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maxineswritingcenter · 3 years ago

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You Saved Me - Derek Hale x fem!reader part 7

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Derek was alive. I let out a shaky breath as I used a tree to get back onto my feet.

“Derek…” I whispered. He stood on the hill, his shoulders rising and falling as he slowed down his breathing. Even though my legs were shaking from almost being mauled to death, I started walking towards him. And the walk turned into a run as I made my way to him. I stopped just short of him. Our eyes met and all my fear was washed away by overwhelming joy.

“You’re okay.” I grinned, “You’re alive.” I wrapped my arms around his neck, hugging him tightly. Derek slowly slid his arms around my waist, holding me close. He turned his head, his lips brushing my ear as he spoke.

“We need to talk.”

After taking Scott home, Derek and him talked and agreed on something. They would work together and kill the alpha to cure Scott. I sent a quick text to Stiles to tell him I was alright and Scott was calm.

Derek had offered to drive me home, the drive there was filled with his energy that I had never felt before, it was electrifying. I was just happy that he was alive. Once we were on the street the Stilinski’s lived on, I made him park a little bit back from the house in case Uncle Noah came home.

“When did you start seeing it? The visions.” He asked, putting the car in park.

“They started the night I last saw you. I am always looking through your eyes, feeling what you feel.” I leaned back against the headrest, looking at him. He seemed frustrated and upset. His lips were tight, but there was that look in his eyes that had made him look young and afraid.

“What have you seen?”

“I saw you talking to your uncle, you were agitated and felt lost. I saw you talking with this woman about your sister, you were angry and had so much guilt balled up in your chest. And I-… I felt the alpha attack you. I could not even describe the fear you felt then.” Derek’s hands were tightly gripping onto the steering wheel, it almost looked like he was blinking back tears. He felt weak, why I could feel that now I didn’t understand.

“Derek, what’s happening? I don’t understand why I’m seeing parts of your life.” I turned fully in my seat.

“It’s not uncommon among werewolves.” He said.

“But I’m not a werewolf.”

Derek shifted in his seat so he was facing me, “What it is… It’s a connection of two. Think of it like-”

“Soulmates?” I inserted the word.

He nodded, “But for werewolves it is supposed to happen after a mating ritual.”

“I think I can imagine what that is.” I blew out a breath, “So… why me? Why us? If it’s not possible then how?”

“I don’t know. Maybe because high stress situations have been putting us together.”

“Do you see visions of me?” I was really hoping he hadn’t been seeing me cry over him.

“I have.” Crap. “The night the alpha attacked me and then tonight.” He paused and sighed, “I felt this intense pull in my chest to find you. You needed me to come to you.”

“I thought I was going to die tonight. I thought that Scott was going to kill me.” I shook my head, “My luck is pretty crap.”

“I found you each time, didn’t I?” A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

“I guess you’re right.” I smiled and looked down at my lap, “Seems pretty inconvenient for you though. Saving me all the time.”

“It’s not.” He reached over, tilting my face to look at him, “Whenever you need me, I will be there.”

“I thought you needed to focus on finding the alpha, so that you couldn’t be selfish.” My breath hitched when he moved forward, pressing his forehead to mine.

“It seems the universe had a different plan for us.” He paused, “I can’t promise you everything all at once. After we take down the alpha, after I have some time to come to peace with other things, then we could take the time to explore…whatever this is.” He leaned back in his seat.

“That is, if those idiots don’t get me arrested first.”

I chuckled a little, “They may be idiots. But they’re still just kids. No matter how many times Stiles tells me he’s a man, he is still a sucker for Spice Girls.” I unbuckled my seat belt, leaning over to press a kiss to his cheek, “But you didn’t hear that from me.”

Derek grinned and nodded, “Right of course.” His smile was so… it suited him to smile. After all the grim and stern looks, I wanted to be able to make him smile everyday. I closed the door, leaning into the window.

“Smiling suits you.” I stood up and patted the top of the car. He dropped the smile, and chewed on his cheek.

“Just remember, if you need me, I’ll know and I’ll be on my way.” I nodded, turning away and walking home.

Did I ever think that I would be in a car chase? Absolutely not. But was I in a car chase with Kate Argent with Scott and Stiles while Derek was on the run from Uncle Noah? Absolutely. I was in the back of Derek’s Camaro, headset on with a police radio scanner from the Stilinksi’s basement. It was an older model and out of use but it could still pick up radio.

“They’re chasing him on foot, heading northwest.” I shouted to Scott, holding onto the radio as we raced through downtown. In pursuit was Kate Argent.

“Faster?” Scott asked, gripping the steering wheel.

“Much faster.” Stiles answered, watching out the back window. Scott seemed to go a little faster, but the other car was still catching up.

“Scott, I don’t think you’re grasping the concept of a car chase, here…” Stiles said nervously.

If I go faster, I’ll kill us!” Scott shouted, clearly panicking. Stiles leaned forward.

“Well, if you don't go faster, they're gonna kill us!” Scott pressed down on the pedal, but Kate Argent and her team seemed to divert away and left them.

“They’re gone.” A new message came over the radio: “All units, suspect is on foot heading into the Iron Works.”

“He’s in the Iron works.” I called, and suddenly my vision clouded.

Derek ran but was stopped by a flash bang, blinding him, shots rang out.

“And hurry, Chris Argent’s got him cornered.”

“How do you know that?” Stiles asked, shaking his head in disbelief.

“I’ll explain later.” Scott turned sharply, stopping the car. Derek was behind a forklift, shots ringing out towards them.

“Get in!” Stiles shouted. Derek hurriedly got in the car, Scott speeding off before he even finished closing the door.

“What part of “laying low” don’t you understand?!” Scott said in an exasperated voice.

“Damn it!” Derek growled, “I had him!”

“Who? The Alpha?” Stiles leaned forward, I pulled him back, pointing to his seat belt. He rolled his eyes but put it on.

Yes!” He said impatiently, “He was right in front of me, and the friggin’ police showed up.”

“Whoa! Hey, they’re just doing their jobs-” Stiles defended his dad.

“Yeah, thanks to someone who decided to make me the most wanted fugitive in the entire state!” He shouted to Scott.

Can we seriously get past that? I made a dumbass mistake. I get it.” Scott said defensively.

“All right. How did you find him?” Stiles asked Derek.

Scott scoffed, “Can you try to trust us for at least half a second?”

“Yeah, both of us!” Derek glared back at him, making Stiles shrink back into his seat, “Or, just him. I’ll be back here.” Derek glanced back at me. I nodded for him to tell.

“Look, the last time I talked to my sister, she was close to figuring something out. She found two things. The first was a guy named Harris.”

“Our chemistry teacher?” Stiles was back leaning forward.

“Why him?” Scott asked.

“I don’t know yet.”

“What’s the second?”

“Some kind of symbol.” Derek pulled a piece of paper with a drawing on it. It looked like a family crest with a wolf and sun. Scott stared at it.

“What? You know what this is?”

“I’ve seen it on a necklace. Allison’s necklace.” Scott looked back at the road.

I sat at my desk, getting some papers ready for tonight’s lacrosse game, when I heard knocking at my window. I turned quickly and sighed when it wasn’t, in fact, a murderer. Derek looked around and knocked again impatiently. I quickly opened the window and pulled him inside.

“What the hell are you doing?” I whispered, “My uncle is here, you know, the one that wants you arrested.” He grunted as he got up, closing the window and the curtains, setting a pile of books on my desk.

“This was Stiles’ idiot plan so blame him.”

“He was right, you are kind of a sour wolf.” I laughed, he was very unamused.

“Okay, I’m sorry. Stay here, I’ll go grab you water and something to eat. You’re starving.” I turned to the door but stopped, turning back to face him.

“How do I know you’re starving?” He shoved his hands in the pockets of his leather jacket.

“Probably the same way I can talk to you like this.” His voice echoed in my head, I jumped and pointed at him.

“Warning! Some warning would be nice!” I gave him a scolding look and went out into the hallway, quietly shutting the door behind me.

As I was making Derek a sandwich, Stiles bolted through the door and upstairs. I sighed and finished the food, heading upstairs.

As I got to the top, Uncle Noah came out from around a corner, “Hey Stiles!” He called and then noticed me, “Hey (Y/N).” He looked down at the sandwich, “I didn’t know you liked ham and…thick cut beef jerky sandwiches.” I looked down at the sandwich.

“Uh yeah, I just figured out I liked it.” I grabbed the sandwich and took a bite. I hummed and chewed it, even though I rather spit it back out.

“I’ll have to pick some up next time I’m out. My buddy at the station makes it.” I nodded and continued to chew. That would explain why it was heavy on the pepper. That guy should really stick to his day job.

Stiles mumbled something from his room as he came out.

“What’d you say?” Uncle Noah asked.

Stiles leaned on the doorway, “What? I said “Yo, D-Dad.”

Uncle Noah sighed, “Listen, I’ve got something I’ve got to take care of, but I’m gonna be there tonight. I mean, your first game.” He smiled

Stiles nodded, “My first game… Uh, it’s great! Awesome. Uh, good!”

“I’m very happy for you. And I’m really proud of you.” He said sincerely. If I didn’t have this terrible jerky in my mouth, I would be more emotional.

“Thanks. Me too. I’m happy and proud of myself.”

“So, they’re really gonna let you play, right?”

“Yeah, Dad, I’m first line! Believe that?”

“I’m very proud.”

“Oh, me, too. Again, I’m-” Stiles came forward, forcing Uncle Noah into an incredibly awkward, “Huggie, huggie, huggie…”

“See you there.” Uncle Noah pulled away, heading downstairs.

“Take it easy.” He said as he left. I waited until I heard the front door close to spit the mush back onto my plate. The jerky looked just as intact as it had when it went in my mouth.

“Oh my god, that’s the worst thing I’ve ever tasted.” I went back downstairs and threw out that abomination and the rest of it that was in the fridge. For as long as I live, Uncle Noah will be bringing home that jerky for me to eat. But that was a sacrifice I was willing to make to make him happy. I made a different sandwich with edible toppings this time and made it upstairs to see Derek grumbling and broody as usual. I handed him the plate. He took it then sniffed the air.

“What smells like death?” He asked. I covered my mouth.

“Don’t ask, just know that it will never hurt anyone ever again.”

After many rounds of tooth brushing and mouthwash, the death smell was extinguished. When I came back in, Danny from the lacrosse team was sitting at the computer with Stiles and Derek was sitting in the corner, reading.

“You want me to do what?” Danny asked, “Hey (Y/N).” He greeted me before looking back at Stiles. I nodded and waved.

“Trace a text.”

“I came here to do lab work– that’s what lab partners do.”

“And we will!” He paused, “Once you trace the text.”

And what makes you think I know how?”

“I-I looked up your arrest report, so-”

“I-I was thirteen. They dropped the charges.” He said defensively.

“Whatever.”

“No, we’re doing lab work.”

“Oh, my…” Stiles sighed, looking at the computer. I sighed and grabbed a book from the pile that Derek had. It looked old, the pages were yellowed. I turned to a random page and browsed, listening in on Stiles and Danny.

“Who’s that again?” Danny whispered. Stiles looked back at Derek, then back to Danny.

“Um, my cousin…Miguel.” He lied. Derek glanced up at them, then back to the book. I bit my lip to keep my giggles back. Derek’s eyes shot me a warning glance.

“Is that blood on his shirt?” Danny asked. My eyes widened. I hadn’t realized it but his grey long sleeve shirt had spots of blood.

