On 2021-02-27 7:14 p.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 2/27/2021 2:08 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>>
>> The other day my daughter reminded me of a conversation I had with her
>> as a teenager about her friends.Â* I told her in your life you will meet
>> many people and even call them friends, but you will only have a one or
>> two that will truly be a real friend no matter what the situation. She
>> sees and appreciates that I have one like that.
>
> I am that type of friend to a couple of close friends, but it is pretty
> mush a one way street.Â* Fortunately my family and I are on a two way
> street.

I had a lot of friends like that. I was there to help them but when I
needed help they were nowhere around. There was one guy I helped move
at least a half dozen times, but the time he was supposed to help us
with a move he and another sat by the front door drinking my beer.

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-02-27 7:14 p.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
>> On 2/27/2021 2:08 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>>>
>>> The other day my daughter reminded me of a conversation I had
>>> with her
>>> as a teenager about her friends.Â* I told her in your life you
>>> will meet
>>> many people and even call them friends, but you will only have a
>>> one or
>>> two that will truly be a real friend no matter what the
>>> situation. She
>>> sees and appreciates that I have one like that.
>>
>> I am that type of friend to a couple of close friends, but it is
>> pretty mush a one way street.Â* Fortunately my family and I are
>> on a two way street.
>
> I had a lot of friends like that. I was there to help them but when
> I needed help they were nowhere around.* There was one guy I helped
> move at least a half dozen times, but the time he was supposed to
> help us with a move he and another sat by the front door drinking
> my beer.

Why did you give the damn bums your beer?

It's terrible that you have been shit on your whole life. Maybe
things will start looking up some day.

Hank Rogers wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2021-02-27 7:14 p.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
> >> On 2/27/2021 2:08 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> >>>
> >>> The other day my daughter reminded me of a conversation I had
> >>> with her
> >>> as a teenager about her friends. I told her in your life you
> >>> will meet
> >>> many people and even call them friends, but you will only have a
> >>> one or
> >>> two that will truly be a real friend no matter what the
> >>> situation. She
> >>> sees and appreciates that I have one like that.
> >>
> >> I am that type of friend to a couple of close friends, but it is
> >> pretty mush a one way street. Fortunately my family and I are
> >> on a two way street.
> >
> > I had a lot of friends like that. I was there to help them but when
> > I needed help they were nowhere around. There was one guy I helped
> > move at least a half dozen times, but the time he was supposed to
> > help us with a move he and another sat by the front door drinking
> > my beer.
> Why did you give the damn bums your beer?
>
> It's terrible that you have been shit on your whole life. Maybe
> things will start looking up some day.


"He'll always have Bwuthie right behind 'im...", lol...

--
Best
Greg

On 2/27/2021 6:07 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/27/2021 3:19 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:

>>>
>>> Still, it is always good to have close friends. Companionship is a
>>> pleasure of life.
>>>
>>
>> The other day my daughter reminded me of a conversation I had with her
>> as a teenager about her friends.Â* I told her in your life you will
>> meet many people and even call them friends, but you will only have a
>> one or two that will truly be a real friend no matter what the
>> situation. She sees and appreciates that I have one like that.
>>
>> I have one in particular, though we are now 1200 miles away we are in
>> touch every week and do see each other a few times a year.Â* I'd trust
>> her with my life.Â*Â* Been that way for 45 years.
>
> Thank god yoose ain't Popeye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> I know what you mean Ed.
>
>

Good for you if you have a similar situation.

Our paths crossed a few times in high school but never met. One day I
took a photography course and she happened to sit across from me. We
chatted and never stopped in 45 years. We also did a lot of things
together with our spouses too. If there is a heaven, they are looking
down at us, happy we are still taking care of each other.

