Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National Independence Day. My office is closed today.
I bought a rack of ribs, already smoked and only lightly sauced.
I'll be wrapping them in foil and heating them up in the oven on low
heat.
I'll be baking a skillet of cornbread to go with this. Traditional
sides would be turnip greens or collards on the stove top long and slow
but I don't have any salt pork or smoked ham hocks to add to the pot.
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:Yes, it's a Federal holiday.
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka NationalNo U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
proceedings either.
Sounds like a great dinner to me!
I bought a rack of ribs, already smoked and only lightly sauced.
I'll be wrapping them in foil and heating them up in the oven on low
heat.
A slice or two of regular bacon is a good stand in when
I'll be baking a skillet of cornbread to go with this. Traditional
sides would be turnip greens or collards on the stove top long and slow
but I don't have any salt pork or smoked ham hocks to add to the pot.
no salt pork of ham hocks are to be had.
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National Independence Day. My office is closed today.
I bought a rack of ribs, already smoked and and only lightly sauced.
I'll be wrapping them in foil and heating them up in the oven on low
heat. (It's too darn hot outside to slow smoke ribs offside on the Weber kettle charcoal grill for hours, using soaked wood chips and all that entails.)
I'll be baking a skillet of cornbread to go with this. Traditional
sides would be turnip greens or collards on the stove top long and slow
but I don't have any salt pork or smoked ham hocks to add to the pot.
Besides which, I just don't feel like slow cooking a pot of greens.
Might cook some spinach in the microwave and maybe an ear of corn, too.
There are celebration cookouts going on nearby (Penn Center is a notable
one) but they aren't happening until Saturday.
Jill
On 6/19/2025 1:36 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
A slice or two of regular bacon is a good stand in when
I'll be baking a skillet of cornbread to go with this. Traditional
sides would be turnip greens or collards on the stove top long and slow
but I don't have any salt pork or smoked ham hocks to add to the pot.
no salt pork of ham hocks are to be had.
Sadly I have no bacon, either. Shame on me!
Jill
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National Independence Day. My office is closed today.
I bought a rack of ribs, already smoked and and only lightly sauced.
I'll be wrapping them in foil and heating them up in the oven on low
heat. (It's too darn hot outside to slow smoke ribs offside on the Weber kettle charcoal grill for hours, using soaked wood chips and all that entails.)
I'll be baking a skillet of cornbread to go with this. Traditional
sides would be turnip greens or collards on the stove top long and slow
but I don't have any salt pork or smoked ham hocks to add to the pot.
Besides which, I just don't feel like slow cooking a pot of greens.
Might cook some spinach in the microwave and maybe an ear of corn, too.
There are celebration cookouts going on nearby (Penn Center is a notable
one) but they aren't happening until Saturday.
On 2025-06-19 1:07 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
I bought a rack of ribs, already smoked and and only lightly sauced.
I'll be wrapping them in foil and heating them up in the oven on low
heat. (It's too darn hot outside to slow smoke ribs offside on the
Weber kettle charcoal grill for hours, using soaked wood chips and all
that entails.)
I'll be baking a skillet of cornbread to go with this. Traditional
sides would be turnip greens or collards on the stove top long and
slow but I don't have any salt pork or smoked ham hocks to add to the
pot. Besides which, I just don't feel like slow cooking a pot of
greens. Might cook some spinach in the microwave and maybe an ear of
corn, too.
There are celebration cookouts going on nearby (Penn Center is a
notable one) but they aren't happening until Saturday.
Junetenth isn't a thing here, or maybe it was nothing until very
recently. It is unfortunate that some here have adopted an American
event like this since Canada had abolished slavery long before the US
did. There had been no slavery before the American Revolution.
At any rate, the ribs sound great. The corn bread sounds great. I would
take a pass on greens.
On 6/19/2025 1:07 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
I bought a rack of ribs, already smoked and and only lightly sauced.
I'll be wrapping them in foil and heating them up in the oven on low
heat. (It's too darn hot outside to slow smoke ribs offside on the
Weber kettle charcoal grill for hours, using soaked wood chips and all
that entails.)
I'll be baking a skillet of cornbread to go with this. Traditional
sides would be turnip greens or collards on the stove top long and
slow but I don't have any salt pork or smoked ham hocks to add to the
pot. Besides which, I just don't feel like slow cooking a pot of
greens. Might cook some spinach in the microwave and maybe an ear of
corn, too.
There are celebration cookouts going on nearby (Penn Center is a
notable one) but they aren't happening until Saturday.
Jill
No cooking here tonight. I have some cooked and peeled shrimp that I'll take out and defrost.
Had my first cataract surgery this morning. It will take a day at least
for vision to clear. Right now it is like looking through an iced up
window with a few clear spots.
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:50:47 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/19/2025 1:36 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:I guess we're just going to have to confiscate your pots
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
A slice or two of regular bacon is a good stand in when
I'll be baking a skillet of cornbread to go with this. Traditional
sides would be turnip greens or collards on the stove top long and slow >>>> but I don't have any salt pork or smoked ham hocks to add to the pot.
no salt pork of ham hocks are to be had.
Sadly I have no bacon, either. Shame on me!
Jill
and pans and make you eat a whole can of Vienna sausages
and drink the juice. 😆
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National Independence Day. My office is closed today.
I bought a rack of ribs, already smoked and and only lightly sauced.
I'll be wrapping them in foil and heating them up in the oven on low
heat. (It's too darn hot outside to slow smoke ribs offside on the Weber kettle charcoal grill for hours, using soaked wood chips and all that entails.)
I'll be baking a skillet of cornbread to go with this. Traditional
sides would be turnip greens or collards on the stove top long and slow
but I don't have any salt pork or smoked ham hocks to add to the pot.
Besides which, I just don't feel like slow cooking a pot of greens.
Might cook some spinach in the microwave and maybe an ear of corn, too.
There are celebration cookouts going on nearby (Penn Center is a notable
one) but they aren't happening until Saturday.
Jill
No cooking here tonight. I have some cooked and peeled shrimp that I'll
take out and defrost.
Had my first cataract surgery this morning. It will take a day at least
for vision to clear. Right now it is like looking through an iced up
window with a few clear spots.
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 18:00:12 +0000, Ed P wrote:
YAY!! Glad all went well. I hope they explained thoroughly
No cooking here tonight. I have some cooked and peeled shrimp that I'll
take out and defrost.
Had my first cataract surgery this morning. It will take a day at least
for vision to clear. Right now it is like looking through an iced up
window with a few clear spots.
your eyedrops schedule. To me, my instructions weren't that
clear and thankfully the doctors office called the next day
to see how I was faring. My statement to the assistant/nurse
about when to use the drops gave her pause and she then
explained the confusing schedule to me. Whew!
On 6/19/2025 1:07 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National Independence Day. My office is closed today.
I bought a rack of ribs, already smoked and and only lightly sauced.
I'll be wrapping them in foil and heating them up in the oven on low
heat. (It's too darn hot outside to slow smoke ribs offside on the Weber kettle charcoal grill for hours, using soaked wood chips and all that entails.)
I'll be baking a skillet of cornbread to go with this. Traditional
sides would be turnip greens or collards on the stove top long and slow
but I don't have any salt pork or smoked ham hocks to add to the pot. Besides which, I just don't feel like slow cooking a pot of greens.
Might cook some spinach in the microwave and maybe an ear of corn, too.
There are celebration cookouts going on nearby (Penn Center is a notable one) but they aren't happening until Saturday.
Jill
No cooking here tonight. I have some cooked and peeled shrimp that I'll
take out and defrost.
Had my first cataract surgery this morning. It will take a day at least
for vision to clear. Right now it is like looking through an iced up
window with a few clear spots.
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka NationalNo U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
proceedings either.
