DTF Chat Thread v.BrexitMeansBrexit

[Chino]

I love me a good Ren Faire!

[JayOctavarium]

Is it Friday yet?

[hefdaddy42]

Is it Friday yet?

Soon

[King Postwhore]

Sooooo close. 

[Podaar]

Happy National Guilt Day!

Go kiss your mom, get it over with, go back to ignoring her tomorrow. Or maybe that's just me.

[jingle.boy]

Happy National Guilt Day!

Go kiss your mom, get it over with, go back to ignoring her tomorrow. Or maybe that's just me.

Nope... I'm with ya.  Almost.  I talk to mom a couple times a month - whether I need to or not.

[Podaar]

*shudders*

I’ve said it before, you’re a brave man. A legend even!

[millahh]

Saturday night flyby!

Hopefully I can show my face around more... between dealing with the biggest challenge of my career and joint getting rolled by all of the bugs Ivy has brought home from daycare, the last few months have just been pulverizing. The work stuff is pretty much solved (and just in time to go into my performance review!), and hopefully the worst of the devil bugs are out of the way now...though as I write this, I'm feeling another sore throat coming on.

I miss anything good around here?

[King Postwhore]

Whaaazzttss uuuppp.

Just getting through the passing of my dad. Work is out of control.

[Jamesman42]

I found out my dad passed while I was at work (back in 2020, right before COVID shit on the world). He died on my mom's birthday.

I hope you find peace, my friend. Losing a parent is hard.

[King Postwhore]

That is so tough for your mom. I'm so sorry James. I always try to be uplifting and use being funny as a crutch. It's been hard but it's a work in progress. As you know, you never get over pain. My brother and I are facing life without our parents. 

[Jamesman42]

Keep being you, man. I always appreciate having you here or social media.

[Lonk]

The air quality is awful here in NYC. I experienced bad air quality before, but nothing like this. These are pictures from Earth Cam of downtown.

2 days ago


4 hours ago


5 minutes ago


https://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/worldtradecenter/?cam=skyline_g

[King Postwhore]

Jesus!

[hefdaddy42]

I just saw that flights in and out of LaGuardia are benched due to the air quality.

[cramx3]

Yeah, about an hour or two ago over here on the NJ side of the Hudson river it was about as bad as the 3rd picture.  It's cleared up a bit and more like the second now.  But it's been really bad. And the smell of burning wood has creeped inside the building at work too.  It's apocalyptic

[Stadler]

Here, in Northern Connecticut, it just looks wicked hazy, and when you go outside, it smells like someone is burning leaves on one of the neighbor's properties.

[Adami]

It's not as bad as that third pic, but that 2nd pic is accurate.

[jingle.boy]

The smoke haze is covering virtually the entirety of southern Ontario. I had a 3 hour drive home from a conference today, and I literally could smell hints of burning wood at several times throughout the drive.

Also, the air quality index is supposed to be worse tomorrow.

Yay, climate change.

[cramx3]

The smoke haze is covering virtually the entirety of southern Ontario. I had a 3 hour drive home from a conference today, and I literally could smell hints of burning wood at several times throughout the drive.

Also, the air quality index is supposed to be worse tomorrow.

Yay, climate change.

Yeah, I saw something that stated its going to clear up a bit tonight into tomorrow morning (it already cleared up a lot since earlier) but that it will get worse again late in the day tomorrow.

[Adami]

Stupid Canada, ruining everything as usual.

[Stadler]

The smoke haze is covering virtually the entirety of southern Ontario. I had a 3 hour drive home from a conference today, and I literally could smell hints of burning wood at several times throughout the drive.

Also, the air quality index is supposed to be worse tomorrow.

Yay, climate change.

Don't point the finger. It's Canada. 

[Adami]

The smoke haze is covering virtually the entirety of southern Ontario. I had a 3 hour drive home from a conference today, and I literally could smell hints of burning wood at several times throughout the drive.

Also, the air quality index is supposed to be worse tomorrow.

Yay, climate change.

Don't point the finger. It's Canada.

I'd say it's time for all of us people in America, liberals, conservatives, MAGA people, AOC fans, scientologists, all of us team up to take down Canada once and for all!

[cramx3]

pfft i've seen the tiktoks saying it's a government conspiracy! I mean how else would all these fires start up at once!

[ReaperKK]

The air quality is awful here in NYC. I experienced bad air quality before, but nothing like this. These are pictures from Earth Cam of downtown.

Wow! That's insane!

[King Postwhore]

Getting a lawyer to protect dad's money. We can't sell the house until it fully goes through probate.

