Do you even Crock-Pot bro? DFD Cooking Thread

[Desertbreh]

There are tons of people who don't take credit cards or Apple Pay or Pay Pal or whatever. Check and cash free existence is just some bullshit millenial urban pay area dreamscape.

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There are tons of people who don't take credit cards or Apple Pay or Pay Pal or whatever. Check and cash free existence is just some bullshit millenial urban pay area dreamscape.

I had to get paid by my insurance company with a check for my roof damage and I had to pay my roofer with a check. My plumber doesn't take CC or paypal. He gets paid with a check, too. Same with the guy who services my whole-house generator, the guy who does my leaves, my boiler guy, every contractor I've ever used, etc. am I supposed to do?

I also never ebay

[Sno]

It's tough for frugal people with no kids or pets to justify, particularly if one of them is at home. .
You have the dog though, and dogs are a mess, and you both leave the house during the day. Another justification for a cleaning person is relationship quality improvement.....
If you have any issues where one of you thinks the other is a bit of a slob, these issues get solved with having OP clean.

The two best checks I write are to our house cleaner and my accountant.

You still write checks?

Any one running a (small) business is going to prefer a check. PayPal rapes us on fees and so do credit card transactions. I allowed my girls to pay via PayPal until the fees became more than just running it in the square. We’re doing it via venmo now until they catch on to running transactions in the thousands several times a month too.

Running them through personal accounts isn’t going to fly either. #taxes

[D Griff]

You still write checks?

Any one running a (small) business is going to prefer a check. PayPal rapes us on fees and so do credit card transactions. I allowed my girls to pay via PayPal until the fees became more than just running it in the square. We’re doing it via venmo now until they catch on to running transactions in the thousands several times a month too.

Running them through personal accounts isn’t going to fly either. #taxes

Well you could just pay taxes like everyone else.

[Sno]

Any one running a (small) business is going to prefer a check. PayPal rapes us on fees and so do credit card transactions. I allowed my girls to pay via PayPal until the fees became more than just running it in the square. We’re doing it via venmo now until they catch on to running transactions in the thousands several times a month too.

Running them through personal accounts isn’t going to fly either. #taxes

Well you could just pay taxes like everyone else.

Yes, but keeping them straight while running through personal accounts is a nightmare.

[Desertbreh]

There are tons of people who don't take credit cards or Apple Pay or Pay Pal or whatever. Check and cash free existence is just some bullshit millenial urban pay area dreamscape.

I had to get paid by my insurance company with a check for my roof damage and I had to pay my roofer with a check. My plumber doesn't take CC or paypal. He gets paid with a check, too. Same with the guy who services my whole-house generator, the guy who does my leaves, my boiler guy, every contractor I've ever used, etc. am I supposed to do?

I also never ebay

Adulting requires more than buying a cappucino via Apple Pay.

[Calvinball]

There are tons of people who don't take credit cards or Apple Pay or Pay Pal or whatever. Check and cash free existence is just some bullshit millenial urban pay area dreamscape.

The recent plumbing call, I was pleasantly surprised by the local company who billed me later rather than demanding payment at the time of service. They still accepted “modern” payment methods but just not having a “give me the money now now now” mentality was nice.


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I had to get paid by my insurance company with a check for my roof damage and I had to pay my roofer with a check. My plumber doesn't take CC or paypal. He gets paid with a check, too. Same with the guy who services my whole-house generator, the guy who does my leaves, my boiler guy, every contractor I've ever used, etc. am I supposed to do?

I also never ebay

Adulting requires more than buying a cappucino via Apple Pay.

Well said, as usual.

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There are tons of people who don't take credit cards or Apple Pay or Pay Pal or whatever. Check and cash free existence is just some bullshit millenial urban pay area dreamscape.

The recent plumbing call, I was pleasantly surprised by the local company who billed me later rather than demanding payment at the time of service. They still accepted “modern” payment methods but just not having a “give me the money now now now” mentality was nice.


Sent from the Beer Depository

My boiler guy did that last month, which was a surprise. Maybe it's because he lives 2 houses down from me? I still mailed him a check when I got the bill

[Apex]

I try to make one joke about people still writing checks.

