I totally understand why the clothing recalls would be confusing. Apperently, they don't meet guidlines. The original robe recall (put out before the 6 deaths) mentions that the robes don't meet federal flammability requirements. Maybe the material is so flammable that someone wouldn't stand a chance in taking it off or doing the "stop drop and roll" if it did get a flame near it?
Drawstrings have been a concern for some time. I agree that I wouldn't put my child in something with drawstrings, but since this also happens to be a federal requirement, the companies have to put out a recall if they are found not in compliance.
Interesting how this all works. Thanks for the comments!
I am a little confused by two of these recalls. The cribs and playards are a genuine concern, and having children, I definitely worry about such things.
But, a robe catching fire? Was it supposed to be flame retardant for something? I try to keep my clothing away from flames at all time because clothes CAN CATCH ON FIRE. I have yet to see anything about this that explains why there is a recall because someone's clothes caught on fire.
And, drawstrings on a sweatshirt? Once again, if I thought my kid could strangle from them, I wouldn't buy them, but what makes them worse than other drawstrings? The two clothing recalls smack of lawsuit worries, not genuine safety issues.
Google definitely knows what they are talking about when it comes to marketing and business practices. As a small business owner, I would love to learn from them. Thank you for the opportunity!
Hi,
this happened to me also, I joined the $9 trial fare club and cancelled online a few days before it expired.
To my surprise, the $39.95 fee showed up on my visa bill the next month. I got tired of talking with people from India that I could hardly understand after waiting 2 hours on hold (no, I am not exaggerating). They told me they could do nothing. I asked for a supervisor to help me, they said they had none. So I called my credit card company, they told me to write a letter explaining what was going on and they would try to take care of the matter. They did get it resoloved for me, and the charge was removed by Spirit, finally. Their customer service is the worst in the airline industry. Their fares are tempting, but be aware that many charges and, taxes are added on, plus they charge for checked baggage, and for choosing seats in advance.
So, by the time it all adds up, it may not be the deal
you think it's going to be, plus the aggravation if a problems does occur is just not worth it to me. A side note: our last trip consisted of sitting in the very back seats on the plane listening to the flight attendants complain non-stop about how they hate working for Spirit - and all the problems they are having. It was very disturbing.
Aside from medications, food. Way too many food recalls! Why isn't our food safer? Or like you said, are we becoming more vigilant in finding it? Everytime we have a food recall it seems people panic and end in the Urgent Care I work at over nothing! Oh well, job security!
Wouldn't it be great if the government would start releasing the M3 money supply number again? Isn't it amazing they stopped posting in 2005? While core inflation is not spiking, non-core, food and energy have been spiking over the last 8 years. Given that oil has been denominated in dollars for many years, you don't see a correlation with money being dumped in the market over the last 8 years and a corresponding rise in oil prices?
Do people realize what oil is used for? It isn't just gas. It's fertilizer, plastic, paint, carpet and other synthetics. It is in everything! I hope everyone is prepared for 4 and 5 dollar gas as it will happen within a year.
I understand flaws in products, it does happen, but common, a 400 dollar baby item having a design flaw? That is just sloppy and how much do you want to bet it has to do with poor quality control. Maximize short term profit and destroy your base with a shoddy product.
The Fed buying treasuries and mortgage debt to the tune of trillions will be the spark that ignites an inflationary event of the century. Inflation is currency driven and the government's printing presses are running red-hot.
When the Fed liquified the system for Y2K, it wasn't comparable in scale, not close. They were able to quickly drain the liquidity away in any case.
No matter what the geniuses say, the 'masters-of-the-universe, those wizards behind the curtain say - their options are limited. They are buying more than a trillion dollars worth of debt, monetizing debt. The only way they could drain that debt is to sell the the treasuries and mortgage-backed securities back to the market. The government still will sell 2 trillion dollars worth of treasuries and the Fed would need to sell 1 trillion.
What would happen? Interest rates would spike sky high and economic recovery would be a faraway dream.
This is what happens when government meddles. Too bad the public are soundly asleep. They should be in the streets protesting before they're in the streets because they're homeless!
I'm looking for no cash outlay -- even though the idea is similar -- you've already "paid" for something (a membership to a warehouse club or another dinner; or given your time) and then you can get a free meal.
And, while these may not fill an immediate need (which is one reason I mentioned patience), if you are thinking about helping with the community clean-up day, for example, but not sure it's worth the trouble, you can consider getting the whole family out for a day and feeding them at the same time (not all communities offer meals but many do). It might be less expensive than many alternatives.
The monetary increases of yesteryear were Children's Tylenol compared to the elephant tranquilizer dose the Administration is giving us now.
Government interference in the free market system is like any artificial drug treatment in an otherwise organic system... sometimes a little, at the right time, in the right dose, is a good thing. But it's very easy to overdose - and even easier to get addicted.
