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Out in the western US Blue Chip Stamps were very popular. We were married in 1970 and we used our Blue Chip Stamp books to obtain two of our very first furnishings- rather nice table lamps for the living room. They are still lighting our living room…
I got to remembering... years ago when I was a radio tech at SF 911 there was a management type guy who seriously proposed a voice-prompt system at 911 to solve a perennial problem of staff shortage.
If you are being murdered, please press "1"...
Hey, DJT is down another 10% or so today. Kind of like falling steak knives.
Note to @David_Snowball - You started all of this- surely you must have known better... :)
Only us old guys remember all this stuff. There are new generations just waiting to be taught all this the hard way. Some of those old gas-station steak knives weren't too bad... we still have a couple of those.
:)
Well, for the steak knives I might be tempted. But more than likely the offer will be for a free bible. (just pay $60 processing & handling fee)
Lessee here... how about for 1000 shares a free pair of golden sneakers! (just pay small additional…
Possibly some airlines (United comes to mind) are testing versions of "AM", an offshoot of AI:
Artificial Maintenance.
It's a natural companion to AI (Artificial Inspection) as developed by Boeing.
It's worth noting that there is only one post in this thread which consists of unhinged political ranting. Following blindly in the manner of his chosen political leader, this individual frequently initiates such drivel. Unable to convince by facts …
I'd think that the nature of the part time jobs would depend very much on the needs and desires of the job holder. If it's one of those "we will call you when we need you and you had better respond" type of "jobs", then that's total crap.
However …
"Notes with a pencil? again, are you serious? notes are entered into the system so the next customer rep can see them."
I'm afraid that I have to agree with Crash on that one. I recently had to knock heads at our San Francisco neighborhood Schwab o…
@Crash- Well, that's a different kettle of fish, and I certainly have to agree with you. In most large businesses the concept of decent customer service is now an anachronism. Again though, being required to use Schwab chat because of my hearing iss…
@Crash- As FD1000 is suggesting, some self-educational effort is required on your part to get a feel for how the Schwab site (or any other financial site) is laid out. For instance, a number of times you've complained about how everything is "hidden…
"So, who wants to deal with a brokers who couldn't fix this in the 2 year window? "
Well, if Schwab is any example, the question might actually be "who wants to deal with brokers who delayed fixing this until the very last day in the 2 year window?…
@MikeW- For years I have posted excerpts, both edited and unedited, and always specify those conditions. Also, I give credit to, and provide a link directly back to the original information source. So far there have been no complaints regarding this…
First, note that all of the "Preferred" CDs shown are new issues. OK, the "Quoted price" simply means that if you wanted to buy $1.00 of a particular CD the cost to you is $1.00 (100%). You will find that there are also older CDs out there, paying r…
"What I saw scared me away."
@Crash- to amplify what larryB said:
• Open Schwab to Accounts: Summary
• On top line, next to "Summary", click "Trade"
• On "Trade" window click "CDs"
That brings up a simple page with a list of ten or so one-year CDs…
And here I thought that the "fair market value" was whatever number the market actually placed on a listed "security", or maybe the guesstimate value that the market would likely place on a security if it wasn't actually for sale, but were to be off…
"I think our elected politicians are the rascals that allow all these shenanigans continue."
"Rascals" and "shenanigans" is a MUCH too gentle terminology.
AT&T has said that "the data set appears to be from 2019 or earlier", so hopefully anyone joining AT&T after that timeframe has not been compromised. Yet. Today. Maybe.
@Mark- You know, the AT&T thing is just the latest and maybe not even the greatest. It was the tipping point for us, though in retrospect I think that we should have frozen our info at the credit agencies a long time ago.
• There have been and…
"Not too long ago I sought out a global allocation fund that invested in all ranges of assets, regardless of region or size."
Many moons ago I tried for several years to achieve something close to that using various funds of the American Funds comp…
