I'm still waiting for Joss to start going by J Weewee.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 16, 2005 5:59:43 am PDT #8481 of 10002
What is even happening?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 16, 2005 6:02:18 am PDT #8482 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And I'm glad somebody is getting the good weather, because here it's really hot and really humid.
This is what we pretty much had a solid week of, and a lot of other days this summer besides. I'm from Maine and SO not a summer person (heh, which has multiple meanings in Maine I won't get into).
I think Saturday was as hot a day as I've ever experienced.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 16, 2005 6:02:40 am PDT #8483 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
flea, Citibank VISA has always been my highest customer satisfaction credit card, though it's not particularly advantageous money-wise. They seem to have the philosophy that it's their job to solve customers' problems rather than cause them. (This is the bank that alerted me to the carnie that was using my card # for long distance phone calls, and they took care of everything.)
DO NOT get a card through President's Club VISA, though. Unhelpful to the point of crookedness.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 16, 2005 6:03:57 am PDT #8484 of 10002
What is even happening?
Flea, does your university have a credit union? When I worked for MGH, we could join Harvard's credit union, and they offered their own Mastercard.
Gudanov - Aug 16, 2005 6:10:50 am PDT #8485 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
The government has a calculator to compare the lifetime costs of hybrid vehicles vs. conventional.
Don't know how useful it is, but it is sort of interesting.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2005 6:19:56 am PDT #8486 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Just a weird coincedence they all happened within a short time.
You say this now. But when our overlords arrive, you'll see the pattern.
Allyson - Aug 16, 2005 6:21:25 am PDT #8487 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Matt, that's been my experience with Citibank as well. They caught a fraud charge and took care of everything right away. Though, I saw my interest rate mysteriously raise 6% for no apparent reason and had to raise hell. They did drop the rate, though.
tommyrot - Aug 16, 2005 6:25:35 am PDT #8488 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
You say this now. But when our overlords arrive, you'll see the pattern.
Yes, but our overlords will only be a problem until the Cylons get here.
sarameg - Aug 16, 2005 6:30:23 am PDT #8489 of 10002
Citibank erased a couple late payments back when I was in college. Once when my mail got all screwed up with forwarding and I didn't get the bill until past due and another when the mailroom neglected to send the outgoing mail out for 2 months. Neither of which could be really verified, but they took my word for it. The fraud warning stuff is nice, though of course it always freaks out on me too.
Also, I remember something about not cancelling old cards (just...stop using them) because that drops them from your credit history, but research that because I may be getting the factoid mangled with something else.
shrift - Aug 16, 2005 6:30:36 am PDT #8490 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
On the highway this morning, there was an SUV in front of me with a vanity plate reading "GEFILTE". It made me laugh.