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abacomike · January 2021

mjfloyd1 said:
When you guys get your first and then second Covid vaccination, the first vaccination is not bad - just a sore arm. The second vaccination symptoms are more intense - I should have drank a lot of fluids but I did not. I woke up sweaty, dehydrated and achy like I had the flu. Apparently that Is somewhat common so be prepared and drink lots of fluids.

One guy in my group who had Covid earlier did not have any symptoms other than a sore arm for both vaccinations.

I have heard similar reports about the second vaccination. I had my first one last Thursday and had no adverse reactions. My second vaccination is two weeks from Thursday. I was told from others that the second shot can be more reactive.

That doesn’t mean everyone will have reactions - just some people will. I would like to know if anyone is having any adverse reactions after the second shot.

stickguy · January 2021

We never bothered to get an antibody test, but my wife and I really think we had it last February. She took a trip to Dallas the 2nd week of February, and a few days after getting back got real sick with weird symptoms. A few days later, I got the same thing. Fever, cough, weird breathing, aches in strange places. Not like anything I ever had before. Just really lasted a few days before easing up, then a bit more time getting back to normal (some lingering hacking and tiredness).

Once all the details on Covid came out, it seemed really possible that we did. At least to us! A few months later and I definitely would have gotten tested.

oldfarmer50 · January 2021

stickguy said:
We never bothered to get an antibody test, but my wife and I really think we had it last February. She took a trip to Dallas the 2nd week of February, and a few days after getting back got real sick with weird symptoms. A few days later, I got the same thing. Fever, cough, weird breathing, aches in strange places. Not like anything I ever had before. Just really lasted a few days before easing up, then a bit more time getting back to normal (some lingering hacking and tiredness).

Once all the details on Covid came out, it seemed really possible that we did. At least to us! A few months later and I definitely would have gotten tested.

That’s similar to what happened to me in July although not as severe, just fever, feeling woozy and maybe a cough. Two days sick, two more on the mend and no lingering effects.

I came down with it after visiting my doctor’s office. Figures that would tend to be a hot zone.

As to testing I think I mentioned that my son thought he might have been exposed and when he went to get tested they told him to go home and wait 5 days. That seemed rather dumb seeing as they were sending him back to potentially expose the whole family while they dickered around. No wonder this thing spread so much.

roadburner · January 2021

So I had a little fun on the way home today. I took an out of the way route that has two 90 degree left hand turns; the second is a bit off camber. I was in the Clubman and a Giulia Ti Lusso(I think) came up quick behind me. I pulled away quite a bit at the first left-hander so he really wanted to hang with me at the second corner. Of course he early apexed the turn and then got on the throttle too soon. The tail really stepped out. I wish I had been in the Club Sport or M235i- the humiliation would have been even worse.
Oh well, there's always tomorrow...

ab348 · January 2021

More news about the Hyundia/Kia fire issue. Their recall net has now expanded.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/hyundai-tucson-fire-recall-suvs/

carnaught · January 2021

I am not aware of any data showing that lack of symptoms from your vaccine means that it will not work.

stickguy · January 2021

I chalk it up to everyone reacting differently. Happens with the flu shot too. And Covid seems to be really weird in how big a spread there is between individuals reacting to catching it, so makes sense the vaccine could do that. And gotta figure, a lot of people that had it without knowing, could already be somewhat vaccinated (1st does level?)

abacomike · January 2021

ab348 said:
More news about the Hyundia/Kia fire issue. Their recall net has now expanded.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/hyundai-tucson-fire-recall-suvs/

Recalls that are so huge like the recent Hyundai and Kia potential fire problem can (and have) damage a manufacturer’s reputation in terms of significantly reduced sales of their entire line-up of vehicles. It can take years to come out from under these recalls. It is so extensive that it can take many months, if not years, to repair or correct the problem. 652,000+ vehicles is a huge recall.

driver100 · January 2021

carnaught said:
I am not aware of any data showing that lack of symptoms from your vaccine means that it will not work.

