WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2023

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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,317 Member
    edited November 2023
    And Today is: Wobbly Wednesday, Stress Awareness, Day of the 💀 Dead, and Cook for Your Pet Day, among others! Enjoy!
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    Machka Or anyone that knows, what are the correct dimensions to size pictures for this site? I need to use Photoshop or some other app to size as iPad doesn’t do it any more, but I don’t know the correct dimensions to size them to.

    Thanks!
    RVRita
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,710 Member
    edited November 2023
    Welcome Anita! That's rough, having to be non-weight bearing. My DSIL had an ankle fusion last year. The recovery was tedious, but she is so happy now. She's back to walking long distances.

    John is cooking the dinner tonight. Hooray! :D It's Cauliflower Cheese. I always find myself at a loose end when I haven't got to cook. But it's very nice.

    Storm not quite here yet. Tonight and tomorrow. Right now it's breezy with heavy showers. I think Terri had a lot of rain. Floods on the news.

    New series of 'Shetland' starts tonight, but with a new female lead. Hope it's good.

    Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxxxx

    Carol - Love your porch with the rocking chairs. Perfect! :)
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,189 Member

    LisaInArkansas wrote: »
    So... We'd been talking about getting a different vehicle for weeks, and after the heater stopped working well this weekend, I was just done. I get horribly uneasy when things start going wrong with a car, I'm just waiting for the next one to go wrong. That was the fifth thing in about six months. All minor, I might add, but it was a trend.

    So... I went looking for a vehicle all by my lonesome. When I found one that I thought was the right one, I test-drove it over to Corey, who checked all the right things, then he followed me back over to the car place and we signed all the paperwork (almost 90 percent was electronic, on a desk-sized touchscreen!). And... introducing the newest member of the family in the picture below, the 2019 Nissan Kicks. Small SUV, but will hold everything I need to haul around, gets about 37MPG, and had 28,000 miles on it. I would have expected 60,000 on a four-year-old car, as that's the average, so I was pleased with that. Plus it's still under a couple of warranties and for a change we did buy the extended warranty, which made both of us happy. Five years of oil changes, among other things.

    Allie - My biggest argument with a car lease is that, much like renting a house, at the end of the time you are done with the lease or rent, you have nothing. No trade-in on another vehicle means you're starting behind the eight-ball with buying a vehicle. When you do have a trade-in, you have wiggle room. I talked the guy down more than $2,000 because he could play with the value of the trade-in as well as the selling price of the car. I got into one lease, but I worried the whole time about how many miles I had left before I violated the lease, and every ding and dent. And when the lease was up, I had to give it back to them, and that was the end of it.

    Kinda liking the Kicks so far... Nice to have a back-up camera that works again!

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    I am slap worn out... I'm going to go take a nap!

    Love y'all!
    Lisa in AR


    We bought the extended warranty on my car when we bought it almost three years ago- was supposed to be 7yr- got a letter saying it was about to expire- DH called and they said what we bought was a 7yr warranty but 7 yrs from the time the car was made, it was 4 yrs old when we got it(or something like that-only had 23,000miles on it I think). Dh was mad- it was in the little fine print that was not explained to us. we wouldn't have paid that much for that short of time. This dealer has been pulling stuff since we bought the car. We had to fight with them because when we would take it in for an oil change, it wasn't in their computer that we had the warranty that covered oil changes but dh had the paperwork so just showed them. Didn't think too much about it but was irritated that he had to show the paperwork each time. We took it in one time because the windshield had a defect in it(was wavy when the sun hit it just right-thought my eyes were going, even made an appointment to get them checked)
    They again said we didn't have the warranty- SOMEONE there had canceled it, pocketed our cash that we had paid for the warranty. It finally was fixed but not without a hassle.
    They said I needed a 100,000 check, quoted some crazy amount which was more than double the other Nissan dealer in the next town and a lot more than other Nissan dealers. We ended up just having our mechanic do it for 1/4 the price
    This dealer used to be really good. We have bought 4 cars from the Nissan dealer.
    won't be buying from them again.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,317 Member
    edited November 2023
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    RVRita
  • evie1958
    evie1958 Posts: 864 Member
    Happy November ladies!
    Barbie, thank you for another month!

