MangoCats

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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I passed that suggestion into the "don't show me content from the New York Times anymore" selection box.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 2 weeks ago

Just say yes, only use it to watch "Fireplace for your Home." I think you can change the "Kids" icon to whatever character you want it to show.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 0 points 2 weeks ago

It's big, but is it news? Can he hold a coherent thought for more than six seconds? Tariffs on, tariffs off, tariffs paused, tariffs resumed, 25%, 10%, 45%, 124%, 0%, aaaand repeat.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Those stone soldiers should have made a world tour 25 years ago when they were declassified.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 2 weeks ago

They're not expensive ant time wasting to this guy, he just refuses to show up.

I suppose, eventually, he will be inconvenienced with an arrest and incarceration.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 2 weeks ago

it’s reasonable to expect that ransom guy to pay your court costs.

Yes, and if you've paid a good lawyer they will indeed get a judgement against "ransom guy" to pay all court costs including your lawyers' fees. What you won't often find is a good lawyer who will not charge you up front, because a judgement still needs to be collected, and collecting judgments from random ransom guys is a low odds business. See OP.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 6 points 2 weeks ago

We lived in a city that levied $500 per day fines for some fairly common stuff (like 30% of the homes in the city had the violations, but only a few were charged with them because, reasons...) so, some homeowners who ignored the fines accumulated city liens in excess of the value of their homes. When that went to court, the judges just threw out all the fines as unconscionable, particularly when you could point to hundreds of homes with similar conditions for years and years which were not being fined.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Be careful with the gators. You'll be focused on the jaws, but the feet have claws too...

Death by alligator is quite rare, but the month before we moved to Florida one took a snorkeler just a few miles from where we were moving to...

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's all about the harness...

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 29 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

My University issued me a BS parking ticket a couple of weeks before graduation. I appealed, appeal was denied with no explanation. Fine was $20, no interest, no penalties. I ignored it. They refused to release my transcripts - oh well, that was 35 years ago now, haven't needed the transcripts yet. They did send letters to me for 10 years asking me to pay the $20 fine, I believe the postage alone amounted to over $20 by the time they gave up.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Subscription for the OS period, even if security updates were free, is pretty much the opposite of what I wanted a Jolla phone for back when I put a deposit on one. Are they actually delivering devices this time? Last time they got built but somehow were unable to be shipped to the people who paid for them.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 11 points 2 weeks ago

They certainly had a rough spot about 10 years back, never delivered a device I put a deposit on, only refunded half my deposit.

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