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Bakalakadaka posted:So cancel my Prime subscription and pay extra if I expect something that won't fit in the mailbox? That's the cost of cheap shipping. Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I have prime and they only ever send stuff UPS. I've never seen a prime package sent USPS. Weird. This, too.
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Jun 21, 2016 14:50
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I have prime and they only ever send stuff UPS. I've never seen a prime package sent USPS. Weird. Like 90% of the stuff I order with prime shipping goes to USPS and I don't know why. I see UPS and FedEx trucks delivering things to the apartment complex all the time.
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Jun 21, 2016 14:55
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Kurzon posted:OK, we're getting a bit off topic. If you had a map of that from say, 1950, you'd see that basically every jurisdiction on earth was banning marijuana and most other drugs. Because over the period 1910 up to World War II, every single country was engaged in anti-drug actions, and they imposed that same stuff on their vast colonial holdings. America did not lead this, it was primarily led and recommended by the UK and various Western European countries. And now this tide of marijuana legalization is coming with little to no relation to what America's doing as well, though America is pretty far ahead on straight up legalization compared to most countries. Bakalakadaka posted:Is there a way to tell Amazon to never send things by USPS? Whenever I order something that doesn't fit in my apartment's mailbox they don't deliver it and I have to go pick it up at the post office which is only open during the hours I work because gently caress you. Any other service manages to get poo poo to my door, which is behind a keypad-locked entrance. Does the mailman have to get past the keypad lock to put things in the apartment mailbox, or is that in some sort of lobby between the outside door and the keypad locked door? You should be able to call up the local post office and request that packages be left right next to the mailbox, even if they don't bring it to your door. Bakalakadaka posted:Like 90% of the stuff I order with prime shipping goes to USPS and I don't know why. I see UPS and FedEx trucks delivering things to the apartment complex all the time. If one service is 1 penny cheaper than any other for your particular address, Amazon is going to use that pretty much all the time. It's just the way they operate.
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Jun 21, 2016 15:00
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Kurzon posted:Actually, rich people consume more cannabis than the poor. Because drugs are expensive, you know. Maybe that's a reason why weed is slowly become legal across America. The rich want to get high, too. Everybody likes getting high. Haha what people actually do has nothing to do with it, prohibition is just about scapegoating and extending welfare to the majority in the form of jobs in social service (social workers, psych people, types of lawyers, etc), law enforcement and corrections so that a large enough population of angry white people doesn't realize that this whole system doesn't really work for anyone.
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Jun 21, 2016 15:13
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fishmech posted:Does the mailman have to get past the keypad lock to put things in the apartment mailbox, or is that in some sort of lobby between the outside door and the keypad locked door? You should be able to call up the local post office and request that packages be left right next to the mailbox, even if they don't bring it to your door. The mailbox is in a separate little shed thing across the parking lot. Whenever they don't deliver things they just say "no secure location". They used to be able to deliver stuff to the leasing office but it's being renovated so they can't right now, and they never did it for me anyway when the office was open last year.
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Jun 21, 2016 15:19
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Bakalakadaka posted:The mailbox is in a separate little shed thing across the parking lot. Whenever they don't deliver things they just say "no secure location". They used to be able to deliver stuff to the leasing office but it's being renovated so they can't right now, and they never did it for me anyway when the office was open last year. Is the shed not secure (i.e., does it have a locking door)? If so it should be easy to request through the landlord and post office that your mail carrier get a key for it. I did this last year at my own apartment building and it's worked perfectly. If there's no lock your landlord can install one at your request.
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Jun 21, 2016 15:30
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Van Dis posted:Is the shed not secure (i.e., does it have a locking door)? If so it should be easy to request through the landlord and post office that your mail carrier get a key for it. I did this last year at my own apartment building and it's worked perfectly. If there's no lock your landlord can install one at your request. There's no lock for it but each of the mailboxes has two larger sections for packages that lock (which still aren't very big) and they put a key in your mailbox. So if the package can't fit in one of those you don't get it. The shed itself has no door, it's just a roof and some chest-high walls. I'm guessing that the UPS and FedEx people have keys or an access code to the buildings, but USPS will only go to the mailboxes and nowhere else.
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Jun 21, 2016 15:38
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I have prime and they only ever send stuff UPS. I've never seen a prime package sent USPS. Weird. That's weird because I've only experienced the opposite except for a few items sold by a third party.
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Jun 21, 2016 16:27
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I've had many problems with USPS, and I complained to Amazon multiple times, asking for them to use UPS whenever possible, over USPS. I'd say 1/4 packages I get after bitching a bunch is USPS, so I guess that might help? Also try seeing if there are USPS locker pick up boxes near you, they're 24/7 and only require your driver's license or a receipt kind of thing from Amazon. Pretty handy.
