A BoA branch was the bank that (at first) told me they couldn't issue me the check for the down payment on our house without my husband there.
Oi, I'm tired.
Just tryin' a little spicy talk.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - Jul 08, 2011 1:35:32 am PDT #15803 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Ginger - Jul 08, 2011 2:00:16 am PDT #15804 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I admit, whenever I see a new post in Beep Me, I hope that it's the one announcing the return of Sass.
Me too.
I was one of many people the credit card companies got with the credit limit/interest rate Catch 22. They wanted to screw as many people as possible before the law changed.
flea - Jul 08, 2011 2:37:05 am PDT #15805 of 30001
information libertarian
But it would clearly be terrible if Elizabeth Warren chaired the new consumer protection agency!!!!1!
I have been fairly lucky with banks, $5 fees for each foreign ATM withdrawal notwithstanding. But then, I don't do much with my main bank (Wachovia); we got our mortgage through a local smaller bank, and they were awesome.
smonster - Jul 08, 2011 2:53:30 am PDT #15806 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Ginger, Chase got me the same way.
So, today I need to buy a mattress, open a bank account, and many other things. Uggh.
hippocampus - Jul 08, 2011 2:57:03 am PDT #15807 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
The bank discussion sent me into a cold sweat and I had to go make sure I'd paid our mortgage. At 3:30am. I am horrified they can do what they do, from sitting on people's money to sitting on people. The Seattle story is just unspeakable.
Aims - Jul 08, 2011 2:57:22 am PDT #15808 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I just finished reading the funniest thing about Picking your battles which is now on my list of funniest things I've read on the internet.
Fantastic. “It’s an anniversary gift for you, asshole. Two whole weeks early. 15 YEARS IS BIG METAL CHICKENS.”
This is Joe's worst nightmare. I do collect roosters and chickens and if I were to go to Home Goods right now and see one? I WOULD TOTALLY BUY IT and then out it on the front porch and knock on the door. That was just highlarious.
Jessica - Jul 08, 2011 3:03:10 am PDT #15809 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
15 YEARS IS BIG METAL CHICKENS
OMG I can't breathe I'm laughing so hard. Also, I need to move to the suburbs so I have room for a big metal chicken in my front yard.
sarameg - Jul 08, 2011 3:17:03 am PDT #15810 of 30001
So. Power outage last night, three trunks failed simultaneously and the UPS failed to kick in.
Strange feeling of deja vu. Strange urge to unlock my computer and bolt out the fire exit.
§ ita § - Jul 08, 2011 4:51:48 am PDT #15811 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How much water do you boil? Like, you gotta make a cup of tea, how much water is in your kettle? My sister keeps filling mine up, but I only like to have 2c in there at a time.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 08, 2011 5:53:02 am PDT #15812 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I did a big balance transfer to BofA to take advantage of the best interest rate I could find, but have no emotional attachment to them. If someone else comes along offering me a better long-term rate I'll drop 'em in a heartbeat.
I do my regular banking through a formerly-local-now-regional bank whose people have been very polite and helpful on the rare occasions I've had an issue. (Thankfully they've never done anything like the bank that mistakenly deposited one paycheck in savings rather than checking and put a hold on the next one due to low balance just as my rent came due.)