Arktigers

I happened to pick a random poster to respond to. Wasn’t directed towards anyone specifically. I’m all for all shapes and sizes.

Several convenience stores accept EBT. I’ve asked several clerks what customers use it for. They said energy type drinks, jerky etc. I was told that several of their regulars said they had more than they could spend on grocery needs. They also said folks would buy items to resale for cash to use on other items.

We downsized our house when last one left for college. Got rid of everything except green egg. Love it. Grill, smoke, oven fired pizzas. I have a cast iron griddle that i throw on for smash burgers, bacon.

She acts as if she is overcoming injustices daily to survive. In the corporate world, she has the golden ticket. Woman, fairly attractive and minority. In today’s world, she will be given every opportunity for advancement over more qualified candidates. She’s not in a position to talk about crap.

Using her logic, I have the right to run anyone off the highway that invades my space. Good to know.

Social media, cable entertainment news, judicial politics have created the unrest in this country. If you are an immigrant or certain demographic, everything is portrayed as defending yourself, fighting oppression … every response is justified if you are disrespected. Should have been nothing more than a brawl between high school rivals but was elevated because he was conditioned to think it was justified.

Can’t take anything for granted if you have a peanut allergy. Bought a frozen lemonade at a baseball game. Just happened to look at label while opening. Processed in plant with peanuts. Same with a lot of canned vegetables.

Thank god they aren’t in the big 10. AD would be issuing this statement every other week.

I hate the premise of automatic tipping but this is how these folks make their living. If you aren’t going to tip at least the minimum on adequate service, go through a drive thru.

My oldest got 34 on ACT. Thought financial assistance would be better but they wanted to go out of state. Received academic scholarship from school of choice but still very short of covering full cost.

1. Spent a lot of time googling and working with high school to identify and apply for small scholarships. $1000 here and there.

2. Worked with school financial aid. Pretty helpful. We had to take out multiple loans due to caps. Varying interest rates and yes some are very high.

3. Budgeted to cover housing out of pocket. Paid what we could on loans during the year.

One thing to consider is monthly costs at home went down considerably. Still graduated with roughly $20k in debt. We paid half when they graduated and they assumed the other half.

We will help going forward but we decided not to sacrifice 401k contributions. I don’t want to be a financial burden on my children when we retire and if we have health issues.

CNN is quickly becoming national enquirer. Hint of truth buried deep in opinion, theatrics, editorializing. Not everything is “BREAKING NEWS”.

If they would just report news without bias or opinion, things would be much better.