During one of my life experiment incarnations, I lived on my own farm and for about 7 years raised all our food organically. Since I had moved from New York City to this bucolic existence, in retrospect,I think I was more like Eva Gabor on Green Acres than mama Walton. But, I did learn to grow veggies and edible weeds. Reading your Blog reminded me of the travails and triumphs of that period, almost 40 years ago. Some of my learning actually stuck. I will follow your writing to continue to learn what's useful and dangerous to ingest. I find your information fascinating.
If you're disciplined about it, buying stuff you're going to use anyway on sale or at a discount can lead to huge tax-free investment returns. But neither that nor low interest rates nor high inflation rates is a good reason to just spend more money.
As a lawn care professional I cannot see the sense or reason of putting ammonia, beer, soda or mouthwash on a lawn. Seriously... what possible nutritional value is there in this rubbish that a lawn needs or can tolerate.
The dishwahing liquid is OK because it will act in much the same way as Wetting Agents do in breaking down the waxy coating on grains of soil to help the soil retain water more effectively.
If you want a good greening of your lawn then try sulphate of ammonia instead - available where all fertilisers are sold, but a balanced high quality fertiliser with trace elements applied 4-5 times per year is the ideal, accompanied by a wetting agent twice a year.
I always have cash stashed. The thing to do is to continue to grow cash so you do not have to borrow money when something happens. I've heard people talk about spending money before it becomes worth less during inflationary times. If I were going to do that it would have to be on necessities such as non-perishable food items maybe. However, spending to try to stay ahead of inflation sounds like a bad idea to me
Interesting suggestions. They do seem a little time intensive though.
In the same vein. You can often score a free meal by becoming a mystery shopper. These are people who pose as customers in order to evaluate retail establishments.
If you sign up to evaluate a food establishment you'll often get the meal free as well as money for your evaluation.
I totally understand why the clothing recalls would be confusing. Apperently, they don't meet guidlines. The original robe recall (put out before the 6 deaths) mentions that the robes don't meet federal flammability requirements. Maybe the material is so flammable that someone wouldn't stand a chance in taking it off or doing the "stop drop and roll" if it did get a flame near it?
Drawstrings have been a concern for some time. I agree that I wouldn't put my child in something with drawstrings, but since this also happens to be a federal requirement, the companies have to put out a recall if they are found not in compliance.
Interesting how this all works. Thanks for the comments!
Linsey Knerl
I am a little confused by two of these recalls. The cribs and playards are a genuine concern, and having children, I definitely worry about such things.
But, a robe catching fire? Was it supposed to be flame retardant for something? I try to keep my clothing away from flames at all time because clothes CAN CATCH ON FIRE. I have yet to see anything about this that explains why there is a recall because someone's clothes caught on fire.
And, drawstrings on a sweatshirt? Once again, if I thought my kid could strangle from them, I wouldn't buy them, but what makes them worse than other drawstrings? The two clothing recalls smack of lawsuit worries, not genuine safety issues.
This has to be perhaps the best post i've read in while. Not just the post but the comments - made me chuckle.
I agree with a previous comment that most of the ways to gain the meal are through exchanging services and time.
Google definitely knows what they are talking about when it comes to marketing and business practices. As a small business owner, I would love to learn from them. Thank you for the opportunity!
Hi,
this happened to me also, I joined the $9 trial fare club and cancelled online a few days before it expired.
To my surprise, the $39.95 fee showed up on my visa bill the next month. I got tired of talking with people from India that I could hardly understand after waiting 2 hours on hold (no, I am not exaggerating). They told me they could do nothing. I asked for a supervisor to help me, they said they had none. So I called my credit card company, they told me to write a letter explaining what was going on and they would try to take care of the matter. They did get it resoloved for me, and the charge was removed by Spirit, finally. Their customer service is the worst in the airline industry. Their fares are tempting, but be aware that many charges and, taxes are added on, plus they charge for checked baggage, and for choosing seats in advance.
So, by the time it all adds up, it may not be the deal
you think it's going to be, plus the aggravation if a problems does occur is just not worth it to me. A side note: our last trip consisted of sitting in the very back seats on the plane listening to the flight attendants complain non-stop about how they hate working for Spirit - and all the problems they are having. It was very disturbing.
The 3 websites where job seekers got the best results (from about.com)-
http://www.linkedin.com (networking for professionals)
http://www.indeed.com (aggregated listings)
http://www.realmatch.com (matches you to the perfect jobs)
For those looking for work, good luck!
Aside from medications, food. Way too many food recalls! Why isn't our food safer? Or like you said, are we becoming more vigilant in finding it? Everytime we have a food recall it seems people panic and end in the Urgent Care I work at over nothing! Oh well, job security!
