sinsboldly
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My mother has been deceased for about 15 years, but today is her birthday. I woke up this morning and I said "Happy Birthday, Mom!"
Last year, I was working and answered a call from a gentleman that had a check from my company that was over 8 years old. He wanted to know if we could void it (it was 'stale dated' anyway) and reissue it as it was never cashed. I let him know that after 5 years it was with the unclaimed property on the State unclamed property website and looked it up and printed out all the info he needed to prove who he was an apply to get it released to him.
That started me thinking, and while I was out there on the website I wonder if I had anything out there? Nothing in Oregon, nothing in Minnesota. . hey! something in Kansas, so I sent off for it. It seems my mom's life insurance paid off about 14 years ago and I was to split it with my brother. I sent in my information last year and forgot about it, mostly.
Today, I got an email saying the status had changed, that I was approved and the money would be mailed to me within the week.
 On mom's birthday! What are the odds?
Merle
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SleepyDragon
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* SD adjusts bifocals, examines crystal orb *
Merle, I see that several Nigerian gentlemen will be expressing a desire to meet you very soon.  |
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sinsboldly
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| SleepyDragon wrote: | * SD adjusts bifocals, examines crystal orb *
Merle, I see that several Nigerian gentlemen will be expressing a desire to meet you very soon. |
I have been a target lately of several Hindu gentlemen who would love to come to the States and keep an old lady company. If I also desired for marriage they would not turn down a green card. . |
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Nan
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I will be out-of-pocket for a few days, so I won't be (I don't think) posting on WP. Not to worry, back when I can be back.
Merley, that's great about the funds! Hope it actually gets to you unintercepted. Take care.
Oh, the campus thing. Turns out the party was not sponsored by a fraternity, our Chancellor had apologized profusely[and, apparently, continues to do so] for something over which the University had no control, and I fully expect the Koala - once they can publish again - to figure out how to insult all involved. The "death threat" noose was left by a minority female who had no idea of its cultural significance. She and some of her friends found some rope, were fiddling with it, one of them fashioned it into a noose, and three days later it was found in the library near where they left it. Apparently someone had found it and hanged it up on a light fixture. They threw her out of school, she apologized in a front-page campus newspaper article (oddly, funding for that paper was not cut), and people are now beginning to comprehend how incredibly stupid the last week has been.
I really need to retire, I'm too old to put up with this kind of nonsense. Political correctness has run amok one too many times for this old broad.
Glad you're ok in Hawaii - we were glued to the TV, hoping that nothing bad was going to happen to you all. |
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sinsboldly
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take care Nanerel, beware the tsunamis
Merle
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MsTriste
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| sinsboldly wrote: | | My mother has been deceased for about 15 years, but today is her birthday. I woke up this morning and I said "Happy Birthday, Mom!" ... On mom's birthday! What are the odds? |
Nice! You should check out my "What is your superpower" thread.
I wish I knew my Dad's birthday. I can't even remember the day he died, 5 years ago. But I've been thinking about him a lot lately. I have very little family left, most of them in Holland, and just this week found out that one of them is 92 and he wants to see me. It costs about $2000 to get from Hawaii to Holland and I'm thinking I should go before he dies. But that's a boatload of money. Should I stay or should I go? |
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DeaconBlues
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide - call me...
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| MsTriste wrote: | | I have very little family left, most of them in Holland, and just this week found out that one of them is 92 and he wants to see me. It costs about $2000 to get from Hawaii to Holland and I'm thinking I should go before he dies. But that's a boatload of money. Should I stay or should I go? |
Well, you know, if you go there will be trouble - but if you stay it will be double.... 
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lelia
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| Maybe you can tell him you want to come badly, but finances won't let you. If you are lucky, he might make some sort of co-pay offer. You really do need to try to go. On the other hand, you don't want to end up on the street. |
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Mickalangelo
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Good to see other "Dino-Aspies" here. Though I've been an Aspie all my life, I'm just now feeling comfortable in admitting it. Have to say, it's so nice seeing there are so many like me..and even better seeing some dinos. I don't look my age, most guess me in my early thirties or younger, guess I act even younger than that. Are you older Aspies like that also?
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MsTriste
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| Mickalangelo wrote: | Good to see other "Dino-Aspies" here. Though I've been an Aspie all my life, I'm just now feeling comfortable in admitting it. Have to say, it's so nice seeing there are so many like me..and even better seeing some dinos. I don't look my age, most guess me in my early thirties or younger, guess I act even younger than that. Are you older Aspies like that also?
