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I was going to get a Costco Mastercard but stopped when I saw the invasive questions. If they had a data breach, whoever did it would know more about me than my wife and mother combined. I'm not sure if it's to better target people with offers or if they're selling the info.

Rather than argue with a person with a closed mind, I'll just block you. Bye now.

If you renounce that's what may happen but keep in mind that the executor can be sued by the heirs if they don't feel they got what they feel they should have. If the executor reads the will and / or gets a bad feeling from the heirs, he/she can opt out. If the executor hands the will to a...

You can renounce if you get hit by surprise or circumstances change. However, there is a no-turning-back point where you are in it for good. IIRC it's when you have started doling out any part of the estate. If you are also an heir and aren't happy with your share, you can't contest and execute...

Really good points. The wire is likely the cheapest part and some redundancy, especially in a shop or kitchen could easily pay for itself down the road.

By that definition, a welfare bum is a consumer of government services and part of the crew. Without their input the process could not take place. :)

There seems to be a side gig for some people where they buy packages and break them out selling off what they don't need. I'm not sure if all of them are legal. I know a guy that does some of it and he gave me a new impact driver because he had too many. He just got a Milwaukee chain saw with...

When I weighed 160 pounds I was dating a 115-pound chick. One day she came up behind me, bear hugged me and lifted me off the ground. My wife took a wilderness survival course and carried a canoe 3/4 her body weight a half a mile over broken rock. Besides, I was under the impression that most...

The latest news from the Enquirer is that she had a mid-air collision with Malaysian Airlines flight 370.

When I called on electrical engineers, I found that they never spec'd 14 gauge on jobs because of voltage drop and the cost if going to 12 was negligible. If there was a 14-gauge circuit available and I had rented a tool for a short job, I would be tempted to run it on the circuit but not on a...

Aviation click bait "They found her"

If you took flight training at Maple Airport, before it became housing, one of the female instructors flew Spitfires during the war. IIRC her name was Vi. Talk about a step backwards, from a Spitfire to a Cessna 152. Russian female pilots (The night witches) made the Germans regret their moves...

I'd have to check references, but female fire fighters apparently do better than one would expect considering the body mass. Also, there's more to the job than dragging around 200-pound people.

Up here a 9.9 HP means the boat doesn't have to be registered but, in the USA, I see canoes with numbers, usually by state. I've wondered if that affects visitors with kayaks or canoes. Come to think of it my 26-foot Chrysler sailboat was registered and only had a 9.9 auxiliary. Chrysler Sail...

Can you federally register an Amphicar? Does the OHIP cover you once you step ashore? My Kiwi sister says visitors to NZ are covered for accidents by their health insurance but not for illnesses. OHIP used to follow us everywhere but some time ago they stopped, using one case of abuse as an...

Can a drone carry a chain saw?

My wife and I have the typical survivor will / POA deals. If I had to go outside that, I would pay for a lawyer to moderate a meeting with all present, so everyone understands the whole process. No "I thought you meant...."

When my 93 YO M-I-L died suddenly, in sound mind, the family seemed to pull together for a while. Then B-I-L found out he wasn't getting the lion's share and the evil came out. We then realized he had been planning things for years. Expecting to get the house he had things done when my M-I-L was...

Do they have ABS or does slamming on the brakes equate to slamming one's face into the pavement? The stoppie / endo relationship is largely dictated by the wheelbase. A unicycle has a wheelbase of zero.

Wills: I asked a friend to take me out of his will as executor because of a chit show of complications. He is dyslexic and I would have to follow his notes. He was also fixated on a financial issue ten years old and there were no records. An outsider created so much havoc in the family that...