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02-17-2016, 05:26 PM
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#381
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Originally Posted by travelover
Cashed in my pennies at at local Coinstar for an Amazon credit - $47 worth. I can't remember why I collected them.
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I am curious to know how big a jar it takes to hold 4700 pennies. You should have taken a photo.
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02-17-2016, 05:33 PM
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#382
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Originally Posted by Taxman59
Slept in, after lunch (late breakfast or early lunch?) fielded a call from "the US Treasury" telling me I owed $5k for my 2012 taxes and if I didn't pay up immediately, I would be arrested. They had my phone #, my address and my complete name. They didn't have any indication that I was married, and according to the caller, I had just ignored the numerous letters they sent to my home. When I asked for details on the return (I was the preparer and it is my return), he told me it was confidential! After about 10 minutes, I got bored with the call and hung up. I then proceeded to go to the IRS website and filled out the phishing alert form. Then spent an hour explaining to DW that I am NOT going to be arrested for failing to send these guys $5k+ via a prepaid credit card! Decided to work on the family's taxes and had a problem with my son's return. Finished the day with over an hour on chat then hold to find out that the best solution is to re-create his return and reenter all of the information .
Shouldn't have gotten out of bed!
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Well, you are the Taxman!
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02-17-2016, 06:02 PM
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#383
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
Well, you are the Taxman!
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That is why I let it go on for a bit. It was fun until I saw that DW was thinking it was real
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02-17-2016, 06:49 PM
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#384
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,769
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I'm surprised with all the publicity about the scam that your wife hadn't heard about it.
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02-17-2016, 10:02 PM
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#385
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We had a low key day today. We went out to Red Robin for burgers for lunch and did a couple of errands. Last night we took the train into the city to see The Illusionists - Live from Broadway, a touring magic show.
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02-17-2016, 10:44 PM
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#386
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Our low key days, which most of our days are, do not have us leaving the home except for a walk around the neighborhood. Or if I leave the home, it's to make a quick dash to Home Depot for material for my home DIY projects.
So, going out for lunch then seeing a show in the evening is not low key at all to me.
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"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man" -- Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
"Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities" - Voltaire (1694-1778)
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02-18-2016, 12:30 AM
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#387
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NW-Bound
Our low key days, which most of our days are, do not have us leaving the home except for a walk around the neighborhood. Or if I leave the home, it's to make a quick dash to Home Depot for material for my home DIY projects.
So, going out for lunch then seeing a show in the evening is not low key at all to me.
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Actually, we went to the show last night. Today we just went out for burgers and errands. But we probably do go out most days even if it just errands or a walk at a park.
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Even clouds seem bright and breezy, 'Cause the livin' is free and easy, See the rat race in a new way, Like you're wakin' up to a new day (Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether lyrics, Alan Parsons Project, based on an EA Poe story)
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02-18-2016, 05:28 AM
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#388
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NW-Bound
I am curious to know how big a jar it takes to hold 4700 pennies. You should have taken a photo.
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It was just two coffee cans. Heavy though.
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02-18-2016, 08:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by travelover
It was just two coffee cans. Heavy though.
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F collects change (mixed, not just pennies) in a 50-year-old mayonnaise jar that is slightly larger than today's mayonnaise jars. When it is filled, he takes it to the bank. Usually it holds about $125 or so in change. AMAZING! And what a nice errand to run. He loves getting the money from his change, because he uses it for fun stuff instead of for paying bills.
Me, I just count out exact change a lot to keep from having to do that. But the disadvantage of my method, is that I don't get a bonanza of unexpected money now and then from cashing in the change jar. His method is probably lots more fun than mine.
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02-18-2016, 08:31 AM
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#390
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Jalisco, Mexico
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Last night I got both of our existing smartphones switched over to Consumer Cellular and will be saving $50/mo over our previous T-Mobile bill!
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02-18-2016, 08:45 AM
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#391
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Quote:
Originally Posted by travelover
Cashed in my pennies at at local Coinstar for an Amazon credit - $47 worth. I can't remember why I collected them.
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Doesn't Coinstar charge something like 9% for counting the pennies? Usurious!
Luckily, my local bank in MD has a similar machine in the lobby that does it for free. Between what I, my mom and in-laws, and DD had accumulated in change over a few decades I've hauled in and cashed out well over a couple of thousand dollars in the past year or so. All types of coins, not just pennies. I'd have gotten PO'd if I'd have had to pay 9% on that.
Mom and in-laws are gone now, but DD, DGD and I are all accumulating again. Hopefully they'll keep the machine for another few years.
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02-18-2016, 08:47 AM
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#392
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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About an hour (?) from Khan Country
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02-18-2016, 09:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by harley
Doesn't Coinstar charge something like 9% for counting the pennies? Usurious!
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My local credit union has a Coinstar machine that is free if you have an account there.
But I think most Coinstar machines let you bypass the fee by taking your money in a gift card.
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02-18-2016, 09:50 AM
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#394
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You must be RV'in'. All right!
I have not been to Florida with an RV, but have read that it may be difficult to get a slot to park in the winter, at least down in Key West.
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"Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities" - Voltaire (1694-1778)
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02-18-2016, 10:14 AM
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#395
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Quote:
Originally Posted by braumeister
My local credit union has a Coinstar machine that is free if you have an account there.
But I think most Coinstar machines let you bypass the fee by taking your money in a gift card.
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This is correct and one gift card choice is Amazon, which is essentially like cash for me.
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02-18-2016, 12:20 PM
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#396
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Administrator
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Today is "stay out of the way" day at home so I took advantage to go see a film DW is not interested in viewing. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. It was entertaining with a few laugh out loud moments and I thought they did a very good job of holding to the original story while credibly incorporating a zombie uprising.
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02-18-2016, 01:08 PM
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#398
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Quote:
Originally Posted by braumeister
My local credit union has a Coinstar machine that is free if you have an account there.
But I think most Coinstar machines let you bypass the fee by taking your money in a gift card.
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Ah! News to me, and probably an indication of how long it's been since I looked at one.
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Originally Posted by travelover
This is correct and one gift card choice is Amazon, which is essentially like cash for me.
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Amazon would be a good choice. However, they aren't the same to me. An Amazon card would get used. The cash would go in my wallet along with the moths and dust bunnies.
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02-18-2016, 04:12 PM
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Gym day and turned in some library books and picked up new ones. Made a donation of one book, Apex by Ramez Naam, the last in a trilogy. The library had the first two and I wanted to see how it ended. I thought they were good reads.
Will this winter ever end so we can go out more? Sigh.
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02-18-2016, 04:42 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Colorado Mountains
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Well, this has turned out to be a very boring day. The wind has been very strong. My electricity went off while I was outside trying to batten down some hatches. Called the electric company. There are a couple of guy out replacing power lines. A tree was blown over and took out the power lines. In the mean time, I don't have much to do. The only way I can get in my house is through the garage door and without power, it doesn't work. I had enough hand tools to change an inner tube for my wheelbarrow. I needed to get that done last summer. Its nice to have it done. Now I am just relaxing in the Ranch House because it has power and an internet connection. Hope they get the lines fixed pretty soon.
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