Starbucks: My go-to when I crave burnt hot brown sugar-water.

What a coincidence! It was the LAST year in his!

Burn! But seriously... who?

I did a photoshoot in a sugarhouse years ago. All of my gear ended up with a slightly sticky surface from the steam.

I'd go for a truck of hot maple syrup spilling onto a pile of clean white snow. I'll bring the pickles!

IF a lawyer can show that you had that expense first, just maybe they'll let it be payed out of the estate to spend down is assets before they get their fingers on it.

You can also charge reasonable 'estate agent' fees against the assets.

NAL, but I've been to this rodeo a few times.

I feel your pain, I had similar dealings with the deaths of 4 immediate family.

Another trick Dartmouth tried on my is that they delayed billing my insurance company until it was too late, then came at ME For payment since they couldn't collect from the insurance. How is their terrible billing setup MY problem?

Or when they bill me for an 'out of newtwork' service IN THEIR OWN HOSPITAL because the DR reading an MRI was not in network and I didn't get prior authorization.

Medicare will get their pound of flesh in the end. The only way around it really is to 'use up' the assets in some other way before Medicare gets their slice, but it may be too late for that.

Well water. I never gave it amy thought, but I've never lived on a house with town water. I think well water just tastes better.

Fluoride probably would have helped me when I was a kid, though.

Even better, bury him under 6 feet of it and a demonstration of corporate responsibility.

And the dioxin in the soil in that area is totally natural. It's been there for thousands of years! Very safe, too.

If it has bitcoin on it, then it is totally the one I lost.

Hey, I can check out what's on it for you! The MRI machine I run at a hospital has a USB port, I'll just pop it in there!

Back on the 70s, my school yard would be full of snowmobiles after a storm. Kids as young as 10 riding miles!

If you are either a pregnant teen, or an aging alcoholic you will find plenty of company there!

The current location of the Vilas bridge was the first bridge over the Connecticut River.

Good question. What's the answer?

What if we give them the state's average income, and the average level of Healthcare? If they want more, they can bring up the average.

That dish isn't deep enough for the proper amount of syrup!

and avoid using public bathrooms if at all possible.

I couldn't even eat chips of ice. As soon an I swallowed, I'd start throwing up again.

I had norovirus about 10 years ago and think it is the most seriously sick I've every been. 'I want to die' kind of sick.

I'm pretty sure I got it in a restaurant bathroom. Ever since then I've been extremely paranoid about bathroom germs, especially the ones where you have to touch things like the sink handle or door handle.

Norovirus is no joke. You can get dangerously dehydrated if you aren't careful.

Bah. Just slap some chains on it.

You can screw whoever and whenever you want. But don't take MY tax money to do it! Do it on your own dime.

But only 1 out of x kids is GETTING that special diversified experience.

Keep the money in public schools and build that experience for all! Shouldn't that be the goal?

But I was also a sensitive and weird kid but didn't get to go to a private school.

How much better could MY education have been if the money stayed in the public system?

Raise the standards for all kids, not the fortunate few.