“Yeah. Yes. Well, he gets these horrible nosebleeds.” Stiles looked back at Derek, “Hey, Miguel. I thought I told you you could borrow one of my shirts.” He looked pointedly towards his dresser. Derek closed the book on his lap and set it aside. He stood up, went to Stiles’ dresser and took his shirt off, revealing the triskelion tattoo between his shoulder blades. And it seems like I wasn’t the only one appreciating that it was off either. Danny was taking quick glances towards Derek.

“So, anyway, I mean, we both know you have the skills to trace that text, so we should probably-”

“Uh, Stiles…?” Derek said, holding a button down shirt in his hands.

“Yes?” Stiles asked innocently.

“This… no fit!” He said irritably, tugging the shirt. I covered my mouth and squeezed my eyes shut. It was cruel to be in this situation and not laugh.

‘Then try something else on!” Stiles turned back to Danny, “Sorry.” Derek found a blue and orange striped collared shirt.

“Hey, that one looks pretty good, huh? What do you think, Danny?” Derek looked incredibly beyond pissed, but that anger was directed at Stiles so this just kept getting better and better. I was nearly in tears. Was Stiles using Danny’s sexuality to his advantage? Yes, and we would have a talk about that later, but right now it was too damn funny.

“Huh.” Danny avoided looking at Derek, trying not to get caught staring.

“The shirt?”

Danny looked over, “It’s… it’s not really his color…” Derek removed the shirt.

“You swing for a different team, but you still play ball, don’t you, Danny-boy?” Stiles whispered to him when they were both turned towards the computer.

Danny sighed, “You’re a horrible person.”

“I know. It keeps me awake at night. Anyway, about that text…”

“Stiles!” Derek said, frustrated, “None of these fit!”

“I’ll need the ISP, the phone number, and the exact time of the text.” Stiles gave him the information and after some typing and clicks, “There. The text came from a computer. This one.” Derek and I came up behind the two after he found a dark grey shirt that managed to fit.

“Registered to that account name?” Derek asked. Danny nodded.

“No, no, no, no. That can't be right.”

“Scott’s mom?” I asked. Right there, Melissa McCall. Danny left soon after, a pink blush to his cheeks. Stiles walked him out.

I grabbed my lacrosse bag, getting ready to leave to get to the game. Hopefully I could give Stiles a few minutes before Coach kicked him back to second line for being late. Derek stood in my path.

“Was that situation funny to you?” He glared, tilting his head to the side.

“Uh, after the fact, no.” I giggled a little, “But at the time it was really funny.” He wasn’t laughing. I cleared my throat.

“Alright, I’m sorry. It wasn’t right of me to laugh.” I patted his chest, “But he was right, blue and orange are not your colors.” He grabbed my wrist, keeping my hand on his chest.

“And what exactly are my colors?” His expression had softened. I smiled and hummed, thinking for a moment.

“Dark red, burgundy. Greys. Maybe blue, just not that shirt. Never again.” I looked down, “You know it’s not Scott’s mom, right?”

He nodded, “I know.”

“And as much of a pain as he is, Stiles is like family to me. And I have this terrible feeling in my chest that something’s going to go wrong tonight.” I bunched up his shirt in my hand, “Please keep him safe. And you should be careful too.”

“It won’t take too long. We just need to get security footage.”

“I’m serious, Derek.” I pulled my hand away, “I have a dark feeling. And I’m scared.”

“And I believe you.” He reassured me, “I’ll make sure Stiles comes back in one piece. I promise.”

I breathed in deeply, and let it out, “Okay.” He leaned down and pressed a kiss on my forehead. I really hoped that this feeling was wrong.

I stood with Scott in the corner of the locker room. Or at least I think that’s where we were. Coach made me wear a blindfold to “protect my eyes from men”.

“Did you get the picture?” Scott asked, referring to the picture he had taken of Allison’s necklace that he stole.

“Yeah, I did, and it looks just like the drawing.” Stiles said.

“Hey, is there something on the back of it? There’s gotta be something– an inscription, an opening, something…” Derek asked.

“No, no, the thing’s flat. And, no, it doesn’t open. There’s nothing in it, on it, around it, nothing. And where are you? You’re supposed to be here. You’re first line.”

“Where the hell is Bilinski?!” Coach shouted from his office.

“Man, you’re not gonna play if you’re not here to start.”

“I can only buy you so much time, Stiles.” I said into the phone.

“I know. Look, if you see my dad, can you tell him… tell him I’ll be there, I’ll just be a little bit late, okay?”

“Loud and clear.” I sighed.

“Alright, thanks.” Stiles hung up the phone.

I crossed my arms over my chest and shook my head, “He’s not gonna make it. First game his dad shows up to and he’s not gonna make it.” I poked Scott in the chest, “You owe him big time for this.” I felt at the wall, making my way back in the ( I think) direction of Finstock’s office.

I sat in the office, fiddling with my thumbs when I felt it again. That painful fear in my chest. I squeezed my eyes shut.

“Stiles, get out of there right now! It’s him! He’s the Alpha! Get out!” Derek shouted into the phone. He cursed and got out of the Jeep, running inside. His heart was beating fast and a terrible realization was going through his head. His own Uncle killed his sister. It had been him all along, how could he have missed it? Derek ran inside, punching the nurse that had been taking care of his Uncle and helping him in his crimes. She fell to the floor, out cold.

“That’s not nice. She’s my nurse.” I looked at the man who I had seen from the previous vision but now he was walking and talking and Derek was scared.

“She’s a psychotic bitch helping you kill people.” I looked at Stiles, “Get out of the way.”

“Oh, damn…” Stiles squeaked. Derek launched himself at his uncle only to be grabbed and slammed into one wall and then another. Peter picked him up by the throat and slid him across the room on his back. I saw Peter’s attention go back to Stiles. Derek pushed himself up, punching Peter in the nose. It didn’t seem to phase him. Peter headbutted Derek and kicked him in the stomach. Sending him back into another wall. Pain spread through my back. But Derek still stood up, spitting blood. He threw punches at Peter but they were dodged, he grabbed Derek’s wrist and bent it back, fracturing it. He went down to his knees. Peter then grabbed him and threw him through a pane of glass.

I gasped and sat back, holding my arm tightly. It felt like it was broken but it wasn’t my arm that had been broken. It was Derek’s

Out of the field, Coach called for a huddle.

“Scott.” I tried to grab his attention, but from the looks he was giving Jackson, it meant that he probably knew something.

“Let’s go! Huddle up! Let’s go! Big night! Big night! get in here, (Y/L/N).” Coach pulled my arm into the huddle.

“Ready? Say it so they can hear it! Hands in!” We all put our hands in the middle of the circle, “What are we?”

“WE ARE LACROSSE!” They shouted.

“All right, take the field! Let’s go!” Coach sent them out. It was too late to tell Scott who the alpha was and there was no way I could slip away to help without Coach noticing. Derek was getting his ass kicked and there was nothing I could do to help him.

“You gotta get out of there. Grab Stiles and run.” I thought hard, hoping that I could send my thoughts to him. I heard nothing back so my heart sank even deeper.

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lilslotsofchat · 5 years ago

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JUMPER - Four/Billy

i might make this a series. let me know if you like it. this was actaully fun to write. if there is any spelling or sense making problems do let me know. allow the big gaps as well they won’t go. i feel like there needs to be more dialogue in my posts but because i tried to stay close to the original scene in the film there wasn’t much from four.

i hope you enjoyed this

warnings : swearing/ mentions of S*icide/ death/ mentions of bl*od

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there were seven on the team but eight numbers. one the billionaire an asshole but loveable. two C.I.A Spook french talented. three the hitman confusing but the best of the best. four the sky walker the lover and the thief. five the doctor extremely talented under pressure. six the driver a kid but knows what he’s doing. and finally eight the jumper the lovers other half eight is the teams superhero as six calls her. they were about to do their first mission in florence, italy. the sky walker and the jumper had been tasked to stay in the sky. hidden on rooftops observing what to do and where to go next. one and two went in to get what they needed from the lawyer. five stayed with six in the neon green vehicle. three was waiting with a lorry to do what ever he needed to do when the time came.

four and eight were on the climb to the top of the cathedral. “you need help or no because you’re taking your sweet time” four stated to the woman following him up extending the e on sweet. she flipped him off as she climbed. “just get up there four” eight sarcastically replied to him they made it to the top as the sun started to rise. he helped her over the barrier. then they stood and watched over the city like they had done on many occasions in their relationship. “twos been shot” ones only slightly irritating voice came over the communication system the couple had in their ear. “is she alive” eight asked. four put his hand on top of eights hand it was cold. they had been climbing for many years together and he knew they always were cold after a long climb. “she’s alive” six’s voice echoed over the line. eight let out the breath she didn’t know she was holding. four grabbed her hands and brought them into his ones. he pressed his hands to his mouth and breathed into the little pocket he made. slowly warming up her hands. she leaned into his chest after her hands were warm. he wrapped his arms around her body. his fingers rubbing small circles into her spine. they watched the sun rise over the old city. “kids get ready” threes voice interrupted their moment on the top of the cathedral in florence. four let go of his lover and climbed on the railings. “go down to that building babe.” four said she made eye line with the building that four had spotted. she slid down the dome and jumped around the rooftops till she made it to the clock tower that four had directed her to. four saw her rise on the spot he said. she looked up towards him and waved and he waved back. the coms had been quiet from the car for some time and eight was waiting for a call in for her from one. she stood there for ten minutes before moving closer to where the mission started but only a block so it was easier for four to see her to direct her if he needed to.

eight could hear the shouting over the coms system. she looked up at four. he motioned for her to go to them. “one where are you im coming” eight said bouncing across the orange tiles her hoodie getting covered in the dust she was creating. she found an abandoned bike on the side of the road. “by the river. if six wants to hurry up” one replied to his youngest member. she nodded and biked till she saw the river. discarding the bike she jumped on a trash bin and began to scale the side of a building. she pulled out her gun from her backpack. she immediately spotted the glaring green car. “six could you have chosen any other fucking colour of car” her british accent seething at the bright colour that hit the sun in all the wrong angles. “i didn’t have any time eight.” six replied after a moment. the car sped down the road. “couldn’t be any more obvious. four can you see it from there” eight joked as she shot a tire on a moped causing an enemy to fall off. eight had never killed a man in her time of thieving and stealing. one did not believer her but it was true. she had an eye and the mind to see where she wouldn’t kill. four loved this about her. she didn’t want blood on her hands but wanted to help in the most way she could. when one found four he knew about the soon to be eight. four had (luckily in ones case)fallen from a building in ukraine. one had spotted the thieveing couple on his radar as soon as he wanted to build a team. he knew that they were talented and he wanted them both but his rules about loving were going to be hard in their case. he stupidly left the female grieve until she was at the point of ending her own life. he found her on the top of a building where she loved to be but also was about to end what she loved. he saved her life and allowed her to see her lover who she thought was dead. “six really this colour is hurting my fucking eyes.” eight hissed jumping across a block of buildings in seconds. “can you sort us out eight or are you going to complain” one snapped over the coms. eight just laughed and continued to do what she did best. shots were being fired at her but she was able to doge most of them one or two clipped her arms but she did not even realise.

