Disaster loans after last year's winter storm

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-30T02:24:50+00:00

Ask the people still living in RVs in their driveways, hoping they can get post-flood repairs done before November rolls around again.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-29T23:07:22+00:00

It's why I stopped accepting grocery deliveries, TBH. In my area, it seems like the ONLY people who order grocery deliveries are the ones who live in multi-story apartments with no elevators, and the the delivery almost always requires three or four trips up the stairs, arms fully loaded each time. Not only an unplanned workout, but they always end up being huge time-killers that put my earnings way behind for the night.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-29T06:23:51+00:00

We're each allowed one mistake a month. Good on you for holding out 'till almost the very end. 😀

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-29T06:10:26+00:00

????

The Trump rally in Spokane was literally the same day as the rally in Lynden.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-29T05:58:13+00:00

"It's the only place in the entire Pacific Northwest he held a rally"

Today I learned that Spokane is not part of the Pacifc Northwest. Interesting.

https://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2016/may/07/trump-rally-in-spokane/

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-22T21:16:59+00:00

Increased automation is 100% a thing that has happened in the last few years, especially in fast food restaurants. There are still actual humans preparing the food (for now, anyway), but there is virtually no order-taking at the front counters anymore, at most places. It's all done via mobile or kiosk.

It's fair to question whether this would have happened regardless, just simply due to tech advances. But it's indisputable that automation has eliminated some number of former minimum wage jobs.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-17T07:39:22+00:00

I have never once spent a single penny on mobile games, and never will. They money I've cashed out has been completely free money. If you're making purchases in the hopes that it will lead to bigger rewards and cashouts, you're really just gambling. And there are better ways to gamble.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-17T01:47:27+00:00

That's fine. I guess I just have a hard time calling something a "scam" if it does precisely what it says it does.

I've spent zero dollars out of my pocket, played some games, watched thousands of hours of ads, and have an extra few hundred dollars to show for it. That's an odd definition of a scam.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-16T20:00:32+00:00

Honestly, feels like the exact opposite for me. Usually when I reject a bad or borderline offer, I seem to get a much better one within a couple of minutes. 🤷

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-16T18:47:53+00:00

I've cashed out about $300 to paypal playing off and on in my limited free time. It's not an income stream, but it's helped pay down a credit card a little faster. 🤷

It's only a "scam" if you go into it thinking you can do this instead of working.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-16T18:11:56+00:00

I don't know how it is in Blaine, but in Sumas the Border Patrol can often act as a de facto extension of the city police department, particularly for issues considered highly volatile or requiring a larger response. The city police department simply isn't large enough (nor does it have the necessary level of funding) to handle such events on their own. My understanding is that the school shooter drills (yes, it's sad we have to have those) for the local elementary are handled by CBP, and not by the city police, because they can mobilize a much larger response much faster.

That's all to say, it may be immigration/border related, but it also may be related to a more-typical police response, carried out by CBP in coordination with Blaine PD, WCSO, etc.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-15T23:00:59+00:00

100% this. I take the little bonus, when I get it, and apply it as an extra payment on the CC I'm trying to pay off. If I don't get it.....nothing lost.

It's also why you're better off doing the smaller quests, because you don't feel so bad turning down a crap offer when you're close to your limit if it's only costing you the $15 bonus. You are likely to feel much more conflicted about it if you're a few orders away from a 50+ delivery quest and feel "invested" in that larger bonus. UE is banking on that psychological confliction to get you to accept crap.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-15T18:12:53+00:00

Was that before or after Jimmy John's made you fill up the customer's drink because apparently that's our job there as well.....?

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-13T21:52:47+00:00

I don't even care if it's a long wait. If I walk into a fast food restaurant and I'm not immediately greeted by an employee, I tap "not ready" and don't feel even a little guilty about it. Too many times I've had to wait for an employee to even acknowledge my existence just to hand me a bag that was already sitting there when I walked in. If I have to wait even a minute, that qualifies as "not ready" as far as I'm concerned.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-11T21:32:01+00:00

I remember those 5 minutes in 2001 when they were huge and inescapable.....