We were one of the early ones to get the 2 stage Shingix vaccine for Shingles. The 1st vaccine was easy, you don't even feel the new needles....but, the 2nd vaccine makes you feel weak and tired for 2 days. The pharmacist said a lot of people reported the same. Guess it is just the way some of these vaccines work.

qbrozen · January 2021

the recall may feature a corroding ABS brake hydraulic electronic control unit, and if the component does corrode, there may be an electrical short.

The remedy will see a lower-amperage fuse installed as well as a software update for the electronic stability control system

This is NOT the way to go, IMHO. This is the very definition of a band-aid fix. So we'll just make sure that, when it DOES fail, the fuse cuts the power earlier. Hey, crazy idea, how about replacing it with a unit that won't catch on fire at all?! I know, I know, I'm kooky like that.

jmonroe1 · January 2021

ab348 said:
More news about the Hyundia/Kia fire issue. Their recall net has now expanded.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/hyundai-tucson-fire-recall-suvs/

If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather hear about Cadillac problems like our poster buddy @graphicguy gave us a while back.☹️

jmonroe

jmonroe1 · January 2021

qbrozen said:
the recall may feature a corroding ABS brake hydraulic electronic control unit, and if the component does corrode, there may be an electrical short.

The remedy will see a lower-amperage fuse installed as well as a software update for the electronic stability control system

This is NOT the way to go, IMHO. This is the very definition of a band-aid fix. So we'll just make sure that, when it DOES fail, the fuse cuts the power earlier. Hey, crazy idea, how about replacing it with a unit that won't catch on fire at all?! I know, I know, I'm kooky like that.

You are so right about this lower amperage fuse thing being a “band-aid” fix. If corroded connectors are truly the problem Hyundai has to install better connectors. They exist and have existed for a long time and have been used on wheel sensors that live in a horrible environment. These connectors cost more money which probably explains the cost skimping but they work. Easier to do on new builds but changing out a wire harness in the field is outrageously more expensive. Saving pennies has proven to cost many dollars when bills come due later.

jmonroe

qbrozen · January 2021

jmonroe1 said:

qbrozen said:
the recall may feature a corroding ABS brake hydraulic electronic control unit, and if the component does corrode, there may be an electrical short.

The remedy will see a lower-amperage fuse installed as well as a software update for the electronic stability control system

This is NOT the way to go, IMHO. This is the very definition of a band-aid fix. So we'll just make sure that, when it DOES fail, the fuse cuts the power earlier. Hey, crazy idea, how about replacing it with a unit that won't catch on fire at all?! I know, I know, I'm kooky like that.
You are so right about this lower amperage fuse thing being a “band-aid” fix. If corroded connectors are truly the problem Hyundai has to install better connectors. They exist and have existed for a long time and have been used on wheel sensors that live in a horrible environment. These connectors cost more money which probably explains the cost skimping but they work. Easier to do on new builds but changing out a wire harness in the field is outrageously more expensive. Saving pennies has proven to cost many dollars when bills come due later.

jmonroe

Ya know, I'm not usually one to be concerned about recalls, but how they are handling that one scares the HELL out of me and would make me think twice about considering any HyunKia, which is a shame.

driver100 · January 2021

qbrozen said:

jmonroe1 said:

qbrozen said:
the recall may feature a corroding ABS brake hydraulic electronic control unit, and if the component does corrode, there may be an electrical short.

The remedy will see a lower-amperage fuse installed as well as a software update for the electronic stability control system

This is NOT the way to go, IMHO. This is the very definition of a band-aid fix. So we'll just make sure that, when it DOES fail, the fuse cuts the power earlier. Hey, crazy idea, how about replacing it with a unit that won't catch on fire at all?! I know, I know, I'm kooky like that.
You are so right about this lower amperage fuse thing being a “band-aid” fix. If corroded connectors are truly the problem Hyundai has to install better connectors. They exist and have existed for a long time and have been used on wheel sensors that live in a horrible environment. These connectors cost more money which probably explains the cost skimping but they work. Easier to do on new builds but changing out a wire harness in the field is outrageously more expensive. Saving pennies has proven to cost many dollars when bills come due later.

jmonroe
Ya know, I'm not usually one to be concerned about recalls, but how they are handling that one scares the HELL out of me and would make me think twice about considering any HyunKia, which is a shame.

