In today's world, quite frankly you're a bumbling idiot if you haven't contacted all the credit bureaus to have your credit reports frozen. I did that for my wife and I shortly after the Equifax clusterfuck. And it really isn't a hassle either. My wife and I have needed access on a couple occasions and it's a simple matter to obtain a one-time PIN that the creditor can use, in our case a vehicle purchase and a home equity loan.
Yeah, the Amazon thing likely doesn't involve a credit report by any stretch of the imagination, but it's still a good idea to have your credit bureau reports frozen, which carries the force of law.
I've been eyeing a new table saw for a while, and settled on the one I want a couple weeks ago.
Although I've obviously talked about it with my wife (I mean, it's a $500 purchase, not something you just do without talking about it) quite a bit, she has never, ever, not once looked up anything about table saws whatsoever on her phone (iPhone 6s) or laptop (MacBook Pro). Sure, I have on my devices but they are not tied together at all. Separate accounts, separate iCloud, all that. I'm not on a single social media network either although she's a Facebook and Pinterest person.
Her and I have talked, verbally, about the saw I want, and that is the extent of her interaction. While using our computers or phones though for other purposes.
So a couple days ago, she asks me "Any idea why I'm seeing ads for table saws on my computer?"
Sadly, my 39-year-old wife. I've asked her, gently pleaded with her, etc., to put down her phone when she's driving and quit playing Pokemon. But it never fails. Any time she's driving, her phone is in her lap with Pokemon running. I've decided any time I'm in the car with her, I'm driving, or if I'm not, I'll point-blank tell her "please put that down so we don't crash." I haven't (yet) physically taken the phone out of her hands but have definitely been tempted to.
I wish phone use while driving was a primary offense in Nebraska, but unfortunately it is not. One of these days she WILL smash up her car. Again. I'm convinced it's only a matter of time.
My son's school pictures arrangement is about like this too. Some company called Lifetouch contracts with the schools for school pictures. OK, no big deal, right?
If only...
So here's what they do. They herd the kids through the usual picture rigamarole and then a few weeks later, there is a proof image to look at and parents can decide which poses the want, right?
Oh no. Not at all.
A few weeks later, a full print set with all the usual sizes shows up in my son's backpack. A few 8x10s, some 4x6s, a bunch of wallets. Probably about the $25-30 package. Printed, ready to go, in his backpack. And Lifetouch puts a letter in there saying (paraphrased): "Hey mom and dad! Here are the wonderful pictures of your super cute kid! We already printed them for you, if you want to keep them just send a check back to the school. Or if you hate your kid and think he's ugly, send them back with a note to the teacher. Oh, and if you keep them and don't pay, we'll just kick your kid out of the photo line next year."
And not to mention what happens if you do send them back. Who knows? I bet they don't actually get sent back to Lifetouch. My guess is a pile of crisp 8x10 photos with all the identifying information a sexual predator would want printed right on the envelope goes straight into the dumpster.
I sent a note to Bezos a while back offering this exact thing. I was tired of my Amazon packages going by US Mail and arriving on time maybe 20 percent of the time. I basically told him "Hey I'm a Prime member but USPS shipping sucks. I will gladly pay an extra couple dollars to have my packages upgraded to UPS or FedEx."
Sadly, they don't yet have a way to do that but if they did, I bet it'd really hurt the post office enough that they'd ponder getting their act together.
Simple fix - get rid of defined benefit plans and switch to defined contribution plans. Defined benefit plans can only function when the source of revenue is both 1) unlimited or nearly so and 2) easily modifiable without regard to profits. In other words, soaking the taxpayer more and more for significantly above-average pension promises.
I've never been in anaphylactic shock, but I would imagine it would be particularly difficult to engage in the suggested activity while suffering from an allergic reaction.
Perhaps someone could correct me though if I'm wrong.
Yeah, these solar panels will be awesome, especially once the sun goes down! Maybe I can just put a few of them in front of my TV so the light from it can power my whole house including the dryer, furnace, fridge and deep freezer.
