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[quote=Mattyk;757977]Could be worse, at least you're not dead. ;)[/quote]Well this post seems cryptic. Matty, are you planning to off OTM?!?!? Please don't.

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well there is good news, with my orig lenders long delay it gave me time to find a new lender who is giving me 4.25 vs 4.685. that and im pretty sure i dont have to go to a ravens home game ever again.

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Speaking of fees, how about simple tickets from officers.

I got busy this month and didn't get my inspection renewed. I'm in the wrong on this and I know it. It's my responsibility to keep it up to date and I didn't so no arguing with the officer. Accept it and move on.

However, going to pay a 30 dollar ticket it somehow skyrockets to 115. Am I the only one that feels that paying 'court costs' when you pre-pay a ticket is unreal? If the fine is 30 bucks, fine me 30 bucks. Don't dare tell me processing a ticket costs you 85 dollars.

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;757857]Dumbasses who come into Gamestop where I work and ask me where the games are[/quote]

Where are the games?
No problem....over there....check out the "Stay Alive".

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[quote=Daseal;757990]Speaking of fees, how about simple tickets from officers.

I got busy this month and didn't get my inspection renewed. I'm in the wrong on this and I know it. It's my responsibility to keep it up to date and I didn't so no arguing with the officer. Accept it and move on.

However, going to pay a 30 dollar ticket it somehow skyrockets to 115. Am I the only one that feels that paying 'court costs' when you pre-pay a ticket is unreal? If the fine is 30 bucks, fine me 30 bucks. Don't dare tell me processing a ticket costs you 85 dollars.[/quote]

Yeah that's where they get you, they call it a surcharge tax in NY. A $50 ticket turns into $125 no problem.

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[quote=saden1;757953]I went to ATL to attend a wedding the last few days. If there's any industry that really knows how to nickel and dime you it's the car rental business. Renting a car for two days costs $36.70 USD but the fees take the cost to another level. Here is how Hertz fee's break down:
[LIST][*]Airport concession fee recovery ($4.51) - This fee is to reimburse Hertz for concession fees paid to the airport (hotel or train station) for each rental.[*]Vehicle Licensing Cost Recovery ($2.94) - This fee is for Hertz' recovery of the proportionate amount of vehicle registration, licensing and related fees applicable to a rental.[*]Customer Facility Charge ($10.00) - The Airport requires that all car rental companies collect this fee. The money collected is used to pay for new car rental facilities.[*]Energy Surcharge ($1.03) - The costs of energy needed to support our business operations have escalated considerably. To offset the increasing costs of utilities, bus fuel, oil and grease, etc., Hertz is separately imposing an Energy Surcharge.[/LIST]Total Fees: $18.48


So f'cking disgustingly annoying.[/quote]

Sounds like all the taxes attached to utility bills.:)

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I pick up the new washer and dryer I got my wife and after spending $1650 for the two when I get home I find out the dryer does not come with a power cord. WTF

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[quote=Mattyk;758004]Yeah that's where they get you, they call it a surcharge tax in NY. A $50 ticket turns into $125 no problem.[/quote]

Never prepay a ticket. Go to court and they will usually drop the fine amount and prevent the insurance pts.

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[quote=hooskins;758016]Never prepay a ticket. Go to court and they will usually drop the fine amount and prevent the insurance pts.[/quote]

Oh yeah no doubt. Still doesn't get you out of the $75 surcharge fee here though.

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[quote=hooskins;758016]Never prepay a ticket. Go to court and they will usually drop the fine amount and prevent the insurance pts.[/quote]

Idk where you live but I've never had that experience. I've gone to court every time, I've taken driver improvement clinics when applicable of my own free will, I've done everything I could to get the charges reduced and in the end it hasn't done anything to help my cause. Especially not in Fairfax County, they are notorious hard asses up there.

@Daseal: Did you get pulled over in Fairfax? That's standard prodecure from what I know, I've had to pay that on all my tickets as well.

You know what grinds my gears mildly? People putting up Christmas decorations in late October/early November. I saw a house on my block that already had Christmas lights up and running before Halloween. I can't understand it? And I've seen more decorations put up since Halloween is over, it's like people forgot about Thanksgiving or something. In my house decorations only go up after Thanksgiving, and definitely not before. It's like stores I see that start selling Christmas gear in late September. It makes no sense.

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Yeah and those same people that are putting up x-mas lights now will leave them up til spring. I don't have a problem with leaving them up necessarily, just don't keep lighting them after mid-January is all I ask.

