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@Jevrix9 We got our lot surveyed (houses built in the 50’s). Found our line goes thru neighbor’s bathroom & out his kitchen. I guess measurements weren’t very precise back then. He can never fence “his” yard now! because it’s ours!

So I emptied my savings and hired a forensic surveyor to verify the property line. The surveyor, a quiet guy named Mike, spent six hours outside with his tripod, GPS equipment, and county records. The whole time, he kept comparing the paperwork to Bill’s house. Then he’d check again. By late afternoon, Mike looked pale. At 4 PM, Bill walked outside with a smug grin. “Ready to tear that eyesore down?” he asked. Mike ignored him. He walked over to me and handed me a rolled-up subdivision blueprint from 1978. “Dave, your garage is completely fine,” he said quietly.

MY NEIGHBOR SUED ME FOR $5,000 OVER A FENCE. THE SURVEYOR ENDED UP HANDING ME HIS HOUSE. For six years, my neighbor Bill had been trying to get me fined by the city. He measured my grass with a ruler and complained about everything I did. Last month, he finally made his move. He sued me, claiming my detached garage crossed four inches onto his property. He demanded I pay to demolish it and cover all his legal fees. I begged him to settle. I told him I couldn’t afford to tear the garage down. Bill just laughed. “The law is the law, Dave. Maybe you should’ve measured twice.”

@jimmyfailla “Dam”, man, that was a great joke on Watters’ show tonight 🦫

@end3of6days9 B of A is the bank of “self-service” customer service, IMO. So, not surprised. Told me the branch mgr wd resolve my issue but gave me the same phone # “in case” I wanted to also call. The mgr never did anything. I had to do it.

This woman had a long-held Bank of America credit card that she kept strictly as her true emergency backup — one she rarely ever used and saved only for real crises. But after being t-boned in a car accident while pregnant (not her fault), she had to rely on it for necessary expenses like a rental car, doctor visits, fetal monitoring, and physical therapy. The bank actually called her about the activity. They seemed understanding at first… until they suddenly slashed her $10,000+ limit down to just $500 for “spending too much too fast” in a 30-day window and started hitting her with penalties. Have you ever had a bank or credit card company pull something like this on you when you were already dealing with a tough situation?

@CoffindafferFBI Can tell you’ve never had a fam memb in assisted living or a nursing home. It is NOT “the easy route”. You have to be on constant guard re: treatment, meds, living conditions, diet, theft, cleanliness, warehousing. It is by no means “easy”.

Nancy Guthrie Who gained from her abduction? This is the question investigators start with. Answer that question and you will find the person(s) responsible. Let's sort through them: Nancy: No. Nothing to gain. She was living her best life. This was not staged by her. Savannah: She was headed to Italy to cover the Olympics. Her show was doing great. She had a thriving family. She was on top of the World and loved her mother dearly. This abduction did not benefit Savannah...in anyway. Camron-He was retired in Vermont living his best life. He was worth at least $2 million. He had an amazing career as an F-16 Pilot and earned the rank of Colonol. He has 2 girls. Camron loved his mother. He had nothing to gain. Annie-She was also living her best life. Happily married by all reports. She was raising a young son. She was her mom's caretaker. By every account, she loved Nancy dearly. Savannah said she was indebted to Annie and her husband Tommaso for all they have done for Nancy. This wasn't a family who took the easy route by putting Nancy in a nursing home. This wasn't a family that used their wealth to hire a nurse to care for Nancy so they wouldn't have to. They loved her immensely. Annie had 0 to again from her mother's abduction. Anyone who cares for a loved one knows it can be hard at times but it is a labor of love. She ate Saturday night dinners and played mahjong with her mom for heaven's sake. She wanted Nancy in her life. Annie gained nothing but heartache. Tomasso-He was married to Annie for 20 years. His life was complete with a wife he loved, a son, and a thriving career as a teacher. He also spend his free time enjoying time with Nancy. He had nothing to gain from Nancy's abduction. In fact, his life has been turned upside-down with torment. So then Who? A greedy, resentful abductor who had everything to gain: *Initially, potential ransom until it went south. *Control *Infliction of pain on the Nancy & the Guthrie family *Notoriety. Even though unknown, he (they) get to read about what they did and watch the World marvel. That's why the notes went to the media. This was one of the chief gains they sought. Nancy/Savannah were the targets because of their wealth and because of the perpetrator(s) disdain for them. #NancyGuthrie #NancyGuthrieabduction

@DesireeAmerica4 Remember when Seattle let Amazon completely take over the downtown metro area? Tried a new ‘head tax’ & then Bezos built a “2nd HQ” in another state? Massive amts of vacant properties now. Repeat with Starbucks.