But there's another obvious method by which Trump could "reverse" this dictate from Obama.
He could say that, because it's exceptionally difficult to actually reverse what Obama did, that any company is free to go ahead and drill and he will issue an indefinite pardon from any consequences spelled out in the law used by Obama.
It'd be like if an outgoing mayor put up a bunch of "no parking" signs all over the place on his last day in office and welded them to the sign posts. New mayor comes in and says "well, I can't really take them down but anyone who parks there and gets a ticket, the fine is zero dollars."
I used to think that, and then I was "that guy." I didn't leave it at security but actually left it on the plane. Was traveling with my fiancee and her 4-year-old son, it was fairly chaotic and I managed to leave it in the seat back pocket. I didn't realize it until an hour or more later during our layover when I was going to look something up on it. It was a VERY sickening feeling to realize what had happened. At that point, that airplane had already departed for another destination.
Thanks to some exceptionally helpful people at AirTran (now a part of Southwest) and company ID stickers that are on all our laptops, it was found at the next destination and they FedEx'd it back to me at no cost.
Yes, that is established fact. It is also on record where Hillary was having trouble receiving classified information via secure methods. She specifically instructed one of her staff members to remove the classification markings and send the material to her in an unsecured method.
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But wait! If higher CO2 eliminates clouds, why does Venus (which has an extremely CO2-rich atmosphere) also have about 100 percent cloud cover?!?
I received one of those emails overnight as well.
In today's world, quite frankly you're a bumbling idiot if you haven't contacted all the credit bureaus to have your credit reports frozen. I did that for my wife and I shortly after the Equifax clusterfuck. And it really isn't a hassle either. My wife and I have needed access on a couple occasions and it's a simple matter to obtain a one-time PIN that the creditor can use, in our case a vehicle purchase and a home equity loan.
Yeah, the Amazon thing likely doesn't involve a credit report by any stretch of the imagination, but it's still a good idea to have your credit bureau reports frozen, which carries the force of law.
Was it the same drill guy who was up there trying to turn the ISS into swiss cheese?
Is it 80 AU away or 2,300 AU away?
Will they look around your house and report back to the FBI, just like they do when you bring a computer into the store for them to fix?
Good advice. I'll go with the blue pill and go find my wife.
Yeah, lame I know, but it's a holiday and my coffee hasn't kicked in yet.
I've been eyeing a new table saw for a while, and settled on the one I want a couple weeks ago.
Although I've obviously talked about it with my wife (I mean, it's a $500 purchase, not something you just do without talking about it) quite a bit, she has never, ever, not once looked up anything about table saws whatsoever on her phone (iPhone 6s) or laptop (MacBook Pro). Sure, I have on my devices but they are not tied together at all. Separate accounts, separate iCloud, all that. I'm not on a single social media network either although she's a Facebook and Pinterest person.
Her and I have talked, verbally, about the saw I want, and that is the extent of her interaction. While using our computers or phones though for other purposes.
So a couple days ago, she asks me "Any idea why I'm seeing ads for table saws on my computer?"
I absofuckinglutely fucking hate it. Adobe can BURN IN HELL for all I care.
Quick! Someone blame Trump!
Sadly, my 39-year-old wife. I've asked her, gently pleaded with her, etc., to put down her phone when she's driving and quit playing Pokemon. But it never fails. Any time she's driving, her phone is in her lap with Pokemon running. I've decided any time I'm in the car with her, I'm driving, or if I'm not, I'll point-blank tell her "please put that down so we don't crash." I haven't (yet) physically taken the phone out of her hands but have definitely been tempted to.
I wish phone use while driving was a primary offense in Nebraska, but unfortunately it is not. One of these days she WILL smash up her car. Again. I'm convinced it's only a matter of time.
I'll eat whatever I want. And I'll die happy.