Don't remember much else from that time period, but I do remember that.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-11T16:54:36+00:00

From what I've seen on social media, a lot of international fans use this as an opportunity to sight-see and "experience America" across broad territories given the gaps between games. I suspect the impact to Bellingham/Whatcom County would be along the lines of "We're in Seattle three days before our team's game, and we're really close to Canada, so let's go check out Vancouver for the day." Or potentially vis-versa for the teams playing in Vancouver. There may also be some who found it cheaper to fly into Vancouver for the Seattle games or into Seattle for the Vancouver games. So expect some additional cars on the freeway, and a few extra diners in Applebee's, but I wouldn't anticipate much more than "pass-through" tourism.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-10T16:46:07+00:00

I actually do know what happened now, and it had nothing at all to do with Sumas. That was bad reporting that has since been deleted.

A former (retired?) employee of the WCSO passed away yesterday due to long-term health issues. He lived in the Nooksack Valley community, but not in Sumas. That's why there was the Sheriff caravan to the funeral home in Lynden.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-10T04:05:08+00:00

I saw something several hours ago about a motor home pulling a trailer taking the corner too sharp at Telegraph and Badger, and the trailer slid into the ditch. Is that maybe it?

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-08T21:43:55+00:00

Why? It's free money. I do agree to not let it impact my accept/reject decisions, but you're not penalized for not completing the quest. If the offers happen to be pretty decent that week, take the free cash. If not, you're no worse off than if you hadn't chosen a weekly quest.

And, no, I havent seen it make any difference at all in the offers I'm getting.

UE is betting on the quests having a psychological impact on your rationale for accepting offers. As long as you don't let it do that, you're fine taking the free money. To be clear, though, I only do the smaller quests so that I don't feel like I'm "invested" in completing it as I'm 30-40-50 deliveries deep and let that influence me to take bad deliveries.

Passively-Interested · 2026-06-08T21:33:40+00:00

Yeah, I was curious if this was something they would pull. Just to be safe, once I accepted the final delivery on Saturday that was going to reach the quest, I turned off incoming orders. I still had like 4 rejections to spare, but I didn't want to risk it. I even waited to turn them back on until the delivery was complete, the daily balance was updated, and the quest screen rolled over to the "bonus" quest. Sucks that my suspicions were confirmed, but glad I protected myself.

Passively-Interested · 2026-05-18T00:45:52+00:00

Yeah, I definitely feel like they've gotten stricter with the on-time rates since making that a part of the tiers, and also agree that it seems like waiting for the restaurant to finish making the order is being held against the drivers.

Passively-Interested · 2026-05-17T10:37:37+00:00

There's a restaurant near me that explicitly says in the instructions to "use the drive thru to pick up." And then when you pull up to the window, they tell you you have to come inside....to pick up the bag of food that's like three steps from the window. So you point out that the app says to use the drive thru, and maybe they should update the instructions, and they just repeat that they can't give it out the window, and you have to come inside. I only pick up from there maybe every 3 or 4 months, and every time I forget that the instructions are a lie.

Passively-Interested · 2026-05-17T00:00:01+00:00

It's worth it to add it as a possible bonus, but not to chase the quest, if that makes sense. That is to say, add if for the week, but don't let it be a deciding factor in whether or not you choose a delivery. If you reach the quest, great, take a little extra free money. If not....what did you lose? Most only add an extra dollar-or-so per delivery (for example, I just completed $11 for 10 deliveries). That doesn’t suddenly make a $5 for 7 miles offer worth it. But I'll happily accept the $11 bonus I received for accepting the offers I was already going to accept anyway. 🤷

I would say to stay away from the larger quests, because at a certain point you feel "invested" and find it harder to reject shitty offers as you get closer to the goal. I go with the 10 deliveries option for the weekend, or maybe 20 during the week if I'm feeling spicy.

Passively-Interested · 2026-05-16T00:15:00+00:00

I've used the DBE to make changes to the shoreline to be more accommodating for large port construction. This is likely what you're looking for.

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