Agree, it is a bad thing, but most companies these days try to avoid doing recalls, and either fight them or offer a cheap quick fix. Customers don't matter, only the bottom line....that is the way to save your job for at least another quarter.

ab348 · January 2021

Signed the papers today to move both car and home insurance away from TD where it has been for 23 years and went instead with offerings from a local broker. Taken together, premiums go from $2400 to $1500 approx. Because I drive so little, I got a mileage-based car insurance policy though CAA Insurance that is less than half per year than what my former co. was quoting. Only downside is that it requires installation of a telematics device to record mileage, which sounds similar to what @abacomike mentioned a while ago. While in principle I don't like the idea, for nearly $1000/year in savings I can live with it.

jmonroe1 · January 2021

ab348 said:
Signed the papers today to move both car and home insurance away from TD where it has been for 23 years and went instead with offerings from a local broker. Taken together, premiums go from $2400 to $1500 approx. Because I drive so little, I got a mileage-based car insurance policy though CAA Insurance that is less than half per year than what my former co. was quoting. Only downside is that it requires installation of a telematics device to record mileage, which sounds similar to what @abacomike mentioned a while ago. While in principle I don't like the idea, for nearly $1000/year in savings I can live with it.

I don’t think I could live with that do-dad even for the savings of a grand a year. I don’t know how to defeat something like that since I’ve never had one. If it’s mounted under the hood or in the car somewhere, I’d start by trying to keep it from getting hot or cold with an aluminum blanket and see how long it takes for them to want to check it out. I’d have some real fun with that thingy. Might even be worth a grand in the end.

jmonroe

roadburner · January 2021

jmonroe1 said:

ab348 said:
Signed the papers today to move both car and home insurance away from TD where it has been for 23 years and went instead with offerings from a local broker. Taken together, premiums go from $2400 to $1500 approx. Because I drive so little, I got a mileage-based car insurance policy though CAA Insurance that is less than half per year than what my former co. was quoting. Only downside is that it requires installation of a telematics device to record mileage, which sounds similar to what @abacomike mentioned a while ago. While in principle I don't like the idea, for nearly $1000/year in savings I can live with it.
I don’t think I could live with that do-dad even for the savings of a grand a year. I don’t know how to defeat something like that since I’ve never had one. If it’s mounted under the hood or in the car somewhere, I’d start by trying to keep it from getting hot or cold with an aluminum blanket and see how long it takes for them to want to check it out. I’d have some real fun with that thingy. Might even be worth a grand in the end.

jmonroe

I was on another board a couple of years ago and one techie was working on a device that would fit between the insurance company dongle and the OBD-II port. The device would modify the OBD-II output so that the dongle would never receive hard acceleration or braking data. Speed data would be similarly modified.

jmonroe1 · January 2021

roadburner said:

jmonroe1 said:

ab348 said:
Signed the papers today to move both car and home insurance away from TD where it has been for 23 years and went instead with offerings from a local broker. Taken together, premiums go from $2400 to $1500 approx. Because I drive so little, I got a mileage-based car insurance policy though CAA Insurance that is less than half per year than what my former co. was quoting. Only downside is that it requires installation of a telematics device to record mileage, which sounds similar to what @abacomike mentioned a while ago. While in principle I don't like the idea, for nearly $1000/year in savings I can live with it.
I don’t think I could live with that do-dad even for the savings of a grand a year. I don’t know how to defeat something like that since I’ve never had one. If it’s mounted under the hood or in the car somewhere, I’d start by trying to keep it from getting hot or cold with an aluminum blanket and see how long it takes for them to want to check it out. I’d have some real fun with that thingy. Might even be worth a grand in the end.

jmonroe
I was on another board a couple of years ago and one techie was working on a device that would fit between the insurance company dongle and the OBD-II port. The device would modify the OBD-II output so that the dongle would never receive hard acceleration or braking data. Speed data would be similarly modified.

