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Mary
Digital TV is a MUST, along with high definition. I prefer plazma screens, as they display darker black tones, but you do need to watch out for burn-in.
As for a swimming pool, only if someone else will take it on as their job. We had a pool in our back yard for about 10 years, and I spent more time cleaning it and regulating the chemicals in it than actually swimming in it. The only reason we kept it as long as we did is that my daughter and her two cousins used it almost every day of the summer for many years. After they outgrew it, out it went! I may be the neighborhood "mad scientist" but it is with wires and antennas, not chemicals <g>.
Steve,
I'm glad you're still doing well.
Since I have a tissue valve, and will need a replacement at some point in the future, I will happily maintain the waiting room's swimming pool.