Mick |
Welcome! (or whatever it is we're supposed to say)
Good on ya for finding this thread so quickly upon your arrival.
I also have been an aspie my whole life, but of course nobody had heard of it till the last decade or so. We have been living our lives knowing we were on the wrong planet for decades, having to figure things out on our own. Like AA, I think admitting it is the first step.
Yes, most of us tend to look younger than our ages. At least from the posts I've read on the boards.
Not sure what you mean by acting younger - you may need to elaborate |
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sinsboldly
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| Mickalangelo wrote: | Good to see other "Dino-Aspies" here. Though I've been an Aspie all my life, I'm just now feeling comfortable in admitting it. Have to say, it's so nice seeing there are so many like me..and even better seeing some dinos. I don't look my age, most guess me in my early thirties or younger, guess I act even younger than that. Are you older Aspies like that also?
Mick |
I am an older Aspie, and like the rest of us as Triste says, have been an Aspie all my life, however I didn't know it until I was in my late 50's. I grew up in Kansas (Wichita) so I know what you mean by being uncomfortable being open about it! Not knowing I was autistic and taking the teasing and bullying of being 'different' back in the days of the seperate (but equal) water fountians and restrooms will warn anyone away from appearing odd.
As for looking younger, I think a lot of it is our attitudes and facial expressions that are young looking.
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NOBS
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| Don't give me that PC whining crap! I live in a state where two kids holding up a banner saying "Bong hits for Jesus" went to the f'n U.S. Supreme court. Rofl. It would be funnier if the Alaska state budget didn't fund that insanity. |
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happymusic
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| sinsboldly wrote: | My mother has been deceased for about 15 years, but today is her birthday. I woke up this morning and I said "Happy Birthday, Mom!"
Last year, I was working and answered a call from a gentleman that had a check from my company that was over 8 years old. He wanted to know if we could void it (it was 'stale dated' anyway) and reissue it as it was never cashed. I let him know that after 5 years it was with the unclaimed property on the State unclamed property website and looked it up and printed out all the info he needed to prove who he was an apply to get it released to him.
That started me thinking, and while I was out there on the website I wonder if I had anything out there? Nothing in Oregon, nothing in Minnesota. . hey! something in Kansas, so I sent off for it. It seems my mom's life insurance paid off about 14 years ago and I was to split it with my brother. I sent in my information last year and forgot about it, mostly.
Today, I got an email saying the status had changed, that I was approved and the money would be mailed to me within the week.
On mom's birthday! What are the odds?
Merle |
WOW! Apparently your mom's still looking out for you! That's great! |
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happymusic
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| Mickalangelo wrote: | Good to see other "Dino-Aspies" here. Though I've been an Aspie all my life, I'm just now feeling comfortable in admitting it. Have to say, it's so nice seeing there are so many like me..and even better seeing some dinos. I don't look my age, most guess me in my early thirties or younger, guess I act even younger than that. Are you older Aspies like that also?
Mick |
When I was 18 my ballet teacher and dance partner thought I was 12. When I was 32 I was walking with my younger sister in a shopping center when a woman asked me if I was under 15 because she wanted to sign me up for something. My sister was not pleased as the woman thought she was my mom.
I am 35 now and many people think I'm about 25 or so. I also get along famously with teenagers. |
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MsTriste
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Dutch Uncle discussion
So the cousin who's trying to convince me to come to Holland is one who I only recently got back in touch with. We were out of contact for years because she got pissed at me because my father told her I thought she was a thief. Aspie family dynamics, sigh.
The thing is, she was a thief! She came to visit me in the states when she was 18 or so, and she would go out at around midnight and steal license plates off of cars. Apparently she was into Americana, and I guess US license plates are somehow valuable in Holland  I also noticed some things missing during/after her stay with me, including a blanket I had crocheted (again, Americana) and my high school ring (see a theme here?). We went out to eat one night and she stole sh** from the table, like the butter ramekins and the crushed red pepper shaker. Just put them right into her purse.
A few years later, she was staying with my Dad, and he mentioned some things missing, including his collection of bicentennial quarters (don't ask). He was the one who said Monica was stealing things, and I told him about my experience. He then told Monica I said she was a thief, and guess who Monica got pissed at. Me, of course, and she wouldn't speak to me till recently.
So now she wants me to come visit. Of course she may have matured over the years, and I'm sure has moved past her thieving years.
I'm just telling the story because of how this seems to be a theme for me - people getting mad randomly, and family not speaking to me for years.
As happymusic points out, family is important. But family is complicated. |
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