elcheapodeluxe

elcheapodeluxe t1_jeafjd4 wrote

Reply to comment by heidismiles in LPT: Having something shipped to you and worried about it being stolen, send it to your local Post Office by Muttatwork

Actually many USPS PO boxes CAN get packages from other carriers - you just can't use the standard addressing scheme.

https://www.usps.com/manage/po-boxes.htm#streetaddress

>What is Street Addressing and how can I get it for my PO Box?
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>An additional service to consider adding to your PO Box is Street Addressing. With Street Addressing (if available), you have the option of using the street address of your Post Office location, combined with your PO Box number, as your mailing address. This lets you receive packages from private carriers (such as UPS, FedEx, DHL and Amazon), as long as they comply with USPS mailing standards.

I think I just had to tick a box on the form. There was no additional charge.

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elcheapodeluxe t1_jdxbeav wrote

Reply to LPT: Do not fall for the whole pursue "working for your dream company" idea. You will be so much better off if you have a wonderful, respectful, considerate boss at some normal business who actually values and respects you/your work, and allows you to become successful and proficient in your field. by Dismal_Body_2731

Oof. Yeah. Had a friend who got her marketing degree and then... got a job as an admin assistant at a certain valuable computer company that rhymes with Snapple. That was a decade ago and she said she really enjoyed working there and wanted to "work her way up". AFAIK she is still an admin. That's her choice to make, of course, but I wonder how many people are blinded by the glitter when there are lots of companies they could be fulfilled at and put their skills to work and be happy at even if they've not got the cachet of "Snapple".

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elcheapodeluxe t1_jacxcdw wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in LPT: If you notice your iPhone battery is charging slower after the recent update, turn off clean energy charging. by JohnDeere714

Take two hundred million iphones (less than they sold last year alone) and you're looking at 3.4 billion watt hours. Multiply that my maybe 900 full charge cycles per year and you're looking at a trillion watt hours just from the phones sold last year. Sooner or later it's going to add up to serious juice.

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elcheapodeluxe t1_j7gn73y wrote

Reply to comment by InTheEndEntropyWins in Analysis showed that 65.6% of women who took extra Vitamin D gave birth naturally. The study analysed results from the MAVIDOS trial which involved 965 women being randomly allocated an extra 1,000 International Units (IU) per day of vitamin D during their pregnancy or a placebo. by Wagamaga

Agreed. Had to click just to find if there was any comparative number whatsoever - or if the press release was made by idiots.

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elcheapodeluxe t1_j6ov78i wrote

Reply to Does making half of a mortgage payment every 2 weeks pay off the mortgage years sooner than making a full payment every month? by throwinggushers

Are you asking about specifically eactly every two weeks, or did you really mean "twice a month" or "every fifteen days which is about two weeks"?

If you just mean making half the payment twice as often - you are saving a little bit in interest. You know what would save you a little bit MORE in interest? Make your ENTIRE monthly payment half a month early. But in the grand scheme - that is not going to shave off ten years. Making an extra payment (especially EARLY in a 30-year mortgage) will have a bigger impact.

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