    Last night was Halloween, we quit giving out treats many years ago for two reasons. First, the place we were living, we hardly got any kids the last few years we were there. I had actually quit already because of that. When we first moved to that house, there were lots of kids in the neighborhood and we would get around 100 or so kids. When we trickled down to less than 10, I decided I was done. When we moved to this new place, we decided that because it's kind of tucked out of the way that not too many kids would be wanting to come up the dark drive to where the actual houses are, especially when they can walk around the rest of the 'hood in well lit areas with houses close together, so we never bothered here. A few people do, but I don't think they get much action. Our son and family live in the neighborhood that he grew up in and now its in the midst of redevelopment, so a lot of houses have either been torn down already or are boarded up and waiting to be torn down so I suggested he bring the kids out here. He decided that was a good idea. I went out with them and it was a lot of fun! The neighborhood has its own facebook page and there were comments before the "big day" asking about how many kids to expect. People replied 200-300! Well, I suspect they were pretty close on that! It was a lot of fun, lots of people out, not too many vehicles trying to go anywhere (whew!) and so many great decorations! I think my grands slept well last night, they were pretty pooped out!

    Loving the pics of the kids, pets and cars! Keep 'em coming!
    Hugs for those needing them, congrats to those celebrating and welcome to any new folks out there! Come back often, we are happy you're here!

    Evelyn, Vancouver Island
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,094 Member
    Oh lordy girls im still hemming and hawing over this car thing.. to buy,to lease..
    If I buy will have to take money out of my 401k and pay taxes on that..if I lease I will have to have a monthly fee.. I would rather have if I need to buy the car outright than have a payment..
    Found a 2020 HR-V with only 1,500 miles on it and it has all the bells and whistles
    And a brand new one is 5,000 more plus fees..we shall see .. another sleep on it. And my car goes to the mechanic on friday to make sure everything is ok.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    kevrit wrote: »
    And Today is: Wobbly Wednesday, Stress Awareness, Day of the 💀 Dead, and Cook for Your Pet Day, among others! Enjoy!
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    qre5b8ock26a.jpeg
    xhji5b9lywy6.jpeg
    z1x3epbx531r.jpeg

    Machka Or anyone that knows, what are the correct dimensions to size pictures for this site? I need to use Photoshop or some other app to size as iPad doesn’t do it any more, but I don’t know the correct dimensions to size them to.

    Thanks!
    RVRita

    MFP sizes photos automatically now. It looks all right to me.

    M in Oz
  • dlfk202000
    dlfk202000 Posts: 3,189 Member
    ginnytez wrote: »
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    Lisa-I did get a chuckle out of your VW heater-not because you are cold-when I was in college (back in the 770's) he VW Beetles were notorious for heaters going out! Yourstory brought back an image from a college parking lot and us cursing the cold! Congrats on new car!!!!! I love the color,


    Busy day-tired after meetings-they take a lot of energy on my part. Came home, got internet issue settled. New service I was testing cancelled. Received email for return of equipment. Will take to UPS store Friday at lunch time. Old service still here-got price reduced to match Spectrum (it's almost like they knew I had a spectrum tab open on computer). So-will leave as is. I have an email address through ATT that many folks have and I don't know if I would lose that if I cancel the internet and email. I am working on transitioning away from it (it is actually an old Yahoo) and I get so much spam/junk from it. Maybe this will motivate me to follow up on cleaning up and separating email accounts before I move.

    Need to go get kitchen cleaned up-it is a wreck. Had a good walk. Ate dinenr and caught up with you all.

    Take care all,

    Ginny in Ohio

    My old '68 Mustang had a problem with the heater so when I would drive the 45 min to see now current dh, I would plug in one of those seat warmer/back massagers in to the cigerette lighter to stay warm for the drive.

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    Looks like the eye of Heather's storm is just off the coast.

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    This pretty much sums it up ...

    Cycling
    Colouring
    Gardening

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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,094 Member
    Went over to see Tracy and Miles
    She thinks I should just keep the car and drive it till it dies..
    But I really want to have something that at this stage of the game isn't going to start going to pot and need things done to it all the time.
    So im between a rock and a hard place..with buying one i have an asset ,leasing one I don't. I dont want to finance one would rather buy one outright and maybe haggle a bit..but if I don't have a car to trade in.. that makes it all the harder.
    Geesh im in a pickle.. any recommendations ladies?I would love to hear what you got. Now i am not flush with money and would have to take it out and pay taxes on it.. but at least I would have a good running car that wouldn't need work for a good long while.
    HELP 😆
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 19,037 Member
    Barbie: Thanks for the new month.