[goIftdibrad]

I try to make one joke about people still writing checks.

paying for checks is stupid
#saltyfax

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I try to make one joke about people still writing checks.

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I try to make one joke about people still writing checks.

Posting the same across multiple threads is stupid
#haterade4cry4attention

[Apex]

I try to make one joke about people still writing checks.

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Ay Pecs, put on your bankers hat, I gots a question for you.

[Apex]

Ay Pecs, put on your bankers hat, I gots a question for you.

Hit me.

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Ay Pecs, put on your bankers hat, I gots a question for you.

Hit me.

We're pretty close to paying off our house (~$18k left) so I'm seriously considering just killing it this month/year. I know I have to call the mortgage company to get a payoff amount but my question is when exactly do I make that call? If I call now and get the payoff amount will that amount be frozen until the end of the month? I want to make the payment this month. Also, if I schedule it for the 29th, it probably won't actually post until early January. Does that matter for tax purposes?

Thanks. I'll hang up and listen for my answer.

[Apex]

Hit me.

We're pretty close to paying off our house (~$18k left) so I'm seriously considering just killing it this month/year. I know I have to call the mortgage company to get a payoff amount but my question is when exactly do I make that call? If I call now and get the payoff amount will that amount be frozen until the end of the month? I want to make the payment this month. Also, if I schedule it for the 29th, it probably won't actually post until early January. Does that matter for tax purposes?

Thanks. I'll hang up and listen for my answer.

A mortgage payoff amount will be for a specific day but also include a per diem. This way if they give you a payoff good thru say 12/26 for $18,000 with a per diem of $25; you'll pay $18,075 on 12/29.

If the payment doesn't post until January, you'll get the tax form for when you do your taxes for 2018. The Bank's I have worked at credit loan payments like that the day they are received.

Also, congrats on the payoff!

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We're pretty close to paying off our house (~$18k left) so I'm seriously considering just killing it this month/year. I know I have to call the mortgage company to get a payoff amount but my question is when exactly do I make that call? If I call now and get the payoff amount will that amount be frozen until the end of the month? I want to make the payment this month. Also, if I schedule it for the 29th, it probably won't actually post until early January. Does that matter for tax purposes?

Thanks. I'll hang up and listen for my answer.

A mortgage payoff amount will be for a specific day but also include a per diem. This way if they give you a payoff good thru say 12/26 for $18,000 with a per diem of $25; you'll pay $18,075 on 12/29.

If the payment doesn't post until January, you'll get the tax form for when you do your taxes for 2018. The Bank's I have worked at credit loan payments like that the day they are received.

Also, congrats on the payoff!

Got it. Thanks.

And thanks! Still trying to decide, but much excite to get out from under that yoke. We're switching to an HSA plan here next year and this will be a nice way to free up some funds for that.

[stripethree]

Question for the DFD masses: are pho and ramen the same thing? AKA: "asian brothy stuff"?

Spoiler alert: the answer is no and any other answer is wrong. Sno and I might have to agree to disagree.

[Sno]

Question for the DFD masses: are pho and ramen the same thing? AKA: "asian brothy stuff"?

Spoiler alert: the answer is no and any other answer is wrong. Sno and I might have to agree to disagree.

Lol you aren’t wrong. But they are both Asian brothy stuff.

[stripethree]

Lol you aren’t wrong. But they are both Asian brothy stuff.

So, you're saying they all look the same?

[goIftdibrad]

Question for the DFD masses: are pho and ramen the same thing? AKA: "asian brothy stuff"?

Spoiler alert: the answer is no and any other answer is wrong. Sno and I might have to agree to disagree.

no. Ramen is wheat based noodles, pho is rice. Among other differences.

[Sno]

Question for the DFD masses: are pho and ramen the same thing? AKA: "asian brothy stuff"?

Spoiler alert: the answer is no and any other answer is wrong. Sno and I might have to agree to disagree.

no. Ramen is wheat based noodles, pho is rice. Among other differences.

Wait. I know I might be wrong but isn’t pho also ...noodles? It’s not rice.