Wouldn't it be great if the government would start releasing the M3 money supply number again? Isn't it amazing they stopped posting in 2005? While core inflation is not spiking, non-core, food and energy have been spiking over the last 8 years. Given that oil has been denominated in dollars for many years, you don't see a correlation with money being dumped in the market over the last 8 years and a corresponding rise in oil prices?
Do people realize what oil is used for? It isn't just gas. It's fertilizer, plastic, paint, carpet and other synthetics. It is in everything! I hope everyone is prepared for 4 and 5 dollar gas as it will happen within a year.
I understand flaws in products, it does happen, but common, a 400 dollar baby item having a design flaw? That is just sloppy and how much do you want to bet it has to do with poor quality control. Maximize short term profit and destroy your base with a shoddy product.
The Fed buying treasuries and mortgage debt to the tune of trillions will be the spark that ignites an inflationary event of the century. Inflation is currency driven and the government's printing presses are running red-hot.
When the Fed liquified the system for Y2K, it wasn't comparable in scale, not close. They were able to quickly drain the liquidity away in any case.
No matter what the geniuses say, the 'masters-of-the-universe, those wizards behind the curtain say - their options are limited. They are buying more than a trillion dollars worth of debt, monetizing debt. The only way they could drain that debt is to sell the the treasuries and mortgage-backed securities back to the market. The government still will sell 2 trillion dollars worth of treasuries and the Fed would need to sell 1 trillion.
What would happen? Interest rates would spike sky high and economic recovery would be a faraway dream.
This is what happens when government meddles. Too bad the public are soundly asleep. They should be in the streets protesting before they're in the streets because they're homeless!
i would love to have a chance to read this!
I'm looking for no cash outlay -- even though the idea is similar -- you've already "paid" for something (a membership to a warehouse club or another dinner; or given your time) and then you can get a free meal.
And, while these may not fill an immediate need (which is one reason I mentioned patience), if you are thinking about helping with the community clean-up day, for example, but not sure it's worth the trouble, you can consider getting the whole family out for a day and feeding them at the same time (not all communities offer meals but many do). It might be less expensive than many alternatives.
Thanks for a great article, it always helps to get some educated perspective on what's being reported.
I'm not sure that these meals are quite "free", considering the time, service, and/or bodily fluid, you're giving up in exchange.
A better alternative could be shopping at Costco on Saturday mornings. ;)
The monetary increases of yesteryear were Children's Tylenol compared to the elephant tranquilizer dose the Administration is giving us now.
Government interference in the free market system is like any artificial drug treatment in an otherwise organic system... sometimes a little, at the right time, in the right dose, is a good thing. But it's very easy to overdose - and even easier to get addicted.
It would be great to read this with my group and see what we can pick up from it and share.
During one of my life experiment incarnations, I lived on my own farm and for about 7 years raised all our food organically. Since I had moved from New York City to this bucolic existence, in retrospect,I think I was more like Eva Gabor on Green Acres than mama Walton. But, I did learn to grow veggies and edible weeds. Reading your Blog reminded me of the travails and triumphs of that period, almost 40 years ago. Some of my learning actually stuck. I will follow your writing to continue to learn what's useful and dangerous to ingest. I find your information fascinating.
If you're disciplined about it, buying stuff you're going to use anyway on sale or at a discount can lead to huge tax-free investment returns. But neither that nor low interest rates nor high inflation rates is a good reason to just spend more money.
Be forewarned: waxy citrus in the regular stores sucks for zests. Try to get unwaxed or organic even.
I don't need to,
there's one filler site which provide category search
and "sort by discount/review/popularity/price" feature
so I am actually buying something userful.
the site is:
http://www.clickingsave.com
As a lawn care professional I cannot see the sense or reason of putting ammonia, beer, soda or mouthwash on a lawn. Seriously... what possible nutritional value is there in this rubbish that a lawn needs or can tolerate.
The dishwahing liquid is OK because it will act in much the same way as Wetting Agents do in breaking down the waxy coating on grains of soil to help the soil retain water more effectively.
If you want a good greening of your lawn then try sulphate of ammonia instead - available where all fertilisers are sold, but a balanced high quality fertiliser with trace elements applied 4-5 times per year is the ideal, accompanied by a wetting agent twice a year.
I'm fascinated by the mainstay of Google business and I'd love to read this book!
I always have cash stashed. The thing to do is to continue to grow cash so you do not have to borrow money when something happens. I've heard people talk about spending money before it becomes worth less during inflationary times. If I were going to do that it would have to be on necessities such as non-perishable food items maybe. However, spending to try to stay ahead of inflation sounds like a bad idea to me
Interesting suggestions. They do seem a little time intensive though.
In the same vein. You can often score a free meal by becoming a mystery shopper. These are people who pose as customers in order to evaluate retail establishments.
If you sign up to evaluate a food establishment you'll often get the meal free as well as money for your evaluation.