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o.k. I use the subarus around town, but on longer trips I pilot my own personal Boeing 777.
mbachur, why is it OK to make fun of a nationality and not OK to make fun of religion? Both are composed of people with feelings.
no, I really have two old Subarus. They’re really great in the snow.
Happy New Secular Tax Year.
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and, dear myfriend, the package was opened. Once opened, the retailer can no longer sell it as new. That’s the law for the last decade and a half or so.
Also, PY should not have stopped the check. A check should only be stopped if an error has been made, or the check has been lost. The purpose of that is not to subvert your contract with the store.
If you use a check to pay someone, then stop it, that is tantamount to passing a false check. Think if the roles were reversed, and the store refunded your money with a check, and then they stopped it. Would you think that was unfair?
Legally, what you did was pass a bad check. You used a check that was to be made no good, and used that to pay for merchandise. No wonder you ended up in the registry.
It’s not fair to the store owner.
You wouldn’t do it to a merchant you knew in your neighborhood, you shouldn’t do it to a large retail store either.
soright, paying with a Western Union transfer is much worse than sending cash through the mail.
If they do want you to send them cash, they usually ask that you only send by Fedex or UPS or some other non-postal method.
all credit card companies will support a clearly-worded return policy.
Anyone who has ever worked in the returns department of any retail store will tell you horror stories about what some people have the chutzpah to return.
I was at the service desk of a supermarket a few weeks ago, and there was a slice of cake among the returns. Someone had bought an entire cake, realized it was the wrong type when they got home, used it anyway, and returned the packaging with a single slice.
Unfortunately, the returns clerk had to follow store policy and give them a 100% refund, even though they didn’t deserve it.
electronic items with unsealed boxes can not be sold as NEW anymore. They must be sold as OPENED or REFURBISHED, which gets the retailer less money than those sold as NEW.
Certain items can be sold as NEW, even if they have left the store and are opened, items such as clothing.
Charging a restocking fee is a very reasonable thing to do. They did not force you to buy the first item, or to open the package, diminishing its value.
Most retailers, WALMART included, limit the amount of time you have to return the item, since these items depreciate in value quickly. That is also a reasonable policy.
It is admirable that BEST BUY and WALMART and other retailers are very open about their policy. They post the policy on their websites, and actually PRINT the return policy on the receipt, so it should be very clear to the consumer what the policy is.
all turkeys where snoods – the fleshy protuberance that hangs from their beak is called such. Perhaps they really are originally jewish?
if this were a French cofferoom, and such jokes and false rumors were being told about Jews, we would be here complaining about the darn antisemites, telling demeaning stories about Jews.
there is never a bad time for a show of gratitude.
I am quite happy with my cars. I had Saabs for 25 years; nice cars, but they were a pain. I will probably upgrade the 1999 Subaru to a 2005 or so in the next year or two.
1999 Subaru Impreza
2002 Subaru Outback Wagon
dear chesedname, I would post the answers if there were a single correct answer. I think the gang here got the idea right, these are very tricky and ambiguous questions, for which there can be any number of answers, depending on how you look at the problem.
we also have a municipal excise tax on motor vehicles – 2.5% of the value of the car each year to your town. That’s not usually collected by the Registry of Motor Vehicles, though.
Sounds like the NY registration fee combines the excise tax, DMV fees and some of the fees that are supposed to be paid by the gas tax.
greet everyone with a snappy salute!
Seriously though, last year this was an issue when people were worried about the possibility of a flu pandemic. Perhaps we need a different form of sanitary (and tznius) greeting.
what is SEIT?
some men are cursed by having wives who are excellent cooks. I know that is the problem I have to fight against every day.
the name for the phenomenon in German is Ohrwurm. The term was literally translated into English as Earworm.
The Official Earworm Synonym List includes alternative terms such as “music meme”, “humsickness” , “repetunitis”, “obsessive musical thought” and “tune wedgy.