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[quote=hooskins;758016]Never prepay a ticket. Go to court and they will usually drop the fine amount and prevent the insurance pts.[/quote]

Dude, I've been to court 3 times, ALL for crap offenses, and 2 out of 3 times I've paid double what I would have paid if I had pre-paid. The third time it was equal AND I paid an attorney to represent me. :(

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[quote=Mattyk;758114]Yeah and those same people that are putting up x-mas lights now will leave them up til spring. I don't have a problem with leaving them up necessarily, just don't keep lighting them after mid-January is all I ask.[/quote]

Is it just me or does Christmas start earlier and earlier every year? I saw people putting them up pre-Halloween this year.

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Probably depends on a lot of factors, but if you don't have any recent offenses most times you can get off with a lesser offense. Just been my experience.

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;758120]Is it just me or does Christmas start earlier and earlier every year? I saw people putting them up pre-Halloween this year.[/quote]

I heard they want to add 2 more games to the Christmas season......
WHEN is enough....enough?

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Think it's about time for a bump...

I see this all the time in my neighborhood, why do people leave their garage doors open all the time? I understand it's a convenient way in and out, but can't you just close that thing once in a while?

People who lie with bad intentions. I feel like if I'm being honest, you should be too. Honesty is always the best policy.

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big chicks in bikinis

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Long winded people really tick me off. Get to the point and stop wasting my time.

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[quote=Mattyk;860573]Think it's about time for a bump...

I see this all the time in my neighborhood, why do people leave their garage doors open all the time? I understand it's a convenient way in and out, but can't you just close that thing once in a while?[/quote]


Or people who dont pull their trash can back up?!?!!?

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[quote=mooby;860578]People who lie with bad intentions. I feel like if I'm being honest, you should be too. [B]Honesty is always the best policy[/B].[/quote]


Completely agree. But what if youre lieing with good intentions?

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[quote=Chico23231;860584]big chicks in bikinis[/quote]


Big chicks in general

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[quote=Mattyk;860588]Long winded people really tick me off. Get to the point and stop wasting my time.[/quote]

I got a person like that at my work but she also has bad breath. Its horrible

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[quote=mlmpetert;860594]I got a person like that at my work but she also has bad breath. Its horrible[/quote]

ouch, that's double trouble

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[quote=mlmpetert;860590]Or people who dont pull their trash can back up?!?!!?[/quote]

yeah and it gets blown into the street or down the block

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[quote=Mattyk;860588]Long winded people really tick me off. Get to the point and stop wasting my time.[/quote]


I think that qualifies every one from the mid-west. Seriously ever mid-western I ever meet just goes on and on and on.

Girl in my office I will seriously walk away from her and she is still talking. She picks up no social ques that you are tired of listening to her. We all say she tells stories in real time, so if the event she is telling you about took 4 hours it will take 4 hours for her to tell you the story.

Growing up my little sister was a bit of carry on'er when telling a story. So if at dinner she was going on and on I would hold up my knife and point to the point of the knife, meaning to her get to the point.

After all that I made a long winded post about long winded story tellers, how ironic. =)

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[quote=mredskins;860605]I think that qualifies every one from the mid-west. Seriously ever mid-western I ever meet just goes on and on and on.

Girl in my office I will seriously walk away from her and she is still talking. She picks up no social ques that you are tired of listening to her. We all say she tells stories in real time, so if the event she is telling you about took 4 hours it will take 4 hours for her to tell you the story.

Growing up my little sister was a bit of carry on'er when telling a story. So if at dinner she was going on and on I would hold up my knife and point to the point of the knife, meaning to her get to the point.

After all that I made a long winded post about long winded story tellers, how ironic. =)[/quote]I stopped reading this post after the first sentence.

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[quote=mredskins;860605]I think that qualifies every one from the mid-west. Seriously ever mid-western I ever meet just goes on and on and on.

Girl in my office I will seriously walk away from her and she is still talking. She picks up no social ques that you are tired of listening to her. We all say she tells stories in real time, so if the event she is telling you about took 4 hours it will take 4 hours for her to tell you the story.

Growing up my little sister was a bit of carry on'er when telling a story. So if at dinner she was going on and on I would hold up my knife and point to the point of the knife, meaning to her get to the point.

After all that I made a long winded post about long winded story tellers, how ironic. =)[/quote]

tl;dr

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Suck for Luck grinds my gears.

