The one thing that I can't autopay is also the one thing that I don't get much of an announcement or a bill for: My property taxes.
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The one thing that I can't autopay is also the one thing that I don't get much of an announcement or a bill for: My property taxes.
Seems odd. I get billed twice a year and always with nearly 2 month notice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I only get billed once a year but you can make two payments one by Dec and the other by April. I tried the two payments but forgot about it and had to pay a late fee. Now I just pay the whole year at once.
I got a late fee once, as well. The city I live in does a good job with billing. Unfortunately, the county handles property taxes, and they aren't so good. I get an added fee for paying by ANY means other than showing up in person. Considering that would take probably an hour on a good day, I just opt for the cheapest of the extra fees.
Yeah, my county is strange. You can pay taxes by mail but if you pay online there's a fee. They charge 5% to pay by credit card. No way!!! You can pay by Echeck for like $0.50. It's silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I usually pay by check to avoid those "convenience fees." Not even a stamp is needed, the Township has a 24 hour drive up dropbox that also accepts things like quarterly water/sewer payments and absentee ballots.
I can only avoid the convenience fees by paying in person. They may well have a dropbox. I wouldn't know, though, as the location is a good long ways away, and a bit awkward to find, as well.
The credit card fee isn't 5%, but it's up around 3%. That's quite reasonable, actually, as that's about what the credit card company would be charging them. They just pass it on. A check or direct bank transfer costs down around 1%, or so. Not sure what that's about.
Somebody should do a movie where Dracula gets white nose syndrome.
Those darned powdered-sugar donuts!
HA! Yeah, that would be awesome! Either that or he was doing lines of coke.
Norfolk Southern's train #310 had a bit of trouble getting through Sandusky, Ohio today...
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Ouch.
Made me think of all of those CN trains that run through here carrying nuclear waste from Ontario, Quebec, etc. down to Tennessee for dumping and rerouting to western dumps.
What was it hauling?
Paraffin wax. Nothing toxic or flammable, just a big, ugly mess to clean up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I'm sure the news was waxing eloquent about it.
Too bad it didn't happen in Wayne, Indiana.
An interesting side note (at least to me) is Amtrak #30 the Chicago-DC Capitol Limited and #48 the Chicago-NY/Boston Lake Shore Limited were combined into one train at Oak Harbor and ran NS's old Wheeling & Lake Erie between Oak Harbor and Bellevue then ran NS's old Nickel Plate Road between Bellevue and GC interlocking just west of Vermilion where they rejoined the Chicago line, made their station stops at Elyria and Cleveland and split back into two trains after the station stop in Cleveland. All other Amtrak trains have been annulled between Cleveland and Toledo until Monday.
And yes, I am a train nerd.
How deep does it go?Quote:
Originally Posted by homer13j
When I lived on campus as a freshman I walked past Pere Marquette 1225 several times a day. It had been donated and sat slowly being restored for a very long time until donations helped the budget pick up. Now of course it is in service again for novelty excursions.
Do you know why this old steam engine became a celebrity, with imitators running nationwide?
I'm not enough of a train nerd to know that, but I never hesitate to visit some restored old steam engines.