AND ?😳

jmonroe

stickguy · January 2021

roadburner said:

jmonroe1 said:

ab348 said:
Signed the papers today to move both car and home insurance away from TD where it has been for 23 years and went instead with offerings from a local broker. Taken together, premiums go from $2400 to $1500 approx. Because I drive so little, I got a mileage-based car insurance policy though CAA Insurance that is less than half per year than what my former co. was quoting. Only downside is that it requires installation of a telematics device to record mileage, which sounds similar to what @abacomike mentioned a while ago. While in principle I don't like the idea, for nearly $1000/year in savings I can live with it.
I don’t think I could live with that do-dad even for the savings of a grand a year. I don’t know how to defeat something like that since I’ve never had one. If it’s mounted under the hood or in the car somewhere, I’d start by trying to keep it from getting hot or cold with an aluminum blanket and see how long it takes for them to want to check it out. I’d have some real fun with that thingy. Might even be worth a grand in the end.

jmonroe
I was on another board a couple of years ago and one techie was working on a device that would fit between the insurance company dongle and the OBD-II port. The device would modify the OBD-II output so that the dongle would never receive hard acceleration or braking data. Speed data would be similarly modified.

sounds like the gizmo someone invented for Honda VCM (Muzzler) since there was no way to turn it off, and it was causing engine issues for some people. Plugged into some sensor (I think a temp sensor) and tricked the car into thinking the temp was just below the threshold to have VCM kick on. But if the temp really increased above normal would still register. Pretty slick solution really.

driver100 · January 2021

ab348 said:
Signed the papers today to move both car and home insurance away from TD where it has been for 23 years and went instead with offerings from a local broker. Taken together, premiums go from $2400 to $1500 approx. Because I drive so little, I got a mileage-based car insurance policy though CAA Insurance that is less than half per year than what my former co. was quoting. Only downside is that it requires installation of a telematics device to record mileage, which sounds similar to what @abacomike mentioned a while ago. While in principle I don't like the idea, for nearly $1000/year in savings I can live with it.

We saved a lot by switching to CAA for home and car insurance too. They told me about that device....I believe it saves an extra 15% if you agree to having it installed. These things usually don't work out for me....I would probably jam on the brakes to save a kid's life and the device will count it as a hard stop due to a driving error. Sometimes I need to go over the speed limit to enter a highway, or to move out of the way of a being semi driving too close.......no, I don't want to be monitored like that. They say the device can only help, but it won't be used to raise rates.....ah yeh, well, I have heard that before.

explorerx4 · January 2021

It's sitting on the shelf next to the 100 mpg carburetor.

driver100 · January 2021

jmonroe1 said:

roadburner said:

jmonroe1 said:

ab348 said:
Signed the papers today to move both car and home insurance away from TD where it has been for 23 years and went instead with offerings from a local broker. Taken together, premiums go from $2400 to $1500 approx. Because I drive so little, I got a mileage-based car insurance policy though CAA Insurance that is less than half per year than what my former co. was quoting. Only downside is that it requires installation of a telematics device to record mileage, which sounds similar to what @abacomike mentioned a while ago. While in principle I don't like the idea, for nearly $1000/year in savings I can live with it.
I don’t think I could live with that do-dad even for the savings of a grand a year. I don’t know how to defeat something like that since I’ve never had one. If it’s mounted under the hood or in the car somewhere, I’d start by trying to keep it from getting hot or cold with an aluminum blanket and see how long it takes for them to want to check it out. I’d have some real fun with that thingy. Might even be worth a grand in the end.

jmonroe
I was on another board a couple of years ago and one techie was working on a device that would fit between the insurance company dongle and the OBD-II port. The device would modify the OBD-II output so that the dongle would never receive hard acceleration or braking data. Speed data would be similarly modified.