The state of Washington just learned a $100M lesson: You can’t tax people who have private jets to leave. ​Governor Ferguson pushed a 10% “Millionaire Tax,” and the response was instant. ​Starbucks? Nashville. Boeing? South Carolina. ​Sorry Bob, but your chess moves don't work when the pieces leave the board. Now what will happen to Washington?

@FarmGirlCarrie A friend closed his savings acct (6 years, $200k+ the entire time) & the bank charged him a $15 “cashier’s check fee” to give him his money. Made no effort to keep the account.

@KateriSeraphina …so if you have a loyalty card for a store & pay in cash - your purchases are tracked. Where, when, what.

Anonyme : Je suis commerçant une cliente habituée m’a dit : « Je ne paie plus qu’en liquide maintenant. » Je lui ai demandé pourquoi. Elle m’a répondu calmement : « Parce que je ne veux plus qu’on sache tout ce que j’achète, où je vais, à quelle heure. » Sur le coup, j’ai souri. Puis j’ai réfléchi toute la journée. Les banques ferment les distributeurs les uns après les autres. Ils nous disent que « ça coûte trop cher ». En réalité, plus d’argent liquide. Tout par carte, tout par smartphone. Sans compter les frais de transaction qui passent inaperçus pour le client, mais qui rapportent des milliards. C’est tellement plus pratique, n’est-ce pas ? Un petit bip et c’est réglé. Sauf que… Plus vous payez en carte ou en téléphone, plus ça peut donner une idée assez précise de ce que vous faites, où vous êtes, ce que vous mangez, ce que vous achetez, à quelle heure. Un simple clic administratif, un virus ou un bug et vos moyens de paiement sont bloqués. Vous pouvez vous retrouver sans solution immédiate. J’ai vu des personnes âgées complètement perdues parce qu’il n’y a plus de distributeur à moins de 3 km. J’ai vu des gens galérer parce qu’ils n’avaient plus que 15 € en billets et que leur carte avait été bloquée. On nous vend du confort. On nous vend de la modernité. Mais on nous retire, petit à petit, la dernière forme de liberté : payer sans laisser de trace. Moi, je continue à accepter le liquide sans broncher. Et je retire encore des billets régulièrement. Pas par nostalgie. Par principe. Parce que quand tout sera digital, un simple bouton suffira à mettre quelqu’un en difficulté du jour au lendemain. Et vous, vous payez encore en liquide de temps en temps ? Ou vous avez déjà complètement basculé dans le sans-contact ? Je suis curieux de lire vos retours. Note: Une pensée qui donne à réfléchir.

@wynrosei Once I had a friend 250 mi away from my metro area go get tickets for me because I knew the line in his town would be a lot shorter than in my city. 👍👍👍 plus, I didn’t have to miss work to wait in line

I’m curious : Before the digital era, how did people get concert tickets? 40 thousand people lining up outside the stadium????

@wynrosei The radio told you the date tickets would go on sale. You were in line @ the ticket seller’s door that morning.

@DrBennyRush @iky_fwjett Hospital has been there since the 1940’s - early 50’s. It is THE premier children’s hospital for a multi-state area.

@iky_fwjett Was the neighborhood there first or the hospital? Feel like it’s important context if you buy a house knowing the flights will happen or not. Like if they build an airport across the street from my house tomorrow I’d be kind of annoyed tbh

So there’s this super rich neighborhood in Seattle. Laurelhurst. They are situated next to a children’s hospital. They decided that the helicopter sound is too loud for them. The helicopters that life flight critically injured children to the hospital. So if a child needs to be taken by helicopter, the pilot has to land a mile away from the hospital. An ambulance will be there to take the child the remaining distance. This is to ensure that the super rich people don’t have to hear helicopters.

@iky_fwjett When I worked there I learned the hosp has to report on each heli landing that occurs at the hosp proper - to assure the neighborhood it was needed & that the pad 1 mile away could not have been used, & why.

@newstart_2024 Every couple and family you see on TV ads now is a mix of races I rarely-to-never see in real life. Are these the customers they are appealing to? If so, it’s a very small % of the market.

