My kids went to women's schools outside Philly and Boston. The reason: One daughter spent the weekend at the Philly school and remembered her days at Fort Convent, an all-girls she attended in Mumbai. My mother selected the Boston suburbs college for the second daughter after she saw a couple "misbehaving" at Georgetown. This is how momentous decisions are made!( Both girls did very well).
Sanjib's accounting reminds me of the 1960s road trips dear Dad organized for us during court vacation recess(Dad practiced at the Bombay High Court for 60 years until Parkinsons felled him), We took road trips through Ahmedabad to Jaipur, Udaipur and Ajmer and south to Bangalore(now Bengaluru) and Ooty Dad drove our trusty Fiat with my brother as his second in command to change tires. Dad believed in staying in the best hotels. Memorable were Hotel Savoy in Ooty, Mandovi in Goa, Krishnarajasagar in Bangalore and Windemere in Darjeeling. Echoes of the Raj, of Maharajas and the erstwhile Portuguese. We lunched at the Lake Palace in Udaipur, where Dad(always a Socialist at heart) took his sister and her family, aware the sister could not afford the lunch on the salary of her college professor husband.
In his late 70s I brought Dad to the US so that I could take care of him. We took trips to Boston to see my daughter in college and thence to Maine. He loved Maine, which he called "Maines". He loved this great country and used to say he wished he had emigrated here after the 1947 Partition of India, instead of to Bombay. But everyone took the ship to Bombay. And so did he.
My favorite used bookshop was a tiny hole in the wall crammed with vintage books from the 1900s down, on a busy Bombay street. I was a college kid then. My friend and I spent hours in there(ground floor and creaky attic, searching for "finds". The kindly old Bohra(a sect of Indian Muslims) owner welcomed us because he loved his books as much as we did. I bought books from and on the erstwhile British Raj. My friend looked for Shakespeare. She had more eclectic tastes.
I have discovered a great hobby. I have a Facebook page on my FB account, where I post the newest Trusts and Estates cases from the Supreme Court of India. I have a small following of law students and young lawyers from India. Great fun and keeps the mind active.
We lived in Central Jersey, (Edison-Princeton corridor) for 45 years. We saw our annual property taxes shoot up from $ 3000 to
$ 17000. We had to move. We did. But the clincher always:" Where are our grandkids? How often can we see them"? That is the state of choice.
Feel your pain at the sad loss of your father. My Dad was also in hospice-at my home. He had no insurance. I relied on the limited, but kind assistance offered by our hospital. I saw the stages of deterioration. I kept my Dad happy by putting him beside the family room picture window overlooking our yard. I wired a PC in front of him tuned to a Sindhi TV station from Sindh, Pakistan(he was a Hindu refugee of the 1947 Partition of India). He also watched regular TV. With the dementia brought on by Parkinsons he recognized limited people outside us. One person he never failed to recognize: Each time Pres Obama came on TV, he would point excitedly and call out "President of the United States!"
"Despite that, my plan is to purchase my immediate annuities using my traditional retirement account. Thanks to required minimum distributions, I’ll be compelled to spend down that account anyway.: If I use RMD funds to buy the referred to annuities is the RMD amount taxable? From which companies have you purchased? We would think of buying the smaller denomination annuities. Thanks.
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My kids went to women's schools outside Philly and Boston. The reason: One daughter spent the weekend at the Philly school and remembered her days at Fort Convent, an all-girls she attended in Mumbai. My mother selected the Boston suburbs college for the second daughter after she saw a couple "misbehaving" at Georgetown. This is how momentous decisions are made!( Both girls did very well).
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Sanjib's accounting reminds me of the 1960s road trips dear Dad organized for us during court vacation recess(Dad practiced at the Bombay High Court for 60 years until Parkinsons felled him), We took road trips through Ahmedabad to Jaipur, Udaipur and Ajmer and south to Bangalore(now Bengaluru) and Ooty Dad drove our trusty Fiat with my brother as his second in command to change tires. Dad believed in staying in the best hotels. Memorable were Hotel Savoy in Ooty, Mandovi in Goa, Krishnarajasagar in Bangalore and Windemere in Darjeeling. Echoes of the Raj, of Maharajas and the erstwhile Portuguese. We lunched at the Lake Palace in Udaipur, where Dad(always a Socialist at heart) took his sister and her family, aware the sister could not afford the lunch on the salary of her college professor husband. In his late 70s I brought Dad to the US so that I could take care of him. We took trips to Boston to see my daughter in college and thence to Maine. He loved Maine, which he called "Maines". He loved this great country and used to say he wished he had emigrated here after the 1947 Partition of India, instead of to Bombay. But everyone took the ship to Bombay. And so did he.
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Thanks for the tip
Post: Final Countdown
Link to comment from August 26, 2024
My favorite used bookshop was a tiny hole in the wall crammed with vintage books from the 1900s down, on a busy Bombay street. I was a college kid then. My friend and I spent hours in there(ground floor and creaky attic, searching for "finds". The kindly old Bohra(a sect of Indian Muslims) owner welcomed us because he loved his books as much as we did. I bought books from and on the erstwhile British Raj. My friend looked for Shakespeare. She had more eclectic tastes.
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I have discovered a great hobby. I have a Facebook page on my FB account, where I post the newest Trusts and Estates cases from the Supreme Court of India. I have a small following of law students and young lawyers from India. Great fun and keeps the mind active.
Post: Still Learning
Link to comment from August 26, 2024
True. But how are the property taxes?
Post: Here to Stay
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We lived in Central Jersey, (Edison-Princeton corridor) for 45 years. We saw our annual property taxes shoot up from $ 3000 to $ 17000. We had to move. We did. But the clincher always:" Where are our grandkids? How often can we see them"? That is the state of choice.
Post: Here to Stay
Link to comment from August 26, 2024
Feel your pain at the sad loss of your father. My Dad was also in hospice-at my home. He had no insurance. I relied on the limited, but kind assistance offered by our hospital. I saw the stages of deterioration. I kept my Dad happy by putting him beside the family room picture window overlooking our yard. I wired a PC in front of him tuned to a Sindhi TV station from Sindh, Pakistan(he was a Hindu refugee of the 1947 Partition of India). He also watched regular TV. With the dementia brought on by Parkinsons he recognized limited people outside us. One person he never failed to recognize: Each time Pres Obama came on TV, he would point excitedly and call out "President of the United States!"
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"Despite that, my plan is to purchase my immediate annuities using my traditional retirement account. Thanks to required minimum distributions, I’ll be compelled to spend down that account anyway.: If I use RMD funds to buy the referred to annuities is the RMD amount taxable? From which companies have you purchased? We would think of buying the smaller denomination annuities. Thanks.
Post: Risking My Life
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