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka NationalNo U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National Independence Day. My office is closed today.
I bought a rack of ribs, already smoked and and only lightly sauced.
I'll be wrapping them in foil and heating them up in the oven on low
heat. (It's too darn hot outside to slow smoke ribs offside on the Weber kettle charcoal grill for hours, using soaked wood chips and all that entails.)
I'll be baking a skillet of cornbread to go with this. Traditional
sides would be turnip greens or collards on the stove top long and slow
but I don't have any salt pork or smoked ham hocks to add to the pot.
Besides which, I just don't feel like slow cooking a pot of greens.
Might cook some spinach in the microwave and maybe an ear of corn, too.
There are celebration cookouts going on nearby (Penn Center is a notable
one) but they aren't happening until Saturday.
Had my first cataract surgery this morning. It will take a day at least
for vision to clear. Right now it is like looking through an iced up
window with a few clear spots.
Make yourself a chart for all the eye drops and mark
them off so you don't skip any. If you have trouble
putting them in, there's a little applicator gadget you
can buy (I didn't find that out until long after wards,but
I wish I'd had one)
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
Some people count on banks more than you do. It is unlikely they would reduce the number of days they offer teller service because there is
other stuff going on there than just accepting deposits and cashing
cheques. A major concern around here is bank branches shutting down.Two
major banks have closed their branches in our town. In a nearby city the downtown branch of our bank moved out and was replaced with a mini bank
at big box plaza.
On 6/19/2025 6:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Some people count on banks more than you do. It is unlikely they would
reduce the number of days they offer teller service because there is
other stuff going on there than just accepting deposits and cashing
cheques. A major concern around here is bank branches shutting down.Two
major banks have closed their branches in our town. In a nearby city the
downtown branch of our bank moved out and was replaced with a mini bank
at big box plaza.
Some do but not like in the past, thus the closings. Happening here too
for that reason.
I go to the ATM about every 6 to 8 weeks. Have not had reason to
actually go inside for a couple of years. Most of my banking is still
with my CT bank, all on line. I can deposit the one or two checks a
year with my phone.
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 18:43:49 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 6/19/2025 6:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Some people count on banks more than you do. It is unlikely they would >>> reduce the number of days they offer teller service because there is
other stuff going on there than just accepting deposits and cashing
cheques. A major concern around here is bank branches shutting down.Two
major banks have closed their branches in our town. In a nearby city the >>> downtown branch of our bank moved out and was replaced with a mini bank
at big box plaza.
Some do but not like in the past, thus the closings. Happening here too >>for that reason.
I go to the ATM about every 6 to 8 weeks. Have not had reason to
actually go inside for a couple of years. Most of my banking is still
with my CT bank, all on line. I can deposit the one or two checks a
year with my phone.
I vaguely remember checks from the 90s.
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 18:43:49 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 6/19/2025 6:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Some people count on banks more than you do. It is unlikely they would >>> reduce the number of days they offer teller service because there is
other stuff going on there than just accepting deposits and cashing
cheques. A major concern around here is bank branches shutting down.Two
major banks have closed their branches in our town. In a nearby city the >>> downtown branch of our bank moved out and was replaced with a mini bank
at big box plaza.
Some do but not like in the past, thus the closings. Happening here too
for that reason.
I go to the ATM about every 6 to 8 weeks. Have not had reason to
actually go inside for a couple of years. Most of my banking is still
with my CT bank, all on line. I can deposit the one or two checks a
year with my phone.
I vaguely remember checks from the 90s.
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka NationalNo U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
On 2025-06-19 5:44 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
One day a week might work for some people. Just hope that the mail you
are expecting comes on that one day. Otherwise you will be waiting
another week for it.
Some people count on banks more than you do.
Cindy Hamilton wrote on 6/19/2025 4:44 PM:
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka NationalNo U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was open.
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 18:43:49 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 6/19/2025 6:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Some people count on banks more than you do. It is unlikely they would >>> reduce the number of days they offer teller service because there is
other stuff going on there than just accepting deposits and cashing
cheques. A major concern around here is bank branches shutting down.Two
major banks have closed their branches in our town. In a nearby city the >>> downtown branch of our bank moved out and was replaced with a mini bank
at big box plaza.
Some do but not like in the past, thus the closings. Happening here too >>for that reason.
I go to the ATM about every 6 to 8 weeks. Have not had reason to
actually go inside for a couple of years. Most of my banking is still
with my CT bank, all on line. I can deposit the one or two checks a
year with my phone.
I vaguely remember checks from the 90s.
On 2025-06-19, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 18:43:49 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 6/19/2025 6:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Some people count on banks more than you do. It is unlikely they would >>>> reduce the number of days they offer teller service because there is
other stuff going on there than just accepting deposits and cashing
cheques. A major concern around here is bank branches shutting down.Two >>>> major banks have closed their branches in our town. In a nearby city the >>>> downtown branch of our bank moved out and was replaced with a mini bank >>>> at big box plaza.
Some do but not like in the past, thus the closings. Happening here too >>> for that reason.
I go to the ATM about every 6 to 8 weeks. Have not had reason to
actually go inside for a couple of years. Most of my banking is still
with my CT bank, all on line. I can deposit the one or two checks a
year with my phone.
I vaguely remember checks from the 90s.
Checks are popular among older people. Many youngsters have
never written a check.
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
On 2025-06-19, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 18:43:49 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
Some do but not like in the past, thus the closings. Happening here too >>> for that reason.
I go to the ATM about every 6 to 8 weeks. Have not had reason to
actually go inside for a couple of years. Most of my banking is still
with my CT bank, all on line. I can deposit the one or two checks a
year with my phone.
I vaguely remember checks from the 90s.
Checks are popular among older people. Many youngsters have
never written a check.
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
On 2025-06-19, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 18:43:49 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 6/19/2025 6:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Some people count on banks more than you do. It is unlikely they would >>>> reduce the number of days they offer teller service because there is
other stuff going on there than just accepting deposits and cashing
cheques. A major concern around here is bank branches shutting down.Two >>>> major banks have closed their branches in our town. In a nearby city the >>>> downtown branch of our bank moved out and was replaced with a mini bank >>>> at big box plaza.
Some do but not like in the past, thus the closings. Happening here too >>>for that reason.
I go to the ATM about every 6 to 8 weeks. Have not had reason to >>>actually go inside for a couple of years. Most of my banking is still >>>with my CT bank, all on line. I can deposit the one or two checks a
year with my phone.
I vaguely remember checks from the 90s.
Checks are popular among older people. Many youngsters have
never written a check.
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
On 2025-06-20 3:59 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
I use cheques for all taxes but through the bank. That way I haveI vaguely remember checks from the 90s.
Checks are popular among older people. Many youngsters have
never written a check.
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
multiple paper records.
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I would too in that case. We pay council rates every 3 months. They
email the bill to me and I pay using online banking.
On 2025-06-19, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote on 6/19/2025 4:44 PM:
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka NationalNo U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was open.
In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
it start now?
On 2025-06-19, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote on 6/19/2025 4:44 PM:
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka NationalNo U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was open.
In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
it start now?
On 6/20/2025 12:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy HamiltonI pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I would too in that case. We pay council rates every 3 months. They
email the bill to me and I pay using online banking.
pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's, >charges a hefty fee for online payments.
I boldly predict that there will be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on. It's going to be a total land of
confusion.
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 12:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy HamiltonI pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but >>pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's, >>charges a hefty fee for online payments.
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I would too in that case. We pay council rates every 3 months. They
email the bill to me and I pay using online banking.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When
we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 9:51:04 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote on 6/19/2025 4:44 PM:
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National >>>>>> Independence Day. My office is closed today.No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was open.
In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
it start now?
