The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

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TastyReuben said:
I wanted to add, when my brother had to have surgery "down there" several years ago, he also had a bit of fun by drawing a smiley face on his business end, along with a message to "handle with care."

I may have told this before, but when I came out of surgery, I was awake in a flash - still on the gurney and on my way to the recovery room, no grogginess or anything.

I remember distinctly the first words out of my mouth: "Hey! What're ya doin' in my kitchen?! I'm tryin' ta make chicken parm!"

I immediately followed that up with giving one of the nurses a serious look and asking in a hushed tone, "Did you see my butt?"
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On the topic of surgery "down there," Orchiectomy - Wikipedia . Been there, done that, now they call me "lefty."

CD
 
After running around getting an urgent urine test for my Mom throughout the day, we did end up in the Er around 6 pm.
As she still had pain.
Urine retention and constipation, and a gynecological check. Lab tests came back good.

The rest will get untangled in the days to come.

Itwas an 11 am to 9 pm day out of home dealing with all Mom's issue

I hope to,and have to, cook today for kid and me.

Planning to cook sarma.
 
The jasmine has had a hair cut again. Last year I gave it a very thorough cut, but wasn't able to get up onto the garage, garage extension or back door extension roofs to cut the top back. This year was a short back and sides and a bald top. I have now removed it's secondary root system from the roof system. (Curiously the gutters themselves were clear, just not the corrugations of the roof).
Last year I filled the 7ft by 4ft box trailer twice over... this year we only filled it the once but it had still taken 2 of us 2½hrs to cut back 1 plant.

I reckon it will be on the roof again before the end of January!

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Timenspace said:
Itwas an 11 am to 9 pm day out of home dealing with all Mom's issue
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We have days like that around here sometimes, it can exhausting. Just make sure you're taking care of yourself along the way.

Lullabelle said:
Today's walk has been called off, the rain is coming down sideways :ohmy:
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That's when I say the rain's not coming down, it's coming over. :laugh:
 
So the owner of the house I'm buying lives outside the country, she came to Portugal a week or so ago to make her father her attorney so he can attend the signing of the final deed in lieu of her. She sent me the documents a week later. I sent them to my bank and the bank says they can't accept the letter of attorney because there's one sentence missing. ONE SENTENCE. I kid you not.

Her father was supposed to go to the attorney today to check what happened, but he couldn't go, hopefully tomorrow he will be able to go to the attorney's office. We'll see what the attorney says. The bank says they can't accept the document she sent, and for the house owner being here in person for the final deed will be difficult, but she has to sign a new letter of attorney if the old one is invalid and the attorney can't sort it out, and she can't travel to Portugal, and the consulate where she lives works poorly, so I have no idea how this will be sorted.

In the meantime we're trying to run to have the final deed signed before my mortgage approval expires which will happen in January 30. I signed the deed and paid the down payment a month and a half ago, and I still don't have all the documentation the bank needs to get the contract of the house scheduled on a public notary. This documentation would have taken a week to gather if the house owner lived in Portugal.

If the deal falls through I'm stuck in a house I hate. There are no more houses in the price range in the place where I want to live, there haven't been any new houses in the market on my price range. Next year banks are supposed to start lending money for 30 years max, my loan was approved this year so it's still 40 years. A 30 years loan will put on a higher monthly payment which seriously compromises my ability to live comfortably and save money. Yes I still have another 9 years rental contract on my house but I live in a flat studio where I'm cramped, and if I ever decide to have children I can't fit them in a studio and I'm not going to wait until I'm 40 to start conceiving. At any rate, women's fertility starts declining at 33, so I only have 2 years ahead of me to decide if I want to try to have children or not and get the house thing sorted.

I spent 10 years saving for this, it's my life dream, and it's closer and closer to going down the drain. As I cried in frustration my eyeshadow stayed on. At least I spent money on good makeup instead of saving it all for this silly life goal I can't afford after all.
 
