NancysSummerSip
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Dec 18, 2014 12:27:04 GMT -5
How many months did you take clothes to the laundrymat for your wife? maybe 2. but I got it fixed! The fact that you used Play-Doh and the last of MuscleUp's twisty ties to do it does not make it a fix, yanno.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2014 13:46:44 GMT -5
Too bad you don't live close, I have a lot of experience with pressure tanks. I am currently on the 5th one in 12 years! (Consequence of having a lot of nasty crap in my well water.)
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movingforward
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Post by movingforward on Dec 18, 2014 15:13:00 GMT -5
OK, well kidding aside, you're quite correct, those aren't my views. I am all for a full economy, and wring my hands with the best of them at those being "left behind". But I firmly believe that any economic solution should also be fiscally efficient.
I'm going to quote you on this the next time the discussion over closing local post office locations or streamlining the postal service comes up.
(Again, this sort of discussion is why it's important to have people with all sorts of different views - even really weird ones - who can freely post on the message board. I was honestly shocked in a postal thread a while ago when you wrote of how much you enjoy going to the post office and like to do it every day. That particular viewpoint was so completely foreign to me, it wouldn't have even entered my thinking as a possibility, so would never have been something I'd considered regarding that issue. I still talk to DH about it every time one of us complains about the 1-2 times a year we have to physically go into the post office.)
This is the way I feel about people who say they like going to the bank
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milee
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Post by milee on Dec 18, 2014 15:22:22 GMT -5
I'm going to quote you on this the next time the discussion over closing local post office locations or streamlining the postal service comes up.
(Again, this sort of discussion is why it's important to have people with all sorts of different views - even really weird ones - who can freely post on the message board. I was honestly shocked in a postal thread a while ago when you wrote of how much you enjoy going to the post office and like to do it every day. That particular viewpoint was so completely foreign to me, it wouldn't have even entered my thinking as a possibility, so would never have been something I'd considered regarding that issue. I still talk to DH about it every time one of us complains about the 1-2 times a year we have to physically go into the post office.)
This is the way I feel about people who say they like going to the bank Me, too! I avoid both like the plague. But unless I'm misremembering, Dem likes visiting both. It still shocks me just thinking about it.
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NastyWoman
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Post by NastyWoman on Dec 18, 2014 17:03:00 GMT -5
Just tell Mrs. Dem that her Christmas present is the plumber visit. Good thing Tenn fixed that for you. This really only works on a PG thread
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wvugurl26
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Post by wvugurl26 on Dec 18, 2014 19:52:05 GMT -5
I do like going to branches of one of my two banks. They are super friendly, always have refreshments, pay interest on checking accounts, give cash back on certain debit purchases and they have Saturday lobby hours including free notary services. The post office is variable. I've been in some pleasant ones where I knew staff and some not so pleasant ones.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 12:51:05 GMT -5
People here in my area are SO spoiled when it comes to banks, the post office, and even the dreaded DMV.
A "long wait" is having another person, or even *gasp* two people, in line in front of you.
Whenever someone complains about the DMV making you wait a whole 10 minutes, I suggest they try visiting the DMV in a more populated city. The person who works at DMV always snickers.
Last time I was at the DMV was during one of the large wildfires. In line were two CalFIRE guys who were happy to be near a DMV without an all-day wait. They said everyone in the camp suggested people visit the DMV in our area if they needed anything.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Dec 19, 2014 13:36:41 GMT -5
I agree with you about the DMV. In San Antonio, going to the DMV was a nightmare, to be avoided at all possible costs because getting anything from there took the better part of a day. When I moved to Lexington, I told my boss that I was going to go register my car and get my driver's license changed over and left work at about 10 that morning. His parting words were "see you tomorrow". I was back after lunch.
I went to register my car and get my licence in Bellingham and was in and out of the place in less than 15 min (and a large part of this was administrative, as I was getting an enhanced DL). I was the only person in there.
So I most definitely appreciate the fact that there is very little wait here, as I have seen some of the worst!
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resolution
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Post by resolution on Dec 20, 2014 14:33:55 GMT -5
Oh, and the Post Office? It's right around the corner from work. For me to get there is no pain at all, and it is not a bad 5 minute break getting away from the plant. No hassle at all for me.
You see... just the fact that you work at a plant instead of an office raises your manliness points enough to offset hiring a plumber.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2014 14:23:45 GMT -5
Mine is all on PVC pipe, so I have a much easier time removing and replacing things.
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