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Jun 21, 2016 16:46
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Earwicker posted:It's confusing because "decriminalized" means different things in different places. Weed has been decriminalized in many parts of the US for a long time, but that just means the cops turning a blind eye, small amounts not being prosecuted. It didn't mean actual stores selling weed as a business on public streets, we did not have those until we got full legalization in some states (except for medical dispensaries). Whereas in the Netherlands, maybe the term is decriminalized but since there are actual coffeeshops selling weed on public streets this carries with it a sense of more "official" approval, i.e not only are the cops just turning a blind eye but people are actually able to legally open a store that sells marijuana as a business. Probably the difference has to do with how businesses are licenses in addition to how drug laws are enforced but in any case the "decriminalization" in the Netherlands has often seemed way closer to legality than the decriminalization we've had here. Make no mistake, as soon as shops step outside of the 'guidelines of accepted illegality' they get slapped down hard. Just because tourists are generally not bothered doesn't mean the laws don't exist. You can carry more cannabis on your person in Colorado than you can in the Netherlands (even assuming the tolerated illegal 'limit'). Shops can sell, but they can't buy their product from producers because producing those quantities is illegal, and there are limits to amounts shops can have in stock, which most certainly are enforced. Like, I get it, compared to the US, where you can (could?) get send to prison for decades for mere possession it might seem legal, but it most certainly isn't and there is still a huge criminal element attached. My family actually owned coffeeshops, there is quite a bit of things going on behind the scenes that (tourist) customers are not aware of.
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Namarrgon posted:Make no mistake, as soon as shops step outside of the 'guidelines of accepted illegality' they get slapped down hard. it's not just the possession laws, I think what's confusing is this: weed is decriminalized in my state, which means I can go outside and smoke a joint on the street without fearing harassment from the cops. But it does not mean that I would be able to open up a coffeeshop, put up a Weed Menu on my wall, and start selling weed over the counter to tourists. Any shop selling weed that openly would be shut down within hours, entirely regardless of it being decriminalized. Apparently in the Netherlands that is still within the "guidelines of accepted illegality" but that's a pretty huge difference. I'm sure there are still plenty of illegal things happening behind the scenes at Dutch coffeeshops but the fact that they operate openly at all is why it seems "legal" to us. It's the ability to base a business around the product, even if that business has shady behind-the-scenes components. Earwicker fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Jun 21, 2016 |
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Jun 21, 2016 17:06
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I have prime and they only ever send stuff UPS. I've never seen a prime package sent USPS. Weird. Yea, I had to get a box at a UPS store as my PO box would not accept any private carrier packages. And is only open from 830am to 5pm and closed from noon-1pm. I feel a little more republican every time I have to go in there.
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Any good sites/recommendations for lawn tractors? I have a hilly 3 acre lawn and the beater 1991 Simplicity I've been using finally died. I'm currently looking between a Husquavara GT52XLS and John Deere x380 (or possibly x580). If money were no object, I'd go John Deere. However, since money is an object, I'm leaning toward the Husquavara which is about 1/3 less than the JD x380 and over half of an x580.
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Earwicker posted:it's not just the possession laws, I think what's confusing is this: weed is decriminalized in my state, which means I can go outside and smoke a joint on the street without fearing harassment from the cops. But it does not mean that I would be able to open up a coffeeshop, put up a Weed Menu on my wall, and start selling weed over the counter to tourists. Any shop selling weed that openly would be shut down within hours, entirely regardless of it being decriminalized. Apparently in the Netherlands that is still within the "guidelines of accepted illegality" but that's a pretty huge difference. I'm sure there are still plenty of illegal things happening behind the scenes at Dutch coffeeshops but the fact that they operate openly at all is why it seems "legal" to us. It's the ability to base a business around the product, even if that business has shady behind-the-scenes components. I'm pretty sure we actually agree but are arguing tiny semantic details. I just really dislike the "lol weed legal" stereotype that we have. I just looked at the police website and the very first sentence in the FAQ for how much you can legally have on you is "Possession of drugs is illegal." Maybe I'm just bitter about being around stoners for a way larger part of my life than anyone should though.
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Namarrgon posted:I'm pretty sure we actually agree but are arguing tiny semantic details. I just really dislike the "lol weed legal" stereotype that we have. I just looked at the police website and the very first sentence in the FAQ for how much you can legally have on you is "Possession of drugs is illegal." Does like, your whole country just stink like weed 24/7? Because sometimes downtown stinks like beer piss on Sunday morning but otherwise alcohol culture is pretty inoffensive in an olfactory sense.
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tuyop posted:Does like, your whole country just stink like weed 24/7? Because sometimes downtown stinks like beer piss on Sunday morning but otherwise alcohol culture is pretty inoffensive in an olfactory sense. America's not as good at heavy drinking as Europe. Even in the UK where we're kind of behind the curve in terms of heaviness the smell of beer farts from an alcoholic is enough to make prohibition cross your mind. Seriously I've smelled rotted (animal) corpses that were flowers compared to that.
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tuyop posted:Does like, your whole country just stink like weed 24/7? Because sometimes downtown stinks like beer piss on Sunday morning but otherwise alcohol culture is pretty inoffensive in an olfactory sense. I think you'll find that when you have relatively easy access to these things, it loses a lot of its bad boy appeal. Most people I know don't do weed. At best they tried once or twice but just didn't care enough. In practice, you sometimes smell it if you walk behind or past someone and you definitely smell it around the outside seating areas of coffeeshops, but that's all.
