FEB 3 2017

ABOUT AIG AND MY ZERO CASH VALUE AFTER 30 YEARS OF DEPOSITS.. I DON'T KNOW WHO GOT TO THEM.. BUT SOMEONE SURE DID...  WHEN I CALLED THE CASH VALUE WAS ZERO AND DEATH BENIFIT ZERO.. I STARTED IN WITH 2 CAMERA PEOPLE WHO MADE SUGGESTIONS AND HAD CONTACTS... AND I CALLED THE  STATE INSURANCE EXAMINER., THE  STATE REP... AND GOVERORS OFFICE---  I WAS WORKING TOWARD THE  OFFICE OF ELIZABETH WARREN  BUT NEVER GOT THERE  BECAUSE    LATER IN THE DAY ... 2 AGENTS CALLED-- BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT-- THEY COULD NOT IMAGING HOW I WAS GETTING THAT INFO...  I TOLD THEM TO TRY THE PHONE NUMBERS ON THEIR PAPERWORK... AT ANY RATE I OPTED TO TAKE THE CASH VALUS AND RUN---  MIND YOUU , I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING YET...  BUT I HAVE PAPERWORK THAT SAYS I MIGHT..... BEING 79... IT IS CERTAINLY A WAY OF SCARING ME TO CASHING IT IN.. SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE BIG LUMP DEATH BENEFIT...I REALY HAVE VERY LITTLE FAITH IN INSURANCE COMPANIES--  AND MAYBE LESS IN BANKS AND THIER CREDIT CARD COMPANIES.... HMMM..  IF I HAD $12,000 TO " INVEST", I WOULD FIRST BUY THE TINY EST PRINTER I COULD FIND  TO PRINT OUT THE RULES.... AND THEN  I COULD OFFER A CREDIT CARD TO 10 PEOPLE  FOR UP TO $1000 AND THEY WOULD GO OUT AND SPEND IT ON PLASTIC TOYS SOMEONE CONVINCED THEIR KIDS THEY MUST HAVE... BY SOME EXTREMELY COMPLICATED CALCULATION THEY COULD REPAY ME 15% OF WHAT THEY OWE-- WHICH WOULD BARELY COVER THE  HUGE INTEREST ON THE $1000 SO THEY WOULD NEVER GET RID OF THAT DEBT... BY SENDING ME $150- 10 PEOPLE--- $1500 PER MONTH I WOULD MAKE ON THE $12,000 INVESTMENT AND I WOULD HAVE 10 PEOPLE MARRIED TO  THE PAYMENT OF SUPPORTING ME FOR DOING NOTHING...  OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.  I AM SURE I HAVE EXAGERATED.. BUT THAT IS THE  CONCEPT...  I HAVE DRUMMED INTO MY KIDS HEADS....... IT IS ONE THING IF THE MONTHLY PAYMENT GIVES YOU TH E RIGHT TO LIVE IN   SOME HOUSE-- EVEN THEN BUY LESS THAN YOU R "BANKER AGENT " SAYS YOU CAN AFFORD...BUT NEVER USE  CREDIT IN STORES-- IF YOU CAN'T PAY CASH DON'T BUY IT.  MY FATHER USED TO MARVEL AT THE AMISH-- HE SOLD FARM EQUIPMENT  IN NY AND PENNA  WHICH INVOLVED AMISH WAY OF THINKING..  WHEN THEY BOUGHT SOME EQUIPMENT THEY WOULD HAUL OUT SOME WAD OF BILLS AND PAY FOR IT.-- FOR EVERYONE ELSE THEY WOULD SIGN SOME PAPERS AND THEN  FATHER WOULD HAVE TO TRY AND GET SOME BANK TO  "BUY" THE PAPERWORK. ALONG THOSE LINES OF LECTURES TO KIDS...... DO  NOT EVER BORROW ANYTHING IF YOU CAN NOT JUST WRITE A CHECK FOR  IT IF ANYTHING HAPPENS..  BECAUSE IT WILL...EVERNTUALY. LECTURES TO CHILDREN.. ALONG WITH IF A POLICEMAN SAYS STOP THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO... AND STUDY MATH PHYSICS SO YOU WILL GET A GOOD JOB I MUST ALWAYS HAVE BEEN LECTURING. IT IS A RELIEF TO HAVE GONE OLD IN THAT REGARD-- NOW THEY LECTURE ME... ****  THERE IS A SONG....  BY DONALD SWANN AND MICHAEL FLANDERS  When we started making money,  When we started making friends,  We found a home as soon as we were able to.  We bought this PERFECT residence for about a  thousand more, Than the house, our little house, was once the stable to. We're terribly House and Garden, The money that one spends. To make a place that won't disgrace, Our House and Garden friends. IT GOES ON  AND ON FOR A WHILE-- BUT IS VERY GOOD... AS IS ALL THEIR HUMOR Lyrics found <a href="http://www.elyrics.net/read/f/flanders-&-swann-lyrics/design-for-living-lyrics.html">here</a> *** FRIENDS...AND FACEBOOK... WHICH I DO NOT UNDERSTAND... I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED WITH JANINE... BUT  I MAY HAVE DONE A BBAD THING..   EVERY MORING I GET A BUNCH OF NOTICES FROM FACEBOOK ABOUT FRIENDS--  I HAVE HEARD ABOUT BEING FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK-- AND UNFRIENDING- A WHOLE NEW CONCEPT... NOT KNOWING WHAT I WAS DOING  I CLICKED AWAY ATR RANDOME THRU A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE WHO'S NAMES I RECOGNISED-- MOST HAD DOGS AND MANY BOUGHT CHICKEN BRICKS     SO I CLICKED AWAY  I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I HAVE DONE... IT WILL BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE  .........  ALONG WITH EXPERIENCE COMES FROM BAD EXPERIENCES... **** MOVING ON... SID WAS YESTERDAY'S HERO..  HE HAPPENED TO BE AT THE VETS VISITING WHEN A GOLDEN RETRIEVER NNEDED A BLOOD TRANSFUSION QUICKLY...  HE WAS HAPPY TO OBLIDGE-- WE DO THAT OFTEN... HAVING ABOUT HTE BIGGEST BUNCH OF  HEALTHY DONORS IN NEW ENGLAND.. APPARENTLY YOU CAN TRANSFUSE A DOG ONCE WITHOUT BLOODTYPING ETC... BUT NOT A SECOND TIME???? IS THAT CORRECT??? ************** Hi Just got back from Market Basket. I think if you had seen me I would have gotten an A+. I believed we entered and exited the store perfectly. We walked around the store pushing a cart, he never pulled once he followed my commands perfectly. I walked him slowly the meat and candy isle, keeping his nose pointing forward. We did a few down/stays, he complied. Recall training, excellent. I am amazed of how much better he is, thank you so much for pointing me the right way. Jack ***********