So much red tape even though the will has my brother and I as the primary recipients.  And such a long process.

[Stadler]

Getting a lawyer to protect dad's money. We can't sell the house until it fully goes through probate.

So much red tape even though the will has my brother and I as the primary recipients.  And such a long process.

I reached out. 

[jingle.boy]

The smoke haze is covering virtually the entirety of southern Ontario. I had a 3 hour drive home from a conference today, and I literally could smell hints of burning wood at several times throughout the drive.

Also, the air quality index is supposed to be worse tomorrow.

Yay, climate change.

Don't point the finger. It's Canada.

I know. But what do you think is causing the wild fire problems?? 

[Adami]

Getting a lawyer to protect dad's money. We can't sell the house until it fully goes through probate.

So much red tape even though the will has my brother and I as the primary recipients.  And such a long process.

Protect it from whom?

When my grandparents died, one of my aunts was all ready to fight it in court to get more than everyone else. Luckily my grandparents saw that coming and put in a clause that said that if anyone contested the will, they'd be written out.

[Stadler]

Getting a lawyer to protect dad's money. We can't sell the house until it fully goes through probate.

So much red tape even though the will has my brother and I as the primary recipients.  And such a long process.

Protect it from whom?

When my grandparents died, one of my aunts was all ready to fight it in court to get more than everyone else. Luckily my grandparents saw that coming and put in a clause that said that if anyone contested the will, they'd be written out.

Well, Florida, we needed a lawyer because that's the law, but "protect" is just as likely from creditors.  We got claims in on the estate from all over, ranging from $500 to $22,000, and various points in between. I THOUGHT my dad planned rather well, and in hindsight, he did a B, B+.  There's always something to learn, though. 

[Adami]

Getting a lawyer to protect dad's money. We can't sell the house until it fully goes through probate.

So much red tape even though the will has my brother and I as the primary recipients.  And such a long process.

Protect it from whom?

When my grandparents died, one of my aunts was all ready to fight it in court to get more than everyone else. Luckily my grandparents saw that coming and put in a clause that said that if anyone contested the will, they'd be written out.

Well, Florida, we needed a lawyer because that's the law, but "protect" is just as likely from creditors.  We got claims in on the estate from all over, ranging from $500 to $22,000, and various points in between. I THOUGHT my dad planned rather well, and in hindsight, he did a B, B+.  There's always something to learn, though. 

I'd say that makes sense but I can't follow much of it. No legal mind here. But I do remember learning about the estate tax when my grandparents died. Turns out they don't care of the money is cash or in property. We lost a LOT because the government saw that my grandparents owned millions in properties, thus owed them half. So we had to sell everything (except our house) to pay off the taxes, most of it for not nearly what the worth was supposed to be according to the gov.

[hefdaddy42]

We are getting ready to start the process of taking my father-in-law's property out of his name.

[King Postwhore]

Adami, it's all red tape.  You have to go through the process.  Lawyers are needed to guide you through so many twist and turns.  What needs to go to probate, what doessn't.  The will, will silbings fight over the money? (In my case, we are simpatico)

[Stadler]

Getting a lawyer to protect dad's money. We can't sell the house until it fully goes through probate.

So much red tape even though the will has my brother and I as the primary recipients.  And such a long process.

Protect it from whom?

When my grandparents died, one of my aunts was all ready to fight it in court to get more than everyone else. Luckily my grandparents saw that coming and put in a clause that said that if anyone contested the will, they'd be written out.

Well, Florida, we needed a lawyer because that's the law, but "protect" is just as likely from creditors.  We got claims in on the estate from all over, ranging from $500 to $22,000, and various points in between. I THOUGHT my dad planned rather well, and in hindsight, he did a B, B+.  There's always something to learn, though. 

I'd say that makes sense but I can't follow much of it. No legal mind here. But I do remember learning about the estate tax when my grandparents died. Turns out they don't care of the money is cash or in property. We lost a LOT because the government saw that my grandparents owned millions in properties, thus owed them half. So we had to sell everything (except our house) to pay off the taxes, most of it for not nearly what the worth was supposed to be according to the gov.

For all the criticism that Florida takes, they DO look after their own.  There is a provision in the Florida Constitution called the "Homestead Exemption" that CONSTITUTIONALLY keeps that property you live in free from creditors, full stop.  It doesn't apply to ALL property, but it prevents creditors from demanding the sale of the primary residence in order to cover outstanding claims.   But you need a lawyer to affect that protection under law from the courts.

[cramx3]

Dealing with all that sort of stuff ontop of the grief sounds so terrible.  I feel for you guys who have recently (or in the past) gone through it.