I boldly predict that there will be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on. It's going to be a total land of
confusion.
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S Viemeister >><firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 12:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy HamiltonI pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but >>>pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's, >>>charges a hefty fee for online payments.
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I would too in that case. We pay council rates every 3 months. They
email the bill to me and I pay using online banking.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When
we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 9:51:04 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote on 6/19/2025 4:44 PM:In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National >>>>>>> Independence Day. My office is closed today.No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was open. >>>
it start now?
I boldly predict that there will be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on. It's going to be a total land of
confusion.
Payments from whom?
Checks are popular among older people. Many youngsters have
never written a check.
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
I pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but >>pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's, >>charges a hefty fee for online payments.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it.
When we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:23:51 +0000, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S ViemeisterI'm supposing Sheila's and Cindy's towns hire someone else
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
I pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but >>>pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's, >>>charges a hefty fee for online payments.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it.
to do the online payments. At least that's the way it is
here, none of the card transactions are handled by the city
and that's how those outside financial institutions make
their money by charging a fee.
When we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with aI've not seen anyone use a check at any store for any
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
transaction in several years. Everything is a card
purchase or cash.
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 12:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy HamiltonI pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but >>> pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's,
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I would too in that case. We pay council rates every 3 months. They
email the bill to me and I pay using online banking.
charges a hefty fee for online payments.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When
we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 9:51:04 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote on 6/19/2025 4:44 PM:In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National >>>>>>> Independence Day. My office is closed today.No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was open. >>>
it start now?
I boldly predict that there will be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on. It's going to be a total land of
confusion.
Payments from whom?
On 6/20/2025 2:17 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:Don't you love it when David makes vague predictions?
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 9:51:04 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was open. >>>>In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
it start now?
I boldly predict that there will be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on. It's going to be a total land of
confusion.
Payments from whom?
On 6/20/2025 2:17 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:Don't you love it when David makes vague predictions?
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 9:51:04 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote on 6/19/2025 4:44 PM:
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote: >>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National >>>>>>>> Independence Day. My office is closed today.No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s> >>>>>>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was
open.
In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
it start now?
I boldly predict that there will be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on. It's going to be a total land of
confusion.
Payments from whom?
Jill
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:30:55 -0400, Jill McQuown
<j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 2:17 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:Don't you love it when David makes vague predictions?
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 9:51:04 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was open. >>>>>In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
it start now?
I boldly predict that there will be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on. It's going to be a total land of
confusion.
Payments from whom?
I think it's really cool when he speaks for all of the 5 billion
Asians. That's awesome.
On 6/20/2025 2:17 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:Don't you love it when David makes vague predictions?
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 9:51:04 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote on 6/19/2025 4:44 PM:
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote: >>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National >>>>>>>> Independence Day. My office is closed today.No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s> >>>>>>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could >>>>>> be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was
open.
In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
it start now?
I boldly predict that there will be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on. It's going to be a total land of
confusion.
Payments from whom?
Jill
Checks are popular among older people. Many youngsters have
never written a check.
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card. Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
On 6/20/2025 7:30 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/20/2025 2:17 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:Don't you love it when David makes vague predictions?
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 9:51:04 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote on 6/19/2025 4:44 PM:
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote: >>>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, akaNo U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
National
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s> >>>>>>>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could >>>>>>> be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day >>>>>>> a year.
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was >>>>>> open.
In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
it start now?
I boldly predict that there will be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on. It's going to be a total land of
confusion.
Payments from whom?
Jill
They are not predictions. David lives in the future, many years ahead
of us and see where we are headed. He is trying to save us from the
error of our ways. I'm grateful for his knowledge of what we will face
years from now. .
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
I'm starting to get it. They were talking "credit-card" charges. I can
see that. I'll still stick with bill-pay and an account that will cover
it.
On 2025-06-20, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
Checks are popular among older people. Many youngsters have
never written a check.
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I still write an occasional check for work done around the house by >contractors. I pay my property taxes by using Bill-Pay from my bank.
Enter the amount, and voilà, done. Would the township charge for that?
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 22:58:30 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
I'm supposing Sheila's and Cindy's towns hire someone else
to do the online payments. At least that's the way it is
here, none of the card transactions are handled by the city
and that's how those outside financial institutions make
their money by charging a fee.
Oh, that sounds complicated. I just pay straight into the council's
account.
On 6/20/2025 8:30 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
I'm starting to get it. They were talking "credit-card" charges. I can
see that. I'll still stick with bill-pay and an account that will cover
it.
Yes, we're talking about credit cards vs. checks or other payment
methods. Some people still pay for things using checks. Not
everything, but some things.
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:29:34 +0000, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 22:58:30 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.netOh, I can log onto the city's tax accessors website and
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
I'm supposing Sheila's and Cindy's towns hire someone else
to do the online payments. At least that's the way it is
here, none of the card transactions are handled by the city
and that's how those outside financial institutions make
their money by charging a fee.
Oh, that sounds complicated. I just pay straight into the council's
account.
pay the bill directly, BUT I'm going to be hit with a
fee for choosing that payment method. It's an outside
agency handling debit and credit payments. Only thing
I can sorta kinda maybe equate it with is buying a car
from a dealership but paying the car note through a bank.
That's not the best analogy though.
On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:36:43 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
I can log onto the city's tax accessors website and
pay the bill directly, BUT I'm going to be hit with a
fee for choosing that payment method. It's an outside
agency handling debit and credit payments. Only thing
I can sorta kinda maybe equate it with is buying a car
from a dealership but paying the car note through a bank.
That's not the best analogy though.
So you're on a website of the city, but when you pay it goes via an
outside company. Maybe the owner of the outside company is related to
the mayor of the city?
On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:36:43 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:29:34 +0000, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 22:58:30 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.netOh, I can log onto the city's tax accessors website and
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
I'm supposing Sheila's and Cindy's towns hire someone else
to do the online payments. At least that's the way it is
here, none of the card transactions are handled by the city
and that's how those outside financial institutions make
their money by charging a fee.
Oh, that sounds complicated. I just pay straight into the council's
account.
pay the bill directly, BUT I'm going to be hit with a
fee for choosing that payment method. It's an outside
agency handling debit and credit payments. Only thing
I can sorta kinda maybe equate it with is buying a car
from a dealership but paying the car note through a bank.
That's not the best analogy though.
So you're on a website of the city, but when you pay it goes via an
outside company. Maybe the owner of the outside company is related to
the mayor of the city?
Don't you love it when David makes vague predictions?
Jill
YAY!! Glad all went well. I hope they explained thoroughly
your eyedrops schedule. To me, my instructions weren't that
clear and thankfully the doctors office called the next day
to see how I was faring. My statement to the assistant/nurse
about when to use the drops gave her pause and she then
explained the confusing schedule to me. Whew!
This is America dumbass.
Everybody and his brother gets a cut of
the action. The best we can do is to
minimize the cost of paying the bastards.
I pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but
pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's, charges a hefty fee for online payments.
I pay my property taxes by using Bill-Pay from my bank.
Enter the amount, and voilà, done. Would the township charge for that?
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
I boldly predict that there will
be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on.
Don't you love it when David
makes vague predictions?
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
YAY!! Glad all went well. I hope they explained thoroughly
your eyedrops schedule. To me, my instructions weren't that
clear and thankfully the doctors office called the next day
to see how I was faring. My statement to the assistant/nurse
about when to use the drops gave her pause and she then
explained the confusing schedule to me. Whew!
Good news for all of you! You won't get cataracts again. What you can
get is something called PCO or posterior capsule opacifiction. I have it
in my right eye, and it's removed by laser surgery, I think.
At any rate, I have until the end of August to get my problem solved, or
I won't be driving anymore. Why am I unmotivated to fix this?
