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[Foxfyre]

Anyone else have SiriusXM? Since there's no decent radio stations anywhere near me, I get SiriusXM by the year for my truck. But recently Sirius has included streaming online, and I've been hooked on listening to the "Radio Classics" channel. It's old time radio shows that were popular before TV. I think they're highly entertaining. I'm listening to "Inner Sanctum Mysterious," The Corpse Nobody Loved.

Some of those old radio shows were wonderful, and just as entertaining, if not more so, than television has been to later generations.

 

[Foxfyre]

During the $600 stimulus I helped a friend file for it on line. She has no bank account and pays no taxes, doesn't even file a return. She received her check in the mail and had another friend cash it. So when she received her $1400 check last week I took her to my bank and they refused to cash it because she had no picture ID. (Claims her purse was stolen) Anyway they told her to try Walmart.. I'm at a loss, haven't a clue how to help her out.

Possibly "Cash Express"? They are everywhere.

The third party endorsement somebody suggested might no longer be an option. There was a time it was common, but now most banks won't accept a third party endorsement on a check because of the high incidence of fraud and because in most states there is like three years or so liability for the bank for accepting a fraudulent check. Your friends' best bet I think is to bite the bullet and just open a bank account and deposit the check.

Unfortunately you need an ID to open an account. I told her to get a new ID. Not sure what she's going to do. Only hear from her every 2 or 3 months...

Yes, everybody needs an ID. Not sure how anybody even functions in society without one these days.

 

[Foxfyre]

 

[Foxfyre]

 

[Big Black Dog]

Anyone else have SiriusXM? Since there's no decent radio stations anywhere near me, I get SiriusXM by the year for my truck. But recently Sirius has included streaming online, and I've been hooked on listening to the "Radio Classics" channel. It's old time radio shows that were popular before TV. I think they're highly entertaining. I'm listening to "Inner Sanctum Mysterious," The Corpse Nobody Loved.

I listen to that channel all the time when I’m driving and have been doing so for years. I think it’s great entertainmen. My all time fav is Dragnet.

 

[SFC Ollie]

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True story.

 

[Dragonlady]

Anyone else have SiriusXM? Since there's no decent radio stations anywhere near me, I get SiriusXM by the year for my truck. But recently Sirius has included streaming online, and I've been hooked on listening to the "Radio Classics" channel. It's old time radio shows that were popular before TV. I think they're highly entertaining. I'm listening to "Inner Sanctum Mysterious," The Corpse Nobody Loved.

CHUM-FM in Toronto used to run some of the old radio shows on Sunday nights back in the 1970's. We used to tune in for The Shadow, which I used to listen to on the radio when I was really little, before we had a TV.

I have Apple Music which is the best $10.99 I spend in a month. I've had iPhones and iTunes now for more than 15 years, and Siri knows me well. Except for some strange reason, she thinks I like Creedance. She's not picking up on my skipping past them every time they come on.

 

[Dragonlady]

During the $600 stimulus I helped a friend file for it on line. She has no bank account and pays no taxes, doesn't even file a return. She received her check in the mail and had another friend cash it. So when she received her $1400 check last week I took her to my bank and they refused to cash it because she had no picture ID. (Claims her purse was stolen) Anyway they told her to try Walmart.. I'm at a loss, haven't a clue how to help her out.

Possibly "Cash Express"? They are everywhere.

The third party endorsement somebody suggested might no longer be an option. There was a time it was common, but now most banks won't accept a third party endorsement on a check because of the high incidence of fraud and because in most states there is like three years or so liability for the bank for accepting a fraudulent check. Your friends' best bet I think is to bite the bullet and just open a bank account and deposit the check.

Unfortunately you need an ID to open an account. I told her to get a new ID. Not sure what she's going to do. Only hear from her every 2 or 3 months...

I lost all of my ID including my SIN card, and adoption papers (no birth certifcate). But I couldn't get my SIN without a birth certificate. I was able to just write a note to OHIP and get a replacement health card through my employer, and they mailed it to me at my address on file, but you cannot use OHIP for ID. I'd get my husband to open the bank account, and apply for the credit card, and add me, and then use the cards for ID.

