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To: Steve Felix who wrote (30858)	3/6/2019 10:57:07 AM
From: JimisJim	1 Recommendation Recommended By rnsmth Respond to of 34328

I'm all set there, too, I think... no more goals in equities for us except to not see it all disappear into some snh outfit's coffers... the daughter should be fine inheriting mineral and surface rights RE along with lakeside RE... and we still don't know what we're going to do with all the cash we'll get when we sell this paid-off beach town RE where we now have lived for 30 years and are somewhat staggered by the overall appreciation despite the many boom/bust cycles that are typical in San Diego Co... the equity in our home (and to be honest I keep forgetting about it) would be a significant additional PF with which to pay rent for decades in top shelf condo somewhere... nlike you, I'm beginning to rethink what I'm willing to do at my age -- was up on the roof cleaning the gutters when it occurred to me that perhaps as an occasional sufferer of vertigo, maybe I shouldn't be up on a 2nd story roof climbing ladders... next year, I'll hire someone to do it (I have a persistent inner ear issue)... ditto cutting/splitting wood... I wonder how many cords I've cut and split in my life and during my last major wood "push" nearly took my toes off when a 10 lb wedge "bounced" out of an oak log -- probably still not seasoned enough... I have one last big wood push this year as I deal with 100 year old trees taken down last fall for site prep and/or to thin out dead/dying beech infected with beech blight... at least from all accts, this winter killed off the emerald ash borers in our corner of MI, not that we have many ash left. Kinda got sidetracked (as usual)... I'm ready to live in a condo on the beach and let others do the maintenance and repairs I used to do... my wife likes to putter around with landscaping projects (one of the first things I did when I moved to this place that only averages 10" of rain a year (though we're well above that already this year) was to get rid of all things "lawn" and replace with xeriscaping)... we had such large lawns when I was growing up in humid SW Ohio and they had to be cut twice a week in summer... dad wouldn't buy a power mower because "only reel mowers cut grass like scissors" until I saved up one year and bought my own used mower -- don't know why, but I hate mowing... My older brother loves it and has enough yard for a 4-hole golf course that he merrily mows -- sitting down on a fancy shmancy mower that can turn on a dime... but then I hate that climate, too and maybe that's part of it -- he still lives in the town we grew up in, but of course he has to have the biggest house in a small town and now that his wife would like to downsize, there's no market for that place that's been on the market for 3 years with only 1 tire kicker passing through... to me, mowing is mindless monotony, but I know too many people who like it so must be something wrong with me. In Mich., only woods, no lawn despite abundant water/rain supply... I'd rather be sailing than mowing.