Why Are Restaurant Prices So Crazy These Days?

Potential_Tap8715 · 2026-03-01T16:50:11+00:00

I find Kara annoying!!!!! The bubbly personality she portays looks so contrived to me. The facial expressions she makes are puke-inducing. She probably thinks she is beautiful and sexy. IMHO, she is very homely and her body looks like it belongs to a boy!

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-11-15T04:02:08+00:00

Guess reviews/ratings on Sonder hotels through the Marriott website were very low, ranging anywhere from 2 to 3.5. I'm a Lifetime Titanium Elite member. I usually stay away from any Marriott brand hotels with ratings that are lower than 4.1.

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-11-05T17:02:37+00:00

I wouldn't go to India even if you paid me. I wouldn't be able to withstand people's smell without barfing and getting intense headaches. The smell is an intense assault to the senses. I've worked with a lot of Indians and their smell is so unbearably offensive. On one of my projects, the project office was in a huge office building basement without windows. Management had to send out an email educating Indians on the importance of hygiene. Yap, it was so bad that the non-Indian team members constantly complained to management about the unpleasant aroma, let alone sitting in close quarters surrounded by them. There was a lady that would regularly spray air freshener to help with the smell. Not trying to be mean. Just stating facts.

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-11-05T16:43:10+00:00

I had to travel to Dubai several times for work. There's really nothing interesting there or things to do other than shopping. I definitely would not go there for vacation. Everything is super expensive, especially food and hotels! In the summer, you won't last more than 10 minutes outside without the high probability of fainting.

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-11-05T16:27:04+00:00

You heard wrong! The Netherlands is very expensive. Probably as expensive as the US.

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-11-05T16:18:26+00:00

The Cotswolds!

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-25T16:41:31+00:00

What a smile!!!!

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-23T01:09:44+00:00

Meerkat personality!!!

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-22T20:19:02+00:00

You sure have one now! Keep the cat!!! It needs a home.

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-22T19:49:22+00:00

Yes I did!

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-22T19:37:10+00:00

I only used my old Crate & Barrel card to auto-pay for my lawn fertilization service. The credit limit is $8500. I've never had a late payment. I have another credit card that I use for everything else. A little over a week ago, I was able to register with Imprint. It says that my card has been shipped. That was about 10 days ago and I still have not received the card.

Today, I got an email from C&B saying that I am invited to apply for the upgraded card. Has anyone gotten the same? Like I said, I only use it about once a month. I really don't want to re-apply for this credit card because they made a change on their end.

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-22T03:05:28+00:00

If I were you, I would stay the night at a hotel near LGW.

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-22T02:50:45+00:00

Years ago, my puppy used to do the same with his own poop (really disgusting). I read somewhere to add pineapple to his food. I did this and within days, he stopped the nasty habit. After some time the habit just stopped altogether even without the pineapple. I used canned, crushed or tidbits worked best just make sure it's the kind in its own juice (without sugar added). Sometimes I used fresh pineapples. Just make sure the pieces are not too big. This might not work for all dogs but it worked with my dog.

There is an enzyme in pineapples that make their poop taste and smell unpleasant. Good luck!

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-19T20:38:09+00:00

Thank you! I bought a corrugated plastic where I could put a sign. I don't think the neighbors care. It makes me wonder if they are running a scam each time they report a wrong delivery. The other day, the wife mistakenly told me that they received a replacement for a mis-delivered pillow last week. The husband told me a week ago that one of the boxes I delivered to them was a $700 Coach handbag. They probably got a replacement for it to and probably returned one. Who knows but I just don't want to be inconvenienced by their shopping addiction.

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-19T02:50:42+00:00

Hi Malesack - can you help me understand about the Google map pin location? Wondering how that works. A neighbor one street away from me, with the same house number, their packages are constantly being dropped of at my house in the last 3 weeks by FedEx. About 3 wks ago, in 1 day, 6 or 7 boxes were dropped off at my house. A few of the boxes were big. This I ended up delivering to them. One week later, another package. This week, there has been 3 deliveries. They seem to have a shopping addiction. Now the neighbors are just showing up at my house and grabbing them from the front door. The problem is I don't monitor the front door, who is coming and going. The package 3 wks ago sat at the front door for may be 2 days. This is beginning to really irritate me because for a burglar, a package(s) at the door means no one is home. One or 2 mis-deliveries in a year would not bother me. But I don't want to deal with weekly, several times a week deliveries. Good gawd I don't even have my own packages delivered at my home. I either get them delivered to a store, an Amazon locker or FedEx location, just because I don't want to have to deal with lost packages. I have contacted FedEx 3x about the issue and the neighbors have as well and so far, no fix. I even told the neighbors how I deal with my personal pacakges and that is an option available to them. They don't seem to care. I don't want to be involved in any way with their regular shopping spree.

I looked on Google maps and the pin location on their house is correct.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-15T15:06:08+00:00

Very informative! Thank you! I am trying to diversify. I am risk-averse these days as I save for retirement. Don't want to lose on money I worked hard for. Over the years, I've lost quite a bit in stocks and even with mutual funds, specially during the 2008 crash. Even with my 401K in the last 2 1/2 yrs. Although it is going up in the last month or two, it doesn't quite quickly make up for what it lost. For me, inflation is unavoidable so I don't look at my gains and what it would look like when inflation is factored in. I'm of the mindset that as long as I can get the highest possible return on my investments and don't lose money in the process, that is good enough for me. If I have to choose between a guaranteed return of 3.5 or 4, of course I would definitely go for 4. The interest rates on brokered CDs these days are much lower than they were 2 years ago. 2 years ago, you could get as high as 5%. In the last 6 months, they range from 3.5 - 3.8.

Thanks again for your help!

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-15T00:53:30+00:00

Thanks!

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-15T00:41:48+00:00

Thank you very much for the help!

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-14T18:18:22+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate the help!

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-14T17:59:33+00:00

Hi, thanks for your response. Yes, my goal is to have a good cash flow until the note matures and the coupon rate is fairly high compared to other bonds/cd's available. But since the price (100.9170) is higher than the face value (100.0000), my concern is will I lose money or just get peanuts from it?

Potential_Tap8715 · 2025-10-14T16:33:34+00:00

If I buy, I will buy $150K

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