AND ?😳

jmonroe

Nada, back to the drawing boards.

stickguy · January 2021

I signed up for the drivewise deal with Allstate, but that is an app on your phone not a device in the car. For the $20 or so I might save each year, not worth a lot of effort. You needed a certain number of trips per policy period. So I turned on the app for a couple weeks, driving around town, and once I had enough data points, just turned it off. I get a message occasionally that it won't register if I don't activate the app. But I don't really care.

mjfloyd1 · January 2021

carnaught said:
I am not aware of any data showing that lack of symptoms from your vaccine means that it will not work.

Prolly the same data that shows that the presence of symptoms from your vaccination guarantees that it will work :@

explorerx4 · January 2021

@jmonroe1,
At least Syd still has it going on.
Time to follow the Penguins.

abacomike · January 2021

stickguy said:
I signed up for the drivewise deal with Allstate, but that is an app on your phone not a device in the car. For the $20 or so I might save each year, not worth a lot of effort. You needed a certain number of trips per policy period. So I turned on the app for a couple weeks, driving around town, and once I had enough data points, just turned it off. I get a message occasionally that it won't register if I don't activate the app. But I don't really care.

Stick, I use Drivewise and after 30 days, I got a check for $131.30. I save 12% of my premium every 6 months. My 6 month premium was $1068, less $130 = $938. That’s a big savings for me. They beat every other insurer down here + they saved me $810 off my annual Condo insurance.

oldfarmer50 · January 2021

driver100 said:

ab348 said:
Signed the papers today to move both car and home insurance away from TD where it has been for 23 years and went instead with offerings from a local broker. Taken together, premiums go from $2400 to $1500 approx. Because I drive so little, I got a mileage-based car insurance policy though CAA Insurance that is less than half per year than what my former co. was quoting. Only downside is that it requires installation of a telematics device to record mileage, which sounds similar to what @abacomike mentioned a while ago. While in principle I don't like the idea, for nearly $1000/year in savings I can live with it.
We saved a lot by switching to CAA for home and car insurance too. They told me about that device....I believe it saves an extra 15% if you agree to having it installed. These things usually don't work out for me....I would probably jam on the brakes to save a kid's life and the device will count it as a hard stop due to a driving error. Sometimes I need to go over the speed limit to enter a highway, or to move out of the way of a being semi driving too close.......no, I don't want to be monitored like that. They say the device can only help, but it won't be used to raise rates.....ah yeh, well, I have heard that before.

I wonder what would happen if you fitted that device on a car that sits in the garage all winter as two of mine do?

stickguy · January 2021

my 6 month policy was only $355. And IIRC it only gave money back on a portion of it. maybe I got a little more but still not a huge amount.

abacomike · January 2021

stickguy said:
my 6 month policy was only $355. And IIRC it only gave money back on a portion of it. maybe I got a little more but still not a huge amount.

I got 12% off the full premium, not just a part of it. But if you are only paying $355 every 6 months, it’s not a big deal. But for me with these South Florida rates, it’s $260+ in savings per year which is significant.

snakeweasel · January 2021

mjfloyd1 said:

carnaught said:
I am not aware of any data showing that lack of symptoms from your vaccine means that it will not work.
Prolly the same data that shows that the presence of symptoms from your vaccination guarantees that it will work :@

Getting symptoms after you get vaccinated could mean you were infected prior to being vaccinated and your vaccination was during the incubation period.

mjfloyd1 · January 2021

Except the guy with a known symptomatic Covid infection had no symptoms after his first or second vaccination.

It only means that people react differently.