Good news for all of you! You won't get cataracts again. What you can
get is something called PCO or posterior capsule opacifiction. I have it
in my right eye, and it's removed by laser surgery, I think.
At any rate, I have until the end of August to get my problem solved, or
I won't be driving anymore. Why am I unmotivated to fix this?
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:30:55 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Don't you love it when David makes vague predictions?
Jill
What vague predictions? Can you be a little more specific? Predictions
like data centers, electric cars, a ban on ICE vehicles in Europe,
autonomous flying taxis, electric planes, self-driving cars?
Well, I was wrong about self-driving cars. I was hypnotized by E. Musk. That's no longer the case. I'm cured.
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
YAY!! Glad all went well. I hope they explained thoroughly
your eyedrops schedule. To me, my instructions weren't that
clear and thankfully the doctors office called the next day
to see how I was faring. My statement to the assistant/nurse
about when to use the drops gave her pause and she then
explained the confusing schedule to me. Whew!
Good news for all of you! You won't get cataracts again. What you can
get is something called PCO or posterior capsule opacifiction. I have it
in my right eye, and it's removed by laser surgery, I think.
At any rate, I have until the end of August to get my problem solved, or
I won't be driving anymore. Why am I unmotivated to fix this?
On 2025-06-20, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
I boldly predict that there will
be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on.
Don't you love it when David
makes vague predictions?
I will take the ordinary prediction
that "there will be lots of scew-ups
of people *NOT* receiving payments"
vs. David's extrordinary predictions
of screw-ups of receiving payments.
There are other benefits. Growing up, we were always told that if you masturbate you will go blind. Once the implants are in place, you are
good to go!
Bruce wrote on 6/20/2025 7:42 PM:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:36:43 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
Oh, that sounds complicated. I just pay straight into the council'sOh, I can log onto the city's tax accessors website and
account.
pay the bill directly, BUT I'm going to be hit with a
fee for choosing that payment method. It's an outside
agency handling debit and credit payments. Only thing
I can sorta kinda maybe equate it with is buying a car
from a dealership but paying the car note through a bank.
That's not the best analogy though.
So you're on a website of the city, but when you pay it goes via an
outside company. Maybe the owner of the outside company is related to
the mayor of the city?
This is America dumbass. Everybody and his brother gets a cut of the
action. The best we can do is to minimize the cost of paying the bastards.
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
YAY!! Glad all went well. I hope they explained thoroughly
your eyedrops schedule. To me, my instructions weren't that
clear and thankfully the doctors office called the next day
to see how I was faring. My statement to the assistant/nurse
about when to use the drops gave her pause and she then
explained the confusing schedule to me. Whew!
Good news for all of you! You won't get cataracts again. What you can
get is something called PCO or posterior capsule opacifiction. I have it
in my right eye, and it's removed by laser surgery, I think.
At any rate, I have until the end of August to get my problem solved, or
I won't be driving anymore. Why am I unmotivated to fix this?
My mother had hassles with the CRA and it was handy to have had a
cancelled cheque.
On 2025-06-20, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
I boldly predict that there will
be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on.
Don't you love it when David
makes vague predictions?
I will take the ordinary prediction
that "there will be lots of scew-ups
of people *NOT* receiving payments"
vs. David's extrordinary predictions
of screw-ups of receiving payments.
On 2025-06-21, Hank Rogers wrote:
This is America dumbass.
Hank, Bruce knows that.
Everybody and his brother gets a cut of
the action. The best we can do is to
minimize the cost of paying the bastards.
That's what Jesus was thinking when he
kicked over the money-changer tables.
On 2025-06-20, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
Checks are popular among older people. Many youngsters have
never written a check.
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I still write an occasional check for work done around the house by contractors. I pay my property taxes by using Bill-Pay from my bank.
Enter the amount, and voilà, done. Would the township charge for that?
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 22:58:30 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:23:51 +0000, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S ViemeisterI'm supposing Sheila's and Cindy's towns hire someone else
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
I pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but >>>>pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's, >>>>charges a hefty fee for online payments.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it.
to do the online payments. At least that's the way it is
here, none of the card transactions are handled by the city
and that's how those outside financial institutions make
their money by charging a fee.
Oh, that sounds complicated. I just pay straight into the council's
account.
When we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a >>> cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.I've not seen anyone use a check at any store for any
transaction in several years. Everything is a card
purchase or cash.
Yes, here too, debit cards the most.
On 21 Jun 2025 00:17:47 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
<leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
Checks are popular among older people. Many youngsters have
never written a check.
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I still write an occasional check for work done around the house by >>contractors. I pay my property taxes by using Bill-Pay from my bank.
Enter the amount, and voilà, done. Would the township charge for that?
Most tradespeople send an invoice afterwards. If they need payment on
the spot, it's cash.
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
I'm starting to get it. They were talking "credit-card" charges. I can
see that. I'll still stick with bill-pay and an account that will cover
it.
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
YAY!! Glad all went well. I hope they explained thoroughly
your eyedrops schedule. To me, my instructions weren't that
clear and thankfully the doctors office called the next day
to see how I was faring. My statement to the assistant/nurse
about when to use the drops gave her pause and she then
explained the confusing schedule to me. Whew!
Good news for all of you! You won't get cataracts again. What you can
get is something called PCO or posterior capsule opacifiction. I have it
in my right eye, and it's removed by laser surgery, I think.
At any rate, I have until the end of August to get my problem solved, or
I won't be driving anymore. Why am I unmotivated to fix this?
In the U.S., 5.6 million people don't use a bank and, thus, don't
have a debit card. Obviously, they aren't writing checks; they
pay cash or perhaps use a prepaid gift card.
I don't pay attention to other shoppers at the supermarket. It's
possible there are old ladies using checks. When I first started
using my credit card to pay for groceries, I felt like I was the
oldest person doing that.
I use my debit card only at my own bank, since the legal protections
are so weak.
"Under the EFTA, if you report a lost or stolen debit card within two >business days, your liability is limited to $50 for unauthorized >transactions. If you report it within 60 days, your liability is limited
to $500. After 60 days, your liability could be unlimited if you haven't >reported the issue."
I believe the protections are similar if you stick your card in
a skimmer.
On 2025-06-21, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Most tradespeople send an invoice afterwards. If they need payment on
the spot, it's cash.
It's about 50/50 with the few contractors I use. Asphalt sealing
every couple of years. Roofers every few decades. Tree service
on an irregular basis. ISTR a fee for credit card usage with
at least one of them.
If a contractor wants payment on the spot, he gets a check.
I'm not about to hand $5000 or $10000 in cash to one of the
employees. We had an old roofer checking out a leak; he and
his sons _were_ the business. He charged $100 cash.
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:18:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S Viemeister >><firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 12:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy HamiltonI pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but >>>pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's, >>>charges a hefty fee for online payments.
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year, >>>>> that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I would too in that case. We pay council rates every 3 months. They
email the bill to me and I pay using online banking.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When
we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card. Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
Sorry, but I don't operate at your low-level, explicit, inflexible,
language level. I prefer unbound freedom when expressing myself.
...sexual
intercourse. My balls are shined up but can't use them yet.
In article <103498u$662j$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
No bank charges here for using credit card, debit card,
cheque or direct debit.
On 6/20/2025 2:17 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 9:51:04 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote on 6/19/2025 4:44 PM:In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National >>>>>>> Independence Day. My office is closed today.No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s> >>>>>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was open. >>>
it start now?
I boldly predict that there will be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on. It's going to be a total land of
confusion.
Payments from whom?
Don't you love it when David makes vague predictions?
Good news for all of you! You won't get cataracts again. What you canopacifiction.
get is something called PCO or posterior capsule
On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:37:31 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-21, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Most tradespeople send an invoice afterwards. If they need payment on
the spot, it's cash.
