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Blended Families and Inheritances
You see two types of tales: 1. “My dad died, and my stepmom took everything and put it in her name and is leaving it all to my step-siblings, her children” 2. “My stepchildren were never around and didn’t raise a finger to help, and not that their dad is dead, they come looking for an inheritance”. Why does this matter? Economists say that $80 trillion is to transfer over the next 20 years. There are 350 million Americans. That’s over $200k per American. Figure that 100 million Americans will be bequeathing and not inheriting, and that quite a few Americans won’t inherit anything, and you can see that there are some big stakes decision playing out. (statsman is in line to inherit low to mid six figures, and is in a family that talks openly about the will and its structure. However, I have a cousin who is going to be screwed in favor of her younger “second marriage” step-siblings. Although she has done very well in life, there is a part of it that is hurtful, to have never even been offered the help that her step siblings always had).
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Blended Families and Inheritances
This might be the right board for this topic. The WSJ had this article: More American couples are coming together with children from prior relationships. It often goes well until it comes time to read the will. https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/blended-family-estate-planning-352a9788?st=xxgDk9&reflink=share_mobilewebshare It really is worth reading the comments, to see how many stories of blended families sundered by an estate going wholly to one side of a family. Over ten years ago, my wife came home from the neighborhood ladies get together and told me three stories of neighborhood widowers that remarried, and left their estate to their new wife (and eventually, her children) and not the widowers’ children. I laughed and asked if she was trying to tell me something. “Yes, you can’t do that to (our daughter)”! it’s an interesting topic. I saw it in my family’s older generation. My great uncle Curtis had been married to my great Aunt Belle for almost 50 years. They had worked and sacrificed together to build a business. They had no children and doted on my aunts and uncles. Aunt Belle died and in short order, a lonely Uncle Curtis remarried. They were married for about five years when he died, she inherited and had nothing more to do with the family. Clearly, that’s Uncle Curtis’ decision to make (although Aunt Belle would have been truly pissed off had she known). I’m sure his second wife would say that she cared for him in his illness (true) and he would have wanted her cared for (also true). You can see how this happens, again and again. A marriage is broken, by death or divorce. Ex spouses remarry. They plan their estates in good faith, intending to distribute among step siblings. One dies, and the survivor’s step children just don’t come around as much, if at all (their other parent might be a higher priority, or maybe they just don’t feel as welcome). Meanwhile, the surviving spouse’s children are full and active members of their life,perhaps actively caring for them. Over time, the surviving spouse convinces themself that they can revisit the estate plan and make sure it goes to those that they know really need (and deserve) it (their children). Fact of life: no one will ever screw you over like someone that is convinced they’re doing the right thing. Moral? Get that shit planned and written down, locked down as much as the law will let you. I do wonder- these late-in-life second marriages,…how many would still happen if the spouse with savings had their estate willed to a trust and let the new paramour know that the will would not be revised or replaced?
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Left Behind: A Quick Dose Of Post Big 12 Reality
I don’t know. With the leagues so large, multiple teams can put up big records by not playing each other. BYU and ISU are undefeated and not scheduled to play. KSU has one loss (to BYU). Colorado has two (NU and KSU). ISU and KSU play late in the season. If BYU and ISU stay undefeated, they meet in the CCG, and KSU would be the best win for each. There will be CFP controversy
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
No. Quinn, coming back from injury at TCU, was better at pocket presence and decisiveness, until his painkiller wore off in the second half. Then, even better at ISU and on and on. This, here and now, is either injury or mental.
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Official Coach Sark Thread of Dominance—haters back off
Sark: Season three and seven games into season 4. 18-3 Fisher, same: 14-3 (Covid year and floor about to drop out) Sumlin, same: 13-7
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Official Coach Sark Thread of Dominance—haters back off
Non-CFP bowl games are not big games. They have not been big games for a while. Players sit out now, if they’re going into the draft. Hugh Frieze admitted last year that he spent his time before Auburn’s bowl game recruiting, and not game planning (and Auburn fans were fine with that). Herman’s 4-0 in bowls was fun (I’ve seen it suggested that his good bowl record was because he didn’t care about the games and the team just played with fun), but I would only give him credit for the Sugar Bowl, as it was a NYE6 bowl, and felt big. Herman’s Alamo Bowl wins (and Sark’s Alamo Bowl loss) just didn’t mean anything.
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Yeah, I will always appreciate Lincoln Riley for- let’s face it; a very rational decision- getting the hell out of OKC when he got the chance.
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Left Behind: A Quick Dose Of Post Big 12 Reality
OSU is playing at Baylor, and the game is on streaming. Baylor has a tremendous number of games on streaming. The B12 has a Baylor, TCU and UH problem. Even in years where they have solid teams, fans don’t tune in. TT is just a little better, comparable to OSU, really. TCU and Baylor have played well over 100 games, for more than a century, and nobody (including their fans) really gives a shit. The league needs those teams, it thinks, for the recruiting territory. I wonder, in this new era, if they really do, if a better B12 would drop a couple of them.
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This is a man. He's over 40. He's a man.
