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[sleepyhead]

Hi everyone, I've been away for a while, but now I'm back! A party sounds great, but it sounds as if you've got the food covered... Can I sing for my supper? Anyone play guitar?

[d'smom]

How is that everyone knows my favorite things  I have actually been craving artichokes lately, but the ones in the store look so pathetic  (and expensive) that I have resisted.  Crab is probably my favorite seafood, but I have never learned to cook it myself.

Bring it on!!!

mmm
i crave artichokes a -lot-..... as an 'herb', i think they are good for the liver? or the kidneys. i forget. stormchild may know :}  down in california you can get huge fresh ones for a dollar each, and they have huuuuuuge fields of them just growing -everywhere-.  where i live theres about 2 times a year you can get them for $1.50 and they are pretty fresh. so twice a year, i get as many as i can.

rest of the time, they are something like four dollars each which is, ridiculous :{{. but this is a fantasy, why have a fantasy if you cant live it up )

the main problem i have cooking crab, (other than cost) is that i cant kill them. im too soft to want to hurt them!  but ..... its sooooooooo tasty!

just taught myself the mayonnase and considered that a real accomplishment though its actually very easy.  noone taught me to cook ( or do much of anything) growing up and i lived kinda like a gypsy - so its nice to challenege myself and learn something like that.

if we had avocadoes (natch) we could have the crab and the mayonnaise in the avocados.....mmm!!!!! stuff that like is very good for anyone wit any sort of depression.

I will definitely take you up on the art offer.  

mum could be a great art director. im all ready to cook her some enchiladas or somthing & see what everyone creates.  :}>
anna

[Brigid]

Sleepyhead,

Can I sing for my supper? Anyone play guitar?

OOOOHHH how wonderful--live music   This party just gets better and better.  How great to be associated with such talented folks.  (Do not look to me for any musical accompaniment, but I do have a piano if anyone plays--someone said they had to stop taking meds because they couldn't play while on them.)

Glad to see you back, Sleepyhead.  We've missed you.

Anna,
I remember being in California in the 70's when you could buy 40 artichokes for a dollar at roadside stands.  Now a dollar won't even buy a half a gallon of gas.  

Brigid

[Anonymous]

Hi all:

Normally, I would keep my mouth shut (and my feet out of it, during this one instance), however, since this is a fantasy, I guess I can be somewhat brave and let you know that I play piano and guitar (but in the real world......I don't like performing/being the centre of attention and all that stuff, so I rarely play for others.  I can do it infront of complete strangers, that I imagine I will never see again, but for those who know me........it takes me a long time, usually years, before I get up the guts to play (and it is definately a residual problem....left over from childhood....always afraid I will make too many mistakes and look like an idiot/bore people/they won't like the music and then me/I'll fall off the piano bench onto someone's foot and break it/all kinds of wacky irrational psychothoughts seem to take over when I consider performing for others).

But.....since it's a cyber dinner party.......it might be fun to play a little.

Now a dollar won't even buy a half a gallon of gas.

It's 89 cents Canadian dollars for a litre, here today.  How much is a U.S. gallon?
The price is practically sinful!!

Makes me want a fast horse and a solid buggy (with an enclosure, sun roof and solar heat).   That would make it quite a trip to your house now wouldn't it?  Especially in this weather (it was hailing huge marbles a lot of the time today.  Mother nature is duping us around up here!!!  

Do they have goggles for horsies?  (preferably with little windshield wipers attached).

GFN
GFN

[Anonymous]

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Giggling again.

GFN

[mudpuppy]

GFN,

Gritting my teeth right down through the enamel today, thanks to my delightful brother.

Thanks for the laugh. Much needed. Especially that second to last one.  

mudpup

PS. GGGGRRRRRRRR!!!!! There go the teeth again.  

[Anonymous]

Glad you got a much needed laugh, Mud.

Stupid brothers!!  

What's he up to now? (or maybe you'd rather not focus on that).

