One year ago today: August 22, 2021, The Green Knight.
Five years ago today: August 22 2017, the phone company could.
Nine years ago today: August 22, 2013, a New York librarian.
Random years ago today: August 22, 2008, he didn’t know MIDI either.
It’s a tiny movement now, but more spots in America are voting to allow the sale of local produce. They certainly have that legal right. Most states allowed federal food inspections under the promise it would make things safer but that doesn’t really fly any more. The feds allow food with up to 40% artificial ingredients to be labeled “organic.”. And potatoes have nearly tripled in price. Rice didn’t, because it already tripled a few years ago. So here I am, spuds for breakfast, livin’ large. Mitch sent this photo from the west coast, it is typical of the “stoned spider” webs that appear whenever your back is turned.
The vicious hot weather has led to an increase in logistics, which I got out of the way. Today was things like the regular, random, and recurring items that America has in place to make sure if you stand still, you start losing ground. A series of bank deposits got mailed from the A-DD account. This is a large series of money orders coded with amounts between $12.40 and $19.43 which get mailed every February and August, though I think this is the first time they’ve been mentioned here.
The explanation is a change in banking laws that means banks can assail unused accounts. In the old days, the money had to stay there if the account owner left it there, including if he died. Most banks will nowadays flag your account as dormant if there is no activity for a year. These small deposits have no purpose other than too keep resetting that clock. For instance, the backup account in Tennessee will often sit unused for years because we plan ahead well enough. That account used to be five years before any flags, now it is one year.
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You go outside if you want. I went through the local papers that carry tax deed announcement and found individuals whose names appear consistently. The Reb & I have been discussing the options of tapping into this revenue at an earlier point than the tax overage stage. Two hundred hours of skilled labor brought only two leads, neither of which panned out. While I like the concept, my temperament is more suited to lower returns that are more certain and can be mapped out in advance.
By now most of us have heard the stat that most Americans live paycheck to paycheck and can’t come up with $600 in an emergency. Without passing judgment on why that is, it stands to reason that anyone not like that has a major advantage. And tax overages was not really capitalizing on that as a strength. We operate at a surplus because we sacrificed and owe nobody any favors. Nor have I ever respected those who ran out an borrowed money.
I pored over the statistics for nearly four hours. This requires some real thought but one sure thing is the preliminary decisions must be based on some fairly complicated calculations. They are enough to deter most people and I find that fits my style much better. There are actually three factors I’m balancing, reminding you this is only at the concept phase.
A) there are tricky calculations involved
B) people don’t have any surplus money
C) we are okay with delayed rewards
ADDENDUM
Called “tip-flation”, many restaurants are now printing the suggested tip as 30%. If not for the Reb, the most I would ever tip is $2. The Asian carp infestation is now just 70 miles from the Great Lakes. The invasion route is the canal at Chicago. They’ve renamed the fish to protect Asians, I suppose, but they will not shut down that canal. Instead, they put a DC voltage that stuns fish who get too close. Known problems include barges in the canal cause a voltage drop, it doesn’t work on small fish, and many people know how reliable the electricity is in that part of the world.