It's about 50/50 with the few contractors I use. Asphalt sealing
every couple of years. Roofers every few decades. Tree service
on an irregular basis. ISTR a fee for credit card usage with
at least one of them.
I mainly hear about credit card fees for American Express.
If a contractor wants payment on the spot, he gets a check.
I'm not about to hand $5000 or $10000 in cash to one of the
employees. We had an old roofer checking out a leak; he and
his sons _were_ the business. He charged $100 cash.
Thousands is a risky amount. People who cost more than a couple of
hundred will always provide or send an invoice here. So I pay them
through electronic banking, straight away. Lawn mower repairs (100-300
AUD) were always cash.
In article <103498u$662j$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:18:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 12:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy HamiltonI pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but >> >>>pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's, >> >>>charges a hefty fee for online payments.
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year,
that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I would too in that case. We pay council rates every 3 months. They
email the bill to me and I pay using online banking.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When
we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
No bank charges here for using credit card, debit card,
cheque or direct debit.
On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:14:32 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <103498u$662j$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
No bank charges here for using credit card, debit card,
cheque or direct debit.
That's good because you're all very poor since Brexit.
Ed P wrote:
...sexual
intercourse. My balls are shined up but can't use them yet.
some details we don't need to hear about, yet alone three
or four times...
On 2025-06-21, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <103498u$662j$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:18:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 12:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy HamiltonI pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges
2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year, >> >>>>> that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I would too in that case. We pay council rates every 3 months. They >> >>>> email the bill to me and I pay using online banking.
pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's, >> >>>charges a hefty fee for online payments.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When
we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
No bank charges here for using credit card, debit card,
cheque or direct debit.
How does the bank support the use of those means of payment? Don't
they charge the vendor?
We're not talking about the bank charging a fee. We're talking about
the vendor charging a fee to cover the costs he must pay the bank
for credit or debit transactions. There's usually a flat fee per
transaction on the order of $1.50, plus 2-4% of the transaction
On 2025-06-21, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
Ed P wrote:
...sexual
intercourse. My balls are shined up but can't use them yet.
some details we don't need to hear about, yet alone three
or four times...
Honestly, I'd rather hear about Ed's balls than anything that
GM has to say.
On 6/21/2025 8:48 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-21, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:Of course Ed was joking. And since he just had surgery for cataracts
Ed P wrote:
...sexual
intercourse. My balls are shined up but can't use them yet.
some details we don't need to hear about, yet alone three
or four times...
Honestly, I'd rather hear about Ed's balls than anything that
GM has to say.
maybe that's why the post showed up 3 times... or perhaps his ISP
burped. It happens sometimes.
Jill
On 2025-06-21, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
Ed P wrote:
...sexual
intercourse. My balls are shined up but can't use them yet.
some details we don't need to hear about, yet alone three
or four times...
Honestly, I'd rather hear about Ed's balls than anything that
GM has to say.
On 6/21/2025 10:08 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/21/2025 8:48 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-21, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:Of course Ed was joking. And since he just had surgery for cataracts
Ed P wrote:
...sexual
intercourse. My balls are shined up but can't use them yet.
some details we don't need to hear about, yet alone three
or four times...
Honestly, I'd rather hear about Ed's balls than anything that
GM has to say.
maybe that's why the post showed up 3 times... or perhaps his ISP
burped. It happens sometimes.
Jill
Thunderbird said it did not connect, try again later. So, I did.
On 6/21/2025 8:48 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-21, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:Of course Ed was joking. And since he just had surgery for cataracts
Ed P wrote:
...sexual
intercourse. My balls are shined up but can't use them yet.
some details we don't need to hear about, yet alone three
or four times...
Honestly, I'd rather hear about Ed's balls than anything that
GM has to say.
maybe that's why the post showed up 3 times... or perhaps his ISP
burped. It happens sometimes.
In article <10369lr$12hft$2@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280
@invalid.com says...
On 2025-06-21, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <103498u$662j$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:18:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 12:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy HamiltonI pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges >> >> >>>>> 2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year, >> >> >>>>> that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I would too in that case. We pay council rates every 3 months. They >> >> >>>> email the bill to me and I pay using online banking.
pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's,
charges a hefty fee for online payments.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When >> >> >> we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
No bank charges here for using credit card, debit card,
cheque or direct debit.
How does the bank support the use of those means of payment? Don't
they charge the vendor?
I imagine banks here make their money from the interest
charged to customers who owe them money.
We're not talking about the bank charging a fee. We're talking about
the vendor charging a fee to cover the costs he must pay the bank
for credit or debit transactions. There's usually a flat fee per
transaction on the order of $1.50, plus 2-4% of the transaction
In UK, by law businesses can't pass that expense to the
customer.
Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges)
Regulations 2012
On 2025-06-21, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 6/21/2025 8:48 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-21, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:Of course Ed was joking. And since he just had surgery for cataracts
Ed P wrote:
...sexual
intercourse. My balls are shined up but can't use them yet.
some details we don't need to hear about, yet alone three
or four times...
Honestly, I'd rather hear about Ed's balls than anything that
GM has to say.
maybe that's why the post showed up 3 times... or perhaps his ISP
burped. It happens sometimes.
Three kinds of balls. Three posts. ;-)
On 2025-06-21, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <10369lr$12hft$2@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280
@invalid.com says...
On 2025-06-21, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <103498u$662j$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:18:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 12:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy HamiltonI pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges >>>>>>>>>> 2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year, >>>>>>>>>> that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that >>>>>>>>>> money in my pocket.
I would too in that case. We pay council rates every 3 months. They >>>>>>>>> email the bill to me and I pay using online banking.
pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's,
charges a hefty fee for online payments.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When >>>>>>> we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a >>>>>>> cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card. >>>>> Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a >>>>> debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
No bank charges here for using credit card, debit card,
cheque or direct debit.
How does the bank support the use of those means of payment? Don't
they charge the vendor?
I imagine banks here make their money from the interest
charged to customers who owe them money.
Banks do that here as well.
We're not talking about the bank charging a fee. We're talking about
the vendor charging a fee to cover the costs he must pay the bank
for credit or debit transactions. There's usually a flat fee per
transaction on the order of $1.50, plus 2-4% of the transaction
In UK, by law businesses can't pass that expense to the
customer.
Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges)
Regulations 2012
Consumer law in the U.S. is extremely weak. Banks "lobby"
so that we don't have that kind of legislation.
In fact, Trump recently disbanded the Consumer Finance Protection
Bureau.
On 6/21/2025 11:54 AM, Ed P wrote:
Thunderbird said it did not connect, try again later. So, I did.
I find I sometimes have to close Thunderbird then launch it again to get
it connect to the news server.
In article <10364jj$11hlb$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:14:32 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <103498u$662j$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
No bank charges here for using credit card, debit card,
cheque or direct debit.
That's good because you're all very poor since Brexit.
You've moved to Hawaii? Oh dear, sorry to hear that.
On 2025-06-21, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:37:31 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton >><chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-21, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Most tradespeople send an invoice afterwards. If they need payment on
the spot, it's cash.
It's about 50/50 with the few contractors I use. Asphalt sealing
every couple of years. Roofers every few decades. Tree service
on an irregular basis. ISTR a fee for credit card usage with
at least one of them.
I mainly hear about credit card fees for American Express.
Those annual fees are different from the vendor charging an
extra 2-4% to cover his costs.
If a contractor wants payment on the spot, he gets a check.
I'm not about to hand $5000 or $10000 in cash to one of the
employees. We had an old roofer checking out a leak; he and
his sons _were_ the business. He charged $100 cash.
