Random Thoughts 18: The Year of Fire

[stormchaser2014]

Had a weird experiencewith venmo. I use it to pay my rent, which I paid on Friday, instant pay with my debit card, not a bank transfer. Then on Monday I had a pending charge for the same amount, after the first payment posted, so I was negative for 2 days and couldn't use my card until like right now. Of course I was out of cash too, which I usually have on me. Never had this happen before.

 

[Die4Cy]

Sun Chips, ranked:

1.Garden Salsa

2.Chili Lime








3.Harvest Cheddar












4.French Onion
5.Original Flavor

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Had a weird experiencewith venmo. I use it to pay my rent, which I paid on Friday, instant pay with my debit card, not a bank transfer. Then on Monday I had a pending charge for the same amount, after the first payment posted, so I was negative for 2 days and couldn't use my card until like right now. Of course I was out of cash too, which I usually have on me. Never had this happen before.

Hotels and gas stations usually warn you against using debit cards because the financial institution can put a hold of some sort on it until the transaction clears. I'd never use a debit card for something really important like that.
Edit to update that even with one of my credit cards, a pending charge occasionally shows even after the original has gone through. It eventually drops off, but can be heart-stopping if I wasn't prepared for that.

 

[CycloneErik]

Hotels and gas stations usually warn you against using debit cards because the financial institution can put a hold of some sort on it until the transaction clears. I'd never use a debit card for something really important like that.
Edit to update that even with one of my credit cards, a pending charge occasionally shows even after the original has gone through. It eventually drops off, but can be heart-stopping if I wasn't prepared for that.

I love heart-stopping financial news.
My favorite twist this year has been the realization that scheduled payment dates don't mean the date that I entered or the companies and I agreed upon. Instead, it often means any date 5-7 days earlier than that, because why not.

 

[SaraV]

Wordle in 3.

I got lucky with it.

 

[CloneLawman]

Wordle in 3.

I got lucky with it.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Wordle in 3.

I got lucky with it.

I got it in 4, and I started with

Spoiler

lucky

. I would've got it in 3 but I changed my mind last second.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

I got it in 4, and I started with

Spoiler

lucky

. I would've got it in 3 but I changed my mind last second.

Mine was 4, too. I started with spout.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

McDonald's taking advertising to a different sense in two cities in the Netherlands.

 

[BCClone]

McDonald's taking advertising to a different sense in two cities in the Netherlands.

After working there I can’t stand the smell.

 

[qwerty]

 

[stormchaser2014]

Had to haul in $85,000 worth off cabinets today. Yes, you read that right.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Had to haul in $85,000 worth off cabinets today. Yes, you read that right.

Hopefully not for a bathroom.

 

[BCClone]

Had to haul in $85,000 worth off cabinets today. Yes, you read that right.

Dude, my wife wants to remodel the kitchen I don’t need that anxiety right now. Electricians are in the house now redoing the lighting.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

From my perpetual desk calendar today: If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names. - Elbert Hubbard.

 

[BCClone]

From my perpetual desk calendar today: If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names. - Elbert Hubbard.

My experience is it doesn’t matter either way, we still get called names.

 

[BCClone]

Went to a neighbors place the other day. He had about 15 cases of beer BY his fridge. Dude must like to hang in his shed.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Hopefully not for a bathroom.

Lockers, laundry, 2 bathrooms, pantry, wet bar, kitchen, 2 great room cabinets, and master bath. Some were not light. It was for the house I first started at, which is still not done.

 

[KnappShack]

 

[stormchaser2014]

Dude, my wife wants to remodel the kitchen I don’t need that anxiety right now. Electricians are in the house now redoing the lighting.

I would've done it for a lot cheaper. I'm not an electrician, but I can do lights.