I have really nice boots, which I have not worn for the past two years. Not enough snow to need them. I get by with my merrell shearling clogs.
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I have really nice boots, which I have not worn for the past two years. Not enough snow to need them. I get by with my merrell shearling clogs.
Dawgluver
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I have a great boot collection, they've all gotten a great workout!
These are the very comfy boots I wear most of the time. They have a zipper on the side, so I don't have to faff with the laces very often.
Dawgluver
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I had a pair of Dad's old flight boots that I wore out.
Yeah, I was noticing that they could use a good polish, but that's an old picture.I see your boots got a great workout too!
Cooking Goddess
Chef Extraordinaire
I swear I will be dead before I can get health coverage through this very mucked-up system.
Hopefully the government will not require me to have health insurance when I'm dead, but one can never tell. After all, the tome dictating this system is over 2000 pages long.
Aunt Bea
Master Chef
I swear I will be dead before I can get health coverage through this very mucked-up system.Hopefully the government will not require me to have health insurance when I'm dead, but one can never tell. After all, the tome dictating this system is over 2000 pages long.
I hope you can get this squared away!
I signed up in NYS and have had no problems since the initial bumps when the exchange first went live. It is saving me a great deal over my previous plan administered by the same provider, go figure!
Keep trying, I think it will payoff in the long run!
bakechef
Executive Chef
Got my car back finally on Wednesday, went to return the rental car and the adjuster didn't set it up to be on their dime. Couldn't get a hold of anyone locally and the national office wasn't much help. Payed the bill ($545) and left. Finally got in touch with the adjuster on Thursday. He got a copy of the bill and brought me a check at work yesterday.
I was hoping that it wasn't going to turn into much of a hassle, luckily he got things fixed without me getting too wound up!
Other than this bump, this ordeal was much less hassle than I anticipated. I am glad to get my car back. It is great knowing where every button and knob is without looking. The rental was very nice, but had about 100 too many buttons! I love technology, but I don't like fiddling while driving just to adjust the temperature.
I was hoping that it wasn't going to turn into much of a hassle, luckily he got things fixed without me getting too wound up!
Other than this bump, this ordeal was much less hassle than I anticipated. I am glad to get my car back. It is great knowing where every button and knob is without looking. The rental was very nice, but had about 100 too many buttons! I love technology, but I don't like fiddling while driving just to adjust the temperature.
roadfix
Chef Extraordinaire
Same here. I enrolled in mid-November and coverage became effective Jan 1. I also elected to stay with the same provider, Kaiser Permanente, although there were several other less expensive plan choices offered by other providers.
I'm saving over 75% in monthly preminums, pocket change copays, and no deductibles for my wife and I.
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Chief Longwind Of The North
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Because welfare money should be used to support life, not lifestyle. There are, unfortunately, people who will misuse welfare money that should be supporting others, who can't get it due to red tape, or lack of available funds.
The few, as always, mess up things for the majority.
Seeeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
How the heck do they plan to "bar welfare money from use in strip clubs, casinos"? Special, marked money? Does that mean the grocer who accepts this cash for food can't spend it in a strip club or casino?
Actually, that tends to work well. Now all the kids are on the case of the misbehaving kid.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
I suppose the grocer turns those dollars turns them in to the state for reimbursement.
Aunt Bea
Master Chef
In many places the money is deposited to a benefit card similar to a debit card. The "Gentleman's Clubs" and casinos have unique merchant category codes that can be restricted by the credit card processor that issues the benefit cards for the department of social services. I suppose every little bit helps, but IMO it is a symbolic change and of little value in preventing fraud.
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Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
We have EBT cards. They are like a debit card. You swipe them just like you would a credit or debit card. They are going to be changing the bar code so that only approved purchases will allow money to come out of the account to pay for them.
In this state you have to apply as a merchant for the right to accept EBT payees. If you get caught accepting an EBT payment for an activity that is not approved, you lose your card swipe and are heavily fined and could go to prison. When a merchant accepts an EBT card, the money is transferred from the recipient's account to the account of the merchant. The recipient can receive cash back after she approves the payment to the merchant.
We do have a problem at present with money being spent in liquor stores. They sell soda, so the dishonest ones will also make the purchase of liquor be listed as soda. Or the recipient will get cash back and spend it in the liquor store. The problems are with the little Mom and Pop corner stores. The big chain stores never violate the rules.
Chief Longwind Of The North
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It's just a shame that so many people think that the world owes them a living. I personally think that if a person is able bodied, but can't find a job, then options should be made for them to work for the state, maybe at a community farm where the food from the farm is used to help those on who want to work, but can't find a job. Of course arrangements would need to be made for child care. If the person working in the field doesn't like the job, then they could train for a job they would like to work at.
The point is, if they work for their sustenance, they develop pride in their own ability, and that they are working for their living. And those trying to sponge off of the system, find that they may be working harder than if they were working at another kind of job. At the very least, the work could be temporary until a better job is found.
I wonder how many people would be on welfare if they had work presented to them as a requirement for assistance.
Seeeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
The point is, if they work for their sustenance, they develop pride in their own ability, and that they are working for their living. And those trying to sponge off of the system, find that they may be working harder than if they were working at another kind of job. At the very least, the work could be temporary until a better job is found.
I wonder how many people would be on welfare if they had work presented to them as a requirement for assistance.
Seeeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
vitauta
Executive Chef
sure is sounding like a political discussion to me....