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  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,094 Member
    Kim,no biggies in the last year except for new tires and back brakes..it needs new wiper blades but other than that,i take it in for oil changes when its needed and all.
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,658 Member
    CarolGaGal wrote: »
    This is the maple tree seen from my kitchen window that son and I planted 30 yrs ago!

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    Carol - when and IF I ever get that teleporter out of the shop, I'll zip down your way and have a cup of tea with you on that lovely porch. <3

    Lanette B)
  • CarolGaGal
    CarolGaGal Posts: 103 Member
    Allie ~ How old is your car? Sometimes we do things on impulse when we need to stop, think, and ponder. Do I need a new car or do I just want a new car?

    Just my thoughts!
    Carol in GA
  • SophieRosieMom
    SophieRosieMom Posts: 3,658 Member
    edited November 2023
    grandmallie wrote: »
    Went over to see Tracy and Miles
    She thinks I should just keep the car and drive it till it dies..
    But I really want to have something that at this stage of the game isn't going to start going to pot and need things done to it all the time.
    So im between a rock and a hard place..with buying one i have an asset ,leasing one I don't. I dont want to finance one would rather buy one outright and maybe haggle a bit..but if I don't have a car to trade in.. that makes it all the harder.
    Geesh im in a pickle.. any recommendations ladies?I would love to hear what you got. Now i am not flush with money and would have to take it out and pay taxes on it.. but at least I would have a good running car that wouldn't need work for a good long while.
    HELP 😆

    Allie - what kind of car do you have right now? Sometimes I just sit down and make a list of pros and cons when I'm considering a big money purchase - that's what I did when I was considering getting rid of my 2 older cars last summer and shopping for a newer SUV.

    I ended up deciding to keep the old cars. Put about $2500 total in the Subaru. It would have been 3 car payments on the newer Toyota SUV I was drawn to and payments I'd be making for 4 years.

    And now I'm done putting money in that Sube for hopefully many years. The old Camry is running great and gets me around town just fine.

    In your case, you know your budget. You have an idea of future bills that will need to be paid. You know your income. If you spend a certain amount on a new car, will you have to cut back or cut out other things you like to do? Will you be able to have a reserve if something goes haywire with the new car and isn't covered by a warranty? Can your mechanic tell you what to anticipate going wrong with your old car and what it would cost to repair it? The owner's manual might give you some clues.

    Those kinds of questions. Good luck. I know these decisions can be hard!

    And one more thing.... can you just let the pot soak for a couple weeks or a month? Is there a need to decide right now? I'm thinking of Lisa who researched and planned the eventual purchase of her new car for months and got a really nice one!

    Lanette B)


  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,702 Member
    Barbie Thank you for our clean slate
    Rita Three things to do this month 1) Write Christmas cards 2) Enjoy Thanksgiving 3) Make more time for fun!

    My calendar in my bathroom for November says "You are worthy of all the good stuffs!"

    Halloween- It was so COLD! We don't have trick or treaters as we live in too rural of an area. I sort of miss the days of going with the grand kids, but they are all now teens. I did wear my cat ear head band that has a witches hat on it to work. The customers liked it!

    I feel like another year has flown by. I really need to figure out how to make more of my years. For whatever reason, time passing by is playing heavy on my mind.......

    Allie I think many of the ladies have offered many insights. You have a lot of pros and cons to weigh. Need vs want. Cost vs budget. Peace of mind or worries. Let us know what you decide when you decide. You know what you are comfortable with.

    Healing thoughts!
    Welcomes!
    Thankful for all of you!

    Day one of Thankful November, I am thankful to be a part of this community of caring and supportive ladies!

