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No, that's probably a special redeactivation situation which they won't talk to you about on the phone because that may negatively impact your customer service experience but triggers a special redeactivation assessment fee, the amount of which is o…
If I were a Secret Service agent assigned to Trump I'd be a little concerned right now...
Maybe they'll let them order food from outside. Probably be pretty cold when it gets delivered though.
With respect to insurance deductibles, consider why a deductible of, say, 5k vs 100k likely isn't going to change the policy rate that much.
A home is insured for $1 million. If that home is destroyed by fire:
• At 5k, the insurance company is on …
@Catch22- Maybe this is the reason?
Attorney general moves to reclassify marijuana as lower-risk drug, officials say
Following is an excerpt from a current Washington Post report:
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday will recommend loosenin…
What took so long? I've held him in contempt since 2016.
“The court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders,” the judge, Juan M. Merchan, said — an ominous warning to open the third week of Mr. Trump’s trial. He added tha…
@hank - I'm finding that as I age I'm making many more errors in "quick glance" situations... the brain is not quite keeping up with the fast eyeball, and sometimes "substitutes" words. Kind of like "AI", I guess. Then I have to go back over the tex…
No, the caption says "DreamLIFTER", not "Dreamliner".
From Wickipedia:
The Boeing Dreamlifter, officially the 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), is a wide-body cargo aircraft modified extensively from the Boeing 747-400 airliner.
When I was researching insurance many years ago I found that Mercury had some pretty poor reviews. I remember finding at the CA Dept of Insurance official site an extensive ratings/ complaint report on all companies operating in CA at the time, but …
Here's what bothers me about this one: we read that the expected life span of this type of aircraft is 30 years. The Delta plane is 34 years old. Is there any kind of regulatory requirement for inspection or special maintenance in a situation like t…
@Derf - I suppose that it is a "secondary market"... I just dial up what's available at Schwab and pick what I want. The ones that I mention here were issued some time ago, as the original interest is in the 2 to 3% range.
@msf - OK, let's not get …
Sold 100k SUTXX MMKT (currently 5.17%) to extend income ladder- 50k treasuries, mature 2/26 @ 4.9698%, and 1/27 @ 4.806%
Note: The Washington Post is reporting that "the U.S. economy grew at 1.6 percent annual rate in first quarter 2024, a sharp sl…
Sold 100k SUTXX MMKT (currently 5.17%) to extend income ladder- 50k treasuries, mature 2/26 @ 4.9698%, and 1/27 @ 4.806%
Note: The Washington Post is reporting that "the U.S. economy grew at 1.6 percent annual rate in first quarter 2024, a sharp sl…
@Roy - that's great- good for you. Out here in CA we're lucky to find insurance at all. And on top of all of your coverages we have to worry about earthquake also.
@Mona - msf, in an earlier post in this thread, found the slander coverage under the "Personal Liability" section of his umbrella coverage. Then checking our State Farm policy I found it to be similar- also under "Personal Coverage".
A large supermarket in our neighborhood now has all liquor locked behind glass doors. The Walgreen's drug store a block away now has much of it's merchandise similarly locked up. And this is a very low-crime wealthy San Francisco neighborhood, so I …
Thousands more Californians will lose their home insurance this summer as two more insurers withdraw from the state.
In filings with the California Department of Insurance, Tokio Marine America Insurance Co. and Trans Pacific Insurance Co. said the…
