Kmit58

Don't do anything. Most of us have gotten through it just fine and in my personal experience, my parents made it worse by always wanting to talk about it. That was 50 years ago and I know that it was the same 50 years earlier and 50 years earlier than that. Hearts get broken. Hearts heal. Leave her alone unless she wants something.

Here in SE Ohio I complain that ours is 1.1% of market value. Glad I don't live in Texas.

I was let go twice in the early 80's. It was tough everywhere. I had the opportunity to return to the first company about three years later and retired from it after 37 years. There were ups and downs, violent contact disputes, layoffs, restructuring, and ownership changes. It was seldom smooth sailing but who says life is easy.

I had one back in the 90's and absolutely loved it. We were getting pounded with snow and I was getting tired of putting chains on my old pickup every other day just to get up and down a few hills on the way to work. Drove by a car dealer and setting on top of this giant snow pile was a Samauri. Pulled in and took it home. It would literally go anywhere. I never felt like it was going to roll over as long as I stayed within the speed limits, but heck, it would hardly exceed the speed limit. The one thing that was a little scary was wind gusts. They would come out of nowhere and shove you across the lane. A little unnerving at first but I like a bit of excitement. I'll never forgot driving to a football game with my buddy when a gust hit us and he screamed like a little girl. LOL! I make fun of him to this day.
The only criticism I have is the soft cover on the spare. Had a flat one time and found out someone had inserted a knife blade through the cover and the tire. Two things I've learned are people are pigs and a$$e$.

Once my kids grew past certain Christmas beliefs, I sought out working those holiday weeks. Everyone was off and I didn't have to put up with all the normal bs.

The quote “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times” is attributed to G. Michael Hopf.

You get that same ride here in SE Ohio.

I see this and wonder how you can quit paying your taxes. The government already takes your payroll taxes. I guess you can not pay your property taxes but good luck with keeping your home and property. You can not make any purchases to avoid sales tax but not likely. I've wondered for a very long time what options we really have to protest our government. We can vote but most of us on here question whether it's legit anymore. I don't know.

My metal detecting buddy was shot through the upper arm while deer hunting. 12 gauge slug passed through his upper arm and somehow missed the bone. Heck of a scar. The shooter went on to become a hunter safety instructor, and for my friend it wasn't even close to being the worst day of his life. Toughest guy I've ever met.

Not directly related to this instance but your comment on foreign laws rang a bell for me. Years ago there used to be a commercial concerning drugs and laws of other countries and the statement 'when you're busted for drugs over there you're in for the hassle of your life.' came to mind. Still true today.

It's still out there if anyone cares to link it.