I was surprised that I had a reaction because I’m doubly immunocompromised

driver100 · January 2021

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

ab348 said:
Signed the papers today to move both car and home insurance away from TD where it has been for 23 years and went instead with offerings from a local broker. Taken together, premiums go from $2400 to $1500 approx. Because I drive so little, I got a mileage-based car insurance policy though CAA Insurance that is less than half per year than what my former co. was quoting. Only downside is that it requires installation of a telematics device to record mileage, which sounds similar to what @abacomike mentioned a while ago. While in principle I don't like the idea, for nearly $1000/year in savings I can live with it.
We saved a lot by switching to CAA for home and car insurance too. They told me about that device....I believe it saves an extra 15% if you agree to having it installed. These things usually don't work out for me....I would probably jam on the brakes to save a kid's life and the device will count it as a hard stop due to a driving error. Sometimes I need to go over the speed limit to enter a highway, or to move out of the way of a being semi driving too close.......no, I don't want to be monitored like that. They say the device can only help, but it won't be used to raise rates.....ah yeh, well, I have heard that before.
I wonder what would happen if you fitted that device on a car that sits in the garage all winter as two of mine do?

They would raise your rates because they would think you are comatose and have slow reaction times

Sandman6472 · January 2021

Spoke with the insurance folks yesterday. They finally put in the senior drivers discount for the class we both took and the policy went down about $100. So, paying around $900/year for each vehicle. I'll now for sure once the new documents come in the mail next week. We love doing it just once a year, pay it...and we're done. Safeco is our company which is part of Liberty Mutual I've been told.
And sat in a Mini Cooper Clubman yesterday and liked it except that split back door. Very annoying and doubt I could do it on a daily basis. Would rather get a Countryman instead.

snakeweasel · January 2021

Sandman6472 said:
Spoke with the insurance folks yesterday. They finally put in the senior drivers discount for the class we both took and the policy went down about $100. So, paying around $900/year for each vehicle. I'll now for sure once the new documents come in the mail next week. We love doing it just once a year, pay it...and we're done. Safeco is our company which is part of Liberty Mutual I've been told.
And sat in a Mini Cooper Clubman yesterday and liked it except that split back door. Very annoying and doubt I could do it on a daily basis. Would rather get a Countryman instead.

The split back door I might be able to get around, I just don't like the interior of those things, just a bit to small for me and the dash is just to weird for me, it's like someone tried to modernize a Flash Gordon spaceship.

roadburner · January 2021

We got used to the split back doors in no time. The interior in the R55 Clubman is a bit overwrought, but it really doesn’t bother me.
I took the X1 in for an Oil Service today and got an M340i xDrive for a loaner. It’s fast enough(dispatching the 1/4 mile in 12.3 seconds) but the more experience I have in the G20 the more I believe it’s just a bigger car than I prefer. It looks like the replacement for the 2er will be either a CPO M2 Comp or a Supra 3.0 Premium.

stickguy · January 2021

When I looked at minis 2 years ago, I went in looking at the countryman. Ended up liking the 4 door hardtop better. Nearly as roomy, but tidier size. And cheaper!

dino001 · January 2021

ab348 said:
I get plenty of scam telemarketing calls, but not for warranties. This week's version is a recorded female voice (which always sounds like every other recorded female voice on such calls) saying that my Amazon Prime account will be renewed for $39.95 annually with an auto-debit from my bank account. I have Prime, but I pay by the month and use the credit card on file with Amazon. I suspect most people do the same so I dunno how this one is supposed to work for the scamsters.

It's for those who don't have Prime - they get scared that something will pop up on their card, so they call and will give their credit card to "confirm to be removed". BTW annual prime is a bit more than $39.95.

dino001 · January 2021

snakeweasel said:

Have you considered an afterlife insurance plan?

I think the church was doing a pretty good business selling those until that meddling Luther came along.

I think the business is still pretty good for all of them. Plenty of willing customers.

dino001 · January 2021

omarman said:

Hopefully, your survivors would know to cancel your credit cards.

That doesn't happen overnight. It could take an executor a year or more to settle an estate. Meanwhile Sirius is ripping you off....well, ripping off your estate.

Have you considered an afterlife insurance plan? Recommended by Alexa. Check your email.
PS. Your car warranty is in danger of expiring. We've been trying to reach you.