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[quote=mlmpetert;860592]Completely agree. But what if youre lieing with good intentions?[/quote]

That's a gray area. I think that would depend on the situation. But either way, whenever I lie with good intentions at heart, I know sooner or later the truth will be told because I don't like keeping things to myself. And I would prefer to be the person who told someone the truth instead of the person holding something back, because if someone else were to tell the person I was keeping something from, I wouldn't want them coming to me wanting to know why I kept something from them.

But like I said, gray area. Because sometimes I prefer instead of lying to people, just withholding info from them can do the same thing. Keep things need to know, ya know?

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[quote=Mattyk;860588]Long winded people really tick me off. Get to the point and stop wasting my time.[/quote]

:(

I honestly love being thorough when I'm telling a story, or talking to someone. I feel like if I cut it short I'm half assing it. But that's not to say I'm long winded all the time, only when I feel it's appropriate. I have enough social cues to know when to wrap it up.

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Having to work all of next week and spending Thanksgiving alone, while my family is out of town. Ugh. And to make matters worse, we're understaffed and overbooked. Again. Hello overtime.

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People who don't wipe down equipment at the gym.

Seriously, people, this isn't your personal gym. The gym is also one of the most common places to pass disgusting viral infections and whatever else to other people. That's why they provide you with free f'n wipes to wipe the shit down. It's not just for show. So get off your lazy asses and wipe the f'n shit down. I feel like I'm going to go crazy for wiping down machines before and after I use them.

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[quote=mooby;860664]People who don't wipe down equipment at the gym.

Seriously, people, this isn't your personal gym. The gym is also one of the most common places to pass disgusting viral infections and whatever else to other people. That's why they provide you with free f'n wipes to wipe the shit down. It's not just for show. So get off your lazy asses and wipe the f'n shit down. I feel like I'm going to go crazy for wiping down machines before and after I use them.[/quote]

I hate that too. And then they leave that huge sweat stain where their head was on the equipment. Bleh! I bring my own towel to wipe after I use the equip just cuz I'm a bit lazy and don't like going to the wipes to wipe after each piece of equipment.

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[quote=DynamiteRave;860670]I hate that too. [B]And then they leave that huge sweat stain where their head was on the equipment[/B]. Bleh! I bring my own towel to wipe after I use the equip just cuz I'm a bit lazy and don't like going to the wipes to wipe after each piece of equipment.[/quote]


Yup! I mean I leave a huge sweat stain too but I don't leave it there for other people to clean up. It's common courtesy. Especially on the crunches machines.

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scratched CDs

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Lately it's been two things grinding my gears.

1- the local pro teams playing horribly.

And

2- all this balance the budget BS. How our politicians want to take money away from the American people through Social Security and Medicade and Medicare basically hurting the American public, but they think it's ok to give billions of dollars to Pakistan and other Middle East countries who don't like the USA and don't vote for American interests in the UN.

How our country throws money at other countries who have had a Natural Disaster but don't have a problem with taking from its own people.

How the Gov would rather make its own people suffer before cutting military spending, money to the CIA, and other Gov agencies. How they want to steal from the elderly before they themselves start taking major pay cuts.

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[quote=SBXVII;860769]Lately it's been two things grinding my gears.

1- the local pro teams playing horribly.

And

2- all this balance the budget BS. How our politicians want to take money away from the American people through Social Security and Medicade and Medicare basically hurting the American public, but they think it's ok to give billions of dollars to Pakistan and other Middle East countries who don't like the USA and don't vote for American interests in the UN.

How our country throws money at other countries who have had a Natural Disaster but don't have a problem with taking from its own people.

How the Gov would rather make its own people suffer before cutting military spending, money to the CIA, and other Gov agencies. How they want to steal from the elderly before they themselves start taking major pay cuts.[/quote]

I have no problem with balancing the budget as long as it is done by returning tax rates on the rich to where they were in the 1990's. Remember the '90's, when the economy was so robust that we had the largest surplus in American history? Then we don't have to cut benefits needed by poorer folks, as you indicate. Recent history tells us that to make our country healthy we should raise taxes on the rich.

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[quote=Lotus;860805]I have no problem with balancing the budget as long as it is done by returning tax rates on the rich to where they were in the 1990's. Remember the '90's, when the economy was so robust that we had the largest surplus in American history? Then we don't have to cut benefits needed by poorer folks, as you indicate. Recent history tells us that to make our country healthy we should raise taxes on the rich.[/quote]

Politician would say "you're sounding too reasonable to follow."

Let's not ruin a good thread with politics


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