Thousands is a risky amount. People who cost more than a couple of
hundred will always provide or send an invoice here. So I pay them
through electronic banking, straight away. Lawn mower repairs (100-300
AUD) were always cash.
We almost never hire a contractor for small jobs. The old guy on
the roof was an unusual exception. Asphalt sealing is under $1000,
but I can't remember the last time the tree guy came and went for
less than $3000.
In article <10369lr$12hft$2@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280
@invalid.com says...
On 2025-06-21, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <103498u$662j$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:18:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:10:43 +0100, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 12:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:59:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy HamiltonI pay the council tax on our Scottish property using online banking, but
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I write checks for my property taxes because the township charges >> >> >>>>> 2.8% of the amount paid. If I pay $6000 in property tax per year, >> >> >>>>> that's an extra $168. I'll happily write a check to keep that
money in my pocket.
I would too in that case. We pay council rates every 3 months. They >> >> >>>> email the bill to me and I pay using online banking.
pay the property tax on the US one by check, as our town, like Cindy's,
charges a hefty fee for online payments.
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When >> >> >> we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
No bank charges here for using credit card, debit card,
cheque or direct debit.
How does the bank support the use of those means of payment? Don't
they charge the vendor?
I imagine banks here make their money from the interest
charged to customers who owe them money.
We're not talking about the bank charging a fee. We're talking about
the vendor charging a fee to cover the costs he must pay the bank
for credit or debit transactions. There's usually a flat fee per
transaction on the order of $1.50, plus 2-4% of the transaction
In UK, by law businesses can't pass that expense to the
customer.
Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges)
Regulations 2012
On 6/20/2025 9:00 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Today, much better. Saw the doctor for follow up and he said "looks
good" and now it is greatly improved. By tomorrow, should be close th
as good as it will get.
Only disappointment, the restrictions. I was given a list of activities
not to do for the next week. They included bowling, golf, sexual intercourse. My balls are shined up but can't use them yet.
On 2025-06-21 12:13 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/21/2025 11:54 AM, Ed P wrote:
With TB these days I have to finish my post, go to RFC folder, switch to >another folder and then back to RFC and then send. Otherwise is may not
Thunderbird said it did not connect, try again later. So, I did.
I find I sometimes have to close Thunderbird then launch it again to get
it connect to the news server.
get posted. If it doesn't, then I have to go to my Sent folder to
retrieve my unsent post, copy my input, then back to RFC and follow up
to the old post and Copy my input, then send again.
On 2025-06-20 9:31 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/20/2025 9:00 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Today, much better. Saw the doctor for follow up and he said "looks
good" and now it is greatly improved. By tomorrow, should be close th
as good as it will get.
Only disappointment, the restrictions. I was given a list of
activities not to do for the next week. They included bowling, golf,
sexual intercourse. My balls are shined up but can't use them yet.
The Boy Scouts taught us to be prepared. It is nice of golf courses to install ball washers but those things can be nasty.
On 6/21/2025 3:38 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-06-20 9:31 p.m., Ed P wrote:
Only disappointment, the restrictions. I was given a list of
activities not to do for the next week. They included bowling, golf,
sexual intercourse. My balls are shined up but can't use them yet.
The Boy Scouts taught us to be prepared. It is nice of golf courses
to install ball washers but those things can be nasty.
Its the harsh detergent.
On 2025-06-21 12:13 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/21/2025 11:54 AM, Ed P wrote:
With TB these days I have to finish my post, go to RFC folder, switch to another folder and then back to RFC and then send. Otherwise is may not
Thunderbird said it did not connect, try again later. So, I did.
I find I sometimes have to close Thunderbird then launch it again to
get it connect to the news server.
get posted. If it doesn't, then I have to go to my Sent folder to
retrieve my unsent post, copy my input, then back to RFC and follow up
to the old post and Copy my input, then send again.
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:18:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When
we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card. Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
On 6/21/2025 3:24 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-06-21 12:13 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:That's a PITA. I don't have to do all that to get things to post.
On 6/21/2025 11:54 AM, Ed P wrote:With TB these days I have to finish my post, go to RFC folder, switch
Thunderbird said it did not connect, try again later. So, I did.
I find I sometimes have to close Thunderbird then launch it again to
get it connect to the news server.
to another folder and then back to RFC and then send. Otherwise is may
not get posted. If it doesn't, then I have to go to my Sent folder to
retrieve my unsent post, copy my input, then back to RFC and follow up
to the old post and Copy my input, then send again.
On 6/19/2025 5:44 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
Soon to come: "Juneteenth car and furniture sales".
No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
I go to my bank at least twice per month. I don't think business owners would share your sentiment. Open once per month is long time to wait,
when you normally make a deposit every few days.
On 6/19/2025 5:44 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
Soon to come: "Juneteenth car and furniture sales".
No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
I go to my bank at least twice per month. I don't think business owners would share your sentiment. Open once per month is long time to wait,
when you normally make a deposit every few days.
On 6/20/2025 2:28 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:18:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When
we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
Our local grocer has discontinued the acceptance of paper checks as a
form of payment, with the exception of people who have already been
using checks to pay. I guess that makes sense, in order to cut down on
check fraud. The tellers are usually surprised that my account allows
me to pay via check. Presumably, most of the check-paying clientele are elderly.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
It was legalized in the US to transfer card fees to the consumer. Our
shop now passes the 3.5 per cent card fee along to the customer. This
fee applies to both credit and debit cards. I'm blown away that most
people don't blink an eye paying an extra $3.5 per $100 transaction.
On 2025-06-21, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 2:28 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:18:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When >>>>> we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a
cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
Our local grocer has discontinued the acceptance of paper checks as a
form of payment, with the exception of people who have already been
using checks to pay. I guess that makes sense, in order to cut down on
check fraud. The tellers are usually surprised that my account allows
me to pay via check. Presumably, most of the check-paying clientele are
elderly.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a
debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
It was legalized in the US to transfer card fees to the consumer. Our
shop now passes the 3.5 per cent card fee along to the customer. This
fee applies to both credit and debit cards. I'm blown away that most
people don't blink an eye paying an extra $3.5 per $100 transaction.
On Friday, I paid $3 to use a bathroom. The convenient place to
stop was a coffee shop. I decided I didn't want the coffee, so
I dumped it out.
I think I last got a paper paycheck in the 1980s.
On 6/20/2025 2:17 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-20, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:Don't you love it when David makes vague predictions?
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 9:51:04 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote on 6/19/2025 4:44 PM:In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote: >>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National >>>>>>>> Independence Day. My office is closed today.No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s> >>>>>>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
When something gets screwed up, you'll damn sure wish the bank was open. >>>>
it start now?
I boldly predict that there will be lots of screw ups of people
receiving payments from now on. It's going to be a total land of
confusion.
Payments from whom?
Jill
On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 09:10:17 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-21, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
On 6/20/2025 2:28 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:18:52 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-20, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
I wonder why. I do everything online and nobody charges for it. When >>>>>> we just moved to Australia, I'd sometimes see old ladies pay with a >>>>>> cheque at the supermarket checkout, but it has become obsolete.
Our local grocer has discontinued the acceptance of paper checks as a
form of payment, with the exception of people who have already been
using checks to pay. I guess that makes sense, in order to cut down on
check fraud. The tellers are usually surprised that my account allows
me to pay via check. Presumably, most of the check-paying clientele are >>> elderly.
In my case, 2.8% for credit card payments might about what the CC
company charges the vendor.
Yes, I've hard about credit card charges. I rarely use a credit card.
Whenever possible -which is almost always- I use online banking or
PayPal. ALDI charges for use of a credit card, I believe, but we use a >>>> debit card. I don't want to pay for the right to give someone money.
