Not today. Today I am eating a huge blue cheese bacon cheeseburger, in honor of the catholic yahoos who can't eat meat because of belly button lint. What about you? You eating some sausage today?
bandl wrote:
I'll be damned if I'm going to throw a handful of nickels or dimes at drivers who piss me off on the Beltway. Pennies are perfect weapons.
Nickels have more heft.
Heh-heh-heh! He said (noticing GATW's siggy) "heft"!!
Would rather deal with losing a couple hundred in cash (which knock on wood hasn't happened before), than be a victim of identity theft (has happened twice with my Amex card). Since the last time a couple of years ago I've always paid cash at restaurants (I'm convinced a waiter with a skimmer was how it happened the last time). Anytime a merchant can't take a credit card payment from me without me being able to maintain a constant visual on the credit card I'll pay cash. I've jumped on merchants before for simply turning around with my credit card where I couldn't maintain a 100% visual on the card. Use of skimmers is too widespread. Reason I always carry cash.
JMU Football:
4 Years FBS: 40-11 (.784). Highest winning percentage & least losses of all of G5 2022-2025.
Sun Belt East Champions: 2022, 2023, 2025
Sun Belt Champions: 2025
Top 25 ranked: 2022, 2023, 2025
CFP: 2025
BDKJMU wrote:Would rather deal with losing a couple hundred in cash (which knock on wood hasn't happened before), than be a victim of identity theft (has happened twice with my Amex card). Since the last time a couple of years ago I've always paid cash at restaurants (I'm convinced a waiter with a skimmer was how it happened the last time). Anytime a merchant can't take a credit card payment from me without me being able to maintain a constant visual on the credit card I'll pay cash. I've jumped on merchants before for simply turning around with my credit card where I couldn't maintain a 100% visual on the card. Use of skimmers is too widespread. Reason I always carry cash.
Maybe you shouldn't jump on merchants...
I've never, ever, ever, ever, ever had a single problem with identity theft.
BDKJMU wrote:Would rather deal with losing a couple hundred in cash (which knock on wood hasn't happened before), than be a victim of identity theft (has happened twice with my Amex card). Since the last time a couple of years ago I've always paid cash at restaurants (I'm convinced a waiter with a skimmer was how it happened the last time). Anytime a merchant can't take a credit card payment from me without me being able to maintain a constant visual on the credit card I'll pay cash. I've jumped on merchants before for simply turning around with my credit card where I couldn't maintain a 100% visual on the card. Use of skimmers is too widespread. Reason I always carry cash.
I know it's a pain in the ass disputing charges, but isn't your personal liability only $50 or so?
BDKJMU wrote:Would rather deal with losing a couple hundred in cash (which knock on wood hasn't happened before), than be a victim of identity theft (has happened twice with my Amex card). Since the last time a couple of years ago I've always paid cash at restaurants (I'm convinced a waiter with a skimmer was how it happened the last time). Anytime a merchant can't take a credit card payment from me without me being able to maintain a constant visual on the credit card I'll pay cash. I've jumped on merchants before for simply turning around with my credit card where I couldn't maintain a 100% visual on the card. Use of skimmers is too widespread. Reason I always carry cash.
Maybe you shouldn't jump on merchants...
I've never, ever, ever, ever, ever had a single problem with identity theft.
You're fortunate then. FTC says over 9 million Americans become victims of it every year. Another survey from Javelin Strategy & Research shows that 11.1 million Americans say they were ID theft victims in 2009.
Survey Reveals 38 Million Americans Claim Identity Theft In Their Lifetime
20% of U.S. households have a member who was violated by identity theft – - number of victims per year on the rise http://www.prweb.com/releases/identityh ... 862994.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
JMU Football:
4 Years FBS: 40-11 (.784). Highest winning percentage & least losses of all of G5 2022-2025.
Sun Belt East Champions: 2022, 2023, 2025
Sun Belt Champions: 2025
Top 25 ranked: 2022, 2023, 2025
CFP: 2025
bandl wrote:
Maybe you shouldn't jump on merchants...
I've never, ever, ever, ever, ever had a single problem with identity theft.
You're fortunate then. FTC says over 9 million Americans become victims of it every year. Another survey from Javelin Strategy & Research shows that 11.1 million Americans say they were ID theft victims in 2009.
Survey Reveals 38 Million Americans Claim Identity Theft In Their Lifetime
20% of U.S. households have a member who was violated by identity theft – - number of victims per year on the rise http://www.prweb.com/releases/identityh ... 862994.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
how did I know you were going to post some useless stats about this?
I thought about whether or not to type this but I guess it's OK. My problem is that the GAO is the messenger. I have dealt with the GAO ...been interviewed by GAO auditors...and I really don't think it necessarily knows what it's doing in any particular case. I know when I was interviewed I came away with the impression that the guys involved did not understand enough about what they were investigating to make a competent judgement. To me you'd have to have a more credible institution saying it before I'd start thinking about it.
Well, I believe that I must tell the truth
And say things as they really are
But if I told the truth and nothing but the truth
Could I ever be a star? Deep Purple: No One Came