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Cha

(297,557 posts)
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:31 PM Apr 2020

Well, I got my Bloodmoney check in the mail today.. which is weird..

because I always do direct deposit. All good though 'cause I was going to withdraw it anyway.

I already cashed the check and no letter with it. Ooops.. I forgot to look at who signed it.

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Well, I got my Bloodmoney check in the mail today.. which is weird.. (Original Post) Cha Apr 2020 OP
Letter is supposed to come within 15 days of when you receive the check. nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #1
Thanks.. yeah, I figured they weren't done with Cha Apr 2020 #3
Me, too... Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #2
Good on you, Wounded Bear! I put Cha Apr 2020 #4
They sent me the money. I can use it... Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #6
I know what you mean.. I can definitely use Cha Apr 2020 #10
Put the letter in another envelope with a Sharpy-ed message on it in support of the Post Office ... marble falls Apr 2020 #5
Yeah, I saw that thread about Mailing Cha Apr 2020 #8
Its a matter of getting to a tipping point where he can't ignore them. It just gives him another ... marble falls Apr 2020 #12
I see what you mean.. in that light it Cha Apr 2020 #13
We all do what we can! marble falls Apr 2020 #15
Read this suggestion a day or two ago and I love it. Marie Marie Apr 2020 #17
His name was in the memo section. Joinfortmill Apr 2020 #7
So glad I missed that.. Thanks, Joinfortmill! Cha Apr 2020 #11
so you got $1200 while the corporate thieves all got millions or billions nt msongs Apr 2020 #9
I know... it sounds like it's not fair who's getting Cha Apr 2020 #16
$1200 one way or another means nothing to most of us. But I am going to use mine to ... marble falls Apr 2020 #18
I'm one of the ones for whom it means Cha Apr 2020 #21
Not so much for me - went dry several weeks ago. I've got some bugus ditch weed I got ... marble falls Apr 2020 #22
I stopped Cha Apr 2020 #23
I don't wanna, but sure understand why I gotta! That second wave is a wild card. marble falls Apr 2020 #28
The 2nd wave is scary.. the Cha Apr 2020 #31
I knew nothing about the Spanish flu until I lived in Mesa, Arizona. I like walking cemeteries ... marble falls Apr 2020 #33
Wow.. what a coincidence.. that's so sad.. Cha Apr 2020 #34
Someone call for a hermit? Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2020 #35
Why yes we did.. call for a Hermit! Cha Apr 2020 #36
Stay safe. No check here, yet. Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2020 #37
Mahalo nui loa, Hermit.. We're doing Cha Apr 2020 #38
Thank you for that link and news! Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2020 #39
Thank you for those links and important reminders! Cha Apr 2020 #40
Use it in good health, Cha Hekate Apr 2020 #14
That's the sweetest thing to say, Hekate! Cha Apr 2020 #19
I felt I should give it to something.... LakeArenal Apr 2020 #20
Yeah, that was a really nice thought to be Cha Apr 2020 #25
Nowadays it's always "ish" LakeArenal Apr 2020 #30
lol.. right? Cha Apr 2020 #32
Haven't got mine yet...but glad you got yours! MontanaMama Apr 2020 #24
Aloha, MontanaMama! Cha Apr 2020 #27
My mom and I both got ours now - direct deposit mvd Apr 2020 #26
Glad you got yours, Cha! Mine arrived via direct deposit in the wee hours this morning. highplainsdem Apr 2020 #29

Wounded Bear

(58,698 posts)
2. Me, too...
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:33 PM
Apr 2020

Deposited and much of it distributed/spent, but nearly half as nest egg for near future. Have a couple of more things to pick up, got to blow some of it on something selfish and frivolous.

Cha

(297,557 posts)
4. Good on you, Wounded Bear! I put
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:43 PM
Apr 2020

mine in a special place at home as my backup plan.

It brings an amazing amount of Peace of Mind. I'd rather not have it because of why we got it.. but as long as that's the freaking Twilight Zone reality..

Wounded Bear

(58,698 posts)
6. They sent me the money. I can use it...
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:46 PM
Apr 2020

I'm not as bad off as many are, but I'm carrying some CC debt that just got a smidgen lower today.

Like I said, a couple of frivolous, selfish things to pick up, but wanna send a few bux to the local food bank, too.



Cha

(297,557 posts)
10. I know what you mean.. I can definitely use
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:56 PM
Apr 2020

it.. it was surreal getting all those $100 bills from the bank today. She was happy for me.. she hadn't gotten hers yet.

