Random Unthreadworthy Questions

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Originally Posted by The AD

How the heck are there so many young people who seem to be able to avoid working and just do whatever the fuck they want? Are they all trust-funders/living off their parents?

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Many of our generation of parents (i.e. "we") is in general super-lenient and tolerant with their kids and a lot of folks seem to think the kids don't need to pay for their own shit. When mom and dad are paying your cell bill, letting you live in your old bedroom or the basement rent-free, feeding you, and giving you pocket money (usually in the form of a credit card), it's pretty easy not to work.

My kids think I'm an ogre for not buying into that concept but we still do a shitload more for them than our parents did for us. It's just the zeitgeist I guess.

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Originally Posted by ötzi

Many of our generation of parents (i.e. "we") is in general super-lenient and tolerant with their kids and a lot of folks seem to think the kids don't need to pay for their own shit. When mom and dad are paying your cell bill, letting you live in your old bedroom or the basement rent-free, feeding you, and giving you pocket money (usually in the form of a credit card), it's pretty easy not to work.

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Yeah, it probably labels me as a "get off my lawn!" old guy, but I really think every teenager needs to have some kind of job at least during the summer, and at least for a few hours a week. Just something where they are making money from working and not just getting it handed to them.

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Originally Posted by ötzi

Yes and no.

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I see what you did there! I laughed.

How about Sacco and Venzetti? All I know is this upstate mosaic I walked past thousands of times implies innocent.

https://art.grace.syr.edu/poi/the-pa...vanzetti-mural

Some of my brothers still pay for their adult kids cell phones. Just one example of what iceman suggests.

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Originally Posted by The AD

How the heck are there so many young people who seem to be able to avoid working and just do whatever the fuck they want? Are they all trust-funders/living off their parents?

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Bitcoin and GME

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Originally Posted by Flounder

Bitcoin and GME

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But you need the money to invest in the first place...

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Originally Posted by liv2ski

what do I suggest do to keep her happy?.

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Originally Posted by ötzi

My kids think I'm an ogre for not buying into that concept but we still do a shitload more for them than our parents did for us. It's just the zeitgeist I guess.

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This.

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Originally Posted by The AD

Yeah, it probably labels me as a "get off my lawn!" old guy, but I really think every teenager needs to have some kind of job at least during the summer, and at least for a few hours a week. Just something where they are making money from working and not just getting it handed to them.

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Our daughter at 8.5yrs is already tired of asking us to buy some junk toy she has a current fixation on. For the past couple weeks she has been making comments on jobs she would like to do to earn money. Real jobs like waitressing, cashier, etc not chores around the house (she's seeing lots of help wanted signs around town and on travels). I applaud her gumption. Will work perfect as she will be finishing high school right around I am able to retire.

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

Improved.

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You'll get no argument from me... but he'd better plan on at *least* 3 weeks. NTTAWWT.

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Originally Posted by liv2ski

Rent a car or take trains? Business class or premium economy to save a few bucks?

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Trains between cities, car for days you want to get further afield. Business class air if possible. You can sleep on a bed in business class international, usually.

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Originally Posted by bagtagley

Were the Rosenbergs innocent?

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No. After KGB archives opened after the fall of the USSR it was revealed they were guilty.

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Our daughter at 8.5yrs is already tired of asking us to buy some junk toy she has a current fixation on. For the past couple weeks she has been making comments on jobs she would like to do to earn money. Real jobs like waitressing, cashier, etc not chores around the house (she's seeing lots of help wanted signs around town and on travels). I applaud her gumption. Will work perfect as she will be finishing high school right around I am able to retire.

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Polishing the inside of artillery shells. (Schindler's List)

Here's one--why are singular nouns followed by verbs ending in "s", while plural nouns are followed by verbs without the "s". Shouldn't it be the other way around?

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Originally Posted by El Chupacabra

Thanks! I'll check out the exterior phone box when I visit next.

I have a bunch of extra DSL filters that I'll bring with. I can just swap them out and see if it helps.

House is 50 years old, could well be phone wiring connections failing.

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Exterior phone box reveals old shit. Doesn't look too corroded. No place to plug in a test phone.

I replaced the DSL filters inside the house, and the static on the line is much much better. So that was at least part of the problem, if not all.

Mom's phone bill from AT&T shows she's paying for "WirePro", which Google says includes inside line repairs. Called AT&T and went through computer assistance, a tech is supposed to call me to schedule a visit.

Apparently in May of 2019 I was driving a rental car that ran a red flight in Florida.

Today I received a letter from a law firm saying I owe $394 for failure to respond to previous notices and I could “lose my right to drive”. Whatever that means.

