Senile Texas Aggie - comic relief for the rest of you
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Baymule
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Suddenly, WHAM! I spun around, fell on my face on the grass, stunned. After a few moments, as I started thinking more clearly, I realized what had happened -- I had run head-on into the bucket! 
I started laughing at my own stupidity! After another moment, I got up, and felt blood running down my face.
In the summer of 2017, we raised 3 hogs and I couldn't get a slaughter date that wasn't months away. So we had a hog killing/slaughter/processing party. One was ours, two belonged to neighbors, so we got busy. We hung them from the FEL bucket. I skinned and gutted 3 hogs. The first two, a neighbor lady helped, a tiny lady of Filipino heritage. She had no problem walking under the raised bucket but I slammed my head on it over and over. I said a lot of bad words. LOL LOL
I started laughing at my own stupidity! After another moment, I got up, and felt blood running down my face.In the summer of 2017, we raised 3 hogs and I couldn't get a slaughter date that wasn't months away. So we had a hog killing/slaughter/processing party. One was ours, two belonged to neighbors, so we got busy. We hung them from the FEL bucket. I skinned and gutted 3 hogs. The first two, a neighbor lady helped, a tiny lady of Filipino heritage. She had no problem walking under the raised bucket but I slammed my head on it over and over. I said a lot of bad words. LOL LOL
Baymule
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Working in machine shops and welding shops in my youth taught me safety. NEVER put up the forks on a forklift until you are ready to use them. ALWAYS lower the forks when moving. Same thing with the tractor bucket. I never leave the bucket up when driving or parking the tractor. The only time I raise the bucket is when I am using it. Other than that, I raise it slightly higher than ground level. When parked, it is lowered to the ground, slightly tilted so not to catch rain in the bucket. Safety. Safety. Safety.
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Senile_Texas_Aggie
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All,
Nothing much going on here, but I will post about another stupid thing I did. When I retired Oct 2017, I elected COBRA. Since it was scheduled to run out Mar 30, 2019, I decided to end it Dec 31, 2018, and to sign up for Medicare and AARP Medicare Supplement Plan for me, and to sign up my Beautiful Gal under healthcare.gov. Well, I was successful in getting coverage for me, and I THOUGHT I was successful in getting coverage for her. We both learned on Saturday that I had not completed the application for her, and that she was not covered. Since the open enrollment is now closed, we are having to hustle to get coverage for her. Oh, how stupid could I have been not to ensure that everything was complete during open enrollment!
ETA: Also, I intended to start documenting as I go the books we have finished reading as we finish them. We recently finished Smart Ass by Margaret Winslow, and we will finish tonight Enlightenment Now by Stephen Pinker.
Senile Texas Aggie
Nothing much going on here, but I will post about another stupid thing I did. When I retired Oct 2017, I elected COBRA. Since it was scheduled to run out Mar 30, 2019, I decided to end it Dec 31, 2018, and to sign up for Medicare and AARP Medicare Supplement Plan for me, and to sign up my Beautiful Gal under healthcare.gov. Well, I was successful in getting coverage for me, and I THOUGHT I was successful in getting coverage for her. We both learned on Saturday that I had not completed the application for her, and that she was not covered. Since the open enrollment is now closed, we are having to hustle to get coverage for her. Oh, how stupid could I have been not to ensure that everything was complete during open enrollment!
ETA: Also, I intended to start documenting as I go the books we have finished reading as we finish them. We recently finished Smart Ass by Margaret Winslow, and we will finish tonight Enlightenment Now by Stephen Pinker.
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Bruce
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That REALLY sucks! Do they not give you some sort of confirmation?
We are gonna have to do something for DD1. She turns 26 in early March which means she won't be covered by DWs insurance any more. Frankly I don't understand why there is a "you lose it the day you turn 26" thing at all. She's still a dependent and though now at school in New Brunswick is still a member of this household. Seems to me that any family member living in your house should be eligible for coverage no matter how old they are. What reason is there for that to not be the case?
In any case, she has basic insurance (doctor/ER) the Canadian government while she is there, plus an extra cost coverage for other medical things through school and will have basic coverage anytime she is anywhere in Canada as long as she is a current student or on summer break unless she doesn't go back. But there is no coverage when she is home from school for more than a couple of weeks I think.
We are gonna have to do something for DD1. She turns 26 in early March which means she won't be covered by DWs insurance any more. Frankly I don't understand why there is a "you lose it the day you turn 26" thing at all. She's still a dependent and though now at school in New Brunswick is still a member of this household. Seems to me that any family member living in your house should be eligible for coverage no matter how old they are. What reason is there for that to not be the case?
In any case, she has basic insurance (doctor/ER) the Canadian government while she is there, plus an extra cost coverage for other medical things through school and will have basic coverage anytime she is anywhere in Canada as long as she is a current student or on summer break unless she doesn't go back. But there is no coverage when she is home from school for more than a couple of weeks I think.
greybeard
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At what age do you think the cutoff should be?
RollingAcres
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STA that really sucks! Hopefully you find coverage for her soon!
Mike CHS
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I'm not sure about Arkansas but Farm Bureau is one of the biggest health care providers in Tennessee.
Bruce
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Don't know why there should be one at all. I can see adding a premium for a family member if they are no longer dependents but why force them onto their own? Especially with the attempt to kill the ACA. Under pre ACA if you didn't have a job that provided health insurance there was no way you could afford it as an individual not in a "big pool" unless you had a job that paid a lot. And those jobs usually come with benefits.