It was legalized in the US to transfer card fees to the consumer. Our
shop now passes the 3.5 per cent card fee along to the customer. This
fee applies to both credit and debit cards. I'm blown away that most
people don't blink an eye paying an extra $3.5 per $100 transaction.
On Friday, I paid $3 to use a bathroom. The convenient place to
stop was a coffee shop. I decided I didn't want the coffee, so
I dumped it out.
Did you pay cash?
On 2025-06-21, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
On 6/19/2025 5:44 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-19, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:07:39 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
Today is a fairly new US Federal holiday. Juneteenth, aka National
Independence Day. My office is closed today.
Soon to come: "Juneteenth car and furniture sales".
No U.S. mail either and banks are closed and no court
proceedings either.
I wept. I was so lonely without U.S. mail, banks, and courts. </s>
Frankly, if we got mail one day a week I'd be happy. Banks could
be open one day a month. I don't go into the bank even one day
a year.
I go to my bank at least twice per month. I don't think business owners
would share your sentiment. Open once per month is long time to wait,
when you normally make a deposit every few days.
I think I last got a paper paycheck in the 1980s.
Every job I've worked has been direct deposit, with the exception of the antique mall. Only 3 people are on payroll, and the owner has probably
used the same company for payroll checks since the mid 90's. On my 5
minute drive home, the bank is on my way, so the paper check isn't much
of a hassle.
On 2025-06-21, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Good news for all of you! You won't get cataracts again. What you can
get is something called PCO or posterior capsule opacifiction. I have it
in my right eye, and it's removed by laser surgery, I think.
At any rate, I have until the end of August to get my problem solved, or
I won't be driving anymore. Why am I unmotivated to fix this?
Because you have an alternative to driving?
On 2025-06-21, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-21, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Good news for all of you! You won't get cataracts again. What you can
get is something called PCO or posterior capsule opacifiction. I have it >>> in my right eye, and it's removed by laser surgery, I think.
At any rate, I have until the end of August to get my problem solved, or >>> I won't be driving anymore. Why am I unmotivated to fix this?
Because you have an alternative to driving?
I don't know. I've never been in this position before. My wife can
handle it for a while, if needed. I did make an appointment with my >optometrist today, fwiw. I'm a little late.
Meh. If I can make it fourteen months, I'll make eighty. Place your bets.
I retired early, because I didn't think I'd make sixty. Tick tick tick.
Oh, and I'm not depressed at all, just old but not as old as Ed, Sheldon
and lucretia. Did I miss anybody? :)
I was a young buck in my fifties when I first showed up here. My, how
time flies.
On 2025-06-21, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-21, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Good news for all of you! You won't get cataracts again. What you can
get is something called PCO or posterior capsule opacifiction. I have it >>> in my right eye, and it's removed by laser surgery, I think.
At any rate, I have until the end of August to get my problem solved, or >>> I won't be driving anymore. Why am I unmotivated to fix this?
Because you have an alternative to driving?
I don't know. I've never been in this position before. My wife can
handle it for a while, if needed. I did make an appointment with my optometrist today, fwiw. I'm a little late.
Meh. If I can make it fourteen months, I'll make eighty. Place your bets.
I retired early, because I didn't think I'd make sixty. Tick tick tick.
Oh, and I'm not depressed at all, just old but not as old as Ed, Sheldon
and lucretia. Did I miss anybody? :)
I was a young buck in my fifties when I first showed up here. My, how
time flies.
On 6/24/2025 12:44 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
I hope you never catch up too! A few months to 80.
Driver license good for two more years but with the surgery, I should be
good to pass the eye test.
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in
71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I
can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the clock
when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take much to
thrill me.
On 2025-06-24 8:14 a.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 12:44 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
I hope you never catch up too! A few months to 80.
Driver license good for two more years but with the surgery, I should
be good to pass the eye test.
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in
71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I
can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the
clock when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take
much to thrill me.
Why do you need to see the clock to get up to pee. I don't need an alarm
to get up to pee at 6am. I have the bladder alarm pre set. It is
slightly less accurate on the other wake up call that comes between 2 am
and 3 am.
On 2025-06-24 8:14 a.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 12:44 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
I hope you never catch up too! A few months to 80.
Driver license good for two more years but with the surgery, I should be
good to pass the eye test.
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in
71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I
can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the clock
when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take much to
thrill me.
Why do you need to see the clock to get up to pee.
On 2025-06-24, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-06-24 8:14 a.m., Ed P wrote:
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in
71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I
can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the clock >>> when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take much to
thrill me.
Why do you need to see the clock to get up to pee.
He doesn't _need_ to see the clock. He _likes_ to see the clock.
When I get up to pee, I check the clock to see if it's worth
going back to sleep.
On 2025-06-24 8:14 a.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 12:44 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
I hope you never catch up too! A few months to 80.
Driver license good for two more years but with the surgery, I should
be good to pass the eye test.
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in
71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I
can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the
clock when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take
much to thrill me.
Why do you need to see the clock to get up to pee.
On 6/24/2025 9:23 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-06-24 8:14 a.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 12:44 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
I hope you never catch up too! A few months to 80.
Driver license good for two more years but with the surgery, I should
be good to pass the eye test.
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time
in 71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some
things. I can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to
see the clock when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does
not take much to thrill me.
Why do you need to see the clock to get up to pee.
Ed likes being able to *see* the clock. The reason for waking up at 5AM
is not really relevant.
Jill
On 2025-06-24, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-06-24 8:14 a.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 12:44 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
I hope you never catch up too! A few months to 80.
Driver license good for two more years but with the surgery, I should be >>> good to pass the eye test.
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in
71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I
can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the clock >>> when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take much to
thrill me.
Why do you need to see the clock to get up to pee.
He doesn't _need_ to see the clock. He _likes_ to see the clock.
On 6/24/2025 9:23 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-06-24 8:14 a.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 12:44 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
I hope you never catch up too! A few months to 80.
Driver license good for two more years but with the surgery, I should
be good to pass the eye test.
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time
in 71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some
things. I can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to
see the clock when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not
take much to thrill me.
Why do you need to see the clock to get up to pee.
Ed likes being able to *see* the clock. The reason for waking up at 5AM
is not really relevant.
Jill
On 6/24/2025 4:00 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/24/2025 9:23 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Ed likes being able to *see* the clock. The reason for waking up at
5AM is not really relevant.
Jill
But since I do, it is a good time to take thyroid medication. It is supposed to be on an empty stomach and not eat for some time after.
I still remember at 8 YO walking out of the optician office with my
first pair of glasses and seeing sharp images with contrast. I said "everything looks black and white", meaning sharpness. This is close in satisfaction.
Other eye gets done July 10. Can't wait.
On 2025-06-24 5:26 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 4:00 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/24/2025 9:23 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Ed likes being able to *see* the clock. The reason for waking up at
5AM is not really relevant.
Jill
But since I do, it is a good time to take thyroid medication. It is
supposed to be on an empty stomach and not eat for some time after.
I still remember at 8 YO walking out of the optician office with my
first pair of glasses and seeing sharp images with contrast. I said
"everything looks black and white", meaning sharpness. This is close in
satisfaction.
Other eye gets done July 10. Can't wait.
I was in my mid 40s before I had to start using reading glasses. My boss
had suggested that I should get my eyes checked. It was about 5 years
before I graduated to bifocals.
Glad to hear it is working out for you. It is works out well for most
people but sometimes things go badly. My friend
On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:15:33 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-06-24 5:26 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 4:00 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/24/2025 9:23 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Ed likes being able to *see* the clock. The reason for waking up at
5AM is not really relevant.
Jill
But since I do, it is a good time to take thyroid medication. It is
supposed to be on an empty stomach and not eat for some time after.
I still remember at 8 YO walking out of the optician office with my
first pair of glasses and seeing sharp images with contrast. I said
"everything looks black and white", meaning sharpness. This is close in
satisfaction.