Lowes sells Victoria's Secret underwear? I must have missed that aisle when I was in there last night getting parts for my sprinkler system.
Because I just applied and was accepted, so none of the rest of you need apply!
Oh, and possibly Frist Psot!
My son's school pictures arrangement is about like this too. Some company called Lifetouch contracts with the schools for school pictures. OK, no big deal, right?
If only...
So here's what they do. They herd the kids through the usual picture rigamarole and then a few weeks later, there is a proof image to look at and parents can decide which poses the want, right?
Oh no. Not at all.
A few weeks later, a full print set with all the usual sizes shows up in my son's backpack. A few 8x10s, some 4x6s, a bunch of wallets. Probably about the $25-30 package. Printed, ready to go, in his backpack. And Lifetouch puts a letter in there saying (paraphrased): "Hey mom and dad! Here are the wonderful pictures of your super cute kid! We already printed them for you, if you want to keep them just send a check back to the school. Or if you hate your kid and think he's ugly, send them back with a note to the teacher. Oh, and if you keep them and don't pay, we'll just kick your kid out of the photo line next year."
And not to mention what happens if you do send them back. Who knows? I bet they don't actually get sent back to Lifetouch. My guess is a pile of crisp 8x10 photos with all the identifying information a sexual predator would want printed right on the envelope goes straight into the dumpster.
I sent a note to Bezos a while back offering this exact thing. I was tired of my Amazon packages going by US Mail and arriving on time maybe 20 percent of the time. I basically told him "Hey I'm a Prime member but USPS shipping sucks. I will gladly pay an extra couple dollars to have my packages upgraded to UPS or FedEx."
Sadly, they don't yet have a way to do that but if they did, I bet it'd really hurt the post office enough that they'd ponder getting their act together.
Simple fix - get rid of defined benefit plans and switch to defined contribution plans. Defined benefit plans can only function when the source of revenue is both 1) unlimited or nearly so and 2) easily modifiable without regard to profits. In other words, soaking the taxpayer more and more for significantly above-average pension promises.
I've never been in anaphylactic shock, but I would imagine it would be particularly difficult to engage in the suggested activity while suffering from an allergic reaction.
Perhaps someone could correct me though if I'm wrong.
Yeah, these solar panels will be awesome, especially once the sun goes down! Maybe I can just put a few of them in front of my TV so the light from it can power my whole house including the dryer, furnace, fridge and deep freezer.
But there's another obvious method by which Trump could "reverse" this dictate from Obama.
He could say that, because it's exceptionally difficult to actually reverse what Obama did, that any company is free to go ahead and drill and he will issue an indefinite pardon from any consequences spelled out in the law used by Obama.
It'd be like if an outgoing mayor put up a bunch of "no parking" signs all over the place on his last day in office and welded them to the sign posts. New mayor comes in and says "well, I can't really take them down but anyone who parks there and gets a ticket, the fine is zero dollars."
"But the warming of the earth is a fact."
No it's not.
The data used to support that idea has been proven time and time again to be falsified or adjusted to fit a predetermined outcome.
I used to think that, and then I was "that guy." I didn't leave it at security but actually left it on the plane. Was traveling with my fiancee and her 4-year-old son, it was fairly chaotic and I managed to leave it in the seat back pocket. I didn't realize it until an hour or more later during our layover when I was going to look something up on it. It was a VERY sickening feeling to realize what had happened. At that point, that airplane had already departed for another destination.
Thanks to some exceptionally helpful people at AirTran (now a part of Southwest) and company ID stickers that are on all our laptops, it was found at the next destination and they FedEx'd it back to me at no cost.
Oh noes! CO2 is increasing, we're all gonna DIE!
Quick! Someone raise my taxes to fix it!!!
Great! So the TV I haven't even bought yet is already obsolete!
Yes, that is established fact. It is also on record where Hillary was having trouble receiving classified information via secure methods. She specifically instructed one of her staff members to remove the classification markings and send the material to her in an unsecured method.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/01...