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There's probably a fee associated with closing early (most bank have those anyway)and they may require a certain number of bill pays/time frame of activity before they hand it over.
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Robin Sparkles posted:Has anyone opened a bank account just to get a free gift before? One of my local banks is offering a free tablet if you fulfill two of three steps by August 30th, which I can easily do. (bill payment and direct debit) The monthly fee is $14.99, so I'd have to pay this once. Would I really get a tablet for $15? Is there any catch I can't see, such as a minimum time to keep the account open? Huntersoninski posted:There's probably a fee associated with closing early (most bank have those anyway)and they may require a certain number of bill pays/time frame of activity before they hand it over. There usually is a time requirement. Capital One bank had a $200 bonus if you opened an account and had a direct deposit, but you had to keep it open for 6 months. There may have also been a minimum balance.
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Robin Sparkles posted:Has anyone opened a bank account just to get a free gift before? One of my local banks is offering a free tablet if you fulfill two of three steps by August 30th, which I can easily do. (bill payment and direct debit) The monthly fee is $14.99, so I'd have to pay this once. Would I really get a tablet for $15? Is there any catch I can't see, such as a minimum time to keep the account open?
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May 29, 2013 14:11
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Baron Bifford posted:The medieval definition of "outlaw" was someone who was declared outside the protection of the law - ie fair game for any lynch mob. In westerns, criminals are commonly called "outlaws", but how can they be outlaws by the classic definition? I thought the constitution guaranteed that everyone has certain rights that can never be stripped. People have already addressed the linguistics aspects of your question, but just to expand a bit on the constitutional question, during much of the period in which westerns took place, the constitution had very little impact on average peoples daily lives. Until the adoption of the 14th amendment those certain rights could never be stripped by the federa government. State governments could do what they wished. Even now, with the exception of the 13th amendment (can't have slaves anymore), the individual rights guarantees of the constitution are binding on state actors only. It does not protect you from a lynch mob (unless they're all wearing blue and carry the same battons).
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May 29, 2013 14:14
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Robin Sparkles posted:Has anyone opened a bank account just to get a free gift before? One of my local banks is offering a free tablet if you fulfill two of three steps by August 30th, which I can easily do. (bill payment and direct debit) The monthly fee is $14.99, so I'd have to pay this once. Would I really get a tablet for $15? Is there any catch I can't see, such as a minimum time to keep the account open? Because setting up direct deposit twice in one month is going to annoy your HR person.
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May 29, 2013 15:59
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Noni posted:Just a guess, but it looks like it's meant to allow someone to inspect the undersides of vehicles. Looks like this si the closest answer, it seems to be for checking out the underside of your vehicle and checking your brakes. From a Russian website, translated by Google: quote:"Place of inspection of cars."
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May 29, 2013 16:12
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Ron Don Volante posted:I'm about to get start getting a lot of large packages daily through USPS and I feel like kind of a dick making the postman deliver everything to the front door. Is there any way to tell the post office to keep the packages there so that I can come pick them up later? You can have the packages sent to "General Delivery" instead of your actual street address, it'll be held at the main post office in your area for 30 days. https://www.usps.com/manage/forward-mail.htm. If this is a long term thing though it is probably best to get a PO Box or something.
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May 29, 2013 16:38
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Robin Sparkles posted:Has anyone opened a bank account just to get a free gift before? One of my local banks is offering a free tablet if you fulfill two of three steps by August 30th, which I can easily do. (bill payment and direct debit) The monthly fee is $14.99, so I'd have to pay this once. Would I really get a tablet for $15? Is there any catch I can't see, such as a minimum time to keep the account open? I can't speak to your local bank, but years ago KeyBank was offering a free iPod nano to anyone who opened a checking account with at least $100 in it. I opened the account, got my iPod, and closed the account as soon as was specified I could in the offer details (maybe a month?). Many people I know did the same. Never had any problems, and to this day that nano is the only Apple product I own. It was totally worth it.
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On Sunday someone slammed into my car and his front bumper caved in but the spare tire on the back of my SUV spared my car from any damage. We exchanged information and he said he was going to call triple A and let them fix his car and let them know about what happen so they can contact me to see if they can do anything for me. 1) Should I contact my insurance company to report this accident? I figured since I received no damage I wouldn't have to go through the troubles of contacting my insurance company. 2) There is nothing stopping that guy from saying he slammed into a tree. Should I be worried about anything?
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Dr. Video Games 0089 posted:On Sunday someone slammed into my car and his front bumper caved in but the spare tire on the back of my SUV spared my car from any damage. We exchanged information and he said he was going to call triple A and let them fix his car and let them know about what happen so they can contact me to see if they can do anything for me. The guy could claim that you hit him or something, but if the impact was with the rear of your car, it's a long shot. How hosed was the guy's car? He may not even be planning to report it, to keep his rates down.
