you are talking about christopher reeves. Yes, very sad LarryT wrote: > I'm sure sad stories about the way kids treat their aged parent/s in nusring > home are enough to fill the internet. My wife works at a VA hospital and > when on the extended care floor she talked about people who had *no* > visitors and worse, visitors who would show up on payday - so they could get > the parents retirement check - then they'd disappear for another month. > > Then there's things like the guy who played Superman - something Reeves - > who broke his back while horseback riding and was paralyzed - even though > wealthy and he appeared with a seeming loving wife at his side he died from > complication of bed sores - a very easily preventable problem caused by > spending too much time in one position in bed - typically caregivers will > move the patient often to keep sores from forming. We did it with our > mothers for a long time and neither developed bedsores. So I'm really at a > loss to understand why someone who had the money to have full time > caregivers would die from a problem caused by lack of care - but I guess it > happens all the time. > > Too many sad stories. > > > Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) > www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts > Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil > PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net > Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 2:17 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] REVERSE MORTGAGE > > >> Exactly right. My dad always said he planned to spend his last dollar to >> buy and mail his kids cards telling us good-bye and that he was broke. >> Didn't quite work out that way, but we always encouraged our parents [and >> now my MIL] to enjoy life and spend their $$ on anything they wanted [I >> know, many scams are out there also]. Since my MIL lives in an apartment >> attached to my house a reverse mortgage is not something she can do, but I >> would if I needed it in a few years. Few things got my wife angrier than >> kids who would not spend "their money" - meaning the money they were >> controlling for their nursing home confined parents - for needed clothing >> or >> dental work. She even had a family come in and request that she borrow a >> slip for their mother to be buried in, and the undertaker could give it >> back >> after the funeral. She had @ $86k in the bank [back in the 1970's], but >> the >> kids had plans for all of that $ and couldn't waste it on her. Too many >> stories ... my sibs were not like that and I don't think my kids will be. >> One advantage of being male with a darling wife 5 years younger: I won't >> have to deal with it [probably]. >> BillR >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of LarryT >> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:59 PM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] REVERSE MORTGAGE >> >> Hi Bill,, You wrote <<spend their inheritance>> >> >> I know you used that term to make a point but I've always had a problem >> with >> >> kids thinking they have a right to what the parents worked a lifetime to >> accumulate - or parents thinking it's expected. I realize you weren't >> using it in that context - >> >> I think your illustration was perfect. So many older people are sitting >> on >> $200k-$600k or more depending on location while they scrape by on social >> security. Life would be much easier for them if they would look at >> Reverse >> Mortgages. >> >> Also, there might still be something for the kids if that's the desire - >> once the homeowner no longer needs the home it is sold and the RM repaid - >> any proceeds left over go into the estate or to the home seller. >> >> Most questions are answered here - >> http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hecm/rmtopten.cfm >> >> Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) >> www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts >> Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil >> PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net >> Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bill R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:41 PM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 126 SD spotted yesterday - REVERSE MORTGAGE >> >> >>> Easy. Say you are a retired person with a life expectancy of 10 to 15 >>> years >>> and lots of bills and lots of home equity. Do you want to beg from the >>> kids >>> or spend their inheritance? >>> BillR >>> >>> >>> <<<<<<<<<I still can't wrap my head around the reverse mortgage....why >>> the >>> hell >>> anyone would do that.....weird.... >>> >>> >>> Zedic>>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >
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