    Much Love,
    Kylia in not quite as cold Ohio
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,094 Member
    Thank you ladies
    All valid points.. yes im impulsive sometimes, and would I like a new car sure.,do I need a new car no..I am taking it in friday to my mechanic to have it looked over.see if it needs anything. I have no car payments and having a car payment wouldn't be great.
    Plus the taxes here in Ct suck wind.
    I dont drive very far but im putting 60.00 dollars in the tank every other week.it would be nice to get something with a bit better gas mileage.
    Im going to weigh my options. Take a test drive tomorrow. And do alot of praying and thinking...
    Thanks ladies 😉
  • auntiebk
    auntiebk Posts: 2,614 Member
    edited November 2023
    Barbie thanks for the fresh start, and Brava for Annie letting you sleep (almost) through the night. Sounds like you found a good match in the trainer.
    Belated welcome @B23_Kate in TN, and congrats on taking off 70 lbs, well done!
    Rebecca :love: the pics, and the sneaky grandma swim lessons. ;)
    Tracey couldn’t find the 8th fire documentary on Amazon Prime nor at my library, so requested they get it. Fingers Xd.
    Lanette, Ah, YouTube, now why didn’t I think of that? “How can it be 50 years zipped past?” Amen, sister, amen. Attagal Rosie! Yah, if any bad actors heard Tumble’s frenzied barking or Shadow’s deeply impressive “Woof Woof Woof” (she barks with her whole 60 lb body), they’d surely decide to mosey on down the lane… ;)
    Rosemarie bless you for fostering Momma, Shirley and the 2 boys. When my Petunia was a very very sick kitten, I put a dab of Gerber’s trained chicken or turkey on her tongue. The day she pushed my finger away and started to clean herself was the day I knew she’d survive.
    Rita thanks for that link about the benefits of Aloe Vera. Didn’t know it was antifungal too, will try it on my persistent belly fold sweat rash. My one plant that produced off shoots now have five. Unfortunately they’re taking up too much space on the plant shelf if my study. Will try transplanting a couple outside on the southern exposure of the powerline easement and pray they survive the winter and the wet … ;)
    Sue once I got a car with heated seats I was hooked. Now no longer a luxury but a necessity ;)
    Speaking of cars, I’ve never found one I could sit high enough in to easily see over the hood. At a long legged, short waisted, 4’10” I always have to sit on a cushion. Even the adjustable seats just don’t go high enough. Any suggestions? I drive a 2014 Ford Escape… for now ;)
    Annie my one NSV lately is that this year I bought NO (zero, zilch, nada) Hallowe’en candy.
    Okie :love: the Hallowe’en pic!

    Whew finally through October. Summary and November catchup tomorrow.
    10/31: Move: 2 sets PT w/d, chair yoga, dogs to powerline, Jeopardy walking. Steps:8061
    Fuel: sugar in vs mfp=17 CI<CO net=532 vits=0.75
    Live: Joe, readings, BP, AD, AF, ptT, ptS, Wt: 132.5

    Later, lighter, lovelies!
    Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD x8zcp1ya37k1.gif
    October: Move more: chair yoga, line dance, dailyish PT, play with dogs.
    Fuel better: less sugar, dailyish vitamins.
    Live NOW: dailyish time with Joe, readings. Open heart and mind before mouth.
    2023: Be of good cheer.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,264 Member
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  • OregonMother
    OregonMother Posts: 1,664 Member
    edited November 2023
    grandmallie wrote: »
    Went over to see Tracy and Miles
    She thinks I should just keep the car and drive it till it dies..
    But I really want to have something that at this stage of the game isn't going to start going to pot and need things done to it all the time.
    So im between a rock and a hard place..with buying one i have an asset ,leasing one I don't. I dont want to finance one would rather buy one outright and maybe haggle a bit..but if I don't have a car to trade in.. that makes it all the harder.
    Geesh im in a pickle.. any recommendations ladies?I would love to hear what you got. Now i am not flush with money and would have to take it out and pay taxes on it.. but at least I would have a good running car that wouldn't need work for a good long while.
    HELP 😆

    You and I are of similar ages. I agree with Tracy. Save your money. A car should not be considered an asset because of depreciation.

    Flea
    Willamette Valley OR
  • LisaInArkansas
    LisaInArkansas Posts: 2,891 Member
    Allie - Take your time, baby girl, you'll make the right decision when you're ready. I will say, when we bought the Kicks we used the trade-in amount as well as paid 20 percent in cash. It kept us from having to put out an excessive amount right now, and we will decide as we go whether to pay it out slowly with low payments or pay it off within a year or so, as we have done with financed vehicles in the past.

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