“four where are you” one asked over the coms after some time of eight jumping. “you ask for his help now” eight said. “i’m here” four answered ones question looking to where eight had gone but he had lost her. she was running along the streets acting like a jogger in the morning of florence. she waved at an old lady at a cafe as she spotted the green car. “six can you get the fuck away from busy areas.” she hissed at him. “i am driving as best as i can to get away from these bad guys eight.” six snapped back at his team mate. eight jumped over a bike that had been flung at her. she ran up back alleys to get to the central point that four told her to go to with a bell. she had not a clue what it was called. “i’m where you said four” eight muttered to herself listening to the arguing over the coms. “four where the fuck are you” one snapped again over the line. “where is here” six shouted over his radio. “specificity” one added to six’s comment. eight laughed. “where are you going” four said over the line. eight sat down catching her breath after running for however long she had been. she waited for the green car. she climbed to the top of the bell to see the crew in a courtyard. “final destination shit” she said as she saw the car with poles all in the window. dropping back down as the car came speeding in her direction. “not yet” she said to herself as she watched it pass under her. she waited another ten minutes. “fake em out six. eight on you babe” four said after a moment of time and engines getting louder in her direction. she saw to SUVs come into the bell statue and the green car hid under it. she saw four slide on a skate board. she grabbed a gun and shot out the tires of the car that four had not dealt with. he looked up at her and watched at the green car vanished away again. “come to me kid” three called over the line. four grabbed her as she dropped from the banister on the bell stand. they ran to the lorry and he shielded her his hand on her back running ducked down to three.

they followed the carnage to where the green car was going. four held onto the rope in the back of the lorry and eight gripped onto him as three sped up when he heard the yelling pick up over the radio. “oh shit” six’s voice was filled with worry and a crash was heard. three stopped the lorry and four held onto eight tighter to keep them from falling over. eight immediately opened the door to the lorry and jumped out her gun held up. one two and five were running away from the neon green car that was hidden behind a forklift. “where’s-“ fours statement was cut short by him walking closer to see six impaled in the neck and chest by the teeth of the forklift. eight out her hand to her mouth and tears formed in her eyes. the whole team knew six for two months. he was so talkative and really lifted the crews spirits when they were overthinking this mission. he would never be quiet about his past life racing as he called it. no one really knew what he did or even his name. six was fours buddy and they were together a lot of the time. eight and six formed a friendship which was full of jokes and late nights talking about their past which one disagreed with. six wanted to drive cars for the team and he really enjoyed it when he drove the from the graveyard to the diner he enjoyed it. six took joy out of small things. eight watched blood drip from six’s body. she let a tear slip down her cheek. “fuck” she said walking over to the car. “eight we have to go.” one said. she looked back. and then opened the passenger seat car door. she used her hands to reverse the car and six’s body slumped on top of hers as the tooth cane out of the poor boys neck. she let out a gasp. four grabbed the dead mans shoulders and held them up as eight opened the car door on six’s side. the pair of them grabbed his dead weight body and took it to the lorry they put him in the back and eight pulled off her jumper and placed it over his face. four pulled her in for a hug and just held him as they both looked down at the dead man on the floor of the lorry.

one ushered them all to the boat. four and three carried six’s now stiff body to the old rickety boat that barley moved. they placed him in the clear body bag. “can i get something” eight asked just before the boat was ready to leave. one nodded and let her go. four walked to the back to watch her. she ran over to get a flower from the ones growing next to the water. she chose one quickly and ran back over. four held his hand out and helped her across the plank and then put it on the back of the boat. he let her go before himself and she walked towards the group at the back. the group had changed and five had tended to the gashes on eights arms from the bullets that brushed her sleeves. she thanked the woman before going to change herself. one threw their gear off side of the boat before telling three to pick up the pace on the boat driving. three drove the boat for at least two hours before one said it was time to send six to his watery grave. “this is sad.” eight said to four as they watched the water move slowly. “i know.” four muttered to her his hand on the small of her back. she looked down at the flower she grabbed, realising she grabbed two. “one can i put this in” she said showing just one flower. one nodded and let her tuck the flower into six’s hands. she kissed her fingertips and pressed them to her forehead. one let her zip up the bag. “toast to six” three asked, the crew took a sip of rum before looking back down at the young man in front of them. “we didn’t even know his name” eight said to the group. they all frowned other than one who just looked down that the man they lost dressed in white and covered in red. “yeah what was his name one” three asked their leader. one rose his hand to shake off the question. “doesn’t matter he’s dead now” one said costly but eight seemed to notice the care in his tone. “did he have a family” five asked. two looked around and spoke up. “i think you’re looking at it.” one looked mad. he and eight blocked out the conversation. eight leaned over the side of the boat and watched the body sink to the floor. “rest in peace six” she said as she threw the petals from the flower into the water. she knew that a proper burial couldn’t happen. he was already a gravestone in a graveyard somewhere in america. his family most probably had grieved his death and moved on almost. four held eight closely as the petals soon drifted away from their eyesight. he pressed a kiss to her temple and one scolded them for showing affection but he knew that he allowed for them to meet again in the life of a ghost. he had to understand that they loved each other and they were going to even if they were dead to the world.

#six underground #6 underground #ben hardy imagine #ben hardy #ryan renolds #dave franco #four imagine

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aireyverkhovensky · 6 years ago

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homecoming talk

Good morning, now that I’m finally back in homeward I’m going to go ahead and assume that everyone knows who I am and just move straight on to the subject of this talk, which doubles as my homecoming talk since I just got off my mission like a month ago and also about an old James E. Faust conference talk about how obedience leads to freedom.

Personally, every time I hear someone say something like that my mind immediately jumps to George Orwell’s 1984 so I’m probably not the best person to give this talk. Of course, it really only sounds like that if you reduce the whole concept to a little sound bite. For instance, in the talk itself, James E. Faust quotes David O. McKay in a story about a horse who wants to be free, so he runs away from his pasture, gets hit by a car, and then eats some poisoned grain intended as rat bait and summarily dies. If he’d stayed in the pasture he would have been free to run around all he liked within the safe boundaries of it, and would have just generally had a much better time.

Just speaking for myself, I didn’t really find that the best example of what James E. Faust was trying to say, though. In that case, the reason why the horse died was because he was simply too stupid to live outside of the pasture, which if you applied that to humans would sound incredibly pessimistic and really, downright mean. Fortunately there’s another easy go-to on this subject, that being the Word of Wisdom.

Since this isn’t Utah, we’ve all had the opportunity to talk to nonmembers who are just absolutely shocked that the Word of Wisdom prohibits certain drinks and things like that. We’ve probably all been asked at some point how we could just not drink sweet tea. Younger people have probably, at some point, been asked or will be asked why we can’t do any drugs. To the rest of the world, the Word of Wisdom is very restrictive. It seems that having those rules makes us, by default, less free. But by following the Word of Wisdom, we avoid addiction, which is one of the biggest obstacles to freedom that exists in this world. By following a few rules, we’re able to keep our freedom, and our selves. The same also applies spiritually.

It’s at this point in the talk that I segue into talking about my mission. As many if not all of you know, my entire life as long as I could remember I wanted to go on a mission. This wasn’t necessarily out of obedience to some commandment - after all, I’m not a young man, so it’s not like there was really a standing commandment to go serve a mission. When I got my patriarchal blessing, it did mention missionary work in the sense that it did say very clearly that I would serve a mission, but again I didn’t go because I was obeying the path set out for me in my patriarchal blessing. I went because I wanted to.

However, it can’t really be said that from the start I wasn’t obeying a commandment from God to serve a mission. Maybe I’ve felt that desire my whole life because I got told to do it in the pre-existence. I guess if that were the case I wouldn’t really be able to say. But for the purpose of this talk that’s what we’ll be going with.

Of course, just because God told you to do something doesn’t mean He’s going to make it easy for you. I went home early thirteen months into my eight-month mission. I worked on my papers applying for it for roughly two years. That’s right. I was working on my papers longer than I was on a mission, and longer than I would be out if I’d gone on a proselyting mission. Some of the delay could be blamed on me procrastinating or mis-filling forms, but really not a lot of it. The majority of the delays centered around mental health issues I was literally born with, so I find it kind of hard to just dismiss that as being the fault of the adversary. God kinda set me up there. At this point, I think I could safely say that I was always meant to go on a service mission, and that’s why I got rejected for a proselyting mission… and I know that, since I had always assumed I would go on a proselyting mission, I would have had to get rejected first so that I would know that I had at least tried. I just wonder why it took so long. I don’t have a good answer for that, I might not ever, and maybe that doesn’t really matter.

But the point is that I was absolutely determined to serve a mission, and not even the church missionary department could stop me from doing it. I’m very glad I went on a service mission. I know I did a lot of important things and helped a lot of people. To be honest, I’m amazed I made it as far as I did. Especially in the last five months of my mission, I struggled with medical issues, conflicts with family, and finances. If anyone remembers, my dad lost his job for a while there, and at the time I was trying to pay off a hospital ball and the aunt that I lived with was demanding rent money. I couldn’t afford groceries and pretty much lived off of ramen or free sandwiches provided by a Catholic charity we worked with who made lunches for homeless people. It wasn’t a good diet and because of it, my body grew weaker and I spent the last couple months of my mission exhausted and depressed, and that’s actually the primary reason why I came home a month before the release date they originally gave me when I got an extension.

If that sounds disheartening, rest assured that it was. I remember a financial planning class we missionaries took where we talked about expenditures for the week, and I said that my toothbrush was old and I needed a new one, so my goal for the month was to scrape together enough spare change to get one at Smith’s. One of the elders simply bought a new toothbrush and gave it to me the next day. I cried. I cried because I was grateful, but looking back on it, I start to think that maybe all of that was kind of unfair. I worked so hard and sacrificed so much to go on a mission, and worked even harder once I was out there. But my mental and physical health were circling the drain and there was no one else going through the same issues I was - service missions are still a kind of pilot program, so there aren’t very many of them. My situation was fairly unique to begin with. I ended up being the one who set the precedent for what to do with a service missionary who had to pick between food and a bus pass to get to Welfare Square. I guess in a sense it’s cool to be a trailblazer, but it’s hard to think that there wasn’t anyone out there who could say they knew just what I was going through.

So you might be wondering how I’m going to relate this to the other subject of my talk, the concept of freedom through obedience. Where’s the freedom in this? Well, there’s the obvious answer of no longer being on a mission and no longer having to follow mission rules, but that would kind of undermine what James E. Faust said. I guess the freedom in this case refers to the personal growth underwent both while I was preparing for a proselyting mission that would never be and while I was trying to figure things out in Salt Lake City. I can’t say that I learned to cook or do laundry or manage finances or anything like that since I’d already been doing those for years, but I did learn how to stretch a dollar and how to navigate public transportation like a champ, not to mention a dozen marketable skills, including how to drive a forklift. And those are just the practical skills I learned on my mission that will allow me to provide for myself as I leave home again, for college this time, and my life after that. Spiritually I also benefitted.

It seems every proselyting missionary comes back with some dramatic spiritual experience they had while serving, and they always seem to take place towards the end of their mission, after they’ve already spent over a year teaching people things. For me, it happened at the beginning of my mission. My older brother was talking to me about his mission and somehow or another he upset me and made me feel like my service mission wasn’t a (air quotes) “real” mission and was just a consolation prize for the rejects - thoughts I had already been struggling with, especially since often times the mission did feel like glorified babysitting for some of the missionaries. We were in sacrament meeting, and I had to get up and go to the bathroom so that I could just sit in the handicapped stall and cry and generally feel terrible. A lady from a different ward found me and, of course, since I was wearing my badge, she asked me if I was having troubles with my companion. I told her that I didn’t have a companion, because I was just a service missionary.

She scolded me for saying I was “just” a service missionary. She didn’t really know what a YCSM is - because nobody really knows what a YCSM is - but before I could even explain it to her, she knew that by saying “just” a service missionary I was devaluing the work I was doing and the calling that Heavenly Father had given me.

