You did your best! I've removed popcorn ceilings before when I was helping a friend out years ago, and it was a serious pain in the ass. We got it looking great when it was done, but it was a lot of work! There is no way in hell I would try to do that now, I'm not as young as I once was... Smart leaving the plumbing to someone who knows what they're doing, I've never had any real plumbing experience so I would probably flood my place in the process! lol

Social security will likely be there still, but it may not be nearly as well paying. You can only run a ponzi scheme for so long and I think the tipping point may be coming. That's also assuming that the US will still be one country at that point, the way things are going I'm losing confidence that it can survive. Which is a huge shame because I served in the military...

That coin deal sucked. There are a lot of crap rounds produced with silver plating anymore.