I'm going out to hang up laundry in the fresh air and then rake up some funny looking pine cones.  Sending you good thoughts and thinking of you, Muddy.  Try not to grind those teeth too hard.  I can't imagine you with big ears and specs of what used to be real honkin' chompers!!  

Maybe you can find some garbage can lids to smash together, while you mumble rakka frakka's and frigga frakka's, under your breath?   Or find a snap shot of him and rip it to smitherines and then burn each bit, in an ashtray?  Saves on dental bills and decreases the frequency of migranes!

Sorry, I'm not much help Mud.  Stupid brothers!!

GFN

[mudpuppy]

What's he up to now?

Just legal manuevers and trips out of the country delaying our suit for more and more months, and the court just shrugs its shoulders.

Stupid brothers!!

I wish he was stupid, he'd be much easier to deal with.

Sorry, I'm not much help Mud.

The heck you're not.
A good laugh is exactly what the Physician ordered.
"A merry heart does good like medicine."

mud

[Anonymous]

Hey Mud:

Reminds me of my father, after my mother died.  He took her estate.....property, bonds, everything in her name and liquified it.  Forged her signature left, right and centre.  She had a will that left him totally out.  We started a law suit against him and he claimed that IIII forged my mother's signature on her will (mind you, I was 10 years old when the will was written and I'm left handed and she was right--but he wasn't counting any of that).  He kept dodging the court.......he was dying in the hospital (faked more heart attacks than probably any human before or since), too ill to attend, feeble old man, forgetful,  the whole show.  Never once showed up for court.  Finally the judge ordered a hand writing expert to examine the will and low and behold....it was deemed valid/it was her signature on it!!!  (Welllll I'lll beeeeeee!! ).   So......he dodged court a couple more times and finally sent his lawyer to say he was "withdrawing his complaints".  That was it.  Her will was ruled valid and he was ordered to pay court costs.

Nothing ever happened.  He never paid.  The will was never probated because there were no assets left to obtain.  We had to begin suing him all over again to get the assets back.  The sob died without ever spending a day in court or paying a single cent. I spent thousands trying to make it right for my sibblings (who didn't want to put out any money--only wanted to be notified when their inheritance was available).  Total waste.

Not only that......but he sold the property and spent the money before he died.  He had lot's though, and that's another story.

I hope you have better luck.  It's frustrating but the system is not designed to stop crooks.   They know how to weezle around in it.  13 years were spent trying to obtain my mother's property and follow her wishes but it didn't work.  He was a master swindler/conniving/crooked/sneaky/sob obsessed with greed and smarter than the average bear.

To be honest, I could care less about the money.....it was the fact that he managed to financially rape her after she was dead that really makes me hurl.

Anyway.....sorry.  I'm probably making things worse.    Hopefully, you have a better lawyer.  You already have the fact that you're a male in your favour.   You had business transactions together so you must have valid proof of for as least some part of your claim.  Eventually......they'll nail him down good.   When they do......celebrate a little for me too.  I have a severe distaste for crooked b#$%&*ds.

GFN

[Stormchild Guesting]

GFN, I am so sorry for what you went through. My Nsib tried to do very nearly the same thing to me, but I was lucky enough to be able to compel judicial probate, which forced the estate into the oversight of the courts before assets could be stripped.

But the only thing driving me was the realization that if I didn't do exactly that, I'd end up with the scenario you describe. Can you believe, there are people who think I overreacted. I'm looking forward to hearing about their estate squabbles some day...

[Anonymous]

GFN,

Gosh GFN, what a prize your father was.
Sorry you had to go through such a mess and have the court stick it to you anyway. Also sorry your sorry a$$ siblings sat back and let you fight with the bum alone. Sounds eerily familiar.

(faked more heart attacks than probably any human before or since)

Who was your dad, Fred Sanford?

The sob died without ever spending a day in court or paying a single cent.

He's paying now though, unfortunately for him.

He had lot's though, and that's another story.

