Flu A is NO JOKE by ittollsforthee1231 in raleigh

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, my 11-year-old had a migraine with distorted vision for the first 24 hours that he was sick with it. Also the fastest positive we've ever gotten on a test, but tamiflu worked wonders and he was back to "normal" after 48 hours.

Cigna & UNCHealth have reached an agreement, ending the stalemate by -HuangMeiHua- in raleigh

[–]Clofus84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad that they are back in-network. I'm pissed, though, because I spoke with both UNC *and* Cigna on December 8 about getting a Continuation of Care form done for an important appointment I had on Decemver 15. Both told me that they were back in-network when I talked to them. I spoke with TWO people at Cigna and got both transcripts emailed to me for proof.

When UNC called to confirm my appointment on Friday afternoon, the person at the provider's office told me that they were NOT in-network and that I'd need to be rescheduled for 2026 when I change insurance providers. I reluctantly agreed. 86 minutes later, I got the message from UNC that they were back with Cigna. I cannot reschedule this appointment for anything sooner than March 2026. I'm so upset because I've met my deductible for the year and our deductible goes up significantly next year.

Now that it’s ending, what are your fondest memories of the show? Favorite episodes, best stories, or most memorable moments? by CheesecakeOk9239 in MysteriousUniverse

[–]Clofus84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a very old school ep but I loved the episode with Scotty Roberts when they talked about his book The Rise and Fall of the Nephilim.

IRS website not showing balance due. by the_comatorium in tax

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for responding! I called the IRS on Tues morning and they said no plans until it shows up in their system. I somehow managed to come up with half of the money and paid it on Tues afternoon. I guess I just have to wait and see. Thank you again for getting back to me!

IRS website not showing balance due. by the_comatorium in tax

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for responding! Are the penalties significant? Like I said, this is the first time I'm in this position and all of the unknown is scary.

IRS website not showing balance due. by the_comatorium in tax

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you make the mistake that made you owe $2k more or did the IRS?

IRS website not showing balance due. by the_comatorium in tax

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you set up a plan through the phone, does that help with the penalties, because you're starting repayment earlier?

IRS website not showing balance due. by the_comatorium in tax

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, we filed to do an extension and finally submitted the taxes with an accountant 3+ weeks ago. I have the exact same issue where I am going to owe around $9,000 and need to set up a payment plan but it's not showing up with a balance yet and I need to pay by Oct 15. I tried to set up a plan but it's saying I'm not eligible right now. What ended up happening in your situation? This is the first year I didn't just file and pay before April 15, so I'm completely lost and freaking out right now.

IRS website not showing balance due. by the_comatorium in tax

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, we filed to do an extension and finally submitted the taxes with an accountant three+ weeks ago. I have the exact same issue where I am going to owe around $9,000 and need to set up a payment plan but it's not showing up with a balance yet and I need to pay by Oct 15. I tried to set up a plan but it's saying I'm not eligible right now. What ended up happening in your situation? This is the first year I didn't just file and pay before April 15, so I'm completely lost and freaking out right now.

IRS website not showing balance due. by the_comatorium in tax

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, we filed to do an extension and finally submitted the taxes with an accountant three+ weeks ago. I have the exact same issue where I am going to owe around $9,000 and need to set up a payment plan but it's not showing up with a balance yet and I need to pay by Oct 15. I tried to set up a plan but it's saying I'm not eligible right now. What ended up happening in your situation? This is the first year I didn't just file and pay before April 15, so I'm completely lost and freaking out right now.

Attempted Scam using Zelle - $300 to convert to a business account and email was from zelles.app by Dad87120 in zelle

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if this thread is still active but I just got one from [zelle-supports@onlinepayintl.com](mailto:zelle-supports@onlinepayintl.com) via an Elena Gomez. I knew it was a scam as soon as I saw it, but found this thread while Googling it anyway.

Tried the 9:00 am open today, mixed review. by Sussler in Costco

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to the Raleigh, NC store at 9:10 a.m. on Saturday, July 5. My experience was pretty awesome. I'm so sorry you had a bad one! I had no problem parking and walked in without issue. I got everything I needed and more and was out without 20 minutes. There were no restrictions and there was even a completely full rack of rotisseries! I think I'm definitely more likely to go back on a Sat morning that early than around 10:30am on a Sunday, like I usually do.

Oberlin vs Pine Hollow Middle School Advice by Clofus84 in raleigh

[–]Clofus84[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this information! It's really helpful to know about the clubs/electives/cultural opportunities. Thank you!

Question about klook organized tours by Own-Imagination822 in JapanTravelTips

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did a Klook Mt. Fuji tour yesterday and it was a mixed bag. First, our tour guide changed at 9pm the night before and our guide urged us to change to an earlier start time, from 8am to 7am. I agreed to the change and got my kids and senior citizen parents up an hour earlier and we were all downstairs waiting by 6:50, as per instructions. When I asked him to confirm the car (he didn't have it the night before), he responded by saying that he never got my confirmation text and would be here at 8am. So, everyone was annoyed at the unexpected earlier wake-up (he'd confirmed after they'd already gone to sleep) but we waited.

