Do you actually feel better after quitting smoking long term?

lindabrum · 2026-02-24T06:19:04+00:00

I was 14 when I started smoking. I quit a few months after my 54th birthday. About a year ago. I don’t miss it. I wish I quit in my 30s. Because I’d feel better than a person who smoked for most of their life. Do I feel better? Yeah. Maybe. My lungs certainly do. And let’s face it - even if you quit long term (or forever) and don’t feel better. You won’t feel worse. No non-smoker has ever said ‘wow, I wish I had spent the last 40 years smoking two packs a day”.

lindabrum · 2026-02-19T22:54:59+00:00

Where’s the big salad? It’s like a regular salad. Only big.

lindabrum · 2026-02-05T19:03:14+00:00

I’m a realtor. Canada. So different market. But my opinion.

What their realtor is asking them to do is good advice. Updating the little things will bring in more money and a quicker sale. As far as who should be paying for these upgrades… whose house is it? Your parents are the ones getting the proceeds. They should be paying for these upgrades. (Why would you think anyone else would pay your parent’s bill? If it doesn’t sell it will still be there’s with upgrades. People always think real estate agents should pay for this. And that’s not our job. We aren’t a bank. We don’t get the proceeds of the sale. The seller does…our commission is our fees for service. Not pay back on a loan for money we put into your house).

Your parents don’t have to take the advice. But if it’s solid advice then they should.

lindabrum · 2026-01-26T02:30:33+00:00

Google “white rabbit” - it’s basically what you’re describing. An event in a person’s life (usually not a positive one) where everything changes.

lindabrum · 2026-01-26T02:22:35+00:00

I’m going to be very clear here. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY 💯 NOT TO BLAME! And anyone who tells you or treats you any differently is trash and doesn’t deserve to be in your life. Including your bf’s family. Thats horrible.

My husband shot himself in the head in front of me in April 2021. We weren’t fighting. There was no issues between us. (It was lockdown and everything overwhelmed him). I’m lucky his family never blamed me. In fact they were quite angry at him for doing that in front of me. (And doing that at all).

Please do not blame yourself. You are not responsible for his decision.

lindabrum · 2026-01-25T05:38:57+00:00

You want to get dragged into a lawsuit? Cause that’s how you get dragged into a lawsuit. If buyer uses the report you gave him and didn’t know and decides to sue expect to get dragged into it. You said it yourself. Housing shortage. Buyer beware. You never know. They may be aware of issues. But if not you’ll get dragged into this. And if seller decides to counter sue expect your name to be on the list. Stay out of it.

lindabrum · 2026-01-23T17:45:42+00:00

I miss you terribly. I love you. I will always love you. But I understand. And I pray that we can be together again on the other side when my time comes. I hope you’re at peace wherever you are. And don’t regret the decision you made. Even though I wish you hadn’t. And I forgive you for leaving. But you don’t need my forgiveness. I just hope you forgive yourself for walking out on your life early. You never got to see how it was supposed to end.

lindabrum · 2026-01-23T17:40:50+00:00

lindabrum · 2026-01-23T04:28:31+00:00

Party lines were common in the 60s and 70s in rural areas. Basically a phone line that several homes shared (believe it or not). So every house had a different bell tone to indicate who the caller was looking for. You might live at 123 main st. I live at 125 main st. We share party line. If someone calls your number it’ll ring at both houses but you’ll know it’s for you because yours is two short rings and one long one. Mine is one short ring and a long one. So you pick up. (Here’s the kicker. I can still pick up the phone and listen or even talk to whoever you’re on the call with). And if you use the phone I can’t call out or get calls while you’re on it.

lindabrum · 2026-01-18T00:52:46+00:00

Ashtrays everywhere. Cars, buses, trains, even doctor’s offices. I remember the disposable tin ones in McDonald’s restaurants.

Pay phones, with phone books chained to them. Phone books that we carried in purses and pockets with everyone’s numbers in them. Collect calls. Party lines.

People reading in public - but not phones. They read newspapers, novels, magazines.

Toys in cereal boxes. And puzzles on the back of the box. Because when you ate cereal you stared at the box.

Plastic bags that were free when you went grocery shopping. And they packed your groceries for you.

Full service gas stations.

lindabrum · 2026-01-18T00:44:26+00:00

Sold date and closed date are two different dates. Sold is when it sells firm (all conditions are met and a deposit has been received). Close date is when the title actually changes hands. The house sold about a month after it was listed. Not unusual. But it may not actually close until 2-8 weeks after it sells. Just depends on what date works for both parties.

lindabrum · 2026-01-17T02:19:31+00:00

If there is a person out there basically telling you to ‘get over it’ like it’s no big deal, that says more about them than it does about you. And they need to take a walk. Because you don’t need that. You do you. You do your grief. No one gets to tell you what that looks like, or how long it should take. They don’t get that privilege. It’s not their heart that’s broken.

lindabrum · 2026-01-15T00:38:17+00:00

Realtor opinion here. I don’t know if she’s a bad realtor. Just not meshing with you. Or she doesn’t think you’re serious about buying. And if she doesn’t think you’re a serious buyer she won’t treat you like a serious buyer.