I'll await the sequel. Thank you for sharing some of your story. I know its not easy, but it was much appreciated and helped a lot.

You had business transactions together so you must have valid proof of for as least some part of your claim.

Our entire lawsuit is simply dividing a bunch of real estate we own, so sooner or later it will be divided. I'm just sick of the delays and the absurd manuevering. Hopefully his shenanigans are catching the eye of the court.
 

Eventually......they'll nail him down good.

I intend to be compensated for the damage he has/is doing to us. I recently found a quite unpleasant attorney to help me with being compensated.

I'm left handed

Southpaw dittoes from the left coast, buddy!  
The last great oppressed minority. I'm fairly ambidexterous with a lot of things, hows about you?

mud

[Anonymous]

Hi again Muddy:

Sounds eerily familiar.

Yep.  That's why I can relate to your situation so well.  I wish the courts would buck up.  If they're going to waste people's time....at least waste less of it.  13 years is a bit extreme eh?

Who was your dad, Fred Sanford?

Old Freddy was Mr. Cunningham compared to my paw.  The only one who comes close is our Dr. Jeckel/Mr. Hyde/Dracula/Frankenstein/etc type horror movie characters.  In real life.....he must have been Hitler's cousin.

He's paying now though, unfortunately for him.

Knowing him...he's bribed St. Peter and is busy ducking the Big Guy himself, white wings and all.    Wounldn't put it past him being the perfect repenter/con artist he was.  Although, I do believe he won't be able to fake what's in his heart, once he meets his maker.   God'll have a handle on his old ticker!

Thank you for sharing some of your story. I know its not easy, but it was much appreciated and helped a lot.

It did?   Well.....I guess you're not as bad off as you could be so ya.....it maybe helps some to think about that.  

Our entire lawsuit is simply dividing a bunch of real estate we own, so sooner or later it will be divided.

Up here we have what's called:  letters of litigation

They can be placed on the property, in the registry office, to warn any potential buyer that there is a dispute over the property, and that it may not be free and clear.  Most lawyers will advise any buyer not to purchase such a property, so it makes it hard to sell with letters on title.

My father managed to change the deed to my mother's property into his own name and then sell it to another family member (supposedly sold it???but the money was never deposited in any account of his??? ).  Our stupid lawyer placed the letters of litigation on the wrong property, or that "sale" never would have happened.  Hopefully, you have a similar safeguard and a lawyer who can tell one piece of real estate from another.

I recently found a quite unpleasant attorney to help me with being compensated.

Good!  I hope he accomplishes that goal....big time.  Even if there is no compensation that can ever make up for what these people put us through....it is the principle of the matter and the restitution being ordered that counts.

I'm fairly ambidexterous with a lot of things, hows about you?

Well with some things I am (playing musical instruments has forced my right hand to do what my brain tells it, some of the time).  But with some other things....especially something new......I often haven't got a clue which hand to use and have to keep trying with both until I figger it out.  I can definately use a fly swatter, equally accurately, with both hands and both feet (not really but that sounded pretty cool )!!!  Talent or what???
On the other hand.......I can never decide which paw to use to throw a ball (and can't hit the side of a barn...no how).  So.....I'm not even much of a leftie, sometimes.
 
GFN

[Anonymous]

GFN,

Up here we have what's called: letters of litigation..... Our stupid lawyer placed the letters of litigation on the wrong property, or that "sale" never would have happened.

Down here we have what's called: malpractice. Sounds like your lawyer was doing some of it.    

I have developed a maxim based on observation: you do not know a person's true character until they become an heir.
 

It did?  Well.....I guess you're not as bad off as you could be so ya.....it maybe helps some to think about that.  

Sharing war stories always helps, if only to let you know there is someone who understands.

I can definately use a fly swatter, equally accurately, with both hands and both feet (not really but that sounded pretty cool  )!!! Talent or what???