And, yes I plan to part with some to pay down a CC bill.

StaySafe!

marble falls

(57,172 posts)
5. Put the letter in another envelope with a Sharpy-ed message on it in support of the Post Office ...
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:46 PM
Apr 2020

put stamps on your envelope and sent it back to the Orange Shitgibbon.

Cha

(297,557 posts)
8. Yeah, I saw that thread about Mailing
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:51 PM
Apr 2020

Back a.. I support the USPS! I certainly do and have been freaked out about it being "shuttered".

It would be great it our letters to said Orange Shitgibbon did any good!

Mahalo, marble falls

marble falls

(57,172 posts)
12. Its a matter of getting to a tipping point where he can't ignore them. It just gives him another ...
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 11:15 PM
Apr 2020

indication of how unpopular he is. He is already getting anxious about Nov3, lets add to his anxiety.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
17. Read this suggestion a day or two ago and I love it.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 11:47 PM
Apr 2020

Definitely going to return it (maybe even with an extra stamp or two for good measure) and there will be a sharpie message scrawled across that letter. Support the USPS!!!

Cha

(297,557 posts)
16. I know... it sounds like it's not fair who's getting
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 11:34 PM
Apr 2020

what and how much in the business world.

marble falls

(57,172 posts)
18. $1200 one way or another means nothing to most of us. But I am going to use mine to ...
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 11:54 PM
Apr 2020

to support American farmers who get no protections or pork from the Fed - I'm spending it all on pot when its safe to go back out.

Cha

(297,557 posts)
21. I'm one of the ones for whom it means
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 12:43 AM
Apr 2020

a whole lot.. Peace of mind.

Good on you being able to use it for our farmers who need it and, of course.. Pot! I imagine there's a lot of that going on sheltered at home.

marble falls

(57,172 posts)
22. Not so much for me - went dry several weeks ago. I've got some bugus ditch weed I got ...
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 12:54 AM
Apr 2020

suckered into a year ago that I've been jarring trying to get it get a step above headache to mild buzz. I'll probably be hitting it soon enough. I think my quarantine will go on into June.

Cha

(297,557 posts)
23. I stopped
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:01 AM
Apr 2020

last century about 1998.. when I ended up in a ditch.. lol that's my ditch.

I just learned our Gov has extended our stay at home until the end of May.. still get to go out and run and get supplies wherever it takes me. I'm kind of a hermit now-a-days, anyway.

But I feel for all those who don't want to stay at HOME all the Darn Time!

Cha

(297,557 posts)
31. The 2nd wave is scary.. the
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 06:53 PM
Apr 2020

second wave of the Spanish Flu in 1919 is what killed my grandfather and so many other people.

marble falls

(57,172 posts)
33. I knew nothing about the Spanish flu until I lived in Mesa, Arizona. I like walking cemeteries ...
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 07:03 PM
Apr 2020

Mesa's was a pretty one near my home. I was looking at the graves in one section and I noticed there were a lot of children and infants all dead within just about a six month period and as I went through the section there were entire families dead within days of each other and I investigated to see what that was all about and that's how I learned about the Great Flu Pandemic. All the graves I saw were from the second wave. I never found another section in the cemetery that would have been a first wave section, that was a small enough group that it was spread out around it.

The second wave is what determines when I break out of quarantine.

Cha

(297,557 posts)
34. Wow.. what a coincidence.. that's so sad..
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 07:14 PM
Apr 2020

Thank you for telling me that. My grandfather was young.. he had a 2 year old baby. He was living in a small town in Colorado, on the Plains, working at the train station. My grandma was devastated.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,403 posts)
35. Someone call for a hermit?
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:04 PM
Apr 2020

Actually, just kickin' for your discussion with 'marble falls' -- very interesting.

-- hermitting along with only minor inconveniences, wishing everyone could do so!

Cha

(297,557 posts)
36. Why yes we did.. call for a Hermit!
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:13 PM
Apr 2020

I wish everyone could be more like us and we could beat this deadly Virus. Instead we have people in charge who are gaslighting idiots.

Thank you for answering, Hermit.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,403 posts)
37. Stay safe. No check here, yet.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:34 PM
Apr 2020

Let us hope that someone figures out a way to stop the red power play of forcing people to either go back to work or starve without unemployment payments. GOP is becoming more and more despicable as they become desperate to hang on to power.