OSU, B12 CG loser last year, is playing Baylor (rival?) and the game is on streaming. I really see this as more of a Baylor problem (they have a ton of games on streaming) than a B12 problem.
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Another odd phenomena on the Sooner boards is their reaction to Deion Burks, a portal WR from Purdue. What we know: 1. Burkes was a solid starter at Purdue with good, not great production. 2. OU committed significant (to them) NIL towards signing him. 3. He shone in their pre season drills. 4. As a starter in the first few games, he was clearly their top receiver, but with less than 10 yards per reception. 5. he got hurt mid-season, with some soft tissue injury, and has not returned yet. Their fanbase has swung like a pendulum between “Burks is an all time offensive threat, the kind that makes an offense go” to “Burks is a malingerer that has quit on the team and is only hanging around for that sweet, sweet Okie NIL before getting drafted” I think, most likely, Burks is a good player that, with a healthy season of good production, could go late in the draft (5th to 7th). He ain’t CeeDee Lamb or even Marvin Mims. If he entered the draft after not playing the rest of the season with good production, he is on track for UFA. Is that wrong?
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It’s kind of telling that Mark Stoops can give a job to his halfwit brother, but Mike Gundy won’t hire his.
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There is also the continued fascination with Cale Gundy to rescue the program.
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Left Behind: A Quick Dose Of Post Big 12 Reality
Baylor and TT played an exciting game on Saturday afternoon. It attracted 316k viewers. That is less than Troy-S. Alabama. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/ Last weekend, the top four SEC games drew 27.23M all together. The top four B1G teams attracted 9.91M viewers. Top four ACC: 7.63M. Top four B12: 5.72M (thank you, Deion!). One of those B12 games started at 10:15 Friday night and another 10:30 Saturday night.
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If BaD Radio isn't on from 3-7 p.m. ...
I heard him chide (mostly) the officials and (partly) the Texas fans for overturning the bad call after the student protest. He has a point, but…remember the game situation. Texas had scored a TD and two point conversion after Smart’s failed onside kick. It was 23-8. Texas had just returned a pick to the Georgia nine. If the refs let the call stand, with Georgia snapping from midfield, and Texas goes on to lose, we’re all saying that the refs stole the game. And, we’d kind of be right.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
No. It was right after that that Mack had Chance Movk play a few series at QB against Missouri, with Vince at WR. Vince caught a long pass, Mocj played poorly, and that foolishness was shunted aside. The next week, at Lubbock, Lead Option was added to Zone Read, and “Let Vince Be Vince” carried the day. https://stats.texassports.com/custompages/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/04/101604.htm
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SEC assesses Texas penalties for bottle-throwing
The “reason” for the fuckery was Mao Grant Teaff could go out with a winning record and bowl game in his last season. Of course, Texas needed that win to go to a bowl game (the UNT win didn’t count towards the six wins necessary, them being D-1AA), too. Their gift to Grant Teaff fucked a squad of Longhorns over. Roger’s Redding was the referee. Check out the box score-Baylor didn’t give enough of a shit about Teaff to fill the stadium, but the refs had to take care of their friend. Edited: https://www.curriejefferson.com/obituaries/rogers-redding If you’re thinking of writing a letter to Redding, asking what he was doing, you’re out of luck
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SEC assesses Texas penalties for bottle-throwing
That is some bullshit, that he knew Texas got screwed on calls but he thought is was ok because Texas got calls in the past. Fuck Grant Teaff and Fuck Baylor. I am glad Grant Teaff lived to see Texas leave Baylor in the past. The other referee fucking we got was the ‘99 bonfire game.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
That looks damning, but in 2024, Quinn has played 4 1/4 games, and three of them were against teams bringing a lot of heat all the time.
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Left Behind: A Quick Dose Of Post Big 12 Reality
I think we know that if ISU and BYU finish undefeated, before the CCG, ISU’s best win will be Iowa and BYU’s best win will be SMU.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Isn’t that what everyone who tweets out something they want to take back says?
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SEC assesses Texas penalties for bottle-throwing
If we’re doing hypotheticals,… What if Barron had returned the puck all the way for a TD? Think they would have overturned it (I don’t, but it would have been worth it to see Smart strike out).
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SEC assesses Texas penalties for bottle-throwing
When Sark, after last year’s KSU game, said, “I don’t even know what PI is anymore”, in his weekly press conference, showing replays of KSU not being called (Kevin Mar crew), he got some PI calls the next week at TCU. Which really dumbfounded and pissed off Sonny Dykes.
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Left Behind: A Quick Dose Of Post Big 12 Reality
Checking in on Conference-Big 12. ISU (#10 AP, 16 Sagarin) and BYU (#11 AP, 18 Sagarin) are undefeated and not scheduled to play each other. There is one other ranked C-B12 team, KSU, and they are on ISU’s schedule. ISU’s best win is Iowa, a very mid B1G team. BYU’s best win is SMU (they trounced KSU earlier, too). Does anyone feel that, should any defeated ISU meet an undefeated BYU in the C-B12 CG, both teams should make the CFP? Why or why not?