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Vocabulary questions! I thought I was up to speed on most of the basics of watches, but there are specific areas I'm not sure about. This one has a stainless steel case and band, but what is the name for this style of band, a clasp? The white area with Guess on it and the numbers, is this the face or the dial? The three smaller rings, are they dials? What is the name of the black ring around the edge with numbers on it? Is it called the same thing when there are diamonds or other jewels there? What do you call the 3 things that stick out on the side? Are they knobs? Dials? Twisty thingys?
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Huntersoninski posted:There's probably a fee associated with closing early (most bank have those anyway)and they may require a certain number of bill pays/time frame of activity before they hand it over. I just called, and they said to cancel either with in 14 days or after 90 and it is free to close the account, or I'd have to pay a $15 charge. So that's basically one month of the fees anyway, so I could cancel within the 90 days and still be paying $30 for a tablet. Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Since you said "tablet" and not "iPad" or any other notable name it's probably a cheap piece of garbage and isn't worth the trouble anyway. It's for TD Bank in Canada, here is the link to the account information, the tablet they are offering is "The latest Samsung Tab." Thanatosian posted:Are you sure they require "direct debit" and not "direct deposit?" They have three things you can do, of which you need to fulfill two, direct deposit, direct debit, and bill payment. I do not want to do direct deposit for that exact reason, the other two I can complete easily (internet and cell phone payments.)3
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greazeball posted:Vocabulary questions! I thought I was up to speed on most of the basics of watches, but there are specific areas I'm not sure about. Fair warning I'm not a watch professional. A handy watch diagram. A glossary. 1 not entirely sure. The general term is bracelet or strap. 2 The dial is the part with the numbers. 3 Those are sub-dials 4 As far as I can tell that's called a bevel. 5 those are called crowns. You might try asking in YLLS Watch thread too.
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Robin Sparkles posted:I just called, and they said to cancel either with in 14 days or after 90 and it is free to close the account, or I'd have to pay a $15 charge. So that's basically one month of the fees anyway, so I could cancel within the 90 days and still be paying $30 for a tablet.
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May 29, 2013 18:45
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:By "latest" they mean the version that's over a year old; the replacement comes out in a month or two. It had poor specs when it came out and time hasn't helped that any. I wouldn't consider it worth the time and effort spent messing with the bank, much less $30 on top of that, but hey, do what you want. Ah, there it is, the dealbreaker. It's really not worth that much effort to me, when I could save up and get a much better one. Thanks everyone for your help and opinions!
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May 29, 2013 18:50
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Wedemeyer posted:4 As far as I can tell that's called a bevel. It's bezel.
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Depends what your time is worth. See what people are paying for one of those, see what you could make for essentially 1hr of your time, contribute that to your savings.
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May 29, 2013 18:53
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Cakefool posted:Depends what your time is worth. See what people are paying for one of those, see what you could make for essentially 1hr of your time, contribute that to your savings. Actually I just looked in the fine print and it says "The latest Samsung Galaxy Tab is as of July 2013." Could that mean the newest one being released?
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Robin Sparkles posted:Actually I just looked in the fine print and it says "The latest Samsung Galaxy Tab is as of July 2013." Could that mean the newest one being released? 2012 version 2013 version The former seem to be going for $100-150 on eBay if you planned on selling it. disclaimer: this avatar was given to me by someone who deemed me overly-critical of Samsung
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Wedemeyer posted:Fair warning I'm not a watch professional. stubblyhead posted:It's bezel. Awesome, thanks!
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I recently installed Helvetica on my computer and now a bunch of websites are appearing in that font instead of their usual font. Is this normal behavior? It kinda makes everything look lovely.
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When people say "my body" and then "my brain" in the same train of thought/discussion, what is the "me"?
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Vegetable posted:I recently installed Helvetica on my computer and now a bunch of websites are appearing in that font instead of their usual font. Is this normal behavior? It kinda makes everything look lovely. Yes, when designing a website you design them with a font in mind and then also supply "fallback" fonts if the vistor's browser or OS doesn't support them. If the browser does not support the first font, it tries the next font. Something like this code:FCKGW fucked around with this message at 21:20 on May 29, 2013 |
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Narciss posted:When people say "my body" and then "my brain" in the same train of thought/discussion, what is the "me"? That's some ship of theseus poo poo you've got there which in no way can get properly answered in a forums post.
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I have a giant glass top conference table in my office that needs to be cleaned under the glass. Where do I find someone to do this? Our normal cleaners won't because of the liability of breaking the glass and the places who install glass for conference tables somehow have no one they recommend.
