Buoyant = boy ant

Don’t go too far off course, or you’ll be Russian back

They also push their credit card with Chase. It has a $99 yearly fee, but gives you a free checked bag and lets you into Boarding Group 2 without needing extra status, which has an okay chance of having enough overhead for a carry-on. If you intend to fly United more than once in a year with a checked bag, but not enough to get status, it can make more sense to get the card.

It kind of sucks to have to play those games, but that’s Capitalism.

Basic economy simply isn’t worth it. They nickel and dime you with all the BS fees. And the credit card thing is total bullshit, too. They do it because they want to make sure they have your card on file in order to sell you overpriced snack boxes and charge them to your seat.

Once I had to buy a poor lady some crackers because she was on the last leg of a flight from Asia and hasn’t eaten anything, but the stewardess couldn’t take her money unless she had set up her CC ahead of time.

I fly United often enough for work that I have some status, so I’m one of the entitied snobs who board first and hog all the overhead space.

A sea bass? No, wait - it’s at least a C+!

I get lots of emails from both sides, I’ve trained Google to send them all to spam. If I donate to a candidate, it won’t be because of an email.

I sent an email to my (Republican) congressman at his official Congress email address about an issue, and he must have used that as an excuse to add me to his solicitation list, and now my spam is filled with all the emails. I can only imagine how much worse it would be if I lived in a competitive state.

And you’ll learn that you’re only immortal for a limited time

My exotic cat caught the feline version and it got in his ear.

Now he’s a Def Leppard

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those statements don’t prove anything, they just express his opinion on why those Arab states shouldn’t be considered countries, which is disputed by the overwhelming number of other countries who recognize those governments.

Israel does have a problem that a good chunk of their neighbors deny their right to exist. I’m not smart enough to know how to solve the problem, but I do know the solution is not “No, U”.

Don’t get too discouraged. You’ll be Bach.

I regret that I have only one upvote to give for that awesome comment

He should have walked away

If he’s concerned about the population, he can just stop sending young men off to war…

I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.

I find LinkedIn useful, but absolutely refuse to install the app on my phone. I figure it’s enough to give them access to my contacts and resume to monetize, they don’t need my location also.

Whenever I get an email notification that I have a LinkedIn message, I check it the next time I am at my desktop. Then, without fail, after I check it they send me a follow-up email reminding me that “LinkedIn is better on the app!”

That just reinforces the idea that I will never, ever install their app.

I spent all day trying to make a custard as bright as the sun…

… and then it set.

There are 3 major credit reporting bureaus in the US which take reports on every American’s credit worthiness. Every time an American makes a payment, that information makes it to the bureaus. And before a new account is opened, a lender will ask the bureaus for a copy of that person’s report.

When someone locks their credit file, they instruct the credit bureaus to not send those credit reports to lenders, which will prevent the lender from issuing the loan. They do it when they know that they will not apply for a loan, be cause it prevents fraudulent loans from being opened in their name.

A common practice of identity thieves here is to open up a bunch of new credit cards or other loans in other people’s names, and run up the charges before that person finds out about the account and has it closed.

Chexsystems is a special case, I know them as a clearinghouse to report people who write bad checks. But people are using checks less and less these days.

UPS doesn’t go to every address every day (‘Cept Sundays,) the same way the mailman does.

US Postal Service has some sort of deal with Amazon now, I have gotten Amazon packages delivered by my regular mailman on Sundays. I hope he’s getting paid well for that.

In fairness, Democrats got totally fucked by the redistricting done by the Special Master for the 2022 Congress. That guy might have given the Republicans their majority all on his own. They ended up having to redo the map for 2024. The tweaks are very minor, but look to be a lot fairer this time around.