LissaC said:
So the owner of the house I'm buying lives outside the country, she came to Portugal a week or so ago to make her father her attorney so he can attend the signing of the final deed in lieu of her. She sent me the documents a week later. I sent them to my bank and the bank says they can't accept the letter of attorney because there's one sentence missing. ONE SENTENCE. I kid you not.

Her father was supposed to go to the attorney today to check what happened, but he couldn't go, hopefully tomorrow he will be able to go to the attorney's office. We'll see what the attorney says. The bank says they can't accept the document she sent, and for the house owner being here in person for the final deed will be difficult, but she has to sign a new letter of attorney if the old one is invalid and the attorney can't sort it out, and she can't travel to Portugal, and the consulate where she lives works poorly, so I have no idea how this will be sorted.

In the meantime we're trying to run to have the final deed signed before my mortgage approval expires which will happen in January 30. I signed the deed and paid the down payment a month and a half ago, and I still don't have all the documentation the bank needs to get the contract of the house scheduled on a public notary. This documentation would have taken a week to gather if the house owner lived in Portugal.

If the deal falls through I'm stuck in a house I hate. There are no more houses in the price range in the place where I want to live, there haven't been any new houses in the market on my price range. Next year banks are supposed to start lending money for 30 years max, my loan was approved this year so it's still 40 years. A 30 years loan will put on a higher monthly payment which seriously compromises my ability to live comfortably and save money. Yes I still have another 9 years rental contract on my house but I live in a flat studio where I'm cramped, and if I ever decide to have children I can't fit them in a studio and I'm not going to wait until I'm 40 to start conceiving. At any rate, women's fertility starts declining at 33, so I only have 2 years ahead of me to decide if I want to try to have children or not and get the house thing sorted.

I spent 10 years saving for this, it's my life dream, and it's closer and closer to going down the drain. As I cried in frustration my eyeshadow stayed on. At least I spent money on good makeup instead of saving it all for this silly life goal I can't afford after all.
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I know that's frustrating, and am a little familiar with the exasperation. When we were settling my MIL's estate, we could never find the right combination of documents and signatures to satisfy this bank and that lawyer and this other state agency. It was maddening.

Can documents be prepared and mailed overnight for signatures, or digitally signed?
 
TastyReuben said:
I know that's frustrating, and am a little familiar with the exasperation. When we were settling my MIL's estate, we could never find the right combination of documents and signatures to satisfy this bank and that lawyer and this other state agency. It was maddening.

Can documents be prepared and mailed overnight for signatures, or digitally signed?
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At this point it's just one document (the letter of attorney) , and it needs to be signed by hand. I've come to realize I just deal very poorly with things that are completely out of my control. Most things in life are somewhat out of our control, but there's always things we can do to more or less influence the result, and with most of this house process I am powerless, I just have to sit and wait, at this point I've done all I can and it's up for the owner to sort out the letter of attorney or decide if she can come to sign the deed in person.

I am in a very nervous state where I can't focus on anything, so I'm spending my free time watching makeup videos...I still can't buy makeup because if I do buy the house I still need money for the taxes, but at least I'm more or less entertained.
 
LissaC said:
At this point it's just one document (the letter of attorney) , and it needs to be signed by hand. I've come to realize I just deal very poorly with things that are completely out of my control. Most things in life are somewhat out of our control, but there's always things we can do to more or less influence the result, and with most of this house process I am powerless, I just have to sit and wait, at this point I've done all I can and it's up for the owner to sort out the letter of attorney or decide if she can come to sign the deed in person.

I am in a very nervous state where I can't focus on anything, so I'm spending my free time watching makeup videos...I still can't buy makeup because if I do buy the house I still need money for the taxes, but at least I'm more or less entertained.
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A lot depends on how motivated the other parties are. If the buyer realy needs/wants to get this sale closed, she'll do what she has to. If the bank really wants to get this mortgage done, they'll work hard to get it done. Keep your chin up.

CD
 
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