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FCKGW posted:The designer built the site with Helvetica in mind, but because your computer did not support the font it defaulted to Arial. How the site looks now is how it's supposed to look. Unless you've installed a lovely pirate copy of Helvetica that doesn't include the correct OTF hinting, additional weights etc. Then it will look like you'd expect.
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This is something I've always wondered even though I'm sure there's a good answer: Is it extremely common for criminals with access to put dealer plates on their cars before doing a pre-planned crime like a bank robbery?
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Dr. Video Games 0089 posted:On Sunday someone slammed into my car and his front bumper caved in but the spare tire on the back of my SUV spared my car from any damage. We exchanged information and he said he was going to call triple A and let them fix his car and let them know about what happen so they can contact me to see if they can do anything for me. Get your car inspected by his insurance. There may be damage you can't see. Worst case you take the money and cash out.
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Mordecai Sanchez posted:This is something I've always wondered even though I'm sure there's a good answer: How common could it possibly be for bank robbers to own car dealerships? In any case, dealer plates are traceable back to the dealership, so they wouldn't be hiding too much. Is there something I'm missing in this question?
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Stealing a plate from a same-model similar year car (bonus if you put *any* plate in its place so the owner doesn't notice for a while) seems a lot easier. I've heard this for years, its been in a Steven king book and a cop talked to me last year when my wife's plate was stolen (minus a stolen replacement plate) about the same thing.
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May 30, 2013 02:38
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Mordecai Sanchez posted:This is something I've always wondered even though I'm sure there's a good answer: Do you mean paper tags, or Dealer plates?
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Wagonburner posted:Stealing a plate from a same-model similar year car (bonus if you put another plate in its place so the owner doesn't notice for a while) seems a lot easier. I've heard this for years, its been in a Steven king book and a cop talked to me last year when my wife's plate was stolen (minus a stolen replacement plate) about the same thing. I think the book in question was Desperation and you were lucky the cop wasn't Collie Entragian. 
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Bovril Delight posted:Get your car inspected by his insurance. There may be damage you can't see. Definitely do this. If the accident ended up knocking something loose that you can't see, the problem could take months to show up. And when it does, he's completely off the hook since there's no way to prove that his hitting you was the cause and not something between the accident and the breaking.
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Mordecai Sanchez posted:This is something I've always wondered even though I'm sure there's a good answer: Dealer plates are equally traceable and harder to come by. The only thing that's easier about them is you don't have to use a screwdriver. I used to have a job that required me to use dealer plates every day. Those things were IMMEDIATELY inventoried at every step--and it was a pretty lax workplace generally. If one had ever been lost, the bosses would know when, where, and have the names of both people responsible in writing. Anyway, it's easy to steal a plate, and about as easy at that to boost most cars.
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Vegetable posted:I recently installed Helvetica on my computer and now a bunch of websites are appearing in that font instead of their usual font. Is this normal behavior? It kinda makes everything look lovely. You should check the default font settings in your browser. If a web page tells your browser to display text in "sans-serif" then your browser will just a pick a sans-serif font to use, and you can often choose which one that will be. Narciss posted:When people say "my body" and then "my brain" in the same train of thought/discussion, what is the "me"? Their self-identity. People don't think of themselves (or others) as simply a collection of pieces, we feel like there is some intangible core, an inner self. When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you're still you? If you went through a Star Trek transporter and were broken down into your component atoms and reassembled, would you still be you? If you suffered a brain injury that changed your personality, would you still be you then? The truth is, this self that we believe continues to exist isn't real. You're a slightly different person than you were yesterday and a very different person than you were ten years ago. You only feel like you're the same person. Or it's the soul. Whichever you prefer.
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Seriously, how crazy is it for people to have meow conversations with their cat? I understand people do babble towards animals and it can be funny sometimes but when someone is actually saying 'meow' to a cat multiple times on a daily basis, does that make them crazy?
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Narciss posted:When people say "my body" and then "my brain" in the same train of thought/discussion, what is the "me"? Software running on meat.
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Kurt_Cobain posted:Seriously, how crazy is it for people to have meow conversations with their cat? I understand people do babble towards animals and it can be funny sometimes but when someone is actually saying 'meow' to a cat multiple times on a daily basis, does that make them crazy? I guess it depends on if they actually seem to be trying to converse with their cat. I meow at my cat multiple times a day, but it's usually 'cause she meows first, and I'm pretty much just mocking her.
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Kurt_Cobain posted:Seriously, how crazy is it for people to have meow conversations with their cat? I understand people do babble towards animals and it can be funny sometimes but when someone is actually saying 'meow' to a cat multiple times on a daily basis, does that make them crazy? To you, nucking futs. To a pet owner/lover, not at all.
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