By the time I returned to sacramenting meeting, nearly an hour later, I’d found that I’d forgotten my copy of Preach My Gospel in the chapel, and while I was gone my brother had written something in it. I really wanted to give y’all an exact quote, but since my family is currently moving and the house has to be kept showroom-quality - we just had an open house yesterday, in fact - I really don’t know where my copy of Preach My Gospel is. It’s a shame, because it was a really nice letter. But I remember what Matthew said, that the goal of any mission, whether it’s proselyting, temple, or service, is to convert just one person. He left it ambiguous who that one person was, but quite frankly it was really obvious. The one person is yourself. Everyone else can come to the gospel in their own time. You go on a mission to convert yourself.

Am I converted? Well, I don’t know about any of the other stuff, since as everyone knows I never really was any good at absorbing information during scripture study. But over the past three years, one thing has become very clear: God has a plan for me, and you, and every person. You don’t necessarily have to follow this plan - agency exists, after all - and maybe there’s a whole bunch of equally viable backup plans, but Heavenly Father doesn’t forget anybody. The road He picked for me for that part of my life wasn’t an easy one, and if my patriarchal blessing is anything to go by, it never will be. But I’ll continue to follow it.

Because that’s where the freedom comes in. The path that God wants you to follow will never lead you to bondage. Sometimes it will seem so, temporally. But in the end, in the next life, you’ll always be free. God gave us freedom for a reason, and gave us a capacity to enjoy it, and to want it and pursue it. The world will tell you where freedom lies, but they’re never looking in the right places. It’s all lined out in the scriptures. All you need is a little obedience, and little faith to keep walking when you can’t see the path ahead.

I know the Church is true and I encourage everyone to serve a mission. If you have mental or physical health issues that would prevent you from going proselyting, please don’t write yourself off. You have options. God delights in service.

In the name of Jesus Christ AMEN

#i'm giving this tomorrow #here you go #i hope they call me on a mission #probably the last thing i'll post in this tag #;_;7

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laufeytodd-blog · 7 years ago

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Disconnected

Hey guys! Here is the second part of I Hope You’re Right. Enjoy! Gender neutral! Reader ~

It had been three months since that night, the night the weight of being a vigilante crashed on top of Tim. He found himself anxiously pushing his way through his patrols every night. He wanted to believe that everything would always be okay, but he couldn't. He knew that one day something bad was bound to happen, it was part of the job description.

He found himself slowly drifting apart from his friends, putting more and more of his time into casework. He detached himself entirely from his social life, school work, and family. In his mind, it was the best way for him to protect those he cared about.

For the past few days, Tim had locked himself in his room trying to find a lead on the head of Gotham's latest lethal drug ring. The bright red string pinned to his cork board matched the puffiness under his eyes. His desk was cluttered with copious amounts of paperwork and coffee cups. His bed was barely visible under the sea of discarded paper and files strewn over it.

The buzzing ringtone of his phone could be heard somewhere under the mess of his room. Tim ignored it, as he had been for the past few days. Nothing to him was as important as this case right now. This new opioid had been marketed mostly towards children and teenagers, all the more reason for him to find out who was behind it. He had already eliminated a few possibilities from his detailed list of Gotham's biggest drug lords. He knew the Red Hood had forbidden his men to target schools or children, and that the Penguin was currently locked away in Belle Reve. The Crime Families were the top suspects on his list, but he wanted to eliminate every other possibility before crossing any of them.

The only two logical suspects left were Black Mask and Bane. Tim doubted the later was able to execute an elaborate organization such as this, at least without help. He decided it was best for him to suit up and investigate Black Mask's headquarters.

An uneasy feeling settled in his stomach as his feet landed on the gravel scattered on top of the roof of Sionis Industries. The images and feelings from a few months ago flooded his train of thought. He spaced out, nearly missing the freight truck stopping in front of the seemingly abandoned building.

The sound of the front doors of the vehicle slamming snapped Tim back into the present. He used his grapple gun to swing down behind the front of the truck as its drivers hurriedly made their way inside the rundown mill. Once he was sure they were inside he quickly sped after them, making sure to stay out of sight.

Dozens of neatly stacked crates and boxes crowed what Tim presumed to be the mill's loading dock. He quickly scanned the area to check for any passages to other parts of the building. He spotted a door out of his peripheral vision on his far right. Ducking behind the stacked crates, he silently made his way over to the door. After a quick glance around to ensure his safety he carefully picked the lock and crept into the next room.

A guard stood directly in front of Tim with his back turned, typing away at a computer placed in the center of the room. Tim cautiously shut the door behind him to prevent it from squeaking. He rapidly stood up, wrapping his right arm around the guards neck as his left hand tightly covered his mouth.

The guard was able to put up minimal struggle before passing out from lack of oxygen. Tim carefully set the man's body onto the ground before attempting to hack his way into the mainframe. He smiled to himself as he was granted access into the system, computers were something he was good with. He started to scroll through the alphabetically organized files to check for anything of suspicion.

Unsure of what the new drug was called he decided to check under S, for substances. Sionis wasn't dumb and Tim knew that, he'd never file something like this under drugs.

Tim's fingers suddenly came to a halt as he scrolled through the S file. "Spoiler." he sadly whispered to himself before moving his fingers to delete the information from the mainframe. His head dropped toward his chest as he let out a deep sigh. "It's been seven months." he said low enough so no one else would hear him. He sharply inhaled before lifting his head to continue his search.

Unable to find any information under substance, he clicked on the shipment file in hopes to find something there. "Aha." he remarked as he inserted a USB drive to collect the data he needed. Tim couldn't wait till Sionis was behind bars once again, bars that were thick enough to prevent him from hurting anyone else.

Once he had what he needed, Tim dragged the guards body away from the door before carefully opening it once again. The amount of stacks in the loading dock had greatly diminished during the time he had spent searching the computer. He had to be extra alert when making his way out of the building.

Crouching behind an untouched stack next to him, he calculated the safest possible route to the exit. Tim took a deep breath before rushing towards the next set of boxes. He was half way between his last hiding place and the next when a forklift came charging at him.

Tim quickly rolled under the machine, hoping the driver didn't see him. He assumed he was safe after the man just continued his way to the next load of cargo. He sped over to an unused piece of machinery he didn't recognize and ducked behind it. He was now parallel to the exit, but one wrong move would be able to expose him to the entire loading dock.

Tim waited until the worker hauling a box into the freight truck had turned his back away from him before rushing out of the mill. As soon as he was a fair distance away, he grappled his way back up to the roof. He double checked to make sure the USB drive was safe in his utility belt before grappling onto the nearest tree, swinging over to the concealed spot where he had hidden his motorbike.

The thoughts racing through his mind nearly rivaled the speed of which Tim was driving at. This case had been his main priority for over the past week. He had not spoken to any of the people he knew outside of his vigilante life. To others it may have seemed selfish, but to Tim he felt doing the right thing for his city was more important than rewarding himself with outside attachments.

It's not that he didn't miss his friends because he did, every day and every night that he put into being Robin. Bruce encouraged him to live his regular life while he still could, but Tim felt he had only said that because he thought he wasn’t able to handle the job.

For his whole life Tim had been in the shadow. Whether it was his parents or the Robin before him, he was never good enough. Being Robin gave him a chance to prove himself not only to Bruce, but to his city. At least if anything, he was able to help those who needed it, and the people of Gotham definitely needed help.

As he crossed the bridge that led to the entrance of the Batcave, hidden behind the waterfalls that ran off the edge of the land owned by Wayne Manor, Tim thought about y/n. He really missed y/n and hated that he had been too busy to see them for the past couple weeks. Just in the past week alone he had been unable to answer his phone, ignoring them entirely. He planned to call them as soon as he delivered the information needed to bring down Black Mask to Batman.

Tim slowed down his motorbike as he reached the entrance of the Batcave. He ran over to the Batcomputer as soon as he parked it, nearly tripping in the process. "H-hey, Batman." Tim huffed as he stopped in front of the black swivel chair his mentor was sitting on, nearly out of breath.

"Slow down, Robin." Bruce replied as he turned his chair around to see Tim holding up a USB drive. He watched as the boy leaned against the Batcomputer trying to breathe steadily.

Once Tim was able to speak again he waved the flash drive in front of Bruce's face. "I found the information on the drug ring." A loading sign appeared as he plugged the drive into the computer, hundreds of megabytes downloading on screen.

"Good work, Tim." Bruce responded before turning his chair back around to start analyzing the information before him.

Tim smiled before answering, "Thanks, Bruce." He peeled off his Robin mask and tossed it on a nearby shelf before running up the passage way to the Manor.

He stopped in the kitchen on the way to his room to say goodnight to Alfred before making his way upstairs. Once he reached his room he immediately stripped from his Robin costume. Without even bothering to put on pajamas, Tim pushed the mountain of papers off of his bed onto the messy floor. He searched for his phone before crawling under his soft warm comforter. He decided to finally check his notifications after a week of not doing so.

y/n: 14 Missed Calls

y/n: 3 Voicemails

Tim frowned as he saw that they had tried to reach out to him multiple times over the past few days. He quickly dialed their number, not even bothering to check his text messages. He sighed before he pressed the call button, wondering how he could ever make this up to them. Perhaps he'd take them out to dinner or to see their favorite movie, just the two of them. He smiled at the thought of his plans before calling their number.

The phone didn't even ring once before he heard a clear voice speak from the other line.

"I'm sorry, the number you're trying to reach has been disconnected."

#tim drake #tim drake x reader #tim drake imagine #red robin #red robin imagine #red robin x reader

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aroihkin · 8 years ago

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job bullshit

Okay, so, a few weeks ago on St. Patricks day I had an interview and I got hired that day at an outdoor lumber yard. I started working the next day.

Two weeks into it I got pulled aside by my boss and her HR/assistant person and told that I was coming in late every day and it was inexcusable. “Late” in this case was, my shift starts at 8 AM, I’d walk in the door at 8 AM, write down my start time on my timesheet, then put all my gear on and put my radio on after. This was “late”.

Every other job I’ve ever had, you come in, you punch in on time, then you gear up / get your register / set up for the day. I’m not talking about making my lunch or something either, I mean putting on my back brace, slipping my box knife, pen, and gloves into my pockets, pulling my sweater back on over it if it’s cold out, then putting on my radio and turning it on once it’s in place.

This was “late”.

I accepted this and moved on, started showing up ten minutes early every day. I have not failed to do so once since that chat.

My Saturday start time is 9 AM. So, this last Saturday, I was there at 8:50... had to wait to be let in because the gate was locked. Got into the office itself at 8:55, geared up, and had my radio on and in my ear by 9 AM. There’s literally nothing going on that I’m allowed to help with, the other yard guy is driving forklifts and trucks out of the barn and I’m literally not allowed to do that yet because I’m not on the insurance.

So I just kinda stand around indoors chewing on free donuts, waiting for him to be done with that and/or waiting for the trickle of customers to eventually need something loaded from the yard so I can take that while Kris is busy moving equipment around. My radio is on, it’s in my ear, if Kris wants me to do something I am a button push away.

Boss lady starts getting agitated, but I honestly don’t know why. I banter a little with some customers who are waiting in line, and generally am just chilling.

Then at 9:10 I get snapped at by boss lady that I need to be outside “helping Kris” because it’s “after 9″. So, fine, I go outside to fucking watch him move the forklifts and shit around. That’s helping, I guess. Stand around outside instead of inside, got it. By this point he’s actually finished moving stuff and he and I start in on general Saturday between-customers chores and it’s fine.

Fast forward to yesterday.

I was only given a six hour shift, which seems to be the new normal until things “get busy in the summer”, especially since they hired another new guy who started yesterday as well. Cool, fine, that’s less money but maybe I can ease into memorizing the yard and getting my muscles back, somewhat.

