The "What's on your mind?" thread

[Gold Ranger]

I finally found the thing I was reading about the banks...

Banks don't lend you their money when you take credit, they are allowed to just credit you account with the agreed amount just out of "thin air."
What do you think inflation is?
You create more of something and it becomes worth less. Inflation wasn't really a thing until recently, figuratively speaking.

This is the part that got me:

so this money that doesn't exist and that they never owned or had,
Then gets paid back to them with an interest charge on top of it. While you are working your arse off for your own money, they are "printing" their own money and getting paid for it! A double pay day foe them with them ever even having to expend any effort.

[civiclx]

I didn't know what the difference was between an Orson Welles and a H.G. Wells is but I do now!

[civiclx]

Originally Posted by Xtempo

didn't the EU like ban us from travel. I know we can go over to the UK but anything on the mainland we can't go to because of trump.

I meant to reply to this much sooner. Yes, I think we are banned right now but of course I mean sometime in the future. I'd like to get back there sooner than later. I have mentioned several times how much I love traveling and just thinking about it. I've made several European friends online and I think my next trip will be inspired by meeting them. Normally it's scenery but I think next time, I'll purposely pick a country where I know someone. I have a feeling it will be Slovenia to meet a friend named Barbara who I've known for about 12 years now. Have never met properly so that would be really nice.

[hockeyshark91]

There are only four places in the entire world that I would love to visit someda.
🇸🇬 Singapore 🇯🇵 Japan 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇮🇸 Iceland
And they’re in no particular order. I hear them calling out to me like no other places. Someday.

[Member-244966]

Wishing this heat would let up. Some rain soon would be nice.

[Member-222782]

Just got a strange email from Target asking me to update my payment. Last thing I ordered was the Back to the Future 4K set, which doesn't come out til October. My payment went through fine when I ordered the set more than a week ago

[BeastCreatureTrapper]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Just got a strange email from Target asking me to update my payment. Last thing I ordered was the Back to the Future 4K set, which doesn't come out til October. My payment went through fine when I ordered the set more than a week ago

Obviously, never ever trust an email to actually be from the merchant. Always go directly to the merchant's site itself, log in, and check messages and updates there. Never ever click on a link through the email. If it's a scam email, it will just take you to a fake site that looks and functions like the legit one, all to get you to submit your personal info.

These scammers throw lines out like this all the time. You usually don't notice because most of their bait doesn't match up to you, with merchants you've never been associated with. So, they keep on churning out the spam and BOOM, hey there's a Target one and now you have a history and a doubt enough to consider it....

But, don't. It's most likely a scam. Handle your business at the website. Never through an email.

[civiclx]

Was on Michael Fassbender's IMDb page earlier and saw in the trivia section that he was going to be in Danny Boyle's film Trance. Apparently the part went to Vincent Cassel who I really like. I'm now wondering if I rented Trance because it sounds familiar.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Think I am done trying new flavors of Bang. They all taste the same and the ones that don't are done better by Reign.

[y2jman]

trying to figure something out I know you couldn't order different sellers 1 payment mercari website

so last night I saw somebody had an item 13 bucks and another 15 bucks both free shipping I don't really used app 1st time so I thought in my mind be 1 payment pay 29 bucks all together

well after I hit payment and I saw cost i see wifi internet connection problems go back to app 1 of the items disappeared get email then got another email form other item

so i was charge 2 times?on app technically i did pay 29 bucks but still can a person not order items different sellers on app have it 1 payment or like website 2 different payments?

[Xtempo]

I wish I had my stuff so I can stop planning things like actually go through and sell stuff along with playing games reading books using computers and other HT stuff I don't have with me. I also need money to get a new TV stand which I've planned with the equipment layout. its annoying, but I can't leave just yet to get it. Also need to figure out a trailer and that. my obsessive thinking is getting worse. I'm sorta maniac but not completely

[Waboman]

The wife flushed the toilet and at the exact same time accidentally knocked a pill bottle into the flushing water and it's now lodged down there. Too far to reach. What are the odds of that? Of course it's the main bathroom on the main floor. She's like should we call a plumber? Nein, woman! I'm not paying a plumber $400. I'll call a couple buddies who have a righteous set of tools and we'll bust it out. Cost me some beer and a pizza. Now you know it will never work out like I have planned in my head. Should probably just call the plumber. Uff da. It's always something.

[Batman1980]

LOL got $500 from NMSU yesterday, some residual CARES Act funds. Barely worked since March due to government shutdowns of my work so I'll take it. Not looking forward to work but gotta pay the bills somehow till I graduate and/or get another job. Uff da!

[civiclx]

I want to watch something cute that makes me smile,so I’m going to watch the JoJo Rabbit trailer.

Speaking of cute, I was eating lunch today (dine out) and this guy walks by with a dog and about 20 yards ahead he passes this woman with two small kids, a girl and a boy. The little boy looked to be about three or so and he squats down when the puppy comes up and it was pretty cute. The puppy didn’t seem quite as into him but it was still

[MazeRunner]

How the hell did the book I ordered off Ebay end up in Alaska? I'm in the Midwest and it shipped from Texas.

[Xtempo]

Originally Posted by MazeRunner

How the hell did the book I ordered off Ebay end up in Alaska? I'm in the Midwest and it shipped from Texas.

we live in strange times. I've had this happen too.

[Gold Ranger]

I live in West Virginia.
I ordered something online from Mercari.
The person lives maybe two hours away in Virginia.
My package went to California!

[CyberpunkCentral]

Oh for the love of ****! It rains every ****ing day here. How the hell am I ever going to go walk to the store like this. -______-

[Batman1980]

Have decided to move Friday's upper body session at the gym to tomorrow so I have a bit more time before work to relax. Hopefully this will be the last time for awhile, prefer to enjoy Saturdays as much as I can. Soon I will need as much of Saturday free as possible to focus on my studies.

[Xtempo]

When I going to hear something? I need to hear back from SS by the end of the month so I start planning things or go from planning to doing like a trip if possible unless KY is shut down to get the rest of my stuff and be moved in completely. and sell some items to get other stuff I want.

And above all I am looking forward to getting a cat. I love animals and everything would be better if I take care of one again though it would be very different from my baby Chinese dwarf hamster I had a few years ago but I have friends and cousins with cats so shouldn't be a problem. just finding the right one and want to start.