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Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses.
A third temporary channel in the Port of Baltimore opened late Friday, allowing more vessels and goods to flow into the crucial shipping center following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. The passageway was opened by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as it continues...- Briar Lee
- Post #120
- Forum: General Discussion
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I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.
If there was a super Social Security card, with imbedded credit card numbers, the Feds would require an instant refund. And you could require a PIN to use the credit cards imbedded. This would cost taxpayer money, but it would truly benefit the taxpayers.- Briar Lee
- Post #109
- Forum: General Discussion
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Watch Out or Watch on? Pt 2.
Happy Birthday to Me!!!.:) The total tab delivered for this watch was $45. I couldn’t make the fancy boxes and package it, and deliver them UPS for $45, forget about the watch.:) How does Invicta do this? This looks like a $500 watch. It is a modern day version of a classic 1930’s gold...- Briar Lee
- Post #750
- Forum: General Discussion
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I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.
I’ve heard complaints about the government all my life but there are things they do extremely well. Nobody can draw your Social Security payments but you. Many years ago sometimes people born before birth certificates had trouble proving their account was their’s but they are all dead or will...- Briar Lee
- Post #107
- Forum: General Discussion
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I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.
They can today, by forging your card with their photo on it. By the way, I hate it we have to have keys and locks, much less identification. I grew up in a home where we’d lost all the door keys. My parents left their cars unlocked with the keys in the ignition. The Amish still live that way...- Briar Lee
- Post #102
- Forum: General Discussion
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I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.
It would also have one text message center to put a freeze on all credit transactions. And unless a thief looked like you, and had physical possession of the card, it would greatly limit impersonation frauds. Of all the cards we carry the one we leave at home in a drawer, our paper Social...- Briar Lee
- Post #96
- Forum: General Discussion
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I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.
The issue here isn’t knives. Amazon won’t sell because a private credit check company cannot verify the purchaser. He could have bought the knives if Experian verified him as who his plastic money card said he was. King George III could do his nation a service, the same one I would do here in...- Briar Lee
- Post #91
- Forum: General Discussion
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I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.
The first day of law school we were taught that in America and other English common law tradition nations, freedom was measured by two standards: First, you are free to act and do what ever is not specifically prohibited by a duly passed law, of the government. You can spit inside your house...- Briar Lee
- Post #74
- Forum: General Discussion
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I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.
Another time when I was city prosecutor the police called me to the county jail. Missouri has weight inspectors, and a weight cop had stopped a circus truck leaving our town that had a huge elephant in the back. The truck was supposed to have both a buzzer and a light for bad brakes, and it...- Briar Lee
- Post #14
- Forum: General Discussion
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I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.
Small minds are sometimes given authority. When I was city prosecutor forty some years ago, one of the city policemen woke me up about 3 am to have me go to the city jail. He had stopped a Kansas van for expired tags, and the lady driving it had an expired Kansas license. She was in a...- Briar Lee
- Post #10
- Forum: General Discussion
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I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.
I was a lawyer, 26 years old, and was unable to rent a hotel room for cash in Tulsa Oklahoma in 1984. My client used his credit card or I guess I’d have spent the night in my car.:) Today at Hardee’s a sign read “Plastic or Exact Cash Only”. I had plastic, or I’d have went hungry. This is...- Briar Lee
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- Forum: General Discussion
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An Expensive Case of Buyers Remorse
I dunno The buyers will know they existed Are there others?- Briar Lee
- Post #21
- Forum: General Discussion
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An Expensive Case of Buyers Remorse
An auction by an auction house without reserve creates a legal contract. The seller wants their money and so does the auction house. No way the auction house will refund his 3 million. This guy woke up the next morning and realized there are about 25 more Gretzky rookie cards in the world...- Briar Lee
- Post #13
- Forum: General Discussion
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An Expensive Case of Buyers Remorse
Fascinating facts about Wayne Gretzky cards. Some are worth less than a hundred dollars. https://getcardbase.com/blog/the-13-most-valuable-wayne-gretzky-hockey-cards#- Briar Lee
- Post #11
- Forum: General Discussion
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What Does “System” Pipe Mean?
WDC (William Demuth Company) either paid royalties or exploited a legal loophole to make countless “System Type” Wellingtons for 75 years. The Wellington was among the first, if not the first, cheap machine made pipes. They used a molded stem. The bands were stamped like coins. The...- Briar Lee
- Post #31
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions