++ An acquaintance retired to the coast of Mexico a number years ago. A medium size town. He suffered a massive heart attack soon after, died during the hour-long ambulance ride.
But will your first heart attack be your last? What is the quality and proximity of high quality health care and hospitals?
But will your first heart attack be your last? What is the quality and proximity of high quality health care and hospitals?
I have to register my car every year. I have to fill out a form online and press submit. It's enough to make me start thinking about moving to Montana.Here, once a car is over 10 years old it gets permanent vehicle registration for about $120, never having to register it again.
Staying alive sort of lost its allure for me when I saw this movie with John Travolta with a pompadour hairdo strutting down the street carrying a can of paint singing:
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive (oh)
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive (oh)
I mean I pretty much gave up the will to live after that.
Which reminds me, the first concert I ever went to was The Bee Gees when they were still The Bee Gees before disco hit the scene, which coincidentally was about the time I stopped listening to the radio.
From the recent activity, it looks like the users will die before film does.
Even though some people say "when your number is up" to refer to death, I don't think anyone is actually scheduling deaths and handing out numbers like you are waiting in line for an ice cream cone or anything. And I am not sure you can legitimately say you refuse to do something you can't do anyway. It would be like saying you refuse to use your heat ray vision to light the grill. The exception to that may be in states with "assisted suicide" laws. You probably do have to schedule when the guy/gal is going to come over to assist you with your suicide.I refuse to schedule when I will die.
Instead of just thinking about doing it, do it. You might not get time to later. Here is and article on procrastination if you are interested.I have been thinking of weighing the consequences of not dying versus dying.
Even though some people say "when your number is up" to refer to death, I don't think anyone is actually scheduling deaths and handing out numbers like you are waiting in line for an ice cream cone or anything. And I am not sure you can legitimately say you refuse to do something you can't do anyway. It would be like saying you refuse to use your heat ray vision to light the grill. The exception to that may be in states with "assisted suicide" laws. You probably do have to schedule when the guy/gal is going to come over to assist you with your suicide.
Instead of just thinking about doing it, do it. You might not get time to later. Here is and article on procrastination if you are interested.
I could not read the NYT article. I will look at the OP OUT alternative. Or I can just say no.
++ An acquaintance retired to the coast of Mexico a number years ago. A medium size town. He suffered a massive heart attack soon after, died during the hour-long ambulance ride.
My sister moved from Minneapolis to Prescott Arizona last year and both she and her husband have been having problems finding doctors who will take new patients and any serious problems means a two hour drive to Phoenix Arizona. Their local hospital is only ok but has no real facilities for may life threatening health issues.
A friend of mine spent several years looking for the "best place to retire". He found that those so called "best places" might have no income tax or no sales tax but the health options were usually quite poor and as he said, "Your first heart attack or stroke will be your last." He ended up retiring close to a big city with an even bigger city with really good medical services close by.
I am not exactly living in a sod house on the prairie. There are two high quality hospitals less than 3 miles from where I live. One is near to achieving its Level 1 Trauma status.
And as for having a heart attack, that is less likely since I moved here and left the stress of commuting, the poor air quality, the urban noise, and the crime and crowds behind. Add to that, getting rid of other nuisances like a mortgage and gaining ready access to a wealth of outdoor activities nearby. Here, I run 20-25 miles/week without breathing automobile exhaust in the process, something that was difficult to do in SoCal.
Oh, and I traded a 900 SF California bungalow for a 2,700 SF home on a large lot. I have a nice big darkroom, fully plumbed, in the basement, something I never had in California.
Aside from photography, I am into vintage cars and have a few. Here, once a car is over 10 years old it gets permanent vehicle registration for about $120, never having to register it again. Toys, like motorcycles, boats, trailers, etc. get permanent tags from new. Less government is one of those Montana values.
But, hey, it’s not for everyone. We have seasons and one of them gets cold, which I don’t mind at all but scares away others.
I visited Mexico twice and nearly died from the water. Actually I was so ill I wanted to die and would have preferred a heart attack.
I'm 77 and I live around 45 miles outside NYC but drive to Manhattan to see some of my doctors regarding lungs, heart, and potential cancer issues. People who retire to remote places are taking a chance if they need medical care that's of a life-threatening condition. We all have to balance off those things. Of course, a lot is just plain luck.
Rust belt is nice. Lots of water, no worries about weather aside from some snow and all the money that them old Oil Barons from 100+ years ago left gives us loads of culture and top medical without the crowds. Be nice if there were more jobs and stuff but you can't have everything.
As long as you are happy. Montana sounds nice.
Sounds like Pittsburgh where one of my kids lives. A great place.
It would be nice but the Steelers are there.
I think that you are referencing something to do with sports, an area of which I have zero knowledge or interest.
Steelers are the American Football or NFL team located in Pittsburgh. Local rivalries are strong traditions in the rust best. They transcend sport and worm its way into every day life. We hate Pittsburgh because that's what neighbors do. It's good natured...I think.
I never understood what the criteria is for “picking your team“ and why one would want to do so in the first place. I guess it has something to do with an attempt to boost one’s self-esteem when “their team” wins even though they, the fan, has does nothing but watch.
This is akin to those who tout a certain brand of camera, film, developer, etc. and letting all others know they are simply losers.
I never understood what the criteria is for “picking your team“ and why one would want to do so in the first place. I guess it has something to do with an attempt to boost one’s self-esteem when “their team” wins even though they, the fan, has does nothing but watch.
This is akin to those who tout a certain brand of camera, film, developer, etc. and letting all others know they are simply losers.
As a child it amazed me that a player everyone rooted for on the home team was booed the next year because the were traded away. Never made sense.
You're thinking way too deep into sports. It doesn't make sense. Tribalism is alive and well. Go Tribe!
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