GM wrote:
> Hank Rogers wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2021-02-27 7:14 p.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
>>>> On 2/27/2021 2:08 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The other day my daughter reminded me of a conversation I had
>>>>> with her
>>>>> as a teenager about her friends. I told her in your life you
>>>>> will meet
>>>>> many people and even call them friends, but you will only have a
>>>>> one or
>>>>> two that will truly be a real friend no matter what the
>>>>> situation. She
>>>>> sees and appreciates that I have one like that.
>>>>
>>>> I am that type of friend to a couple of close friends, but it is
>>>> pretty mush a one way street. Fortunately my family and I are
>>>> on a two way street.
>>>
>>> I had a lot of friends like that. I was there to help them but when
>>> I needed help they were nowhere around. There was one guy I helped
>>> move at least a half dozen times, but the time he was supposed to
>>> help us with a move he and another sat by the front door drinking
>>> my beer.
>> Why did you give the damn bums your beer?
>>
>> It's terrible that you have been shit on your whole life. Maybe
>> things will start looking up some day.
>
>
> "He'll always have Bwuthie right behind 'im...", lol...
>

That's a fact. Only a surgeon could remove master druce's nose from
his asshole.

On 2/27/2021 9:25 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 10:00:54 AM UTC-5, Snag wrote:
>> On 2/27/2021 8:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 8:26:10 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>> On 2/26/2021 9:57 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>> After her husband died, a few years later she demolished the ocean front
>>>>> property rebuilt about 4 years ago. Four bedrooms, for kids and
>>>>> grandkids. Now that we are both alone, we spend some time there
>>>>> together. She does not want to live there year round though.
>>>>>
>>>>> Taxes alone are $30k a year. You pay for the view.
>>>> That's so crazy too. You own the property yet you're charged $30K a year
>>>> for property tax. Get outta here.
>>>>
>>>> Same thing with North Beach here. Property taxes are unbelievable.
>>>
>>> What are the property tax rates? What are the assessed values?
>>>
>>> Ann Arbor tax rates (50.4649 mills) are higher than those outside the
>>> city limits (40.4869 for my location). The property values are substantially
>>> higher ($202 per square foot inside the city, compared with $87 - $162
>>> outside the city). The result is a much higher tax bill.
>>>
>>> That's one of several reasons I live outside the city limits.
>>>
>>> However, everybody who pays those outrageous Ann Arbor prices
>>> thinks it's worth it. Or they wouldn't live there.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> We got our tax bill yesterday in the mail . My annual taxes this time
>> around are $115 and change ... that's for our property and all the
>> vehicles . Of course we don't have all that fancy city infrastructure to
>> pay for either .
>
> It costs a bunch to plow and salt the roads multiple times a year
> up here. I just paid my winter tax bill: $1514 and change. We don't
> have personal property taxes on cars, but the registration fees amount
> to a tax. Those are due on one's birthday (what a nice present). Ours
> are more than $100 for each car.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

Our vehicle tags are cheap too . The most expensive one is the tag on
the Harley trike . It's like 9 bucks a year . Trailers get a forever tag
, my truck and the other Harley have antique tags which are also
"forever" , and the SUV wears a veterans tag . Rural Arkansas ain't
perfect , but it's a lot closer than anywhere I've lived in the past -
from my perspective , of course .
--
Snag
In 1775, the British demanded we give them our guns.
We shot them

On Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 8:13:58 AM UTC-5, Snag wrote:
> On 2/27/2021 9:25 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 10:00:54 AM UTC-5, Snag wrote:
> >> On 2/27/2021 8:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>> On Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 8:26:10 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >>>> On 2/26/2021 9:57 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>>>> After her husband died, a few years later she demolished the ocean front
> >>>>> property rebuilt about 4 years ago. Four bedrooms, for kids and
> >>>>> grandkids. Now that we are both alone, we spend some time there
> >>>>> together. She does not want to live there year round though.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Taxes alone are $30k a year. You pay for the view.
> >>>> That's so crazy too. You own the property yet you're charged $30K a year
> >>>> for property tax. Get outta here.
> >>>>
> >>>> Same thing with North Beach here. Property taxes are unbelievable.
> >>>
> >>> What are the property tax rates? What are the assessed values?
> >>>
> >>> Ann Arbor tax rates (50.4649 mills) are higher than those outside the
> >>> city limits (40.4869 for my location). The property values are substantially
> >>> higher ($202 per square foot inside the city, compared with $87 - $162
> >>> outside the city). The result is a much higher tax bill.
> >>>
> >>> That's one of several reasons I live outside the city limits.
> >>>
> >>> However, everybody who pays those outrageous Ann Arbor prices
> >>> thinks it's worth it. Or they wouldn't live there.
> >>>
> >>> Cindy Hamilton
> >>>
> >> We got our tax bill yesterday in the mail . My annual taxes this time
> >> around are $115 and change ... that's for our property and all the
> >> vehicles . Of course we don't have all that fancy city infrastructure to
> >> pay for either .
> >
> > It costs a bunch to plow and salt the roads multiple times a year
> > up here. I just paid my winter tax bill: $1514 and change. We don't
> > have personal property taxes on cars, but the registration fees amount
> > to a tax. Those are due on one's birthday (what a nice present). Ours
> > are more than $100 for each car.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> Our vehicle tags are cheap too . The most expensive one is the tag on
> the Harley trike . It's like 9 bucks a year . Trailers get a forever tag
> , my truck and the other Harley have antique tags which are also
> "forever" , and the SUV wears a veterans tag . Rural Arkansas ain't
> perfect , but it's a lot closer than anywhere I've lived in the past -
> from my perspective , of course .

Yes, our tags are expensive. But that's the only tax on cars that we have.
I see that your $115 includes taxes on vehicles.

I'm glad you enjoy rural Arkansas. I enjoy exurban Michigan.

Cindy Hamilton

On 2/27/2021 9:55 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/27/2021 6:07 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 2/27/2021 3:19 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>> Still, it is always good to have close friends. Companionship is a
>>>> pleasure of life.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The other day my daughter reminded me of a conversation I had with
>>> her as a teenager about her friends. I told her in your life you
>>> will meet many people and even call them friends, but you will only
>>> have a one or two that will truly be a real friend no matter what the
>>> situation. She sees and appreciates that I have one like that.
>>>
>>> I have one in particular, though we are now 1200 miles away we are in
>>> touch every week and do see each other a few times a year. I'd trust
>>> her with my life. Been that way for 45 years.
>>
>> Thank god yoose ain't Popeye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> I know what you mean Ed.
>>
>>
>
> Good for you if you have a similar situation.
>
> Our paths crossed a few times in high school but never met. One day I
> took a photography course and she happened to sit across from me. We
> chatted and never stopped in 45 years. We also did a lot of things
> together with our spouses too. If there is a heaven, they are looking
> down at us, happy we are still taking care of each other.

Ed, sounds like you've found the perfect 2nd mate if you're ever so
inclined. Sometimes just memories of a lost one is good enough though.

That's like me. I finally found true love long after my divorce but she
died way too young. I think about her every day. I can live alone with
the memories.

Never know though. Maybe someday I'll meet another. Not much chance in
these Covid isolation days.