First, they try to convince me to not take a lunch break. Which I think is illegal with a six hour shift? I know at least that I’d have to sign a waiver, which I hadn’t.

Pre-diabetic that I am, I insist that I’ll be taking my half hour lunch break and let them figure out when. I get sent on the spot, which is fine by me because I’m hungry. I go inside, sit down, eat my sandwiches. 28 minutes later I’m coming out of the bathroom and putting my back brace back on. At the 30 minute mark I’ve got my radio back on and in my ear, and a customer’s dog wants scritches while the customer watches, so I spend a few minutes scritching the doggy lots and making her a happy pup.

Again, the radio is on and it’s in my fucking ear.

Also, when I was sent on lunch, I wasn’t in the midst of any projects. There are no customers who currently need help in the yard (I’d hear over the radio if there was). I’m literally in a slump of ‘hurry up and wait for something to do’.

So I finish petting the doggy and go outside to my car, throw my lunch bag in, pull out my thermos and refill my travel mug with tea. Now, mind you, with my radio on and in my ear, I am doing something I’m supposedly allowed to do at all times if I’m not helping a customer. I’m allowed to walk over to my car and refill my tea mug even if I’m in the middle of a project. It’s literally as long as a customer doesn’t need help. Even if a customer had needed help while I was petting the doggo, I would have just tossed my lunch bag in on the way, as Jack’s parked between the office and the rest of the yard and the customer has to come outside as well and get in their vehicle and then drive over to wherever I’m meeting them. It’s not a fucking big deal.

But at this point if I’m not off my fucking lunch break I don’t know what I am.

(Also, side note -- we don’t have official breaks? So if the yard is super busy there just is no pausing. More on that in a moment.)

I finish refilling my mug, toss my thermos back in my car, and walk out into the wide open yard to find my semi-boss and the other new guy. Other new guy, by the way, was allowed to sit around in the break room area for most of my lunch break without officially taking a lunch. But I digress. I walk out, and I see semi-boss glance at his watch and I hear him mutter than I’m ten minutes late “but oh well”.

At this point it’s six minutes after the end of my lunch. I know because I looked at that point, too.

But even then, I thought I was on time with my radio in and all that fucking shit.

So, long story short, I’m pretty sure I’m about to be let go from my new job because I’m “always late” -- because I’m not a fucking mind reader. They also treat the newer new guy totally different than they treat me; I’ve never been allowed to go inside and sit down for twenty minutes while on the clock. Not once. Not even when it was pouring down rain and there was nothing to do. New guy is cis. I’m a non-passing trans man who is not “out” at work. That makes me the first person with tits to work in the yard in over thirty years.

So, I can see what’s going on here.

But god damn. I have actual, serious anxiety. I’m riddled with PTSD from decades of abuse. This whole constant “I think I’m doing fine! Yay new job! -- NO YOU FUCKED IT UP GRAR YOU’RE LAZY” thing is playing havok with my mental and physical health.

On top of that, the lack of official breaks? The way they tried to get me to not take a lunch break? The fact that none of the other yard guys actually take their full lunch period even on a slow day? Semi-boss guy was proudly and happily telling me the other day that sometimes when the yard is busy he’s worked ten hours without a single break and not even noticed.

I guarantee you I would notice.

Also this shit is illegal as hell.

So I’m apping furiously at other places, including a local lumber company and Lowe’s as a loader, because that’s basically what I am at this place and it’s not the labor itself that’s really fucking with me. Though it will if I’m expected to lug around 80-100lb bags of concrete, and one end of soaking wet 4″x8″x20′ boards, and shit like that all day every day without a break if there just happens to be too many customers that day. As it is, I already had my back try to go out on me on Saturday and it wasn’t even that busy.

But I don’t think they’re going to keep me.

And I’m not sure I want them to, in the long run.

I just want another job before this one sinks, though I worry it won’t work out that way. When has it ever? It took me months just to find this damn job.

And fuck, does walking on eggshells, never knowing if I’m doing good or fucking up, fuck with me so fucking bad. I had to call in sick today because I sat up in bed and then literally couldn’t move for twenty minutes, locked up from stress. It’s only my second time calling in sick (in an intensive, fucked up, high altitude job), but I’m sure that’ll get used against me too. The regulars probably never call in, just like they never need actual breaks or full lunches...

TL;DR: Nothing is allowed to go right and I am a fucking failure as always. Also, companies with eight whole employees do some shady fucking shit, legalities wise. Also, stating what you fucking want is apparently too much to ask for, news at 11.

#mah posts #mah lumber yard job

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Hold on, is that statement even close to correct anyway? Do we really have that history? Has that assertion been examined at all? Have any of those things really stopped problems in their tracks? Have those impositions done anything other than cause hardship for manufacturers or consumers, in the wake of ONE incident?

Because what he just listed is a history of knee-jerk reactions to single incidents that did little to nothing to solve real problems. And that makes sense because, surprise surprise, what he’s advocating here is yet another example of more, and more useless, government knee jerk reacting that does little to nothing to solve core problems.

Most of this shit is nothing more than liability shields for the companies that produce these products, anyway, so that the manufacturer can’t be sued when somebody else fucks up. They get to hide behind “we did everything the law says” when something bad happens.

But let’s look at these examples:

1. People still die in cars all the time. Cars and trucks still slide up under the backs of trailers all the time. Just one minute of research tells me that those bars themselves, as implemented, kill some 400 people a year. Not to mention, the core problems - driving impaired (illegal), speeding (illegal), driving too close / tailgating (illegal in some places), and simply not paying attention to the gigantic truck in front of you - still haven’t been solved. And they won’t ever be, not by any government.

2. This most certainly did not stop people tampering with pills in its tracks. There was a case where Valium had to recall a bunch of shit just a few years ago, for tampering. People tamper with shit in less visible ways still, and they do still fuck with pills in factories too, so what good does that do? And it doesn’t help if companies don’t do the tamper proof seals correctly. And those fucking “child proof” bottles are such a pain in the ass that those of us with arthritis, and those of us who need to get into certain meds quickly, either don’t use those fucking shitty bottles at all and keep our meds much easier to access, or we take ages to get to them. This is just an undue burden on everybody, that solves no problem.

3. Dude you can buy bomb making materials at any hardware store in the country. You can mustard gas yourself - or anyone else - by mixing common household cleaners any time, too. What has this really solved?

4. Are you fucking kidding me with this shit? All that stuff has done is make air travel a nightmare - an invasive, rights infringing, privacy invading fucking nightmare - and studies have shown that these absolutely fucking insane restrictions and procedures haven’t done SHIT for air travel safety anyway. This is the worst example you could have wheeled out. All they do is needlessly feel up little children and make mothers throw away breast milk. Come on. Repeated tests prove the TSA miss something like 95% of potential - actual - threats, to this day, and at best they can’t tell you if they actually prevent anything.

Soooo... what problems has the government actually stopped in their tracks? What kinds of shit literally never happens anymore because of a law? Obviously none of the above. What about... Dangerous forklift operation? Kids sticking knives into outlets? People balancing ladders precariously? Not wearing helmets or seatbelts? Cutting corners in construction? Drunk driving? ODs? Drug use? Crashes at lighted intersections? What history is he talking about? What thing, safety related or otherwise, has ever ACTUALLY been stopped in its tracks by a law?

And even if there were some magical law that could be passed, how could you ever stop real people from skirting it and doing whatever they want anyway? How could we ever know that it would be implemented correctly, much less enforced? Come on, buddy. I appreciate that you care, I do, but think for just a minute!

Not to mention, those gun numbers are hugely skewed by places with nasty illegal gun control laws, like, say, um, Chicago.

But all of this is negated by what @ whatdoallthesewordsmean said anyway:

Only one of these things is a right.

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iPods in the Office: Diligence or Diversion?

When he’s not enjoying his downloaded music, from Bob Marley to the White Stripes, he listens to podcasts about Web style. Just recently he plugged his iPod into the workplace’s audio system and shrieked vacation music, much to the pleasure of his fellow staffers.

“ My iPod’s a lifesaver,” states Aplet. “If I’m coding a Web website and I require to be focused and not sidetracked by discussions, I’ll place on a headset and ignore. I’ll simply pound away on the keyboard.”

Aplet, 32 and a previous rock artist, hardly ever separates himself from his iPod, which consists of while he’s at work.

Ignoring to Get Cranking

Workplace drones all over have actually been doing the very same thing for years, and their ranks appear to be growing.

What do employers and coworkers believe about the iPod intrusion? That’s where things can get made complex.

Closing Doors

“ I favor any innovation that can be utilized for home entertainment while looking precisely like work to the casual observer,” jokes “Dilbert” cartoonist Scott Adams in an e-mail interview. “And any home entertainment you can discover throughout a service conference is well worth the danger of being identified.”

A current study by Spherion, a recruiting and staffing business, discovered that almost a 3rd of U.S. employees now listen to music on their iPods or comparable gadgets while on the task. About 80 percent of those employees stated the gadgets enhance their task complete satisfaction and performance.

Is listening to music at work actually an increase to efficiency, they question, or is it an interruption?

What about security concerns? Is it possible for an unhappy employee to download delicate business details as quickly as he can a tune from iTunes?

Some business, usually smaller sized, tech-oriented companies, are great with their workers shooting up iPods and MP3 gamers on the task. A couple of, consisting of worldwide companies like National Semiconductor and Capital One Financial, have actually even bought them wholesale for workers who can utilize them to listen to training sessions and other business interactions at their desks, while taking a trip or perhaps in the house.

Does plugging into an iPod isolate listeners from their colleagues, closing down natural interaction and driving wedges in between more youthful staff members and their less-technologically smart associates? Will a staff member who is involved a Jordin Sparks tune hear her telephone, or a smoke alarm?

‘ You’ve Got to Be Careful’

“ It appears great if an individual is flying solo, like an information-technology service technician who invests a great deal of time in transit to user websites,” Robin states. They’re “security no-nos,” he states, in other cases.

Not all business are delighted about the intrusion of the iPod individuals.

The Spherion study, performed by Harris Interactive (Nasdaq: HPOL), discovered that more youthful employees are probably to listen to music on their iPods while working. Nearly half of grownups ages 25 to 29 state they do so, compared to 22 percent of employees ages 50 to 64.

Those iPods, MP3 gamers and so on appear to be most frequently utilized amongst employees with “more tedious tasks,” like filing and copying, and singular tasks that need little interaction with associates or the general public, states Brett Wiatre, Spherion’s Western area director of operations.

Inquired about iPods at Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) in Folsom, Calif., business representative Teri Munger stops briefly.

“ In that sort of specific niche circumstance, the music appears to keep individuals inspired and moving,” Wiatre states.

Not All Workplaces Right for iPod

Daniel Robin, a work environment specialist in Santa Cruz, Calif., concurs that the gadgets have their location at some work websites.

“ They’re terrific gadgets,” states Barbara Pachter, an office-etiquette and interactions expert in New Jersey. “With all of these sort of innovations, however, it’s about how you utilize them in your private work area. You’ve got to beware.”

“ I have actually never ever seen anybody with an iPod in the work environment,” a minimum of in her structure, she states.

The small gamers are not as harmless as they look, some business firmly insist, and raise some severe work environment concerns.

At others? Not a lot.

“ What if you can’t hear a forklift approaching?” Robin asks.

Or a coworker grumbling?

“ Even if your workplace sanctions iPod usage, very first consider your particular position and objectives,” Dale Carnegie’s Web website checks out. “Are you brand-new and attempting to form excellent working relationships?

“ The ‘professional’ part of it is that their music does not truly trouble other individuals, and it might assist some individuals focus,” states Pachter, coauthor of the book New Rules@Work ($ 13.95, Prentice Hall, 272 pages).