It took me years to get enough ID to get through life my daily life without being added on my husband's accounts. After 9/11 I couldn't even get on an airplane without photo ID, and I couldn't go to the USA any more. My boss, who had two adopted children of her own, and knew all of the processes, helped me get a birth certificate, and now I have all kinds of ID including a passport.

You would be doing your friend a real service if you can help her get some proper ID. If she has no bank account, she has every dollar she owns on her person or in her house making her a target.

 

[SFC Ollie]

During the $600 stimulus I helped a friend file for it on line. She has no bank account and pays no taxes, doesn't even file a return. She received her check in the mail and had another friend cash it. So when she received her $1400 check last week I took her to my bank and they refused to cash it because she had no picture ID. (Claims her purse was stolen) Anyway they told her to try Walmart.. I'm at a loss, haven't a clue how to help her out.

Possibly "Cash Express"? They are everywhere.

The third party endorsement somebody suggested might no longer be an option. There was a time it was common, but now most banks won't accept a third party endorsement on a check because of the high incidence of fraud and because in most states there is like three years or so liability for the bank for accepting a fraudulent check. Your friends' best bet I think is to bite the bullet and just open a bank account and deposit the check.

Unfortunately you need an ID to open an account. I told her to get a new ID. Not sure what she's going to do. Only hear from her every 2 or 3 months...

I lost all of my ID including my SIN card, and adoption papers (no birth certifcate). But I couldn't get my SIN without a birth certificate. I was able to just write a note to OHIP and get a replacement health card through my employer, and they mailed it to me at my address on file, but you cannot use OHIP for ID. I'd get my husband to open the bank account, and apply for the credit card, and add me, and then use the cards for ID.

It took me years to get enough ID to get through life my daily life without being added on my husband's accounts. After 9/11 I couldn't even get on an airplane without photo ID, and I couldn't go to the USA any more. My boss, who had two adopted children of her own, and knew all of the processes, helped me get a birth certificate, and now I have all kinds of ID including a passport.

You would be doing your friend a real service if you can help her get some proper ID. If she has no bank account, she has every dollar she owns on her person or in her house making her a target.

I keep trying to tell her that, but some people just don't trust banks or the government.

 

[007]

Anyone else have SiriusXM? Since there's no decent radio stations anywhere near me, I get SiriusXM by the year for my truck. But recently Sirius has included streaming online, and I've been hooked on listening to the "Radio Classics" channel. It's old time radio shows that were popular before TV. I think they're highly entertaining. I'm listening to "Inner Sanctum Mysterious," The Corpse Nobody Loved.

CHUM-FM in Toronto used to run some of the old radio shows on Sunday nights back in the 1970's. We used to tune in for The Shadow, which I used to listen to on the radio when I was really little, before we had a TV.

I have Apple Music which is the best $10.99 I spend in a month. I've had iPhones and iTunes now for more than 15 years, and Siri knows me well. Except for some strange reason, she thinks I like Creedance. She's not picking up on my skipping past them every time they come on.

I used to have Spotify for years, but it's just standard definition with very slow bit rates. I don't know why they refuse to upgrade it. So when Amazon started it's HD and Ultra HD Music Unlimited, I switched to that. Much better sounding, extremely fast bitrates, good library.

Yeah the Spotify "Weekly Discovery" mix would usually pick a bunch of music that was nothing like what I listen to. I'd do a lot of thumbs down'ing but it didn't seem to make any difference either. Prime music is much better at picking the weekly discovery. I realize they want to mix it up a bit and throw some stuff at you that isn't normally what you'd listen to, but they get pretty far off sometimes. If it's even remotely got that cookie cutter, pop culture tone to it, it's FF, immediately. Prime music has no thumb up or down. It threw in one I liked in the last mix though... "Mary Bragg"... I like the easy listening music... good tune...

I Thought You Were Somebody Else [Official Music Video] - YouTube

 

[007]

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Tricky... I see what ya did there.

 

[Dragonlady]

I used to have Spotify for years, but it's just standard definition with very low bit rates. I don't know why they refuse to upgrade it. So when Amazon started it's HD and Ultra HD Music Unlimited, I switched to that. Much better sounding, extremely fast bitrates, good library.

