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  1. Guys, if your parents are elderly, I suggest you do as much as possible to prepare. Especially if one/both was military or civil service.
  2. @morgfair I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell ya!
  3. My name too. I still have to work out the "after both are gone" stuff with their son. That's a whole 'nother ball game! I'll need a lawyer.
  4. I have binders for both mom & dad in case one goes b4 the other. I need to get Dad's name on all the utilities. Mom won't like this part.
  5. 2 a.m. How'd that happen? Crap!
  6. I may have to take a ride to the beach soon:via @pnj UWF: Most oil from BP spill gone from Gulf along Panhandle Most crude disappeared
  7. I'm gonna pull his credit report tomorrow, just to see for real.
  8. This is what spending six hours on government websites do to me, I guess...
  9. She buys a life insurance policy, for her benefit. Dad - ZILCH. Good one, Mom.
  10. @JessicaGottlieb She was pissed that his name was on the checkbook before hers... that wasn't a fun day for dad, or the bank :)
  11. @JessicaGottlieb I calculated a play a while back to get his name on their savings acct! #win
  12. @AureliaCotta Yeah. He really is okay. It's the principle of it, I guess.
  13. @JessicaGottlieb Only their property. All the creditors have her name. He is an additional name on one.
  14. She actually laughed about it the other day... broke my heart.
  15. Mom totally screwed Dad out of getting any credit. All the credit score goes to her. Dad has zilch. Nice one, Mom.
  16. Mom started asking Social Security questions, you know, for when Dad goes. I'm not doing one just for her. Both are getting one, lol.
  17. Awful project: Putting together "death booklets". One in case Mom goes first and one if Dad goes first. I work well with binders.