The most terrific and annoying feature of iPods in the workplace, states Pachter, is their capability to cut employees off from the real life.

“ The drawback is that individuals get so captured up in what they are listening to that they do not hear others speaking to them. When their headsets are on, it’s difficult to inform if they’re listening to you, or listening to their music. It drives me insane!”

iPod seclusion

Dale Carnegie Training takes the matter a bit more seriously. The business encourages care when utilizing iPods at work.

“ Still, anything that makes your colleagues less most likely to talk with you needs to be an advantage,” he jokes.

“ The iPod might separate you and prevent interaction with others.”

“ Dilbert” developer Adams, who has actually satirized the phenomenon in his hugely popular cartoon about life in the work cubicle, states he questions that anybody “is more efficient with interruptions than without.”

Setting Policies

“ I’m a marketing individual, and I like communicating with individuals around me,” she states. “I just utilize my iPod when I exercise.”

“ We have an extremely varied set of individuals, and they listen to all sort of various music,” she states. “In a cubicle environment where individuals keep their own area and require to concentrate on what’s right in front of them, it exercises fantastic.”

“ Some of our customers prohibit them,” he states. “Others are setting policies particular to the task and the workplace. We motivate companies to set recognized, constant requirements, so that there are no misconceptions.”

Wiatre of Spherion states some business are setting policies about when and how iPods can be utilized on the task, simply as they have actually put limitations on using mobile phone and other individual technological gadgets.

For software application designers or code authors, anyhow. Nealon herself leaves her iPod in your home.

At Intel, the choice about whether utilizing iPods is suitable depends on private supervisors, states Munger. Typically, it’s appropriate if “work is not affected, workers are acting in a safe way and their cube mates are not being sidetracked,” she states.

Folsom start-up SynapSense has no such policies. The majority of its 40 workers, who come from such remote locations as South Africa, India and Barbados, welcome iPods at work, states representative Patricia Nealon.

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Epic Pranks That Are So Brilliant We Can't Believe We Didn't Think Of Them Ourselves

Tuesday 27 August 2019 08:40 AM UTC-05 | Tags: april-fools diy entertainment funny funny-jokes hilarious jokes practical-jokes pranks

1. Some pranks achieve their goal quite simply, while others require a pretty incredible amount of dedication. Just imagine how hard it was to design this masterful car seat replica — and all the poor drive-thru window workers that it managed to terrify.

Imgur/EirgB

2. Regardless of whether or not you’ve seen the Alien movie franchise and know that this is a much-dreaded facehugger, opening the door to your fridge half-asleep for a midnight snack and finding this sight greeting you is one giant NOPE.

Reddit/surferchik

3. Excruciatingly irritating vehicle pranks deserve to be in a class of their own. This one is so simple yet so effective, it’s practically genius: with the mere use of cotton balls dipped in water on a freezing cold night, you’ve given your friend (or enemy?) hours of annoyance.

Tumblr/crystaljasmin

4. Surprise! Just when you thought that public spaces such as your friendly local grocery store were safe from pranks, you encounter this vile trick snake patiently awaiting your shrieks in the produce section. Wonder if they’ll ever ‘lettuce’ back in again?

Imgur/eH0bMTb

5. Few acts of injustice in the world are deserving of a life-term prison sentence. Yet this is an act so heinous, so egregious, so sickeningly twisted, that we’re bummed we didn’t come up with it on our own first.

Twitter/@djksting

6. C’mon, first world! There are hungry people out there! Must you waste your cereal in the name of this faceplant-worthy little prank? The only thing worse than the waste of food here would be if some eco-conscious samaritan cleaned up the scene as any ravenous breakfast-easter would. Ewbnb!

Instagram/roxyawesomeface

7. Looks like after years of getting harassed and barked at by the family dog, the mailman got just plain fed up and decided to deliver a little something besides mail. Signed, sealed, delivered!

Tumblr/blaaargh

8. There are several things that are safe to assume here. Firstly, that this bird foot is (hopefully) not real, and secondly, whoever accidentally ends up finding it is highly likely to jump out of their skins.

Instagram/huntgathercook

9. Come on, dude, it’s time to rally. Doesn’t it just drive you crazy when that one friend can’t keep up with the beer pong and passes out in the middle of a game? Punishment pranks are fun alright, but this balancing act is sheer art.

Reddit/ighostship

10. It’s the small things in life that can often be irritating beyond description. For this most sinister of epic pranks, paint a bar of soap with clear nail polish. Then watch as the victim struggles wondering how the should-be-suds could end up being defective.

Reddit/thebobstu

11. You’ve heard of air horns before, sure, but what about chairhorns? Neither has your unfortunate unsuspecting office mate probably, but chances are, it’s an experience they’ll never forget, and nor will all those poor souls in the vicinity who will lose temporary use of their eardrums.

Reddit/pivottofakie

12. Whoever thinks up elaborate and time-consumingly epic pranks like this deserves a word of praise. It’s a mischievous trick that’s both incredibly detailed and color-coordinated. It may take a long and frustrating amount of time to undo, but, frankly, looks so darn pretty!

Imgur/ICanDrawFish

13. What makes spiders so appealing as the key ingredient in so many pranks? Perhaps it’s because they’re so small yet so many humans share a deep-seated fear of them. Whatever’s the case, there’s bound to be someone out there who would take this warning seriously.

Twitter/@SCHS_architect

14. Who could be so diabolical as to desecrate the most holy act of enjoying an Oreo cookie? This epic prank takes no prisoners. How weird would it be if the person eating it thought it was simply a tasty, mint-flavored version of everyone’s favorite cookie sandwich?

Instagram/joelynnbonnotdds

15. Hot diggity dog! Just looking at this bizarre set-up is like one of those moments in The Matrix where all time and space freezes — except with frankfurters. Let’s just hope whoever lives in this room isn’t vegan.

Reddit/twilliams9

16. Fancy a swing, anyone? This time-encompassing prank required some careful preparation, but the final product is absolutely flawless. What’s more, making this bedroom into an impromptu croquet field made barely any mess at all. That grass is perfectly trimmed.

Reddit/udomolm

17. Is your coworker going on a long vacation, leaving their desk woefully unattended? Then here’s the chance for an epic prank that’s not only brilliant, but eco-friendly! By sewing seeds between their keyboard keys, you’ve created a problem that they’ll feel bad about having to destroy.

Flickr/wetwebwork

18. They found love in a hungry place. Sure, food can be our friend when we’re in need of a bit of self-pampering. But opening the fridge to discover a whole new posse of seemingly sentient beings is euqal parts adorable and terrifying.

Reddit/biggletits

19. Having trouble getting your kids to eat their veggies, while simultaneously seeking to give them a lifetime of trust issues? Then this epic prank is absolutely perfect for you! Mmm, Brussels pops… yum?

Reddit/Uberalles123456789

20. For this high school’s senior class prank, they managed to pull off one of those pranks that’s so simple to achieve and so precise that it looks like a work of art. Just observe this obstacle course of styrofoam water cups, and bask in its glory.

Reddit/evanallmighty7

21. We all know the existential battle of mankind vs. cling wrap, and how difficult it can be just to get a single piece to cover that half-eaten vegetable in the fridge. So imagine the sheer anguish at discovering your ride had fallen prey to this most ugh-worthy of pranks.

Instagram/chefbellatoland

22. This is the Jackson Pollock of bedroom pranks. It’s raw, it’s unhinged, it’s random, and it’s ferocious, lacking any rhyme or reason. With just a few strips of strong tape, you can properly and thoroughly ruin your roommate’s day. Game on!

Reddit/thelittlepie

23. Who knew painting tiles was so easy? These coworkers really thought outside of the box, or rather, cubicle. Even after going through all the trouble to redesign this work space as a bathroom, they get extra points for that curtain: it’s all about the reveal!

Flickr/mikegallo

24. Ah, the old rubber band around the phone prank. So cost-effective, so primitive, and yet so aggravating. Let’s just hope whoever’s office phone this is doesn’t have any important conference calls to make that day — or a sharp pair of scissors on hand.

Flickr/furryscaly

25. This epic prank is so clever because of its absolute absurdity. Just imagine being the victim of this practical joke and having your voicemail inundated with a bunch of random people leaving you a message yelling “NGRARRRRWWRRRRR” and then hanging up.

Reddit/wwryan

26. As far as epically gross pranks go, this one is downright foul. Who even knew there was such a thing as shrimp-scented spray in the first place? Regardless, this is one of the nastiest games of dress-up we’ve ever witnessed.

Imgur/PuntCuncher

27. The use of Jigsaw from the gruesome Saw horror film series here was very calculated and precise, because whoever gets stranded without any toilet paper and is forced to use this duct tape could find themselves in a world of horror.

Imgur/NobuNagaa

28. When the owner of this bedroom asked his friends for some help redesigning the place, it’s safe to say this probably wasn’t exactly what he had in mind. At bare minimum, if there’s ever a power outage, he’ll have plenty of reading material.

Twitter/@JessNagy

29. Hell hath no fury like an aggressive shopper. Thankfully, whoever was the victim of this shopping cart trap, could easily extricate themselves — albeit risking the potential to ruin their pain job. Otherwise, it’s time to call in a forklift.

Imgur/potatoetatie

30. As the story behind this unusual prank goes, this makeshift shrine was set up by the recipient’s roommate, after hearing his friend would be bringing his date home that night. Needless to say, whoever the lucky gal was, upon seeing this, would likely run for the hills.

Twitter/@deno_tron

31. Think you know office pranks? You know nothing. With a bit of imagination, a pile of spare keyboards can be used to properly replicate the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones. The prankster even added that delicate final touch of suspended dragons flying above the coveted chair.

Reddit/navri

32. Remember all those excellent cutting and gluing skills you learned in elementary school? It was all to prepare you for this moment. When your prank target turns on the lampshade, there’s a fair chance the results will be heard in the next county over.

Instagram/jameson129

33. Whoever ensnared this office desk in spiderwebs obviously decided their Halloween ought to be filled with far more trick than treat. At least those are fake cobwebs, otherwise we’d have some serious concerns to be brought to HR’s attention.

Flickr/Joe Goldberg

34. Question: how do you show your office companion just how much you care about them on the anniversary of their arrival in the world? Answer: by coating everything, literally everything they own in their work space, in aluminum foil — and no, those aren’t presents.

Instagram/123internet

35. When you want to fool your friends into thinking you’re generous when in reality it’s just a convenient cover-up for your cruel, cruel heart, few pranks could be quite so satisfying as making caramel onions — and even mixing them with apples to make a game of Russian roulette.

Reddit/Aresome_Username

36. Okay, so to properly execute this most random of pranks will require some bonus materials that you may not necessarily have just lying around the house. This is probably not what one would think when they hear “there’s a chick in the bathroom.”

Reddit/jbreezy13

37. So you and your roommates had a house party, complete with the prerequisite sketchy red plastic cups, but you overshot the amount of guests and are left with all these spare ones. What to do, what to do…

Reddit/the_tapatio_man

38. It’s probably safe to say you weren’t expecting your trip to the lavatory to be quite this festive. But then again, the finest of pranks strike when you least expect them. Let’s hope this person didn’t get winded: that’s a lot of balloons to blow up!

Twitter/@love_bughh

39. This prank is the ultimate rebellion against fast food. Finding vegetables when you were expecting those crispy hot little McNuggets would be enough of a bummer, but just be glad whoever tricked you didn’t think of putting something else in there…like, for example, a spider…

Imgur/LamStock

40. Having dreams of shadowy figures is a primal fear for many people. So naturally, rounding the corner when you’ve just woken up from a deep sleep and need a glass of water, this is the last thing you’d want to see.