On 3/1/2021 12:01 PM, Gary wrote:
> On 2/27/2021 9:55 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/27/2021 6:07 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> On 2/27/2021 3:19 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Still, it is always good to have close friends. Companionship is a
>>>>> pleasure of life.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The other day my daughter reminded me of a conversation I had with
>>>> her as a teenager about her friends.Â* I told her in your life you
>>>> will meet many people and even call them friends, but you will only
>>>> have a one or two that will truly be a real friend no matter what the
>>>> situation. She sees and appreciates that I have one like that.
>>>>
>>>> I have one in particular, though we are now 1200 miles away we are in
>>>> touch every week and do see each other a few times a year.Â* I'd trust
>>>> her with my life.Â*Â* Been that way for 45 years.
>>>
>>> Thank god yoose ain't Popeye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> I know what you mean Ed.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Good for you if you have a similar situation.
>>
>> Our paths crossed a few times in high school but never met.Â* One day I
>> took a photography course and she happened to sit across from me.Â* We
>> chatted and never stopped in 45 years.Â* We also did a lot of things
>> together with our spouses too.Â* If there is a heaven, they are looking
>> down at us, happy we are still taking care of each other.
>
> Ed, sounds like you've found the perfect 2nd mate if you're ever so
> inclined. Sometimes just memories of a lost one is good enough though.
>
> That's like me. I finally found true love long after my divorce but she
> died way too young. I think about her every day. I can live alone with
> the memories.
>
> Never know though. Maybe someday I'll meet another. Not much chance in
> these Covid isolation days.
>
>
>
>
>
We are perfect for each other. I visit every few months for a week or
so at a time but what works is we both have similar expectations.
Neither of us wants to date or get married, just enjoy each other. We
talk about once a week and an occasional text.

We also know she is not a replacement for my wife not am I a replacement
for her husband. We both had excellent spouses.

We're both left handed Polish Virgos but you can tell us apart because
she is prettier than me.

You would do well to find the same situation but don't let go of the
good memories you have already.

On Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 9:22:34 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 8:13:58 AM UTC-5, Snag wrote:
> > On 2/27/2021 9:25 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > On Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 10:00:54 AM UTC-5, Snag wrote:
> > >> On 2/27/2021 8:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >>> On Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 8:26:10 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > >>>> On 2/26/2021 9:57 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > >>>>> After her husband died, a few years later she demolished the ocean front
> > >>>>> property rebuilt about 4 years ago. Four bedrooms, for kids and
> > >>>>> grandkids. Now that we are both alone, we spend some time there
> > >>>>> together. She does not want to live there year round though.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Taxes alone are $30k a year. You pay for the view.
> > >>>> That's so crazy too. You own the property yet you're charged $30K a year
> > >>>> for property tax. Get outta here.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Same thing with North Beach here. Property taxes are unbelievable.
> > >>>
> > >>> What are the property tax rates? What are the assessed values?
> > >>>
> > >>> Ann Arbor tax rates (50.4649 mills) are higher than those outside the
> > >>> city limits (40.4869 for my location). The property values are substantially
> > >>> higher ($202 per square foot inside the city, compared with $87 - $162
> > >>> outside the city). The result is a much higher tax bill.
> > >>>
> > >>> That's one of several reasons I live outside the city limits.
> > >>>
> > >>> However, everybody who pays those outrageous Ann Arbor prices
> > >>> thinks it's worth it. Or they wouldn't live there.
> > >>>
> > >>> Cindy Hamilton
> > >>>
> > >> We got our tax bill yesterday in the mail . My annual taxes this time
> > >> around are $115 and change ... that's for our property and all the
> > >> vehicles . Of course we don't have all that fancy city infrastructure to
> > >> pay for either .
> > >
> > > It costs a bunch to plow and salt the roads multiple times a year
> > > up here. I just paid my winter tax bill: $1514 and change. We don't
> > > have personal property taxes on cars, but the registration fees amount
> > > to a tax. Those are due on one's birthday (what a nice present). Ours
> > > are more than $100 for each car.
> > >
> > > Cindy Hamilton
> > >
> > Our vehicle tags are cheap too . The most expensive one is the tag on
> > the Harley trike . It's like 9 bucks a year . Trailers get a forever tag
> > , my truck and the other Harley have antique tags which are also
> > "forever" , and the SUV wears a veterans tag . Rural Arkansas ain't
> > perfect , but it's a lot closer than anywhere I've lived in the past -
> > from my perspective , of course .
> Yes, our tags are expensive. But that's the only tax on cars that we have.
> I see that your $115 includes taxes on vehicles.
>
> I'm glad you enjoy rural Arkansas. I enjoy exurban Michigan.

Exurban? What does that mean? Gobs and gobs of ex's all living in the same area? Ha! Ha! Ha!