Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

This morning's rain got quiet all of a sudden...

This is only about the third or fourth time I've seen snow here!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, are you saying that you gotta pay tax on the 'relief payments'? I will just bet that the payments come in at about 40-50% LESS than what the materials will cost to rebuild. They've got you coming and going.

There is no rebuilding. Most of the loss was in landscaping that I won't replace, and trees that would take generations to mature even if they did get planted. I won't live that long. The part of the settlement for "emotional distress" is apparently taxable. That amounts to about 35% of my settlement. I already made an estimated payment for the portion I received last year, but it would be a huge help to get it back.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Apparently my sons job offer is a scam. There were some red flags so I started investigating. Fortunately he didn’t give them any personal data yet, which appears to be what they were after.

 

[kenmbz]

Apparently my sons job offer is a scam. There were some red flags so I started investigating. Fortunately he didn’t give them any personal data yet, which appears to be what they were after.

Wow, glad you caught that before it became serious. Crazy stuff.

 

[Buppies]

This old world is full of evil people crying shame

 

[pennwalk]

46°F and windy. Back to winter.

The number of crooks in our world is a shame. The scams must work or they would give up.

Chris

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Wow, glad you caught that before it became serious. Crazy stuff.

Yea, he applied on LinkedIn. Several red flags to me. Initially
-Too high of salary
-I was expecting the initial questionnaire to be a prescreening, they answered with an offer without a phone conversation.

More red flags after looking them up,
-They used a legitimate company, but created a “company”careers.com domain , I looked it up, it was created 2 days ago in Canada.
-I went to the legitimate company LinkedIn site and they posted a warning about someone posing as them, so they already knew.
-wording in the email sounded wrong like you see in scams
-their email had no phone number to contact them.
-email did not have the company logo

I want him to lead them on and see what they ask for next. I expect they will want bank info to set up direct deposit, and of course SSN.
Fortunately he hasn’t even given them his address.
Right now they want him to send Full name, address, phone number and email address “so that HR can register you”. (They already have 3 of the 4)

 

[sodamo]

Kilroy - any concern about the steel wool rusting out?

 

[sodamo]

Thanks, Drew.
Anxious for all this rain to end so I can finish my tractor shed extension. Totally unusable weatherwise right now, but I am seriously pleased with the increased PV production.

 

[daugen]

spent all afternoon making reservations for rv trip. Had to change the one in Maryland, now staying at KOA near Antietam battlefield.
UPS said rv toilet now showing up tomorrow. I hope they didn't lose or break it...

after making all the reservations, brought the Garmin gps in and entered all the locations.
I love the campgrounds that say don't follow your gps, do this. Ok...trick is just to stay on main roads no matter what the lady
in the machine says.

new noise cancelling earbuds came in, charged them up, need to go drive with them and see if they work as well as over the ear.

going to be cold tonight down to 23, cold tomorrow, then warming up a little on Sunday.
not much planned for tomorrow, might make a Costco run but probably will wait until Monday.