"This is your final notice". Actually some are nice to give you option to opt out by pressing some button. Usually works for a few weeks, until another boiler room call you again.

qbrozen · January 2021

I just received a CC bill for my Dad, who died 20 months ago. Had no idea the card was open, and have no idea what the charge was for. So I had to call and report fraud. Was it fraud? I have NO IDEA. He very well could have been signed up for renewal on something somewhere.

dino001 · January 2021

jmonroe1 said:
Saving pennies has proven to cost many dollars when bills come due later.
jmonroe

But Mr. CEO will be retired already, having sold all his stock options, so why would he care? It's not his money.

explorerx4 · January 2021

You don't have to wait until the estate is settled to close a credit card, but you may have to provide proof that the card owner is deceased.

@qbrozen,
If the estate has been settled, the estate shouldn't have to pay the bill. Should cancel the card, though.

qbrozen · January 2021

explorerx4 said:
You don't have to wait until the estate is settled to close a credit card, but you may have to provide proof that the card owner is deceased.

@qbrozen,
If the estate has been settled, the estate shouldn't have to pay the bill. Should cancel the card, though.

well, of course I canceled it once I knew it even existed. They were very good about it. I think it was a Synchrony account.

driver100 · January 2021

That is why Sirius charges $20 a month...no one actually pays that amount, except CC customers who have died, skipped the country, now have dementia or forgot to renew before the card expired........anything to make more profit.

jmonroe1 · January 2021

dino001 said:

jmonroe1 said:
Saving pennies has proven to cost many dollars when bills come due later.
jmonroe
But Mr. CEO will be retired already, having sold all his stock options, so why would he care? It's not his money.

Unfortunately that is the way it goes. Probably when the board was about to relieve some shrewd CEO one day he said something like, “OK, OK, it happened on my watch but how am I supposed to watch everyone on my watch. Just give me a golden parachute and I’ll be on my way”. Once that door was opened no one had the guts to hold CEO’s accountable and that’s why we have what we have today. Lots of back scratching going on and the consumer pays for it.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50 · January 2021

qbrozen said:

explorerx4 said:
You don't have to wait until the estate is settled to close a credit card, but you may have to provide proof that the card owner is deceased.

@qbrozen,
If the estate has been settled, the estate shouldn't have to pay the bill. Should cancel the card, though.
well, of course I canceled it once I knew it even existed. They were very good about it. I think it was a Synchrony account.

Three years after my mother died I received a check from a credit card company as settlement for some class action suit. In order to cash it it had to dig out my testmentary letters and death certificate so I could open an estate account and cash the $32 check.

graphicguy · January 2021

Maybe I’m too paranoid, but the last entity I want spying on my driving habits is my insurance company. Plus, it’s highly doubtful any of the insurance companies would offer me a “good driver” discount if I plugged in one of their dongles given how I regularly flaunt speed limits.

Plus, I don’t think they even know I drive with only one eye working these days! LOL!

roadburner · January 2021

graphicguy said:
Maybe I’m too paranoid, but the last entity I want spying on my driving habits is my insurance company. Plus, it’s highly doubtful any of the insurance companies would offer me a “good driver” discount if I plugged in one of their dongles given how I regularly flaunt speed limits.

Plus, I don’t think they even know I drive with only one eye working these days! LOL!

I agree. I’m sure that the way the data is manipulated to set rates is arbitrary in the extreme.

imidazol97 · January 2021

Flash drive failure. 158,000 vehicles with 100% certainty of failure of the
Media Control Unit.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/13/feds-asks-tesla-to-recall-158000-vehicles-over-failing-touchscreen-displays/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZW5nYWRnZXQuY29tL3Rlc2xhLW5odHNhLW1vZGVsLXgtbW9kZWwtcy1yZWNhbGwtMDQwODI2MzU0Lmh0bWw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFBmw3WDP7zYRCL6tOEV7DoAAN-Oh4hUaiZgW_Q5jKleCZAhZ7LojM2PejVfaJJnxIpdjFOeyQHCLD0bpHobUMW2b7YvCjRco3GOJdv5DMYdQuo7HEdWdCYA93PwHt_axmQIdmZZaQAxNgaIcGd7C0vxuu88pWwn-OvhepGiARdd

stickguy · January 2021

good luck getting all those fixed.

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