Obviously rental car company never told me, I don’t even know if I did it but who knows.

I would of just paid it if I knew.

Do I have any options here or do I have to suck it up and pay it?


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How can some law firm take away your right to drive? Is it a collection agency attached to a law office? Sounds lame and really old, tell them to pound sand.

Sounds scammy.

Well, it's gone this far, to the point that they sold your obligation to some Saul level bottom dwelling collection agency, so, I say, play with them. Just have fun. Write creative emails threatening them with some stupid counter lawsuit. Make up a fake law firm letterhead logo. Highly doubtful they can screw with you in any meaningful way.

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What’s the worst that can happen? I can’t rent a car in Florida?

Chances are I did it but oh well.

If you fail to pay a parking ticket what happens?


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Just ignore it until your state DMV starts sending notices.

If it were legit, I would have expected to hear from the State of Florida, or the car rental agency, long before random private law firm.

The rental agency was likely supposed to send me the ticket but didn’t.

Just don’t want any credit issues mainly, fuck If I care about a Florida rental car.


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If the ticket is true you’d think the rental car company would have charged your credit card. Exceedingly difficult to rent a car with out a card. On our honeymoon in NZ the guy told us he’d be keeping our card number to pay the inevitable ticket. Sure enough rolling into a town I saw the camera flash. Couple of months later, charge on the credit card. Send a letter demanding proof.

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Originally Posted by AK47bp

Apparently in May of 2019 I was driving a rental car that ran a red flight in Florida.

Today I received a letter from a law firm saying I owe $394 for failure to respond to previous notices and I could “lose my right to drive”. Whatever that means.

Obviously rental car company never told me, I don’t even know if I did it but who knows.

I would of just paid it if I knew.

Do I have any options here or do I have to suck it up and pay it?


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This is a good excuse to never visit the Sunshine State again


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Originally Posted by Danno

Another unthreadworthy question (could ask in one of the rat flu threads but putting here instead).

Going to a wedding in NYS (upstate?) in July. We will be in Burlington VT area before the wedding. Everyone attending must have proof of vax or proof of negative test within 3 days. My daughter isn't vaccinated, obviously, and I've never done any testing anywhere.

Where can I go in the Burlington VT area for rapid testing? And more importantly, I guess, how rapidly do you get the results?

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Don't know specifically about VT and Burlington, but most drug stores and walk in Doc In A Box clinics are doing testing. Rapid test is harder to find and around here is usually used for medical facilities (Nursing Homes, Rehab Clinics, that type of stuff that have a lab and medical personnel that can do the testing and results on site and faster turn around. I did a rapid test and they did not require the swab to be pushed up into the nose as far as some that send the traditional test out to a regional lab...)

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Originally Posted by El Chupacabra

Exterior phone box reveals old shit. Doesn't look too corroded. No place to plug in a test phone.

I replaced the DSL filters inside the house, and the static on the line is much much better. So that was at least part of the problem, if not all.

Mom's phone bill from AT&T shows she's paying for "WirePro", which Google says includes inside line repairs. Called AT&T and went through computer assistance, a tech is supposed to call me to schedule a visit.

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You have to have or make a Butt Set then (which most do not have in their tool kits.) But send a picture of the box as it could have a spot that you do not know how it works. To make your own butt set, you need 2 alligator clips, some RJ11 phone wire that you will cut off an end and strip back the silver satin insulation and attach the clips too. Then you plug the standard telephone in and clip onto the posts or wiring in the box for the tip and ring.

But if the Wirepro is being paid for and includes inside wiring then yes just get a AT&T phone repair tech out and have them do their testing and try the DSL. They should have meters to test the DSL high side of the line also as well as hopefully clear up the static and noise issues.

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Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn

This is a good excuse to never visit the Sunshine State again


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But I just waived inspection on my beach front high rise condo unit, what could go wrong..


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Originally Posted by AK47bp

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What’s the worst that can happen? I can’t rent a car in Florida?

Chances are I did it but oh well.

If you fail to pay a parking ticket what happens?


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The law they cite does allow the courts in FL to farm out collections to private attorneys. You might give the court a call and see if there really is charge against you. It does seem odd that the rental agency wouldn't pay the fine and charge your card. Maybe they didn't have your CC number any more when contacted by the court so just gave them your name and address.

If the charge is legit they should be able to tell you if the fine was farmed out to the lawyers who contacted you. The other possibility might be that the lawyers just went through a bunch of old court records looking for delinquent fines and is doing this on their own with no intention of turning the money over to the country. If it is legit I would pay the court directly if possible, rather than through the lawyers.