Yeah the Spotify "Weekly Discovery" mix would usually pick a bunch of music that was not anything like what I listen to. The Prime music is much better at picking the weekly discovery. I realize they want to mix it up a bit and throw some stuff at you that isn't normally what you'd listen to, but they get pretty far off sometimes. If it's even remotely got that cookie cutter, pop culture tone to it, it's FF, immediately. Prime threw in one I liked in the last mix though... "Mary Bragg"... I like the easy listening music... good tune...

I Thought You Were Somebody Else [Official Music Video] - YouTube

While reading your post it occurred to me that I shared both the phone, and my iPhone account, with my ex - a HUGE Creedance fan, shared that iTunes account, and an iPhone, up until 2016, and THAT's why SIRI thinks I like CCR. During our marriage, we had a deal: He didn't play CCR when I was at home, and I didn't play The Who when he was home. When we split, I retained the iTunes account, he kept the CD's.

 

[Ringel05]

Hope everyone is doing well. Stopped by to show off two new acquisitions I picked via the muzzleloading forum I'm on. One of the members has a 100 + collection of powder horns and he's culling the herd. He's asking around a third of what the horns are actually worth. These two are made by master horn makers and just gorgeous.

 

[Dragonlady]

Hope everyone is doing well. Stopped by to show off two new acquisitions I picked via the muzzleloading forum I'm on. One of the members has a 100 + collection of powder horns and he's culling the herd. He's asking around a third of what the horns are actually worth. These two are made by master horn makers and just gorgeous.

I love the etching and painting on the top one. The colors are warmer too, but both of them are beautiful!!

 

[Ringel05]

Hope everyone is doing well. Stopped by to show off two new acquisitions I picked via the muzzleloading forum I'm on. One of the members has a 100 + collection of powder horns and he's culling the herd. He's asking around a third of what the horns are actually worth. These two are made by master horn makers and just gorgeous.

I love the etching and painting on the top one. The colors are warmer too, but both of them are beautiful!!

Every day for the last week he's put one or two up for sale and each one has been gorgeous but I'd be broke if I had bought all he posted so far even with his awesome prices.

 

[007]

Hope everyone is doing well. Stopped by to show off two new acquisitions I picked via the muzzleloading forum I'm on. One of the members has a 100 + collection of powder horns and he's culling the herd. He's asking around a third of what the horns are actually worth. These two are made by master horn makers and just gorgeous.

Very cool.

 

[Dragonlady]

Hope everyone is doing well. Stopped by to show off two new acquisitions I picked via the muzzleloading forum I'm on. One of the members has a 100 + collection of powder horns and he's culling the herd. He's asking around a third of what the horns are actually worth. These two are made by master horn makers and just gorgeous.

I love the etching and painting on the top one. The colors are warmer too, but both of them are beautiful!!

Every day for the last week he's put one or two up for sale and each one has been gorgeous but I'd be broke if I had bought all he posted so far even with his awesome prices.

It must be killing you to see all these beautiful pieces go by and wishing you could have them all.

When I first moved here, my youngest gave me this plate for Mother’s Day. Her and her husband were just starting out. Their daughter was born one month before their first anniversary. Money was tight.

Don Quixote is one of my favourite ballets, and my living room is blue and yellow. When she gave it to me I knew immediately that it was hand painted and very high quality. She assured me she got it at a second hand store and paid $5 for it. She has a gift for thrift store finds.

I have quite a few collector plates. This one is 14” and is the largest. It’s signed and marked. My plate is one of a series three or four plates by the same artist. In one, the horse is bucking and the riders flying through the air.

Like you, I would love to get more of the series, but the price for one is more money than I spend on groceries for a month. And I eat organic.

 

[Ringel05]

Hope everyone is doing well. Stopped by to show off two new acquisitions I picked via the muzzleloading forum I'm on. One of the members has a 100 + collection of powder horns and he's culling the herd. He's asking around a third of what the horns are actually worth. These two are made by master horn makers and just gorgeous.

I love the etching and painting on the top one. The colors are warmer too, but both of them are beautiful!!

Every day for the last week he's put one or two up for sale and each one has been gorgeous but I'd be broke if I had bought all he posted so far even with his awesome prices.

It must be killing you to see all these beautiful pieces go by and wishing you could have them all.

