I had no idea being a jew was so difficult.
You can't tear toilet paper on certain days or wear a certain watch. sheesh how do they keep up with this stuff?
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Yea i was hoping that we could ditch that mess but apparently the Loonies that think you can cut the end off of a blanket and sew it to the top will make the blanket longer.
I want to walk first thing in the morning but have to wait until almost 7:30am for it to be reasonably light. Yep, I don’t want to wander upon a gator or a snake! Oh, hell NO!
We’re off to what I anticipated, the time change is going to screw me up for a few days. Yeah, I woke up shortly after 5a (yesterday it would have been 6a) and I will struggle to stay awake until 11 or 11:30p because my body knows that yesterday it was 12/12:30a.
I was chatting with a member and mentioned merchants charging their customers an additional 3% for using their credit card. I can’t imagine the 3% “convenience fee” is a Michigan or Florida thing, do you find that merchants you’re engaging with are passing their fee along to you?
Yes a lot of places here are adding the 3% , it seems to be more restaurants right now adding it to the bill, I’m not sure how regular shops are adding it, because they wouldn’t know how you were going to pay
Wow, just restaurants? When you say “regular shops”, please explain.
Yes, approximately a year+ ago, it was the “mom and pop” restaurants that added 3% to your check if you used your credit card but this year……. I was gobsmacked when I was charged 3% convenience fee at both the Buick and Cadillac dealership when I used my credit card for service related work. Like the average person (me) always carries $500 cash money with them at all times! And both dealerships, which are not related, are part of multi dealership “franchises”.
Regular shops, I mean like department stores, Walmart, grocery stores, there is no actual add on that I can see as of yet. Yes Subaru wanted to charge me 3% if I put a down payment on my credit card to get the reward points, I told them hell no !!!
Thank you, I now understand and agree that the regular shops have not YET added an additional 3% fee if a credit card is used!
Effective November 15, my insurance company is charging the 3% fee. I lucked out because my auto and home owners renewal effective date is November 1, woo hoo! I’m a bit skeptical about giving any company my checking account and routing numbers or allowing the same to store my debit card numbers on file.
Old school, YES, check writing, HECK NO! In most instances, writing a check normally translates to requiring a postage stamp and I am too cheap in that respect! I really only write six checks per year 1) summer property taxes and another check for winter property taxes 2) every 90 days, a check for water/sewerage/refuse. Perhaps there is way to pay those bills without writing a check, I haven’t explored that possibility.
In the past, I’ve charged almost everything and when it’s time to pay, I transfer funds from my checking account to my credit card account. Easy, breezy!
This was my logic from a hundred years ago but apparently I’m going to have to revamp my thinking for the next hundred years. My “motto” was why pay for something now when I can pay for it later. I know that type of thinking gets many people in trouble but it WORKED for me until a year ago. Basically I USE two credit cards and I pay them off every month. And because I have the type of credit cards that I have, every month my credit card(s) give me back up to 3% which translates to $80 + for paying the bill in full. I look at it as being free money.
There are plenty of people who charge, charge, charge and only pay their minimum payment and are being charged 28% interest OR MORE. They are in debt up to their eyeballs and the 3% “convenience fee” is going to hurt even more.
I question whether the majority of the world’s young people have been taught cursive writing skills. What do you think their signature line might look like…….X ?
We had these damn (yes, damn) balance beams, as well as uneven parallel bars, pommel horse back when I was in high school. I never aspired to be a Simone Biles or whoever so this equipment was totally unnecessary in my world.
Look at this toddler, she doesn’t appear to be more than 3 years old, no fricken’ fear!
Deer, you gotta love ‘em or perhaps you think of them as a nuisance. The 2025 hunting schedule in Michigan is; October 1 through November 14 is officially bow hunting season and beginning November 15 through November 30, regular firearm season.
Not that I’m interested in hunting, however I wonder if the hunting schedule is set dates for all states or if the dates are determined by each state? Whatever! Hunting and fishing are not my kinda thing.
5 cars have been totaled in front of my house in the past several years because of deer. I offer folks ammo if they need it during season! I want to see them all GONE. they cost my neighbors 1000s in damaged crops and car damage
yes, i do.
There were none around here until about 1980 and the wild life folks brought them in and turned them loose, they multiply like rats on state owned land where hunting is not allowed near by and we are all stuck dealing with them. Then the wild life folks had the bright idea to turn loose coyotes to control the population a few years ago.all they do is multiply and eat peoples cats,dogs, calves and chickens. the deer are still running rampant. oh they are pretty to look at out in a open field grazing, but not pretty when they take out the entire front end of your car and keep running
They are by the coyotes that were released to help control the deer population!
Willey and his friends are not stupid, why chase fast food when pets and calves are easy targets?
Our old Toyota Sienna, which we no longer have, twice became a Michigan bullet, and we don’t even live in Michigan!
