Random Thoughts 15: Crystal Clear 2021 Edition
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Hey me too! Were they going to arrest you? I think in my call they said they were going to arrest me.
Also, in case anyone reading this doesn't know, the Social Security Administration and IRS will not contact you by phone. They will only contact you in writing. Those are scams
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One of my favorites calls when they told me the IRS was suing me and if I chose not to have legal representation all they could say was "good luck"
They will contact you by phone in some circumstances. What they will not do is ask you a bunch of personal information questions or threaten you. I actually got a call and a message from Social Security when I turned 65. The message was from a gal working in the regional office in Chicago and I called her back. I had declined Part B of Medicare and kept my federal BCBS which a retired fed can carry into retirement. Most people don't have this as an option so they called with a "Are you sure?" inquiry. Believe they called instead of wrote because there is a cutoff each year and if you miss it you have to wait another year. Each year you decline Part B the premium will go up by 10% so if you change you mind later it can be spendy, hence their call. I was actually sort of impressed they cared.
You are right though to be suspicious of any call from an agency or someone claiming to be from an agency. My call was easy to see as legit since I'd just filed the paperwork. A scammer isn't going to know I had declined B or be reached via a SS office number and extension.
Our Geocaching today centered on some caches surrounding Henderson Marsh. We tried for six, were able to locate one. They were all on fence rows, which means they are usually at the bottom of a fence post. Tough grabs when there are huge drifts. We took a picture of me standing in the road in front of a drift that was nearly as tall as me (east-west road, drift on the north side). Fortunately the cache was on the SOUTH side of the road! I think it was the second attempt where Lew misjudged where the ditch was and ended up ass-deep in the snow. He was so stuck he nearly had to lie down and roll out of it! So pissed at myself that I didn't think to take a picture of THAT one.
I like the ones where they want to lower our credit card debt. Just one problem...we don't HAVE any credit card debt. We pay the balance in full every month. They try to tell us about the high interest rates we have on our cards and how they can help us with that. Lew asks them "which card" and they get all discombobulated.
They are still trying to reach several people in the office about their car's extended warranty which is about to expire. Problem is, those people don't have personal cars (just their company vehicle).
I'm just thankful that the people from Georgia (not the state, the country) have stopped calling me. Never did answer it, but I was always curious what it would be about if I did.
Running a fever of 101 post shot number 2 with tylenol. Not enough to be debilitating but enough to make sleeping uncomfortable. Grateful as hell either way.
Nobody has bitten so I will do it.Our Geocaching today centered on some caches surrounding Henderson Marsh. We tried for six, were able to locate one. They were all on fence rows, which means they are usually at the bottom of a fence post. Tough grabs when there are huge drifts. We took a picture of me standing in the road in front of a drift that was nearly as tall as me (east-west road, drift on the north side). Fortunately the cache was on the SOUTH side of the road! I think it was the second attempt where Lew misjudged where the ditch was and ended up ass-deep in the snow. He was so stuck he nearly had to lie down and roll out of it! So pissed at myself that I didn't think to take a picture of THAT one.
That isn't that impressive.
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Sounds like you need to make the trip to Dallas. This has been all over my feed today. I can't find anything about it so it must be brand new. I put in my spam email to get updates.
GeoKaching
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Sounds like you need to make the trip to Dallas. This has been all over my feed today. I can't find anything about it so it must be brand new. I put in my spam email to get updates.
The one positive about being a Covid shut-in, my car isn't covered with winter dirt and salt.
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