No problem Mike - It's all part of life's rich pageant.

>My thoughts are sincerely with both of you.
>
>If this isn't too intruive, please tell us how you met. I bet she was the firecracker in the crowd and you felt like the luckiest guy in the world that she even looked your way.
>
>Mike
>
>>>(wisea** retort deleted)
>>>
>>>How is your wife doing?
>>
>>Thanks for asking.
>>
>>Helen fell a couple of months ago and has been moved
>>to a nursing home. The only bed available was in the
>>dimensia ward and she doesn't have dimensia. She'll
>>be moved when a bed becomes available in an area where
>>the patients are more lucid. She's pretty depressed by
>>the situation but has no choice, because she can no
>>longer walk, even with her walker.
>>
>>FYI - The monthly bill is $1400.75 a month. Canadian
>>Medicare pays $751.26 and I have to come up with the
>>rest. It has made me count the pennies, but it can be
>>done if I'm careful with the budget. OY!!
>>
>>Here's a pension story for you. I applied for a service called
>>involuntary separation to help me with the bills. But, because
>>my income increased in 2007 all I was allotted was 93 cents
>>a month by the government. About the increase . . .
>>I save $200.00 a month to cover the municipal taxes I have
>>to pay for living in this city. Each month I put the money in
>>the money market. The interest I make on the money is about
>>$5.00 a month, so that's $60.00 a year. That $60.00 is the
>>wopping increase that was sited to cut my involuntary separation
>>payment to help cover the bills. There is something wrong with
>>the pensioner's rules in Ottawa (Canada's Capital city) and
>>nobody cares.
>>
>>So here is first draft of the letter I wrote in reply to their payment.
>>I hope is give you a chuckle.
>>--------------------
>>May 27, 2008 my wife was admitted to a nursing home.
>>The cost per month is $1400.00 minus an Alberta Senior's Benefit
>>payment of $751.26 leaving $643.74 outstanding.
>>
>>I recently was advised to apply for an increase in my pension
>>through your "Involuntary Separation" feature as it would help
>>with covering the outstanding amount each month.
>>
>>Having applied a month ago, today I called Service Canada and asked
>>when the involuntary separation payment would be approved. To my
>>delight, I was told that it had been approved and my monthy pension
>>cheque would be increasing. "How much will the increase be", I asked.
>>The Service Canada rep told me that my payment was $375.69 a month
>>and it would be increasing to $376.62 immediately.
>>
>>I just want to take a moment say thank you for the 93 cent increase
>>in my pension. Over the course of a year it will amount to a
>>wopping $11.16 which will pay for a box of Tim Horton donuts
>>for me and my wife, and we'll still have $4.91 left over to stick up your a*s.
>>
>>
>>:)