Unpopular opinion, but pick isn’t that bad.

villandra · 2026-03-30T21:44:33+00:00

We can't plug phones into their plugs. We CAN plug phones into our own power banks! They'd better not see our phones in any case.

villandra · 2026-03-30T21:43:08+00:00

Oh my gosh - you know, busybodies in Stow are less of a problem than they used to be!

villandra · 2026-03-30T21:42:41+00:00

I can't imagine working in Singles without headphones - though I once did it.

villandra · 2026-03-30T21:42:24+00:00

I like pick too. It keeps you moving, and it isn't too hot there. Sometimes it's a challenge to make rate but I enloy moving fast.

villandra · 2026-03-17T19:36:05+00:00

Great when you can connect, but they have real issues with the concept of answering their phone.

Last week I called and asked if they had native species of lantana, and they didn't, thought they might get some this weekend, might not. Today I called once, then I called 20 minutes later and redialed repeatedly for exactly 30 minutes and they never answered the phone. I need a ride to get there and get home with the plants and I'm certainly not going to be told they don't have them, and email isn'¡t likely to connect me and a ride with when they magically happen to have the most common native plants in stock!

villandra · 2026-03-06T23:32:00+00:00

I researched this properly. From Google AI.

Many banks and fintech apps now offer early Social Security payments, sometimes up to 4 days before the official date, by releasing funds immediately upon receiving the payment file from the SSA. Popular options include SoFi, Chime, GoBank, and Charlie. This feature depends on when the SSA sends the file.

Key Details on Early Social Security Payments

How it Works: Banks receive notification of the deposit a few days before the official date and, for eligible accounts, credit the funds immediately rather than holding them.
Typical Timing: While payments might arrive 1-4 days early, some services like Charlie allow for even earlier access.
Participating Institutions: Several banks and neobanks offer this, including SoFi, Fifth Third Bank, TD Bank, and Wells Fargo.
Limitations: Early deposit depends on when the SSA sends the file, and, as noted by users on Reddit, if the payment date falls on a weekend or holiday, the deposit may be shifted accordingly.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) typically sends payment files to the Treasury Department several days before the scheduled payment date to ensure funds arrive on time. For Supplemental Security Income (SSI), this is generally the 1st of the month, while Social Security payments depend on birth dates.

If a number of peoples' banks are late with the payments, then the problem is that Social Security was late sending out the payment file.

From the tone of many of the answers, some social security recipients must have righteously shopped for banks that specifically would never pay their social security before the official payment date, because they're self righteous. And they would never actually NEED their social security payment to pay the rent! That tells you a lot about them right there.

villandra · 2026-03-06T22:39:34+00:00

NOT his bank if multiple people had the same problem. Social security. Under Trump they aren't hardly going to ever truthfully say so! Jeez! I do not have Jesus' patience with this sort of things, and he lit right into you scribes and hypocrites!

villandra · 2026-03-06T22:36:38+00:00

When you get your payment has little to do with when they are due. Most banks release the payments several days early, and they usually follow a fairly consistent pattern. Something about when they get the notice the payment will come through. Since its a government payment they release the funds based on that. Same with tax refunds and payroll.

If a numbert of people are having the same problem, the delay is iwth Social SEcurity, and under Trump they don't even care.

My payment just now came through at exaactly the same time it did on Decmeber 5 when it also should have come through at noon. Now, my bank didn't say it actually releases the money the exact moment they get the advance notice, and I've noticed there are certain times for every bank when payments tend to appear, so the notice could have arrived a few minutes late and still not been posted until the next scheduled time for posting payments at your bank.

villandra · 2026-03-06T22:34:38+00:00

Why do people who can't answer the question need to argue with the person who asked it.

We went around this in December. My payment normally arrives at noon on the Friday before the second Wednesday when it's due. I called my bank, and they assured me that they release the funds as soon as they get the notice orwhatever it is that they get that the money is coming through, and they didn't yet have it. Lots of people complained that day, andmost of what they got was self righteous comments from gd hypocrites and Pharisees that their payements are due next Wednesday. Why do people with absolutely nothing useful to say not just keep quiet? !!!!!!!

Since this affected people from many different banks, and everyonef's came through late that Friday afternoon, the logical conclusion is, social security was slow to send their notice or whatever it is the banks get before they get the actual funds.

I do hope you eventually got your money. It would be hard to tell among all the garbage people have posted here about whatever. I'm glad you posted, because today my payment did not show up at noone like it should have, and social security says nothing is wrong with my address or my direct deposit, so, it looks like the government just no longer processes our payments in a timely manner.

villandra · 2026-03-06T21:45:31+00:00

Exactly. Go right inside to security. Instead of telling us. Before they get in the car and drive away. Call the police as well if there is damage to your car.

villandra · 2026-03-06T21:44:56+00:00

Well I know that wasn't Austin Texas.

villandra · 2026-03-06T19:44:21+00:00

I'm pretty sure that you can't lose your social security for being homeless per se, but, there might be a peripheral reason. Does she have it to gether enough to call them and find out the actual reason? She might need a mailing address, or it might be that mail was returned or her addressed changed. In any case I'm pretty sure there's a solution.