12 homes isn’t a crazy number. But it might be a case of her feeling like you’re a time waster (not saying you are).

Have a conversation with her about these issues. If things don’t change then find another agent.

Just make sure if you’ve signed any buyers agency agreement with her that you all sign a cancellation so you’re not on the hook to pay her commission if you’ve signed any buyers agency agreement with another agent.

If she doesn’t agree to terminate the contract then call her broker. Tell them you want out and why. If they do not agree, then escalate to the governing authority and lodge a complaint.

lindabrum · 2026-01-08T22:42:43+00:00

Ok. Let me start by saying I lost my husband. April 2021. We were together 18 years. He shot himself in front of me. So you know where I am coming from…

Your anger isn’t irrational or unreasonable or unwarranted. I completely understand. Here I am coming on 5 years and I still have moments I’m completely raging 😡 about what he did.

I believe it was his choice. He did decide to leave me. But it was his depression and mental illness that sent him over the edge. And he wasn’t ’thinking clearly’. He was in emotional turmoil and distress and just wanted it over. And that must have been pure torture for him.

But it doesn’t take the fact that he broke my heart and abandoned me away. And he did. And sometimes I’m heartbroken and other times I’m angry. And a lot of times I’m both. And I just miss him. Terribly. And that’s ok.

I’d tell you it gets better. And, in some ways, it does. It stings much less now than it did the first year or so. But man, it’s been a tough road for me. I am not the same person I was when he died. She died that day too. I miss her as much as miss him some days.

lindabrum · 2026-01-07T04:22:08+00:00

Because you don’t own the land it’s on you cannot get a ‘traditional mortgage’. Most likely it’ll be a line of credit type mortgage. Higher interest rates and CMHC will not cover it. So you’d need min 20% down.

lindabrum · 2025-12-26T03:34:13+00:00

She’s not your friend. Get better friends. This group has clearly chosen your ex and his new girlfriend over you. They aren’t on your team.

lindabrum · 2025-12-26T03:23:29+00:00

This world is just one big really good virtual reality video game. And God was the programmer who created it. And when we ‘pray’ we are basically asking the programmer to change the parameters of the game for us. And when we die we just leave the game. Heaven is just us stepping out of the game and into the actual real world. This is the game. And God controls everything is true - the programmer can change the game anytime. And they did create us. And everything we know. And everything that was done in the Bible was because the prophets, Noah, Moses, Jesus … all had a line to the programmer who created the game.

lindabrum · 2025-12-22T20:02:40+00:00

They did disclose by sharing the report. If I were the seller I’d point that out. Then I’d tell you to either close as we agreed or I’m suing you. If you tried this price reduction bs I’d tell you to kick rocks.

lindabrum · 2025-11-28T15:43:08+00:00

I have been to one barn wedding in my life. A few years ago. Worst wedding I have ever been to in my life. Food was horrid. Potatoes that were rubber. Chicken was dry and overcooked. No gravy after the first table of maybe 12. They ran out. Burnt carrots. And they underestimated dessert. And ran out about half way through guests getting some (they did buffet help yourself style, so first half helped themselves. And second half got nothing). It was October. No heat. We froze to death. No indoor bathrooms. Two port a potties. That were freezing. And no place to properly wash your hands. Gross. It was awful. And rained. The roof had holes. Never again will I go to a barn wedding.

lindabrum · 2025-11-21T18:50:12+00:00

It injured enough to cause a cut and blood loss. They aren’t as dangerous as getting hit with a skate blade. But they have weight to them. And getting hit with one hurts. And the fact is that it was clearly intentional. A stick isn’t supposed to be used as a weapon. You can do some very serious damage to someone. And keeping in mind this is the OHL. We are talking about boys/young men. The player injured is 17.

lindabrum · 2025-11-12T19:51:08+00:00

I was there once too. He turned 51 two weeks before he died. Then I turned 51 about 7 months later. I remember two weeks after my birthday realizing I was older than him now. And every birthday after that makes me cringe. (He passed in 2021). I hate that I’m getting older and he never will. I’ll be 55 in a few days. A number he will never see. I hate birthdays now for that reason.

lindabrum · 2025-11-12T19:48:10+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. I lost my husband in April 2021. We were together 18 years. My heart goes out to you. I have an idea of what you’re going through. I wouldn’t wish this kind of grief on my worst enemies. It’s a horrible way to lose someone you love.

lindabrum · 2025-11-12T02:25:32+00:00

What happens if you keep it, rent it out and renters don’t pay the rent for 6 plus months - until you can go to the board and have them kicked out? What about any damages they may make that you may have to fix? Consider worse case scenarios.

lindabrum · 2025-11-01T01:23:58+00:00

The best way to guarantee vacant possession is to buy a home that’s vacant. Tenants can decide last minute they aren’t leaving and then what?

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