First one was a little doe we hit in the middle of the road one night north of Salmon, Idaho back in 2004. I was driving and it’s been the only deer I have managed to hit. I caught a glimpse of her dancing around in panic in the headlights of an oncoming jacked-up pickup. The truck was bigger, so she decided to go my way. Took out the left front fender. She didn’t make it.
The second one was a three-point buck my wife took out one night on the way home after Boy Scouts in 2011. Crunched the whole front grille up pretty good. He didn’t make it, either.
In case you’re wondering, these were mule deer, so I’m using Western count to describe the buck. He had three points on each side.
I'm sure those deer were as terrified as the people.
I live in Alberta and the third largest city after Edmonton
and Calgary is Red Deer.
I walk a lot in the early morning and I often see Deer.
They're not afraid of me and I always talk to them.
They are beautiful animals and it is their land too.
I agree with kebmo on this one
I jumped into the fridged water to save a fawn that had fallen into the spill way and it couldn’t get back up over the wall while the mother stood helplessly watching her baby struggling to keep its head above water and as far as coyotes they are not native to Pennsylvania the insurance companies release them to kill off the deer 🦌 so when ever i see a coyote I shoot them
So I see that the Aussie politicking and begging for votes doesn't just stop with the Walrus. I see the Aussiemidget does the same thing huh. Half way through the month and already close to 300 votes in POTM contest. While on the girls side a legit contest is going on (since the Walrus did not enter) and the votes are only at 80.
You are smart enough to recognize that there is politicking, aka spamming for votes, going on. The contest has lost its luster and he's not THAT popular. Well, maybe he is if he avoids being blacklisted by people that dislike being spammed.
You can't tear toilet paper on certain days or wear a certain watch. sheesh how do they keep up with this stuff?
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I want to walk first thing in the morning but have to wait until almost 7:30am for it to be reasonably light. Yep, I don’t want to wander upon a gator or a snake! Oh, hell NO!
Yes, approximately a year+ ago, it was the “mom and pop” restaurants that added 3% to your check if you used your credit card but this year……. I was gobsmacked when I was charged 3% convenience fee at both the Buick and Cadillac dealership when I used my credit card for service related work. Like the average person (me) always carries $500 cash money with them at all times! And both dealerships, which are not related, are part of multi dealership “franchises”.
Effective November 15, my insurance company is charging the 3% fee. I lucked out because my auto and home owners renewal effective date is November 1, woo hoo! I’m a bit skeptical about giving any company my checking account and routing numbers or allowing the same to store my debit card numbers on file.
In the past, I’ve charged almost everything and when it’s time to pay, I transfer funds from my checking account to my credit card account. Easy, breezy!
There are plenty of people who charge, charge, charge and only pay their minimum payment and are being charged 28% interest OR MORE. They are in debt up to their eyeballs and the 3% “convenience fee” is going to hurt even more.
We had these damn (yes, damn) balance beams, as well as uneven parallel bars, pommel horse back when I was in high school. I never aspired to be a Simone Biles or whoever so this equipment was totally unnecessary in my world.
Look at this toddler, she doesn’t appear to be more than 3 years old, no fricken’ fear!
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It is a cool start however we are projected to reach the high of 77!
MY THEORY WHICH IS A GUESS is because they destroy their gifts to convert to additional points!
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Here's another point to ponder, why is that even a feature? How did it come about?
Not that I’m interested in hunting, however I wonder if the hunting schedule is set dates for all states or if the dates are determined by each state? Whatever! Hunting and fishing are not my kinda thing.
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There were none around here until about 1980 and the wild life folks brought them in and turned them loose, they multiply like rats on state owned land where hunting is not allowed near by and we are all stuck dealing with them. Then the wild life folks had the bright idea to turn loose coyotes to control the population a few years ago.all they do is multiply and eat peoples cats,dogs, calves and chickens. the deer are still running rampant. oh they are pretty to look at out in a open field grazing, but not pretty when they take out the entire front end of your car and keep running
Willey and his friends are not stupid, why chase fast food when pets and calves are easy targets?
First one was a little doe we hit in the middle of the road one night north of Salmon, Idaho back in 2004. I was driving and it’s been the only deer I have managed to hit. I caught a glimpse of her dancing around in panic in the headlights of an oncoming jacked-up pickup. The truck was bigger, so she decided to go my way. Took out the left front fender. She didn’t make it.
The second one was a three-point buck my wife took out one night on the way home after Boy Scouts in 2011. Crunched the whole front grille up pretty good. He didn’t make it, either.
In case you’re wondering, these were mule deer, so I’m using Western count to describe the buck. He had three points on each side.
I live in Alberta and the third largest city after Edmonton
and Calgary is Red Deer.
I walk a lot in the early morning and I often see Deer.
They're not afraid of me and I always talk to them.
They are beautiful animals and it is their land too.
I jumped into the fridged water to save a fawn that had fallen into the spill way and it couldn’t get back up over the wall while the mother stood helplessly watching her baby struggling to keep its head above water and as far as coyotes they are not native to Pennsylvania the insurance companies release them to kill off the deer 🦌 so when ever i see a coyote I shoot them
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