Adam Carolla watched a Volkswagen commercial and had the same reaction most people probably did: “Wait… what am I even looking at?” In the ad, a biracial gay couple drives off in a Tiguan and basically adopts a sheep like it’s a rescue dog. Carolla pointed out on the Megyn Kelly Show that you have to watch it multiple times just to remember they’re trying to sell an SUV. The messaging became so layered that the actual product got lost. It’s a perfect snapshot of how far some advertising has drifted — prioritizing social signaling over clarity. When the story overshadows the product that badly, something’s off in the creative brief. Good advertising used to understand human nature and sell effectively. When it stops doing that, brands lose customers and audiences tune out the noise. I think Carolla’s frustration resonates because a lot of us are tired of feeling lectured in every commercial instead of just being shown why something is worth buying. Have you noticed ads that felt more like statements than actual selling? Which ones stand out to you?

@WallStreetApes Friend worked at a cherry packing plant. She said once she saw how they make maraschino cherries, she never ate another one.

Okay, this blew my mind This is a can of black olives “with no artificial colors.” These are the olives we’ve all eaten in America They aren’t black. Not even close, but they taste exactly the same The color is more of a lighter/ medium brown shade rather than a dark black color Of course I had to look into this, Traditional super dark black olives we know in America are picked green and unripe. They’re treated with lye, exposed to oxygen, and then stabilized with ferrous gluconate. This fixes a consistent, deep black color The black olives we all know and love should actually look like this in the video…..

@FemcelCollector Last week I paid my property taxes at the County. Guy in line asks $ amt due for ‘25 & ‘26 for a certain parcel. After the clerk tells him the amt, he says “So if I pay that, I now own the house - right?” Like, WHAT?? NO!!

Real conversation at the Post Office: "I want to return this letter, the last name is mine but this first name Rosario or something - they don't live at my address." Clerk: "It says Residence..." "Nobody by that name lives at my address." Clerk: " tax bureau...it's your taxes..." "I refuse it, I'm refusing it - no one lives there by that name." *walks out* Bro, they're going to find you.

@RiseAgainstEvil Didn’t Hunter Biden & fam recently move there?

64-year-old Karin van Aardt from Nelspruit (Mpumalanga) flew into Cape Town with her husband Herman to celebrate their only granddaughter’s 8th birthday. They rented a car at the airport and headed toward Vredenburg. Minutes later, at a traffic light on Jakes Gerwel Drive in Bonteheuwel, a "smash-and-grab" turned deadly. A man smashed the window, lunged in, and repeatedly stabbed Karin while trying to grab her handbag. She died in front of her husband. This wasn’t a remote farm or isolated area. This was right near Cape Town International Airport, in broad daylight, on a route thousands of visitors and locals use daily. Another innocent life violently taken in a country where violent crime has become routine. Families can’t even travel safely to see their grandchildren.

@WallStreetApes A WA chain discount furniture store did something similar in the 90’s. Friend had been watching a desk for months. It finally went on sale & the “regular price” was far higher than it had ever been. She called ‘em on it!

Another ‘conspiracy theory’ being proven true The state of Washington is suing grocery store chain Albertsons What they found was when they would do a ‘Buy 1 get 1 free sale,’ they would first mark up the price to offset the sale As soon as the sale ended, they would re-lower the prices Everything is now a scam “The state says the stores brought in as much as $19 million through those disputed transactions”

@HEMS_Tool Lifelong Seattleite. I worked there & I was stunned to learn the neighborhood controls the heli landings. The hospital must substantiate the need for each landing at the hosp. Too much noise! So…who was there first??? and who saves lives???

@washghost1 Been using these for 8 years👍👍👍 Read the current issue of Consumer Reports.

My next washer and dryer will definitely be a speed queen

@MrPitbull07 Know someone with a gravel path at their house, at the end of a cul de sac…on drone views & GPS maps it looks as tho it’s a skinny continuation of the street. People think they can drive up the cul de sac, up their path, & onto the main road.

For three years, every GPS system routed tourists to Elk Falls, Oregon, down Birch Lane instead of Birch Street. Different road entirely. Dead-ended at Connie Valdez's sheep farm. Connie handled it graciously at first. Put up a sign. Then a bigger sign. By year two she was averaging nineteen lost cars a week. She started selling lemonade and wool scarves from a folding table at the dead end. Made $1,400 in one summer. The city council petitioned Google, Apple, and Garmin. No response. So in March 2024, they officially renamed Birch Lane to "Not Birch Street." Tourism doubled.

@KeruboSk My grandma. Born in 1889. She was part of my growing up, clear thru high school.

Just out of curiosity… who out there has actually talked to someone born in the 1800s during their lifetime?