I particularly like the term “humsickness.”
when I come to this website, I always think of the song from the Broadway show, The Pajama Game, because the The Yeshiva World can be substituted for The Pajama Game.
The Yeshiva World
is the world I’m in
and I’m proud to be in the Yeshiva World, I love it.
I can hardly wait
to wake and get to work at eight.
Nothing’s quite the same as The Pajama Game.
Whenever I see a posting by Minyangal, I think of the American Folk Song, “Buffalo Gals Won’t You Come Out Tonight.”
in Massachusetts, we pay $50 biennially for a normal passenger car.
and what coverage do you have. A responsible person has high-limit liability coverage, in case he injures others — if you’re getting the minimal insurance, you’re not getting that. Liability insurance costs you less than you would think, and makes it possible to provide some restitution to someone you might injure.
but, dear goodbye, the Torah doesn’t prohibit us from taking another day in, say, November and using it to focus on our bounty, and express our gratitude for it.
Happy Thanksgiving to all, I hope you all have much to be thankful for!
moderators are born, not appointed.
To the Hebrew Congregation in Newport Rhode Island.
Gentlemen,
While I receive, with much satisfaction, your Address replete with expressions of affection and esteem; I rejoice in the opportunity of assuring you, that I shall always retain a grateful remembrance of the cordial welcome I experienced in my visit to Newport, from all classes of Citizens.
The reflection on the days of difficulty and danger which are past is rendered the more sweet, from a consciousness that they are succeeded by days of uncommon prosperity and security. If we have wisdom to make the best use of the advantages with which we are now favored, we cannot fail, under the just administration of a good Government, to become a great and happy people.
The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent national gifts. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.
It would be inconsistent with the frankness of my character not to avow that I am pleased with your favorable opinion of my Administration, and fervent wishes for my felicity. May the children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid. May the father of all mercies scatter light and not darkness in our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in his own due time and way everlastingly happy.
G. Washington
I always thought of Thanksgiving as the most Jewish of holidays. The early settlers were trying to celebrate Succoth, and what could be more Jewish than gratitude?
don’t incorrige ICOT, he’s incorrigible.
unctuous, containing a lot of grease?
What is the context? there have been several different slang uses for this word, too.
More from Tanya:
Problem: Davidsons
The Davidsons have five sons. Each son has one sister. How many children are there in the family?
Problem: A Stick
A stick has two ends. If you cut off one end, how many ends will the stick have left?
Problem: A Square
A square has four corners. If we cut one corner off, how many corners will the remaining figure have?
has anyone asked an LOR about this?
. . . a tax on the statistically ignorant.
how about a thread for energy conservation / resource conservation / pollution reduction / green topics?
mosherose is back. and in his finest form.
scream…. real loud.
you might receive some relief under the Innocent Spouse Rule, especially if it was clearly done without your knowing.
You have two years to invoke that from the time they start trying to collect the money due.
popa beat me to it.
I was going to say about 30% of your income was prudent, but you may need to spend more if you have many kids.
one AK-47 isn’t all that valuable. The real cost is in the ammunition.
Oh, oomis, you are so wise.
Though I think many of the TSA’s security measures are a bit lame, I prefer to know my fellow passengers have gone through the scanner.
Also, check out today’s news for a story of a man who refused to be scanned. Let’s see what happens next.
don’t the body scanners obscure your face and obscure the fine details of your body?
You can always take the bus.
>>>Both have looked like death warmed over since 1975. <<<
Frank Perdue has an excuse, he has been dead for over five years.
that work swimmingly, thanks so much.
more from Tanya:
Once upon a time there was a land where the only antidote to a poison was a stronger poison. In this land, a dragon challenges a king to a duel and the king accepts. The rules of the duel are as follows: Each dueler has a cup of poison. First, they exchange cups. Then, each dueler drinks half of the poison in front of them. After that, they exchange again and drink their own poisons. The survivor wins. The king knows that the dragon will use a stronger poison than any the king will ever make.
How can the king win the duel?
It was a dark and stormy night . . .
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How do you change your password?