Reddit/sg804

41. This flag cake prank works for an epic trolling of international proportions. Whether it’s a Canadian friend dishing it out to Americans on the Fourth of July, or an American friend giving a subtle dig on Canada Day, it’s bound to get some well-deserved groans.

Imgur/DrewMalesky

42. Look closely and you’ll realize why this is subtly one of the most mischievous pranks out there. Hidden inside those ice cubes are Mentos. And if you have had any Internet access for the past decade, you very well know what happens when these minty candies make contact with soda.

Reddit/GLman16

43. This one is sure to leave the subject of this crusty prank scratching their head wondering what the prankster’s thought process was. It’s as though they had limited resources, but were determined to pull a joke on their friend.

Instagram/jenniwrenn5

44. Can’t you taste the disappointment? It’s bad enough discovering someone’s eaten your ice cream but left the carton in the freezer. But cleaning the empty container out, filling it with water, and letting that water freeze to give the illusion of weight is just so mean.

Reddit/crazyphoenix

45. Old vegetables starting to go bad? No problem, there’s a pop-culture specific prank just waiting to be pulled off. Of course, this friendly little surprise requires the subject to have at least a passing knowledge of Rick and Morty, but hey! It’s funny no matter what.

Instagram/lunaslipstream

46. Office supplies wars can get absolutely brutal. This perpetrator was apparently not planning on backing down any time soon, and found a simple and perfectly effective way to get his or her point across. Forensics experts may soon be needed at the scene.

Instagram/screamjar

47. This prank could go several different ways. For the desk owner, more likely than not, they realize they’d been pranked. But for another office worker, especially one who hadn’t yet had their morning coffee, seeing this scene might just send them into a tizzy.

Instagram/vary.mu

48. We all know someone like this: those excruciatingly annoying practical jokesters who just have to take our word literally. Yes, just as you can imagine, the hapless victim of this hilarious prank was told there was a ‘leak’ in the bathroom. Aren’t homonyms the best?

Instagram/gessicapizzuto

49. It’s always nice to have a joyful celebration await you when you walk into a room. That being said, being greeted by the bang of these poppers could well be enough to make you paranoid about opening doors for a long time.

Instagram/cathann24

50. Sure, we all have that one grandparent who reminds us what it was like growing up during the Great Depression. But something tells us that this delightful recipe was not included in their diet.

Imgur/freebasecatnip

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[Latest News] – Icepop: Epic Pranks That Are So Brilliant We Can’t Believe We Didn’t Think Of Them Ourselves

[Latest News] – Icepop: Epic Pranks That Are So Brilliant We Can’t Believe We Didn’t Think Of Them Ourselves – Icepop Epic Pranks That Are So Brilliant We Can't Believe We Didn't Think Of Them Ourselves Tuesday 27 August 2019 08:40 AM UTC-05 | Tags: april-fools diy entertainment funny funny-jokes hilarious jokes practical-jokes pranks 1. Some pranks achieve their goal quite simply, while others require a pretty incredible amount of dedication. Just imagine how hard it was to design this masterful car seat replica — and all the poor drive-thru window workers that it managed to terrify. Imgur/EirgB 2. Regardless of whether or not you’ve seen the Alien movie franchise and know that this is a much-dreaded facehugger, opening the door to your fridge half-asleep for a midnight snack and finding this sight greeting you is one giant NOPE. Reddit/surferchik 3. Excruciatingly irritating vehicle pranks deserve to be in a class of their own. This one is so simple yet so effective, it’s practically genius: with the mere use of cotton balls dipped in water on a freezing cold night, you’ve given your friend (or enemy?) hours of annoyance. Tumblr/crystaljasmin 4. Surprise! Just when you thought that public spaces such as your friendly local grocery store were safe from pranks, you encounter this vile trick snake patiently awaiting your shrieks in the produce section. Wonder if they’ll ever ‘lettuce’ back in again? Imgur/eH0bMTb 5. Few acts of injustice in the world are deserving of a life-term prison sentence. Yet this is an act so heinous, so egregious, so sickeningly twisted, that we’re bummed we didn’t come up with it on our own first. Twitter/@djksting 6. C’mon, first world! There are hungry people out there! Must you waste your cereal in the name of this faceplant-worthy little prank? The only thing worse than the waste of food here would be if some eco-conscious samaritan cleaned up the scene as any ravenous breakfast-easter would. Ewbnb! Instagram/roxyawesomeface 7. Looks like after years of getting harassed and barked at by the family dog, the mailman got just plain fed up and decided to deliver a little something besides mail. Signed, sealed, delivered! Tumblr/blaaargh 8. There are several things that are safe to assume here. Firstly, that this bird foot is (hopefully) not real, and secondly, whoever accidentally ends up finding it is highly likely to jump out of their skins. Instagram/huntgathercook 9. Come on, dude, it’s time to rally. Doesn’t it just drive you crazy when that one friend can’t keep up with the beer pong and passes out in the middle of a game? Punishment pranks are fun alright, but this balancing act is sheer art. Reddit/ighostship 10. It’s the small things in life that can often be irritating beyond description. For this most sinister of epic pranks, paint a bar of soap with clear nail polish. Then watch as the victim struggles wondering how the should-be-suds could end up being defective. Reddit/thebobstu 11. You’ve heard of air horns before, sure, but what about chairhorns? Neither has your unfortunate unsuspecting office mate probably, but chances are, it’s an experience they’ll never forget, and nor will all those poor souls in the vicinity who will lose temporary use of their eardrums. Reddit/pivottofakie 12. Whoever thinks up elaborate and time-consumingly epic pranks like this deserves a word of praise. It’s a mischievous trick that’s both incredibly detailed and color-coordinated. It may take a long and frustrating amount of time to undo, but, frankly, looks so darn pretty! Imgur/ICanDrawFish 13. What makes spiders so appealing as the key ingredient in so many pranks? Perhaps it’s because they’re so small yet so many humans share a deep-seated fear of them. Whatever’s the case, there’s bound to be someone out there who would take this warning seriously. Twitter/@SCHS_architect 14. Who could be so diabolical as to desecrate the most holy act of enjoying an Oreo cookie? This epic prank takes no prisoners. How weird would it be if the person eating it thought it was simply a tasty, mint-flavored version of everyone’s favorite cookie sandwich? Instagram/joelynnbonnotdds 15. Hot diggity dog! Just looking at this bizarre set-up is like one of those moments in The Matrix where all time and space freezes — except with frankfurters. Let’s just hope whoever lives in this room isn’t vegan. Reddit/twilliams9 16. Fancy a swing, anyone? This time-encompassing prank required some careful preparation, but the final product is absolutely flawless. What’s more, making this bedroom into an impromptu croquet field made barely any mess at all. That grass is perfectly trimmed. Reddit/udomolm 17. Is your coworker going on a long vacation, leaving their desk woefully unattended? Then here’s the chance for an epic prank that’s not only brilliant, but eco-friendly! By sewing seeds between their keyboard keys, you’ve created a problem that they’ll feel bad about having to destroy. Flickr/wetwebwork 18. They found love in a hungry place. Sure, food can be our friend when we’re in need of a bit of self-pampering. But opening the fridge to discover a whole new posse of seemingly sentient beings is euqal parts adorable and terrifying. Reddit/biggletits 19. Having trouble getting your kids to eat their veggies, while simultaneously seeking to give them a lifetime of trust issues? Then this epic prank is absolutely perfect for you! Mmm, Brussels pops… yum? Reddit/Uberalles123456789 20. For this high school’s senior class prank, they managed to pull off one of those pranks that’s so simple to achieve and so precise that it looks like a work of art. Just observe this obstacle course of styrofoam water cups, and bask in its glory. Reddit/evanallmighty7 21. We all know the existential battle of mankind vs. cling wrap, and how difficult it can be just to get a single piece to cover that half-eaten vegetable in the fridge. So imagine the sheer anguish at discovering your ride had fallen prey to this most ugh-worthy of pranks. Instagram/chefbellatoland 22. This is the Jackson Pollock of bedroom pranks. It’s raw, it’s unhinged, it’s random, and it’s ferocious, lacking any rhyme or reason. With just a few strips of strong tape, you can properly and thoroughly ruin your roommate’s day. Game on! Reddit/thelittlepie 23. Who knew painting tiles was so easy? These coworkers really thought outside of the box, or rather, cubicle. Even after going through all the trouble to redesign this work space as a bathroom, they get extra points for that curtain: it’s all about the reveal! Flickr/mikegallo 24. Ah, the old rubber band around the phone prank. So cost-effective, so primitive, and yet so aggravating. Let’s just hope whoever’s office phone this is doesn’t have any important conference calls to make that day — or a sharp pair of scissors on hand. Flickr/furryscaly 25. This epic prank is so clever because of its absolute absurdity. Just imagine being the victim of this practical joke and having your voicemail inundated with a bunch of random people leaving you a message yelling “NGRARRRRWWRRRRR” and then hanging up. Reddit/wwryan 26. As far as epically gross pranks go, this one is downright foul. Who even knew there was such a thing as shrimp-scented spray in the first place? Regardless, this is one of the nastiest games of dress-up we’ve ever witnessed. Imgur/PuntCuncher 27. The use of Jigsaw from the gruesome Saw horror film series here was very calculated and precise, because whoever gets stranded without any toilet paper and is forced to use this duct tape could find themselves in a world of horror. Imgur/NobuNagaa 28. When the owner of this bedroom asked his friends for some help redesigning the place, it’s safe to say this probably wasn’t exactly what he had in mind. At bare minimum, if there’s ever a power outage, he’ll have plenty of reading material. Twitter/@JessNagy 29. Hell hath no fury like an aggressive shopper. Thankfully, whoever was the victim of this shopping cart trap, could easily extricate themselves — albeit risking the potential to ruin their pain job. Otherwise, it’s time to call in a forklift. Imgur/potatoetatie 30. As the story behind this unusual prank goes, this makeshift shrine was set up by the recipient’s roommate, after hearing his friend would be bringing his date home that night. Needless to say, whoever the lucky gal was, upon seeing this, would likely run for the hills. Twitter/@deno_tron 31. Think you know office pranks? You know nothing. With a bit of imagination, a pile of spare keyboards can be used to properly replicate the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones. The prankster even added that delicate final touch of suspended dragons flying above the coveted chair. Reddit/navri 32. Remember all those excellent cutting and gluing skills you learned in elementary school? It was all to prepare you for this moment. When your prank target turns on the lampshade, there’s a fair chance the results will be heard in the next county over. Instagram/jameson129 33. Whoever ensnared this office desk in spiderwebs obviously decided their Halloween ought to be filled with far more trick than treat. At least those are fake cobwebs, otherwise we’d have some serious concerns to be brought to HR’s attention. Flickr/Joe Goldberg 34. Question: how do you show your office companion just how much you care about them on the anniversary of their arrival in the world? Answer: by coating everything, literally everything they own in their work space, in aluminum foil — and no, those aren’t presents. Instagram/123internet 35. When you want to fool your friends into thinking you’re generous when in reality it’s just a convenient cover-up for your cruel, cruel heart, few pranks could be quite so satisfying as making caramel onions — and even mixing them with apples to make a game of Russian roulette. Reddit/Aresome_Username 36. Okay, so to properly execute this most random of pranks will require some bonus materials that you may not necessarily have just lying around the house. This is probably not what one would think when they hear “there’s a chick in the bathroom.” Reddit/jbreezy13 37. So you and your roommates had a house party, complete with the prerequisite sketchy red plastic cups, but you overshot the amount of guests and are left with all these spare ones. What to do, what to do… Reddit/the_tapatio_man 38. It’s probably safe to say you weren’t expecting your trip to the lavatory to be quite this festive. But then again, the finest of pranks strike when you least expect them. Let’s hope this person didn’t get winded: that’s a lot of balloons to blow up! Twitter/@love_bughh 39. This prank is the ultimate rebellion against fast food. Finding vegetables when you were expecting those crispy hot little McNuggets would be enough of a bummer, but just be glad whoever tricked you didn’t think of putting something else in there…like, for example, a spider… Imgur/LamStock 40. Having dreams of shadowy figures is a primal fear for many people. So naturally, rounding the corner when you’ve just woken up from a deep sleep and need a glass of water, this is the last thing you’d want to see. Reddit/sg804 41. This flag cake prank works for an epic trolling of international proportions. Whether it’s a Canadian friend dishing it out to Americans on the Fourth of July, or an American friend giving a subtle dig on Canada Day, it’s bound to get some well-deserved groans. Imgur/DrewMalesky 42. Look closely and you’ll realize why this is subtly one of the most mischievous pranks out there. Hidden inside those ice cubes are Mentos. And if you have had any Internet access for the past decade, you very well know what happens when these minty candies make contact with soda. Reddit/GLman16 43. This one is sure to leave the subject of this crusty prank scratching their head wondering what the prankster’s thought process was. It’s as though they had limited resources, but were determined to pull a joke on their friend. Instagram/jenniwrenn5 44. Can’t you taste the disappointment? It’s bad enough discovering someone’s eaten your ice cream but left the carton in the freezer. But cleaning the empty container out, filling it with water, and letting that water freeze to give the illusion of weight is just so mean. Reddit/crazyphoenix 45. Old vegetables starting to go bad? No problem, there’s a pop-culture specific prank just waiting to be pulled off. Of course, this friendly little surprise requires the subject to have at least a passing knowledge of Rick and Morty, but hey! It’s funny no matter what. Instagram/lunaslipstream 46. Office supplies wars can get absolutely brutal. This perpetrator was apparently not planning on backing down any time soon, and found a simple and perfectly effective way to get his or her point across. Forensics experts may soon be needed at the scene. Instagram/screamjar 47. This prank could go several different ways. For the desk owner, more likely than not, they realize they’d been pranked. But for another office worker, especially one who hadn’t yet had their morning coffee, seeing this scene might just send them into a tizzy. Instagram/vary.mu 48. We all know someone like this: those excruciatingly annoying practical jokesters who just have to take our word literally. Yes, just as you can imagine, the hapless victim of this hilarious prank was told there was a ‘leak’ in the bathroom. Aren’t homonyms the best? Instagram/gessicapizzuto 49. It’s always nice to have a joyful celebration await you when you walk into a room. That being said, being greeted by the bang of these poppers could well be enough to make you paranoid about opening doors for a long time. Instagram/cathann24 50. Sure, we all have that one grandparent who reminds us what it was like growing up during the Great Depression. But something tells us that this delightful recipe was not included in their diet. 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Okay

