LOL Paul..Ppl find/do the weirdest things to get high..I don't know if you heard of the case in Fl where teens were licking spit off a certain frog to get 'high.' LOL..I'd be interested to know what prompted them to lick spit off a frog to begin with... Actually, I knew someone who injested Coleus tea brewed from the seeds and NO, it wasn't me..heck no.. LOL.. There's an online site where ppl discuss things to take to find that perfect high..several ppl mentioned Coleus and a few other plants.. Jimsim Weed is another and very dangerous..too much and you're disabled for life..I don't understand why anyone would chance it.. Paul, you never found anything free??? I'm pretty sure everything's free...are we talking the same site? Someone from GW told me about freecycle..she got 2, 5-6' tall Ficus trees, and a Dieff..I think she found pots, too. I signed up mainly for plants/pots..so far, neither..only baby/kids clothes..Unless I start dressing my plants, it's useless..but you never know what you'll find.. Are you sure you're not thinking of Craigslist? Toni

"I still believe it is the culprit and I researched AZ when my husband was diagnosed and found a document written by one of the top immunologist in this country saying he thought it was alum and said it was rampant in this country and one day there would AZ patients in the streets because there would not be enough homes for them. Aluminum enhances meds and it is in almost every shot you get, it's in 95%of all anti acids meds, etc." I agree. I also think we are getting too many toxic chemicals from vaccines. Emma, do you have the link to the document by the immunologist? I'd like to read it. Here are some more thoughts on this subject. "Studies confirm fluoride enhances 'bioavailability' of aluminum What apparently happens when individuals with aluminum-induced neural degeneration are exposed to fluoride is that the fluoride enhances the toxicity of aluminum. In terms of bioavailability, or the ability of aluminum to cause harm, fluoride greatly increases the overall toxic burden of this pervasive metal, rendering it exceptionally more toxic. "[A]luminum-induced neural degeneration in rats is greatly enhanced when the animals were fed low doses of fluoride," reads the news release for a 1998 study published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Brain Research. "The presence of fluoride enhanced the bio-availability of aluminum (Al) causing more aluminum to cross the blood-brain barrier and become deposited in the brain. The aluminum level in the brains of the fluoride-treated group was double that of the controls." Links that might be useful. www.naturalnews.com/044366_fluoride_aluminum_brain_damage.html http://www.realfarmacy.com/22-medical-studies-that-show-vaccines-can-cause-autism/

Carol, DF would not be able to sell the farm without DM's consent, and so that would not happen secretly. He has only a small portion of what was the original estate from 1870, as it got divided a couple of times, but he lives on the original homestead and is listed in the Texas historical registry for continuous one family ownership for more than 100 years. My brother in Texas wants to continue the ownership, and his son will probably want to take care of it after that. I tried to call Mother yesterday, and DF answered the phone, which was a bit of a surprise. He said he was doing fine (which he isn't) and that Mother had gone to town to pick something up and had left him in the house alone (also not true). He then told me that someone had stolen his pickup and that it was probably in Mexico by now. That was pretty much the extent of our conversation, and then he told me that he would have DM call me when she got back. She did call me a few minutes later while Kevin and I were on the phone with our sister, and DM told us that she had never left the house but was merely in a different bedroom - where I guess she had gone to get away from DF. He seems to be driving her crazy, and she has very little patience for him. She told me that she threatened to leave him if he didn't stop telling her the same wild stories over and over, and so I guess he has the idea that she might leave at any moment. According to DS, someone is with him 24 hours, as he cannot be left alone for any stretch of time. I'm sure that my brother and his wife are doing everything they can to speed up his entrance to the nursing home, which is where everyone agrees that he needs to be - that is, everyone except DF. He would try to drive his pickup if my brother had not taken it away, even though he is almost completely blind. My mother gets tired of hearing him ask to be taken home and keeps trying to convince him that he is already at home. DB and his wife will be moving back into their own house in a couple of weeks, and this will make it more difficult for DM. At this point, I am just trusting my brother to make the right decisions, as I am not in a position to move back to Texas to help with the care. Speaking of sheriffs - DF threatened to call his local sheriff to have him come and pick him up and take him home unless DM takes him - he thinks he is being held hostage at times. Linda, what do you mean by "calling hospice"? I'm not sure what that is. It's nice that your son visited you from Sweden, but I think you are a long way from having to worry about death. It's very nice that you visit nursing homes yourself - I haven't been since my grandmother died. We gave our mother a big 80th birthday party and also a big 60th wedding anniversary party, and that was the last good family reunion we had, I think, except for maybe my nephew's wedding, and I can't remember when that was. I'm trying to figure out if and/or when we should plan another trip to see our family. We were there last December, less than four months ago; DF's birthday is in June, and he will be 89. Lars

In some states, Minnesota being one, you can protect a portion of your estate by purchasing a qualifying LTC policy. Briefly, if your LTC policy pays out 250k, you can shelter 250k of assets from being considered for Medicaid purposes. Be sure to check local laws as they can change at any time. It's getting tougher and tougher for people with assets to get their fellow taxpayers to fund their long term care. I take a Medicaid update course once every 3 years and it has been tightening up considerably.