So my dad called today to tell me that he and my mom are getting to the point where they can no longer take care of their home and property (he’s 75, she’s 74 and they’re both in bad health) and are thinking about selling and getting a small apartment somewhere. After looking at apartment prices close to us, they decided it would be too expensive to throw their money away like that and asked if we would let them live with us.
Backtracking a little bit, Wifey and I have both offered them to come live with us multiple times over the last few years. We always tell them that when they reach the point where they feel they can no longer take care of themselves, that we’d be happy to have them live with us.
I said all that to say this: I may soon be going on an HTF hiatus for an undetermined period of time. If my parents decide to go through with their plan and move in with us, they will effectively have the downstairs of our home. There are two guest bedrooms downstairs, one of which I turned into my HT. With them moving in, I have already told them I will stow all of my speakers, discs, and HT gear away so they will have a second room to use as a separate bedroom or tv room if they need. They have slept in separate bedrooms for the last 10 years so why stop now? The only two rooms upstairs are the master bed and bath (which is basically a studio apartment taking half of the upstairs space) and my office. I could turn the office into a very small HT but it is open-air to the living room below and sound travels so I can’t do that. Besides, I need my office for work.
Long story short - I may be packing it in and leaving HTF for a few years. I imagine my UHD disc buying is going to come to a complete stop but it is what it is. I’ll occasionally log in and browse around and I’ll keep my yearly sub active to help keep the lights on, but my posting and bellyaching in the “What Annoys You” thread may end for a while.
If movies have taught me anything, it’s that “Ohana means family and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten”. Over the past 20+ years, HTF has become my Ohana.
I will update this thread if and when my parents decide to sell and move in with us.
Backtracking a little bit, Wifey and I have both offered them to come live with us multiple times over the last few years. We always tell them that when they reach the point where they feel they can no longer take care of themselves, that we’d be happy to have them live with us.
I said all that to say this: I may soon be going on an HTF hiatus for an undetermined period of time. If my parents decide to go through with their plan and move in with us, they will effectively have the downstairs of our home. There are two guest bedrooms downstairs, one of which I turned into my HT. With them moving in, I have already told them I will stow all of my speakers, discs, and HT gear away so they will have a second room to use as a separate bedroom or tv room if they need. They have slept in separate bedrooms for the last 10 years so why stop now? The only two rooms upstairs are the master bed and bath (which is basically a studio apartment taking half of the upstairs space) and my office. I could turn the office into a very small HT but it is open-air to the living room below and sound travels so I can’t do that. Besides, I need my office for work.
Long story short - I may be packing it in and leaving HTF for a few years. I imagine my UHD disc buying is going to come to a complete stop but it is what it is. I’ll occasionally log in and browse around and I’ll keep my yearly sub active to help keep the lights on, but my posting and bellyaching in the “What Annoys You” thread may end for a while.
If movies have taught me anything, it’s that “Ohana means family and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten”. Over the past 20+ years, HTF has become my Ohana.
I will update this thread if and when my parents decide to sell and move in with us.
Our 14-year old Yorkie has also recently gone blind from cataracts so there will be quite a bit of bumping into each other I’m sure.