When I first moved here, my youngest gave me this plate for Mother’s Day. Her and her husband were just starting out. Their daughter was born one month before their first anniversary. Money was tight.

Don Quixote is one of my favourite ballets, and my living room is blue and yellow. When she gave it to me I knew immediately that it was hand painted and very high quality. She assured me she got it at a second hand store and paid $5 for it. She has a gift for thrift store finds.

I have quite a few collector plates. This one is 14” and is the largest. It’s signed and marked. My plate is one of a series three or four plates by the same artist. In one, the horse is bucking and the riders flying through the air.

Like you, I would love to get more of the series, but the price for one is more money than I spend on groceries for a month. And I eat organic.

Yeah, I could go broke very easily.......... As it is though I got those two for $310 shipped, today if I bought them from a master horn maker they'd go for $700+ for both. I just couldn't pass it up. Guess I'll be eating Ramen Noodles for a month........

 

[Mindful]

Hope everyone is doing well. Stopped by to show off two new acquisitions I picked via the muzzleloading forum I'm on. One of the members has a 100 + collection of powder horns and he's culling the herd. He's asking around a third of what the horns are actually worth. These two are made by master horn makers and just gorgeous.

I love the etching and painting on the top one. The colors are warmer too, but both of them are beautiful!!

Every day for the last week he's put one or two up for sale and each one has been gorgeous but I'd be broke if I had bought all he posted so far even with his awesome prices.

It must be killing you to see all these beautiful pieces go by and wishing you could have them all.

When I first moved here, my youngest gave me this plate for Mother’s Day. Her and her husband were just starting out. Their daughter was born one month before their first anniversary. Money was tight.

Don Quixote is one of my favourite ballets, and my living room is blue and yellow. When she gave it to me I knew immediately that it was hand painted and very high quality. She assured me she got it at a second hand store and paid $5 for it. She has a gift for thrift store finds.

I have quite a few collector plates. This one is 14” and is the largest. It’s signed and marked. My plate is one of a series three or four plates by the same artist. In one, the horse is bucking and the riders flying through the air.

Like you, I would love to get more of the series, but the price for one is more money than I spend on groceries for a month. And I eat organic.

Yeah, I could go broke very easily.......... As it is though I got those two for $310 shipped, today if I bought them from a master horn maker they'd go for $700+ for both. I just couldn't pass it up. Guess I'll be eating Ramen Noodles for a month........

How’s it going these days, Ringel?

My daughter seems to be recovering well from her surgeries. The lab reports were all good. Regular checkups, all looks good.

 

[Ringel05]

Hope everyone is doing well. Stopped by to show off two new acquisitions I picked via the muzzleloading forum I'm on. One of the members has a 100 + collection of powder horns and he's culling the herd. He's asking around a third of what the horns are actually worth. These two are made by master horn makers and just gorgeous.

I love the etching and painting on the top one. The colors are warmer too, but both of them are beautiful!!

Every day for the last week he's put one or two up for sale and each one has been gorgeous but I'd be broke if I had bought all he posted so far even with his awesome prices.

It must be killing you to see all these beautiful pieces go by and wishing you could have them all.

When I first moved here, my youngest gave me this plate for Mother’s Day. Her and her husband were just starting out. Their daughter was born one month before their first anniversary. Money was tight.

Don Quixote is one of my favourite ballets, and my living room is blue and yellow. When she gave it to me I knew immediately that it was hand painted and very high quality. She assured me she got it at a second hand store and paid $5 for it. She has a gift for thrift store finds.

I have quite a few collector plates. This one is 14” and is the largest. It’s signed and marked. My plate is one of a series three or four plates by the same artist. In one, the horse is bucking and the riders flying through the air.

Like you, I would love to get more of the series, but the price for one is more money than I spend on groceries for a month. And I eat organic.

Yeah, I could go broke very easily.......... As it is though I got those two for $310 shipped, today if I bought them from a master horn maker they'd go for $700+ for both. I just couldn't pass it up. Guess I'll be eating Ramen Noodles for a month........

How’s it going these days, Ringel?

My daughter seems to be recovering well from her surgeries. The lab reports were all good. Regular checkups, all looks good.

That sounds wonderful!