting back to a schedule of working, prepping for meetings, analysis, planning, meetings.
Recording hours so that I can bill my time.
Juggling hours between life, retirement, joy!!!, volunteer commitment and work desires.


Understanding call and understanding why I am called to both work and volunteer stuff Mark of call.jpg
 

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Thanks for posting that Pinga. As I have mentioned I spent some of my summer on the Camino Nova Scotia -a pilgrimage. It was organized by Atlantic School of Theology. I thought I'd test out the waters and take it for credit. I completed my first assignment-a journal of my experience. I struggled with setting aside the time to write my paper. I asked for an extension. I handed it in on Sunday.

It led to me learning a few things 1) I like the pilgrimage and the being away from day to day life 2) I like writing the paper and thinking academically-it had been awhile and 3) now is not the time for me to be taking more courses. It was painfully hard to set aside the time to work on.

I also feel the Camino in Spain -particularly the French route is calling me. I'll walk it in the next few years.
 
Ah pilgrimages.

Back in my teens a friend and I decided to 'do' the Pilgrims' Way from London (our home) to Canterbury. School and work interfered with doing it all in one trip so we did it bit by bit. Some parts we walked (after using public transport to get to the start point), some parts we did on our bikes. The UK at that time had a series of Youth Hostels and we stayed at a couple during our adventure. It wasn't possible (or pleasant) to travel some parts so we left them out. Somehow walking or riding along a major highway wasn't appealing!

I think it is almost possible to do the entire thing on suitable roads and paths now - pilgrimages have caught on in England apparently.
 
The Camino in Spain has grown exponentially- 587 pilgrims finished last Sat. with 40000+ finishing in Sept 2016. By finishing I mean getting a certificate which involves walking at least 100 k or biking 200 or horseback 200 or there is also a provision for those in wheelchairs.

Kay wow you were well ahead of the times.
 
Three people from my church walked thee Camino in Spain this year. Two women did the entire length, staying in hostels. Our minister walked part of it and stayed in motels. All three reported a wonderful spiritual experience,
 
I once knew a woman who wanted to do the Camino with a donkey. Unfortunately, the donkey did not want to.
I am not sure how far she actually made it.
 
Chemguy had a job offer, good career move. He didn't take it because we wouldn't have been able to afford my medication with the insurance package. Costs of health issues people don't seem to talk about.
 
Did the last big walkthrough of Dad's place with my brother: sorting items, moving stuff, deciding what could stay. Saturday will be taking Dad through for his final walk through. Not looking forward to that but feel it is important for closure.

I have a zillion photos to scan and post for people, let them have CD's. Won't be a priority but is a good task for when I am visiting with him.
 
ChemGal said:
Chemguy had a job offer, good career move. He didn't take it because we wouldn't have been able to afford my medication with the insurance package. Costs of health issues people don't seem to talk about.
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Out of country? Or just a poor extended health plan? I think it's time for Pharmacare in Canada (as well as dental), but we don't seem to be having these conversations; I suspect it's our dim neighbours' fault.
 
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Out of country? Or just a poor extended health plan? I think it's time for Pharmacare in Canada (as well as dental), but we don't seem to be having these conversations; I suspect it's our dim neighbours' fault.
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The NDP and the Greens have both raised the idea, but it has obviously not been popular enough for the two bandwagon jumpers (aka the Conservatives and Liberals) to get on with it. Dental, to my mind, should be a covered service under Medicare. Shouldn't even need a separate program, just a boost in funding to cover it. Limit it to necessary services so you're not paying out thousands for "tooth whitening" and dubious cosmetic procedures (braces are sometimes necessary, often not). Pharmacare I can see being a separate program. Most provinces have some degree of it in place already (e.g. in Ontario seniors and people on Ontario Works and Ontario Disability have coverage) so it should just be an expansion of an existing program in most places.

All that said, with all the problems we still have in the Medicare system, there is something to be said for getting the rest of it working before we start bringing more programs on stream. I hate to think of us getting into the same situation with dentists in London that we have with family doctors: Too few of them so even if you have one but aren't happy with them, you're kind of stuck with that person since no one else is taking patients. Right now, we have enough dentists that most are taking patients and you can easily switch.
 
BetteTheRed said:
Out of country? Or just a poor extended health plan? I think it's time for Pharmacare in Canada (as well as dental), but we don't seem to be having these conversations; I suspect it's our dim neighbours' fault.
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Just poor extended health plan. The cost to my insurance company on just one drug so far this year has been over $15000. Many plans max out at $5000 or less for prescription drugs if they even happen to cover that particular one.
 
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So, you'd be a huge beneficiary of pharmacare; do you support it?
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Depends. It's the details that would concern me. I would hate to see access more restricted to needed drugs because of a poor plan.

Look at what happened in the ER as it was - someone couldn't access a drug because their name's not on a list. When I was in the hospital I was told not to bring meds and then they wouldn't give me some. Luckily (and to the relief of the nurses) I disobeyed their orders to not bring my own. Would they start to take away home treatment?
 
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