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10-08-2018, 07:19 AM
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#3601
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 2,796
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I get the nags all the time to convert to paperless to *save the environment*. I prefer paper statements, and even tolerate the $2 per month fee for it. Doesn't matter how much money you have in the account, they want that $2 fee.
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10-08-2018, 10:05 AM
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#3602
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 11,702
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Koogie
A one hole punch and electrical tape put paid to them pretty quick.
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Hole punch. Brilliant! Copy this to tip of the day thread!
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10-08-2018, 09:45 PM
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#3603
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 1,127
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom52
After the three month trial the paper copy would end unless I went online and changed my preference to a paper copy via mail.
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When I was with Verizon, for a while they pulled a similar stunt anytime you did anything on their website (e.g., update your credit card). The site would automatically check an opt-in to paperless statements option that you had find and uncheck before completing what you were doing. If not, they deemed that you’d consented to go paperless.
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10-09-2018, 09:35 AM
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#3604
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boise
Posts: 431
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Pet Peeve caused by myself. Decent round of golf except for the double bogie on the last hole.
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10-09-2018, 02:26 PM
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#3605
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Hog Mountian
Posts: 2,077
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John Galt III
I get the nags all the time to convert to paperless to *save the environment*. I prefer paper statements, and even tolerate the $2 per month fee for it. Doesn't matter how much money you have in the account, they want that $2 fee.
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Also, trees for paper are grown on tree farms. Not using paper to "save the trees" makes as much sense as not eating salad to save the vegetables.
Here in the southeast, it is a common practices for timber conglomerates to lease land to hunters. The lease is usually about the cost of the insurance for the timber company. In turn, they get stakeholders interested in the care / management of the land (and the critters that live on the land).
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W. Rogers
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10-09-2018, 08:00 PM
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#3606
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 169
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I hate when the size or weight things are described like, as long as a football field, as tall as a 7 story building, as heavy as a city bus, or some other comparison, as if we do not have units of weight & measure.
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10-10-2018, 04:22 AM
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#3607
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: The Great Wide Open
Posts: 3,804
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^That's silly as a goose!
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10-10-2018, 05:24 AM
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#3608
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: On a hill in the Pine Barrens
Posts: 9,721
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Trying to make a small contribution to Roth account on Vanguard. Took several attempts to get the login page (misconfigured server), and watched as contribution sum for 2018 changed before my very eyes without doing a thing. Vanguard site really is questionable. Never did make the contribution.
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10-10-2018, 09:50 AM
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#3609
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,150
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Gets me why some folks can't answer simple questions?
My pet peeve is after asking simple questions on email, and getting a response that totally ignores the questions .
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10-10-2018, 03:05 PM
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#3610
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 2,012
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Absolutely! Or you ask 3 questions and get 1 answered.
Quote:
Originally Posted by easysurfer
Gets me why some folks can't answer simple questions?
My pet peeve is after asking simple questions on email, and getting a response that totally ignores the questions .
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10-10-2018, 06:23 PM
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#3611
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 12,880
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Quote:
Originally Posted by folivier
Absolutely! Or you ask 3 questions and get 1 answered.
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Yes. I've learned to always ask only one question per email.
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10-11-2018, 04:11 AM
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#3612
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posts: 128
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I get really peeved by having seasons quoted at me......expected in the fall.......airing in the summer programming period.......next winter, etc. The US is the worst at doing this.
Just a clue folks, fully half the world is on a different seasonal schedule.....give us a month or range of months......your summer ain't mine!
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10-11-2018, 01:58 PM
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#3613
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 17,242
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mbooth
I get really peeved by having seasons quoted at me......expected in the fall.......airing in the summer programming period.......next winter, etc. The US is the worst at doing this.
Just a clue folks, fully half the world is on a different seasonal schedule.....give us a month or range of months......your summer ain't mine!
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Considering that 88% of the people live in the Northern Hemisphere it is reasonable to talk like whomever you are talking to is also there unless you know otherwise...
And of course the US is the worst at it.... we are the most important (just poking a bit of humor)....
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10-11-2018, 02:50 PM
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#3614
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: GTA
Posts: 1,728
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10-11-2018, 03:03 PM
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#3615
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: On a hill in the Pine Barrens
Posts: 9,721
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Quote:
Originally Posted by target2019
Trying to make a small contribution to Roth account on Vanguard. Took several attempts to get the login page (misconfigured server), and watched as contribution sum for 2018 changed before my very eyes without doing a thing. Vanguard site really is questionable. Never did make the contribution.
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Seems that I was not the only one having problems accessing Vanguard. Kinda shakes your faith in their ability to adapt.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bad-t...030643192.html
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10-11-2018, 04:41 PM
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#3616
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,500
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High speed internet. I know that's everybody's pet peeve, but why? Why is it so hard to provide good, reliable, fast, and cheap internet to everyone in the country? Especially when this country is as amazing and technically advanced as it is?
Many of us have been on the internet for 30+ years so it's not like they had no lead time to figure out how to accomplish this task effectively. I mean, think about it; when you were working, when did you EVER have 30 years to get something done? (Never!)
As a jumping off point, we ought to have at least 300 Mbps download internet access available for everyone in the New Orleans metro area, with sufficient redundancy to provide absolutely zero outages, for, say, $7.95/month. Or so I would sputter unhappily. I know, in my dreams. But hey, no law against dreaming... Where would we be without dreams?
Yes, we had ANOTHER internet outage last night. Actually we don't have as many as most people but it just seems so frightfully archaic. I could see having outages during the early days of internet access, but the time came long ago for this to be over with. It needs a large scale solution by a company with vision who is willing to invest in their own future profitability. Seems like the right guy in a leadership role, applying some technical expertise, could effectively address and fix the situation once and for all, not just here but everywhere and soon.
I know, I know, if it's so easy I should do it myself..... well I'm just an old lady and gee, do I have to do *everything* myself? (whine, gripe, moan, groan)
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10-11-2018, 05:46 PM
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#3617
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,374
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Quote:
Originally Posted by braumeister
I'm just the opposite; I hate paper statements and I don't get any.
It's so easy to download a pdf and print it if I want to. They take no storage space and I don't have to bother either shredding them or putting them in the recycle bin.
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+1 especially as snowbirds... I get my statements the same no matter where I am.
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If something cannot endure laughter.... it cannot endure.
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
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Retired Jan 2012 at age 56
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10-11-2018, 05:48 PM
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#3618
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,374
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jcretire77
Pet Peeve caused by myself. Decent round of golf except for the double bogie on the last hole.
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You're griping about one (or two) extra strokes in a round?
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If something cannot endure laughter.... it cannot endure.
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
Slow and steady wins the race.
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10-11-2018, 05:52 PM
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#3619
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,374
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mbooth
I get really peeved by having seasons quoted at me......expected in the fall.......airing in the summer programming period.......next winter, etc. The US is the worst at doing this.
Just a clue folks, fully half the world is on a different seasonal schedule.....give us a month or range of months......your summer ain't mine!
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And you aren't used to it by now? You could always just visit southern hemisphere based websites.
It must really bug you when we talk about the drain draining clockwise.
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If something cannot endure laughter.... it cannot endure.
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Retired Jan 2012 at age 56
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10-11-2018, 11:20 PM
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#3620
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 8,368
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Especially with a digital clock.
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