You might also want to confirm that they have the right guy--that the violation occurred when you rented the car in florida, if you can. Also go back through your old credit card charges and see if the rental company did in fact pay the fine and charge you and the county never recorded it as paid.

Might be worth writing the lawyers back, tell them the charge is in dispute, please confirm the date and time of the violation. Tell them you never received a citation--please send you a copy.

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Originally Posted by old goat

The law they cite does allow the courts in FL to farm out collections to private attorneys. You might give the court a call and see if there really is charge against you. It does seem odd that the rental agency wouldn't pay the fine and charge your card. Maybe they didn't have your CC number any more when contacted by the court so just gave them your name and address.

If the charge is legit they should be able to tell you if the fine was farmed out to the lawyers who contacted you. The other possibility might be that the lawyers just went through a bunch of old court records looking for delinquent fines and is doing this on their own with no intention of turning the money over to the country. If it is legit I would pay the court directly if possible, rather than through the lawyers.

You might also want to confirm that they have the right guy--that the violation occurred when you rented the car in florida, if you can. Also go back through your old credit card charges and see if the rental company did in fact pay the fine and charge you and the county never recorded it as paid.

Might be worth writing the lawyers back, tell them the charge is in dispute, please confirm the date and time of the violation. Tell them you never received a citation--please send you a copy.

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Thanks OG. I think I’ll contact the court directly.

Hard to justify paying a ticket I never received.


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Originally Posted by AK47bp

Thanks OG. I think I’ll contact the court directly.

Hard to justify paying a ticket I never received.


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You're welcome. I'll be sending you my bill. If you don't pay I'm sending it to collections.

We have a few from Italy. We really want to settle, but have no idea how.

We got 3 in Italy. Speed cameras*. The GPS warned us, too, but my wife refused to take it seriously. And one for driving somewhere in a closed-to-nonresidents area somewhere in the Val d'Aosta--at least that's what we think it was for. The ticket was in Italian. We had no trouble paying though. The rental car company saw to that.

*If you're an American tourist driving in Italy and you notice you're going faster than everyone else there's probably a good reason they're going slower.

yeah, don’t worry benny, they’ll just collect it from you on your next visit.

Parking in a restricted zone. Twice.

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Originally Posted by RShea

You have to have or make a Butt Set then (which most do not have in their tool kits.) But send a picture of the box as it could have a spot that you do not know how it works. To make your own butt set, you need 2 alligator clips, some RJ11 phone wire that you will cut off an end and strip back the silver satin insulation and attach the clips too. Then you plug the standard telephone in and clip onto the posts or wiring in the box for the tip and ring.

But if the Wirepro is being paid for and includes inside wiring then yes just get a AT&T phone repair tech out and have them do their testing and try the DSL. They should have meters to test the DSL high side of the line also as well as hopefully clear up the static and noise issues.

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I've left already - didn't photograph the phone box. But the WirePro service should cover it, if there is more to repair. I haven't heard from AT&T yet, but it's all been over the holiday weekend, so no surprise there.

Thanks for the detailed input though. This might come in handy if I have to try to diagnose it sometime in the future.

Put in another service call to AT&T and request them to install
a new box with a 'customer interface' and a 'whole house' DSL
filter there.
Depending on how much and many wireruns in the house this could
also improve the DSL service speed.

Can anyone report in on the the 4th carnage at Flowing Lake compound? I miss the reports.

Can anyone recommend a dual-hose portable a/c for a small room, around 200 square feet? Seems all the dual hose units I can find are for much bigger rooms, and I'm trying to avoid the single hose units because I understand they're cartoonishly inefficient.

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Originally Posted by Ski220

Put in another service call to AT&T and request them to install
a new box with a 'customer interface' and a 'whole house' DSL
filter there.
Depending on how much and many wireruns in the house this could
also improve the DSL service speed.

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Update: AT&T repair man called today from Mom's house, he found a wire in the phone box that was connecting to something it shouldn't have been (he was a little difficult to understand, so I'm not sure exactly what the issue was) - he disconnected mystery wire and had me call Mom's land line. Phone call was crystal clear.

Problem solved!

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Originally Posted by El Chupacabra

Update: AT&T repair man called today from Mom's house, he found a wire in the phone box that was connecting to something it shouldn't have been (he was a little difficult to understand, so I'm not sure exactly what the issue was) - he disconnected mystery wire and had me call Mom's land line. Phone call was crystal clear.

Problem solved!

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Wiretap. The next question is, what do the feds have on you and your mom?

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Originally Posted by zartagen

Wiretap. The next question is, what do the feds have on you and your mom?

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The call quality will go to shit tomorrow when they fire that repair man and hook the wiretap back up.