If you can type with your toes you ought to be able to swat flies with 'em.  
I bet you're a credit to our sinister (look up the latin root) ranks.

mudpup

[Anonymous]

GFN, I am so sorry for what you went through. My Nsib tried to do very nearly the same thing to me, but I was lucky enough to be able to compel judicial probate, which forced the estate into the oversight of the courts before assets could be stripped.

But the only thing driving me was the realization that if I didn't do exactly that, I'd end up with the scenario you describe. Can you believe, there are people who think I overreacted. I'm looking forward to hearing about their estate squabbles some day...

Sorry I somehow missed your post Stormy.  

Thanks for the sympathy.  Estate squabbles are nothing compared to the live version, if you ask me.  Too bad some people just carry it on, after the grave though eh?  Incredible, really.

Like you say.....people might think you overreacted but wait until they seen "the character", as Muddy says, of those involved when they have to deal with it.      

Sorry you had to go through it too Storm.  I was viewed as some greedy, mean daughter trying to "take" a poor, old, sick man's money when what really happened was that "sick" old greedy one stole the only stuff my mother had left to give her children, after withstanding 44 years with a maniac/lunatic/pathological/N.   I'm still fighting to get that property back and I don't care if I ever see a red cent/if I eat up it's worth in lawyers fees......but I want it back....I want it taken away from the "relative" that is enjoying it....because that crumb is not much better than the devil himself.  He knew exactly what he was buying, who he was buying it from and who it really belonged to.  My mother treated that person with so much kindness, when she was alive, it is dispicable....the way he assisted in her financial rape.  Another  N-b#$%^&d.  

Mud Wrote:

Down here we have what's called: malpractice. Sounds like your lawyer was doing some of it.  

Most  certainly and here they pay big bucks for insurance and then one must deal with "the insurance" people to settle disputes.  Ofcourse, they have teams of lawyers that know every loophole and one must continue to hire and pay more creepy lawyers to try to combat their loopholiness.  I've stood my ground.  I want the property back.  Period.  They have wasted so much time assessing and appraising and bs'ing.....but I just keep going back and saying:  "Nope.  I want the land back.  It's mine.  There's no proof that any money was ever transferred for it.  This "relative" knew my position before transacting.  Thankyou for your appraisals but they mean nothing to me.  I want the land."

And......so more and more time and money are wasted.  I don't know if I will ever get it back but .....we'll see.  I'm a big believer in good over powering evil.  Sooner or later, I believe it will happen.  And property prices just keep climbing, so who knows, maybe there will be a little left...to donate to some woman's shelter or something.

you do not know a person's true character until they become an heir.

What an understatement.  And people crawl out of the wood work...making false claims too.   A will is hardly worth the paper it's written on, if you have crooks in your family and you will never know that you do.  If I can possibly do it, I plan on giving away my stuff before I die.  I'd rather die poor and know that those I want to get it.....got it....without having to fight for it.   Stupid system.

Sharing war stories always helps, if only to let you know there is someone who understands.

Yes it does.  I guess I've been thinking about this lately.  Patience is a virtue, so they say.

I bet you're a credit to our sinister (look up the latin root) ranks.

........from Latin sinister, on the left, unlucky.

Credit?  Maybe not.  Remember I can't figger out which hand to throw a ball with.  And my aim is poor.  But......as one of my more witty relatives used to say....."If there weren't two kinds of luck, I wouldn't have any".

Seems to fit the bill.  But luck can change.    

GFN

[mum]

Wow, Mud the N's had a banner day today!!  My N A@#$%LE and his attorney pulled a good one today also.  I'd rather not talk about it, but suffice it to say, we got put between a rock and a hard place, and the next few months will be financially lean for me and the kids!
Meanwhile....my teeth are intact, and after a bit of a row, so is my relationship with my fiance (who is VERY ANGRY to say the least).  ME?
I just have to say WHATEVER and move along.  Hope you can too, Mud!
They will get theirs some day (hopefully in this lifetime for the sake of the rest of us) but I am done putting my energy into being angry over his crap....cause that's what it is. (after I scream a bit, of course)
Mum