Maybe some employers could face wanton endangerment or even wrongful death lawsuits?

Cha

(297,557 posts)
38. Mahalo nui loa, Hermit.. We're doing
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 09:04 PM
Apr 2020

a good job here. No deaths, yet.. Thank Goodness.. Course we have the advantage of being on a small Island so it's easier to contain when everyone follows the rules. $5,ooo fine if you don't. The Visitors are quarantined for 2 weeks in their hotel rooms before they can go out.

Kauai hasn’t seen a new COVID-19 diagnosis in 15 days. Now, they’re reporting no active cases

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - For 15 days, Kauai hasn’t seen a single new case of coronavirus. And on Tuesday, a new milestone: the island’s last COVID-19 patient in isolation was allowed to leave the hospital.

That means there are no known active cases on Kauai.

The decline in the threat has many wondering: What now?

Gov. David Ige has extended his stay-at-home order for the state through May 31 — and mandated that county mayors go through him for approval before instituting any changes to the restrictions.

Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami hasn’t yet indicated how he’d like the island to reopen. But he instituted strict emergency orders early on, including a nighttime curfew, and bristled at the suggestion that Kauai act as a test case for the reboot of the tourism industry.

“As always, we must proceed with cautious optimism,” Kawakami said, in a Facebook update Tuesday.

“There is no doubt that we will see more cases of COVID-19 on Kauai at some point.”

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/04/28/kauai-hasnt-seen-new-covid-diagnosis-days-now-theyre-reporting-no-active-cases/

Wow.. I didn't know this update.. and just found it because I went looking to show you to latest updates of how many cases we had.. So Thank you!

You and Yours & Kentucky StaySafe!

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,403 posts)
39. Thank you for that link and news!
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 09:17 PM
Apr 2020

Combine that with South Korea and New Zealand and it rises to the level of proof that acting early and strongly is the way to beat the virus -- exactly as the scientists told us.

May you continue to hold off the virus with sensible leadership and sensible neighbors!

A couple of links to OPs on DU regarding S. Korea, you may have already seen:
Interview with Leading COVID-19 Expert From South Korea
People Have ***NOT*** Fully Digested This Shocking Fact

Cha

(297,557 posts)
40. Thank you for those links and important reminders!
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 09:37 PM
Apr 2020

I KR the first one but it was too old to still be active. so I bookmarked it. I had already KR the 2nd one.

Oh yes.. the Govs and Leaders who took this seriously and "strongly" as you say are the responsible ones are who winning against this deadly scourge Virus.

Sure shows the difference between the Dems and the repubs in the most terrifying way.

Once again.. you cannot make this shite up.

Mahalo, Hermit~ Yeah, Kauai really acts like we're all in this together.. you should see our Costco.. Safe Distancing, Masks, Gloves, Hand Sanitizer being swiped Everywhere!

LakeArenal

(28,837 posts)
20. I felt I should give it to something....
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 12:31 AM
Apr 2020

Until yesterday when the mechanic said...It’s your transmission.

Then when I got it today... Have to keep it.

Mr Lake has not gotten a deposit.

Cha

(297,557 posts)
25. Yeah, that was a really nice thought to be
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:12 AM
Apr 2020

able to give it to a worthy cause. And, the news about your car's transmission.. darn!

Mr Lake's should be coming soon or soonish.

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
24. Haven't got mine yet...but glad you got yours!
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:02 AM
Apr 2020

I’m curious, did your check actually have the MF’s signature on it? If I get a check and not direct deposit, I’m going to take a photo of his signature with my middle finger next to it just because. If I get my payment, I plan to save some, donate some to the food bank and divide up the rest for donations to Dem candidates.

Cha

(297,557 posts)
27. Aloha, MontanaMama!
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:55 AM
Apr 2020

When I got it today.. I just focused on the amount.. took it right to the bank and cashed it. I didn't even look at the sig.. but, joinfortmill posted it was in the Memo section.. wherever that was.

I thought I would have Direct Deposit 'cause that's what I do.. I was surprised to find the check in my mailbox!

So you have big plans about what to do with your check if you get it! lol That's why I call it blood money.. I'll take it, and tell clusterfuck to FO.

mvd

(65,180 posts)
26. My mom and I both got ours now - direct deposit
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:34 AM
Apr 2020

My mom’s just came in. We would be in big trouble without these payments. Hopefully there are some more.

And glad you avoided looking at that name. It would make me sick to see it - no Coronavirus needed.

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