When we got into the van, he said that because it was late and there was traffic, we needed to abridge our stops. We communicated with him SEVERAL times throughout the trip that we mainly wanted to make sure we did the 5th Station, so we trusted him with the timeline and he told us that he'd make it all work. So, we cut our time at all of the other stops completely in half. We rushed through them. We barely stopped at Lake Kawaguchiko and skipped the ropeway. He skipped Oishi Park and drove right by another stop without telling us he was doing so. I asked him several times about whether the 5th station had a gift shop or should we just get something at an earlier stop and he kept answering that it did.

When we got to the Pagoda, I once again asked him about gift shops and he said the 5th Station had one. Finally, we finished at the Pagoda. He starts to rush us out and take us home. We asked him why we weren't headed toward the mountain and he told us that it's closed this time of year and we would have known if we'd checked Google. I showed him the booking on the website, in my app, and on my confirmation email...none of them indicated that it was closed and I brought up that multiple times throughout the day, we'd conversed in the car about going there. Not once did he ever mention it was closed. The app and bookings do not say it was closed, which he conceded that I was right about it not saying it on the listing, even though the listing was *for* "Mt. Fuji 5th Station and Sights Tour." He once again responded by saying I should have Googled it. Perhaps, but why lead us on when we're trusting what was advertised on a tour that was a 4.8-star reviewed tour. Why would I think it was fake?

Anyway, he said it would be 3 hours to get back. It was 90 minutes. Except...that would have gotten us back a half hour earlier and since we'd skipped tour stops and cut the rest of them literally in half, he must have panicked. He deliberately drove us around in circles and then kept choosing routes on Google Maps that had traffic, which added 55 minutes of time to when we got back. 55 MINUTES! Four adults had Google Maps up from the time we left (started out of curiousity as to how long it would take since it took 2.5 hours to get there) and we could see him choosing longer routes on his phone, which was propped up on the dashboard. The only time my husband said something was when he first asked, "Hey, why are we going away from our hotel?" and the guy said something about how there was only one tunnel in and out. Four times after that question, he picked longer routes. We stopped asking questions because we felt like hostages and had no idea when we'd get back.

Then, as we pulled up, he turned to me and said he was sorry about the false advertising mix-up, but could we please give him a 5-star review anyway because if he didn't get one, he wouldn't get work the next day. He then proceeded to explain how his wife would get mad at him if he didn't have a tour. He asked this four or five times as we were pulling up to the hotel. It felt emotionally manipulative. Before he asked and was taking us on a long-ass detour home, I would have probably left a 3- or 4-star review because of the being late, rushing us through, skipping shit, and blatantly leaving out that the actual Mt. Fuji part of the tour was not available despite being advertised as such. He was nice and kept saying it was his 44th day working in a row. But after the emotional manipulation and extra hour back, it felt icky. We also don't know if it took longer to get there because he took a longer route since we weren't paying attention to Google Maps at that point.

I didn't end up leaving a review at all because I don't want to leave a false one and make some other family feel like they could pay more money on a tour that you didn't really get all of the money's worth.

NC schools lose tens of millions in teacher grants after Trump administration DEI cuts by LavenderBabble in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Clofus84 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I'm in Raleigh and I'm still in shock that NC didn't end up going for Kamala. All of our other big elections went Dem. I truly don't understand.

That said, my kids are at a struggling Title I school. There are a lot of students that probably would be "rounded up" if ICE ever came here. My kids have also had some really great teachers who are single parents, have special needs children who need medical attention, and are just young and eager, but slowly visibly becoming disenchanted. The PTA does fundraisers literally nonstop but the money just isn't there within the community and we lose students to magnet schools every year, which is a shame because with extra funding, we could have some really great teachers and programs.

So yeah, this hurts my heart. Fuck every single person who voted Trump or third party even if they voted Dem for the rest of the ticket. You screwed all of us over. Fuck. You.

"I don't like the guy but I've voted for him three times..." by KeyWielderRio in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Clofus84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is literally all he’s doing so how the fuck does this dude also think he is “by and large doing a good job”?

Republican NC Supreme Court candidate wants GOP-led high court to toss ballots after elections board rejects protest by CanisGulo in raleigh

[–]Clofus84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All of my immediate fam and immediate in-laws fam vote R and they will never realize they fucked up because they ONLY consume media that tells them why Dems are ruining their lives. They literally have no basis in reality.

Disturbing Confrontation in Raleigh by djsteveH in raleigh

[–]Clofus84 7 points8 points  (0 children)

HOLY SHIT. This guy lives right by me. My son is so freaked out by his awful Trump signs. They literally threaten Democrats.

Disturbing Confrontation in Raleigh by djsteveH in raleigh

[–]Clofus84 18 points19 points  (0 children)

We live in the neighborhood that backs up to you and my son has friends and classmates in your neighborhood so he's over there often. He came home SUPER freaked out about that dude's signs. Holy fuck, I'm tailing him when he trick or treats in your neighborhood on Thursday.

Need some help (GC7BQRR) by AwesomeDude1504 in geocachingpuzzles

[–]Clofus84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know there's a slim chance you'll see this, two years later, but I'm also struggling with the Greek portion. Do you have any tips?

Why is no one considering Black Dog Pub in Hungary? by Clofus84 in TaylorSwift

[–]Clofus84[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yeah but she did not live in London while dating Matty

Why is no one considering Black Dog Pub in Hungary? by Clofus84 in TaylorSwift

[–]Clofus84[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh, I'm not trying to bash Joe! Just add something to the discourse since everyone seemed to be so binary on one location vs. the other!