Margaret Fallon

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• if it's a one-to-one conversation with someone you know well, sometimes it's ok to mention an alternative, recently an elderly neighbor was complaining to me about the cost of her heart medication, I could tell by the way she kept looking down, that she could barely afford it, she actually told me she asked her doctor what would happen if she didn't take it, he said she would have a stroke. Later I realized that there maybe some help for seniors in this predicament and looked up a few options, I went to her & gave them to her, she was very pleased to have a few leads. It can go either way, sometimes people will 'bite your head off' for offering unsolicited advice especially if one states the obvious or they've spent days, weeks or months doing their own research or sometimes they will be very grateful to hear of alternatives. A friend regularly offers unsolicited advice to her friends, including me, often staring the obvious, letting me & others know what she thinks we could & should do which can be really annoying, I usually don't respond as it's in the middle of a conversation & I don't want to be rude. When another friend of hers found a job in her field, she said to me "I told her she could do that" which I thought was funny, as if her friend couldn't figure out she could get a job in the area she had been working in her whole life. When one time I tried to warn her about something, she blew up in exasperation, so she's ok with doling out advice to everyone but not so good at taking it.

  Post: Anybody Listening? by Jonathan Clements

  Link to comment from September 28, 2024

• I think it was 2017 when it popped up in my MSN newsfeed, I was very pleased to see the familiar name as I hadn't heard anything from Johnathan since he left the WSJ & was very pleased, he was hosting a new website called HumbleDollar. It has vastly exceeded my expectations; we have been the beneficiaries of so many rich and varied articles containing tons of helpful information enhanced with commentary. Have a question on something or need advice? there's likely someone who has already spent countless hours studying the topic & can summarize what one needs to know in a few paragraphs or less or point one in the right direction on where to go for further information. A rich & varied community of people has been formed who swap advice & exchange ideas regularly. Thank you, Johnathan.

  Post: How and when did you find out about HumbleDollar?

  Link to comment from September 25, 2024

• I agree

  Post: Article about Jonathan in the Telegraph

  Link to comment from September 25, 2024

• when I clicked on it above, the story unfolds below the picture of J., I'm not sure why it doesn't open for you, here it is again; I’m 61 and I’ve got a year left to live, but I still plan to work every day (msn.com)

  Post: Article about Jonathan in the Telegraph

  Link to comment from September 25, 2024

• Sorry I misspelled your name.

  Post: Article about Jonathan in the Telegraph

  Link to comment from September 25, 2024

• well, that's good in theory, but for most people the fall is very swift & sudden sometimes not even allowing them time to even put out their hands, one week ago I went behind some bushes to see what was behind there, I've seen deer coming in & out of there, upon coming out, i lifted my right foot but not high enough, the front of my sandal caught in a bramble and i fell over hard & sudden, I only realized I tripped one second before I landed hard on the ground, didn't even have time to put my hands out, I bruised the bones above the left side of my ribs quite hard, it was quite painful to breathe deeply for the last week, still a bit painful but better now.

  Post: Exercising Caution

  Link to comment from September 2, 2024

• I don't know if a week is enough for the UK, if you want to go up to Scotland too. You could also go to Ireland, check out CIE tours too.

  Post: Travel is a valuable learning experience – our world is linked like never before, we need more understanding 

  Link to comment from August 16, 2024

• thanks, there's an app called 'google translate', I am sure there are others too.

  Post: Travel is a valuable learning experience – our world is linked like never before, we need more understanding 

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  Post: Travel is a valuable learning experience – our world is linked like never before, we need more understanding 

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• Were you able to communicate while in Japan to get around? I heard English is not that prevalent, I'm interested in going there at some point and I appreciate your rail link tours, I love trains that travel through the countryside.

  Post: Travel is a valuable learning experience – our world is linked like never before, we need more understanding 

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