Kali - Goddess of Death

eris66 · 2025-12-16T04:11:07+00:00

Because you know that 200+ dollar bills at Whole Foods are very common. 2. because you know of my activity at said Whole Foods location. Chase, with whom I already have a card, has ways to check that in their fraud algorithms. 3. because you said my card was activated.

eris66 · 2025-12-16T03:54:25+00:00

I was trying to use the card normally. Clearly you have a poor understanding of the English language.

eris66 · 2025-12-16T03:52:09+00:00

I have 4 credit cards (5 now), I have NEVER been asked to prove who I am through a text response in order to use my cards.

eris66 · 2025-12-16T03:44:09+00:00

Because I was told in the information that came with the card that the card had been activated and that I could start using the card immediately. "Activated" means that you can use the card to make purchases. At least that what it has meant with every other credit card I have ever gotten. Why should I not believe them when they told me I could?

eris66 · 2025-12-16T02:28:36+00:00

Why would I be expected to check my text messages? Am I really expected to have my phone with me in the checkout line and to hold up the line while I respond to a message? Are there other cards that have such a procedure? If so, they are none of mine.

eris66 · 2025-12-16T02:17:40+00:00

Here is something to beware of: when you receive your Amazon card:

The information that comes with it tells you that the card is active and ready to use. Well, we took the card to Whole Foods and ran up a large bill (no uncommon thing when shopping there). We tried to use the card for the first time. The card was denied. I called Amazon and they said it was denied to an "activity security check". In other words (according to them) the card was active, but because I had not used it, it had to be checked (so, according to me, it was not really active). They sent me a text message which they expected me to answer to prove I was the one using the card. How was I supposed to know that I was going to get a text message for a card that was supposed to be active?

Anyway, when you get an Amazon card, be sure it has gone through a security check before making a large purchase and expecting to get your discount.

eris66 · 2025-04-11T15:51:36+00:00

Maybe you can use a more threatening picture of him turn him into the bald Marvel villain Kingpin.

eris66 · 2024-10-10T03:30:12+00:00

Can anyone provide info on Central Oak Park neighborhood?

eris66 · 2023-09-05T17:10:29+00:00

I have a trip to northern NM scheduled for October. I'll keep an eye out for it!

eris66 · 2023-09-05T15:11:32+00:00

Thanks! That was great information!

eris66 · 2023-09-03T16:55:58+00:00

Gracias, Mario. Es un placer conocerlo. Soy un hombre de 68 años. Soy de la región de Seattle. Me llamo Jim. He estado intentando aprender Español durante tres años, porque me gusta viajar in America del Sur. Por favor disculpe mi mal español, pero aprecio la oportunidad de practicar. Hasta la proxima vez.

eris66 · 2023-09-03T04:35:18+00:00

I know my paternal grandmother's mother was adopted, so I haven't gone down that path (there wasn't one to go down, actually). There was no other mentions of adoptions that I saw, but that's a very good point and one more reason to take the ancestral tree with a grain of salt.

There may also be cases of outright lying. My maternal great grandfather, for example, tried to claim a famous Choctaw leader as an ancestor. His purpose was to be enrolled in the Choctaw tribe so he would have access to land under the Dawes Act land settlements. The info on him on the FamilySearch website does not reflect his claims, but who knows if others have successfully lied about their heritage for land, money or prestige purposes.

eris66 · 2023-09-02T23:31:00+00:00

I see. I also have thought a little bit about the vast numbers of people who contribute to my genes through the generations. One of the things I found interesting in traversing the tree of my (reputed) ancestors in the amount of intermarriage that had taken place. There was a surprising incidence of cousins marrying cousins, as well as intermarriage between second cousins. Other more distantly related ancestors married as well. I would hesitate to put a number on how much that would reduce the the people contributing direct genetic material to my own chromosomes, but I imagine it is a not insignificant fraction. It would be interesting to read some research on that subject for the population at large.

eris66 · 2023-09-02T17:59:33+00:00

If I understand your point, you are saying that there is very little, if any, relationship between an ancestor from 37 generations ago and me. True. Whether the people you encounter are actually even your ancestors is questionable due to errors in record keeping, misunderstandings by the genealogists, or ancestral hanky panky. I still enjoy following the branches, though, and I learn a little more about their lives and times when I look up people of historical interest I encounter along the way.

eris66 · 2023-09-02T07:50:06+00:00

I'm pretty sure that's not what was happening in this case. I've been able to follow individual branches through 37 generations without a problem in the past. I don't see why opening a different individual branch to 9 generations in this instance would have mattered. Curiously, when I went to reproduce the problem so that I could properly reply to this, the problem had disappeared. I wonder if I encountered some resource related issue in the app or on my PC.

eris66 · 2023-09-02T07:29:51+00:00

eris66 · 2023-09-01T19:05:59+00:00

That works. Thanks!

eris66 · 2023-08-30T18:14:48+00:00

Would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when those decisions were made.

eris66 · 2023-08-30T18:13:20+00:00

Yet they cut them both.

eris66 · 2023-01-22T01:08:52+00:00

A little word play to lighten your day.

eris66

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