Other eye gets done July 10. Can't wait.
I was in my mid 40s before I had to start using reading glasses. My boss
had suggested that I should get my eyes checked. It was about 5 years
before I graduated to bifocals.
Glad to hear it is working out for you. It is works out well for most
people but sometimes things go badly. My friend
Which one of the 500,000?
Bruce wrote on 6/24/2025 7:21 PM:
On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:15:33 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-06-24 5:26 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 4:00 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
On 6/24/2025 9:23 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Ed likes being able to *see* the clock. The reason for waking up at >>>>> 5AM is not really relevant.
Jill
But since I do, it is a good time to take thyroid medication. It is >>>> supposed to be on an empty stomach and not eat for some time after.
I still remember at 8 YO walking out of the optician office with my
first pair of glasses and seeing sharp images with contrast. I said
"everything looks black and white", meaning sharpness. This is close in >>>> satisfaction.
Other eye gets done July 10. Can't wait.
I was in my mid 40s before I had to start using reading glasses. My boss >>> had suggested that I should get my eyes checked. It was about 5 years
before I graduated to bifocals.
Glad to hear it is working out for you. It is works out well for most
people but sometimes things go badly. My friend
Which one of the 500,000?
Dumbass, he has at least 5 billion friends. Try to keep up!
... On work days my alarm is set for 7:30am. If I wake up at 7am
it's not really worth trying to go back to sleep. 6am, probably. On non-work days, I can go back to sleep if I want to. It's nice to know
what time it is.
In 63 years of banking, nothing has gotten screwed up. Why should
it start now?
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in
71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I
can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the clock
when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take much to
thrill me.
What kind of animal is a buck? Wait, I'll look it up.
A male kangaroo can be called a buck, though more often "boomer."
The adult male of many deer species is called a buck.
Male antelope are also commonly referred to as bucks.
The male rabbit is called a buck.
The male hare is a buck.
In informal usage, male goats are sometimes called bucks.
On 2025-06-24, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in
71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I
can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the clock
when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take much to
thrill me.
My first eye (left) was perfect. I removed the glasses lens too. My second eye was a little strange. It was not blurry, but there was a bit of double-vision. I thought my brain would adjust. It doesn't. If you don't
get normal focus, complain. It ain't going to get better.
I haven't used glasses since 2018, but the oddness persists.
My right and left eye don't focus at the same point. Maybe I'll ask
about adjustment surgery when I see the optometrist. That has to be done
by a surgeon. At least I think it does. Glasses don't correct a
different focal point problem. What are the odds? :)
2 cents
But since I do, it is a good time to take thyroid medication. It is
supposed to be on an empty stomach and not eat for some time after.
On 2025-06-24, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
What kind of animal is a buck? Wait, I'll look it up.
A male kangaroo can be called a buck, though more often "boomer."
The adult male of many deer species is called a buck.
Male antelope are also commonly referred to as bucks.
The male rabbit is called a buck.
The male hare is a buck.
In informal usage, male goats are sometimes called bucks.
Item two on your list, at least Out West. Young, virile and ready to fight. >You may have never experienced the sensation. :(
On 6/24/2025 1:24 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-24, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-06-24 8:14 a.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 12:44 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
I hope you never catch up too! A few months to 80.
Driver license good for two more years but with the surgery, I should be >>> good to pass the eye test.
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in >>> 71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I >>> can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the clock >>> when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take much to
thrill me.
Why do you need to see the clock to get up to pee.
He doesn't _need_ to see the clock. He _likes_ to see the clock.
Exactly. I've not seen the clock without glasses for 70+ years so it is quite a treat.
In article <103f4sj$290fc$1@dont-email.me>, esp@snet.n
says...
On 6/24/2025 1:24 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-24, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-06-24 8:14 a.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 12:44 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
I hope you never catch up too! A few months to 80.
Driver license good for two more years but with the surgery, I should be >>>>> good to pass the eye test.
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in >>>>> 71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I >>>>> can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the clock >>>>> when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take much to >>>>> thrill me.
Why do you need to see the clock to get up to pee.
He doesn't _need_ to see the clock. He _likes_ to see the clock.
Exactly. I've not seen the clock without glasses for 70+ years so it is
quite a treat.
You can also look forward to:
being able to recognise the friends/family you're
swimming with
being able to read the subtitles on TV,
no more steamed-up lenses.
Janet UK
On 6/26/2025 7:52 AM, Janet wrote:
In article <103f4sj$290fc$1@dont-email.me>, esp@snet.n
says...
On 6/24/2025 1:24 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-24, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-06-24 8:14 a.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 12:44 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
I hope you never catch up too! A few months to 80.
Driver license good for two more years but with the surgery, I should be
good to pass the eye test.
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in >>>>> 71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I >>>>> can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the clock >>>>> when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take much to >>>>> thrill me.
Why do you need to see the clock to get up to pee.
He doesn't _need_ to see the clock. He _likes_ to see the clock.
Exactly. I've not seen the clock without glasses for 70+ years so it is >> quite a treat.
You can also look forward to:
being able to recognise the friends/family you're
swimming with
being able to read the subtitles on TV,
no more steamed-up lenses.
Janet UK
Only downside I see is the need to carry sunglasses. I've had
Transition lenses for years so never had to change.
In article <103jif6$3fqpt$2@dont-email.me>, esp@snet.n
says...
On 6/26/2025 7:52 AM, Janet wrote:
In article <103f4sj$290fc$1@dont-email.me>, esp@snet.n
says...
On 6/24/2025 1:24 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-06-24, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-06-24 8:14 a.m., Ed P wrote:
On 6/24/2025 12:44 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
I hope you never catch up too! A few months to 80.
Driver license good for two more years but with the surgery, I should be
good to pass the eye test.
The other eye gets done in a couple of weeks and for the first time in >>>>>>> 71 years I'll be free of glasses. May need readers for some things. I >>>>>>> can't tell for sure yet. I really like now being able to see the clock
when I get up at 5AM or so to pee. I guess it does not take much to >>>>>>> thrill me.
Why do you need to see the clock to get up to pee.
He doesn't _need_ to see the clock. He _likes_ to see the clock.
Exactly. I've not seen the clock without glasses for 70+ years so it is >>>> quite a treat.
You can also look forward to:
being able to recognise the friends/family you're
swimming with
being able to read the subtitles on TV,
no more steamed-up lenses.
Janet UK
Only downside I see is the need to carry sunglasses. I've had
Transition lenses for years so never had to change.
I needed sunglasses a lot post op, but that "dazzling
brightness" wore off in a month or so. I haven't worn
sunglasses all summer.
Janet
Only downside I see is the need to carry sunglasses. I've had
Transition lenses for years so never had to change.
I needed sunglasses a lot post op, but that "dazzling
brightness" wore off in a month or so. I haven't worn
sunglasses all summer.
On 2025-06-26 1:13 p.m., Janet wrote:
Only downside I see is the need to carry sunglasses. I've had
Transition lenses for years so never had to change.
I needed sunglasses a lot post op, but that "dazzling
brightness" wore off in a month or so. I haven't worn
sunglasses all summer.
My wife's cataract surgery more than 10 years ago and she still needs sunglasses most days, even when it is overcast.
Dave Smith wrote on 6/26/2025 2:32 PM:
On 2025-06-26 1:13 p.m., Janet wrote:
Only downside I see is the need to carry sunglasses. I've had
Transition lenses for years so never had to change.
I needed sunglasses a lot post op, but that "dazzling
brightness" wore off in a month or so. I haven't worn
sunglasses all summer.
My wife's cataract surgery more than 10 years ago and she still needs
sunglasses most days, even when it is overcast.
That's probably because of her Borg implants Dave.
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