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Speaking of Amazon and USPS: I ordered a cheap headphone amp that was never delivered, though USPS tracking insists it was. Is Amazon likely to offer a refund if I just contact them and say the package never arrived, or do I have to call USPS and hope / pray? I don't even want the drat thing anymore, I bought a different amp at Fry's when I realized the one I ordered wasn't coming, so.
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Ciaphas posted:Speaking of Amazon and USPS: I ordered a cheap headphone amp that was never delivered, though USPS tracking insists it was. Is Amazon likely to offer a refund if I just contact them and say the package never arrived, or do I have to call USPS and hope / pray? Yeah just let Amazon know. They'll take care of you. edit: Fun Amazon story: I ordered a generator from them at a cost of several hundred dollars. When I unpacked it, it was clear that it had been gassed up previously, drained and repacked. That kind of thing is not supposed to be shipped, nor did I want a used/previously returned generator. I emailed Amazon that night, and when I woke up the next morning had been refunded the full cost and received an email saying to keep or dispose of the generator as I saw fit. That's good service. Flash Gordon Ramsay fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Jun 21, 2016 |
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Ciaphas posted:Speaking of Amazon and USPS: I ordered a cheap headphone amp that was never delivered, though USPS tracking insists it was. Is Amazon likely to offer a refund if I just contact them and say the package never arrived, or do I have to call USPS and hope / pray? Amazon support has always been great about stuff like this for me.
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Jun 21, 2016 19:21
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Cool, fingers crossed then. The times I've tried to deal with USPS have been less than pleasant or effective 
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Jun 21, 2016 19:23
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Ciaphas posted:Cool, fingers crossed then. The times I've tried to deal with USPS have been less than pleasant or effective As the recipient, you should never have to. If you never received the good in question, it's the seller's problem.
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They've already put in for a refund in 3-5 business days and promised me a free one-day shipping as an apology gesture. Pro-tier customer service, that! On to other things: a self-serve car wash opened across the street a month ago. Figure I'll go spend four or five bucks a wash there instead of 25+ at the local gas station wash, but I need my own drying towel(s). Any material or other recommendations I should look for?
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Jun 21, 2016 21:21
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hooah posted:Why are mortgages so much more expensive to fund than other loans? You've got the interest, which other loans also have, but then you also have the points above that to get to the APR, plus the closing costs. It's a poo poo ton more paperwork to close a mortgage than other loans. Also points are optional and rarely offered on other types of loans.
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Anyone else getting tons of timeouts trying to connect to the forums in the last few days?
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What show is this from? 
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Bakalakadaka posted:So cancel my Prime subscription and pay extra if I expect something that won't fit in the mailbox? If they deliver during your working hours, can you just add your work address as a shipping location? It gets to you, you know when it's delivered and you can go lock it in your car right away if you want. Jewel Repetition posted:What show is this from? Cutthroat Kitchen
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In my area. they deliver to those lockers inside 7-Elevens. They're open 24 hours and you can't swing a dead cat without hitting one. When I travel, I used to have stuff from Amazon delivered to my hotel, I'd go to great lengths to make sure it was delivered the same day I arrived so it'd be easily accessible, and without fail it would be in some boiler room in the basement and take no less than 73 phone calls to track it down and get it delivered. Now I have it sent to the nearest 7-Eleven, I get a 3 block walk out of it, and I score a slurpee out of the deal.
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FCKGW posted:It's a poo poo ton more paperwork to close a mortgage than other loans. Also points are optional and rarely offered on other types of loans. Let's not forget that most mortgage holders are responsible for the deed title's accuracy, which is quite simply not something you want to get involved with unless you have enough money that do not actually need to borrow any money to buy a house.
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I'm looking for an English adjective that describes someone who is excessively happy, out of touch with how bad his circumstances or the state of the world is. Someone who is happy and optimistic through self-delusion. Any English wizards here?
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Kurzon posted:I'm looking for an English adjective that describes someone who is excessively happy, out of touch with how bad his circumstances or the state of the world is. Someone who is happy and optimistic through self-delusion. Any English wizards here? Blissful?
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Blissful ignorance?
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I'd describe them as living in a fool's paradise but I can't think of a single adjective.
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I don't think there's a single-word descriptor. Naïvely optimistic also applies I guess?
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Dictionary.com suggests me "overblithe" might be an appropriate word, but I can't find a definition anywhere. Now some miserable person could suggest "optimistic" as a word already has all these implications, so any synonym will do
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Jun 22, 2016 12:34
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Blithe... sorta works? It's both happy and careless but it doesn't mean explicitly that the happiness is unwarranted. Sort of the same as smug.
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Ciaphas posted:On to other things: a self-serve car wash opened across the street a month ago. Figure I'll go spend four or five bucks a wash there instead of 25+ at the local gas station wash, but I need my own drying towel(s). Any material or other recommendations I should look for?
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Tesseraction posted:I don't think there's a single-word descriptor. Naïvely optimistic also applies I guess? Kurzon fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Jun 22, 2016 |
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