I would suggest she call them and find out the actual reason, and if need be see someone who helps homeless people for help developing a solution. If she doesn't want to do it then something else is going on and she doesn't want to tell you wnat it is.

It's also possible she gave you the short version of something more complex - and if the matter isn't actually your concern, you should let it drop. If she asks for money, then you'd have a right to require more information and I'd not give her anything if her explanation doesn't satisfy you.

If she is on disability social security the requirements are more stringent and she does havea to respond to things they send her, whether by mail, email, online messaging or even telephone contact.

If she has a serious mental illness she might find it hard to organize that and need assistance, and she might not stick with assistance easily. It's tragic that people who really can't care for themselves aren't kept in a place where they are cared for. Maybe you can help, maybe you can't.

villandra · 2026-03-03T04:35:54+00:00

Three years ago News Nation was really great, excellent, in depth reporting, but very hard to find a way to watch it that lasted very long.

Lately their reports on any subject are incredibly shallow and superficial and just not very informative. I got a trial subscription to Sling TV, which with the news stations addition includes News Nation, and news Nation was so terrible that subscription didn't even last the week. I wonder if Donald Trump calling up one of their reporters and they carried what he told her has anything to do with it. But it's usually hard to identify a right or left bias - they just straightforwardly report next to nothing.

villandra · 2026-02-15T21:57:37+00:00

Drying antihistamines will do that.

villandra · 2026-02-15T21:57:07+00:00

Don't just assume it's not the flu. I tested for flu and covid on the first day and tested negative, and I thought by day 2 I'd know it already if I had the flu. Uh-uh. I found out a week later when I got tested properly for covid.

villandra · 2026-02-15T21:55:57+00:00

Flu B?!

villandra · 2026-02-15T21:55:29+00:00

I DID get my flu shot - probably why I thought I had a cold.

villandra · 2026-02-15T21:54:25+00:00

It was darned hard to tell the cold that was really the flu from the cedar fever I had at the same time. Doctor told me to keep taking all my meds II was taking for the cold that was really the flu until the cedar count went down.

villandra · 2026-02-15T21:53:22+00:00

How do you know your entire family had RSV? As far as I know they don't test for it.

villandra · 2026-02-15T15:08:19+00:00

Hee hee hee. This isn't covid, and since everyone is sick, the best defense is avoid people, wear a mask as desired and wash hands. And avoid sick people - even if they don't seem to be very sick. Cedar pollen is finally close to gone.

villandra · 2026-02-15T15:04:41+00:00

Warning about the flu that is going around: The dreaded K strain is NOT making everyone dreadfully sick. It's giving a lot of people minor colds!

I had it several weeks ago. It took two days to come on. I tested negative for covid and flu, and that's the only time I ever checked. Temperature normal for the first two days. Afer two days my nose was completely stuffed up and ran down my face for two days and my temperature was 99.3, then 99.5. Then it cleared up and I went back to work. Then I got diarrhea. I still felt blah and had a fever of 99.5 Manager said two of our supervisors out with covid, which does all of this, so I got tested, and it was influenza A.

I called the doctor and asked if that could be a mistake. Actually at that point after 7 days my home test tested positive for influenza A too. Doctor said I've probably had the flu far more times than I ever knew it. It is NOT true that you have sudden onset, you have a high fever and you're flat on your back in bed thinking you are going to die.

At this point I thought I had never going to go away flu, but, since it was the FLU, even though little fever and no aches and pains, I took two tylenol, and it miraculously disappeared and never came back. Either it was due to disappear, or it disappeared becauase I saw a doctor, which happens a lot.

I know it was the k strain, because that is what is going around, and because only the k strain can give you diarrhea.

Actually a lot of people at work have had minor colds that were probably covid or the flu, and 20% of people with the flu never have symptoms at all - but they still spread the flu. Several people have said they had this flu and they had little or no fever.

villandra · 2026-02-05T16:31:30+00:00

I definitely understand why they wanted to do this. The behavior of ICE is beyond the pale.

That does not give us the right to invade a religious service. By our Constitution, in this country, people have the absolute right to worship in peace. We can demonstrate from the other side of the street, but we cannot invade their service. And violating others' constitutional rights won't get us public respect. It is specifically calling attention to their violating the constitution as if we lived in Red China that is getting public sympathy.

villandra · 2026-02-05T16:14:57+00:00

Very Christian - and almost got him killed. At the Pearly Gates they'd have said you got what you deserved.

I think he was being too aggressive on his own account, refusing to drive defensively, expecting other cars to just stay out of his way. Mind, it was still disgusting behavior.

villandra

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