So, I have an Instagram by this same name that I use to vent to my friends, but it's gotten too close plus they know too many people. Imma keep it anonymous obviously just in case but here we go

This is really for me to just document my summer this year bc I'm literally strung out on caffeine and painkillers at all times

So a few things you need to know: I have a chronic connective tissue disorder which is the scary way of saying I have ligamental laxity. My joints don't stay together. As I type this my ankle is out. Anyone, I had a surgery 6/26/15, aka the day gay marriage was legalized in the US. Another important thing, I am bisexual with almost an even split. I stopped taking highschool classes after my sophomore year and have taken them at my local community college instead. This is because I'm big depressed and big anxious so I couldn't do school. I work at my CC as a math tutor for ever math below Calc I, including developmental. I want to be a orthopedic surgeon and am going for a duel bachelor's in petroleum and mine engineering as premed. I have an older and younger brother, both of which I adore but get on my nerves too much. My older brother went to an in state university for his freshman year, decided he wasn't ready for the move, and is coming to the same CC as me, as a year below me, his high school senior sister. My young brother just finished his first year in traditional high school, at a different high school than I went to. He's a competitive gymnast. My father works out of town and my mom stays at home. I cannot drive yet, but as of today I am eligible to get my license. I am largely into the robotics Program in our county, where I was second in command as of last season, was second lead of programming, safety assist, scouting assist and head fabrication. I truly love robotics. I also golf, and love watching it, yes I am upset about Woodland okay.

So here's where we introduce my few main groups of friends:

Robotics friends

School friends

SPS friends (my middle school friends)

Friends ;)

So some of these overlap, majority of those in it don't.

Robotics:

My absolute best friend, who we will call Syrup is was on my robotics team, she's a year older and aged out. We met my freshman year of highschool. She's amazing and I love he's so dearly.

Cross, literally the male version of me. He's dating Syrup. He was first in command of the team this year. Also aged out. Him and syrup broke up for a few months and it was weird for the friend group but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I also love and adore him.

Heat is one of my oldest physically. She was a mentor on the team but me and my brother ended up getting really really close with her. She's super thoughtful and sincere. She's in school to be a clinical counselor.

Pooky is old as well. He's a redneck. He is also Hispanic. He mentors and I got really close to him after me and Cross basically annoyed him into going to dinner with us after a robotics meeting one summer. Now he's by far one of my favorite people. Also asked out heat when they were seniors in high school.

Dementia is the oldest physically. He was honestly a fluke. One of pookys friends that he asked to come by one day and we all ended up liking him. He was on the team and already knew Heat, Cross, and pooky. We convinced him to come to dinner with us the same day we convinced pooky. He's honestly the funniest person I know. He works as an engineer at the local forklift company.

Button-lives an hour and a half away but is going to college another 4 hours away. Met through my brother but then we became really good friends. I call him button bc he gave me one of his buttons from robotics and it was the nicest thing ever. He also stayed up with my during Ramadan at 5 in the morning when I couldn't sleep in pain. He knew I was hurting and he sacrificed what little sleep he could have for me and I am forever grateful and I don't think he realizes. One time he drove down to see me and it still makes my heart warm. He's someone I would have shot my shot a long time ago if we weren't an hour and a half away and drastically different religions.

Shea- named after his dog bc I know he'd love that. I know how weird it sounds but I'm in love. I would marry him tomorrow if he asked. He's predental at our towns uni, and honors. He was first in command of our team last year. He mentored scouting this year :).

Small robotics characters

jamin- was really close with him for two years, then he went to college and fratted, now works two hours away. I love him and miss him

Jew-not really Jewish. Very sweet. Very handsome. Very funny

Lampshade- little Bros best friend. Athletic and smart. Good child.

Weeny-had a crush on his, honestly super sweet and just a great personality. 12/10 pure.

Noodle- dated syrup then had a FWB thing with me. Broke it off after a dumb joke gone wrong. Still miss him tbh.

Eggroll- Shea's best friend. About to be a junior in college. Hits me up for nudes. Super energetic.

School friends

I have three. FOUR

Harvard- he earned the name. Smart and determined boy. I met him in middle school. Absolute softy and I love it. Super athletic. We have the type of friendship where we listen to each other super well but have no idea what's happening. He'll talk about baseball to me and I talk about robotics to him. Do either of us absorb it? No. Do we still listen? Yes.

Dorks- changed his last name a bit but it fits. Became bff's in art history. Sold him drugs once. Minnesotan. We're starting a podcast together. Literally super chill as a friend

Cow- sounds so mean to call her that but it's her favorite animal. She's special needs but I still don't know how. She's a real G. There through everything.

Jazz- tall lanky. Sweet. Plays jazz. I miss him. Was gonna go to prom with him then didn't. Oh well. Button helped me through that mess as well.

Sps

Confused- theater kid. That's all

Dragon- strange, doesn't like touch. Goes to Catholic hs

Draw-art who programs too. Goes to special math school 2 hours away. DM

I have a dnd campaign going with them so I probably couldve used their character names bc even if they found this blog they'd just be like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Friends ;)

Boy oh boy. Most of these overlap tbh. Noodle boy, lampshade and Eggroll belong here

Callaway- never actually met in person. We talk about golf and send nudes. Ideal person tbh.

Neck- am a year older. Mentored his Lego robotics team. Asks for nudes daily. Occasionally gets them.

Step-was my old neighbor. Homeschooled until 7th grade. Very very large. Kinda scary tbh. Send occasionally, dislocated my ankle sucking his dick once

Titan- named after his truck, which I lost my virginity in. We have. An interesting relationship. Met him through a friend not mentioned. He hit on me, we talked, it wasn't gonna work as bf/gf but it would as fwb bc they're was mutual attraction on that end. The first time we met in person I gave him a handjob. December 2018 he told me he needed a break bc his mental health was failing, okay whatever. Comes back around March, do stuff quite often. The other day though, we just got done, and he told me he needed another break bc all he did was run to me for sex when he was sad. Totally cool but he also removed me from stuff so he wouldn't be tempted. Kinda sucks and im honestly a little hurt bc then the friendship is gone too but honestly it's probably for good. He will come back.

Anyway it's late and me and Harvard are both sad so gn, posts soon to come.

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Micro Homes: Tiny House, Big Idea, Huge Ambition

By Jerri L. Cook – Micro homes are becoming more and more popular as people are turning towards a smaller, less complicated lifestyle. Some folks embrace the idea of sustainability early in their childhood. Others come to embrace sustainability only after the rug is yanked out from under them, leaving them face down on the hard floor of reality. For these folks, sustainability, the practice of mindful resource management, is embraced as they struggle to get back on their feet. For these people, when they discover sustainability, they discover a purpose, and a tiny house may be just the answer.

Before the economic collapse of 2008, Randy Jones was riding high on a wave of economic bliss. A successful builder for more than 25 years, he was also the owner of a resort on 450 scenic acres in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. With 80 upscale cabins, he was benefiting from the burgeoning economy. The well-heeled would bring their families for vacation and their colleagues for working weekends. But financial waves, like ocean waves, eventually collapse.

Randy rode the wave all the way to the rocky end. By 2009, he had nothing left but an old pickup truck. Everything else had been lost to the bank. For the better part of three years, he wandered from job to job, barely eking out a living. Then, in 2012 he was driving around town looking for odd jobs, when he found one – micro homes – that would change the trajectory of his life.

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He drove by an unkempt salvage yard, where he noticed a dump truck and a forklift that he thought he could use. He didn’t have any money to buy the equipment, but he could work. He traded his labor for the pair, as well as any usable lumber he found lying around. Working alone, it took him days but when he was finished, he had a working dump truck and forklift, and loads of lumber that he wasn’t quite sure what to do with. Initially, the plan was to sell it all and use the case to fund a building project, but that’s when Randy Jones found out about the tiny homes movement, a promising trend promoting sustainable housing and environmental practices through building and occupying of micro homes. Neither he nor the tiny house movement would ever be the same.

Developers in Illinois resized a lot to include one small enough for a tiny home like this, roughly 400 square feet, roughly the average size of a house in America before World War II.

MICRO HOMES: ALL AMERICAN TINY HOUSES

During a period spanning the late 18th and early 20th centuries, the average size of a home in the United States was 450 square feet. In the decades following World War II, the average size of a home in the United States grew to a whopping 2,300 square feet. As the square footage grew, so did the cost of buying and maintaining these enormous properties, aptly dubbed McMansions due to their similarities in floor plans and appearance. Up until 2008, the cost of these large homes was covered by a booming economy that everyone seemed to think would continue indefinitely. The American homeowner was in the money. But when the wave collapsed, it left countless families mired in debt and on the brink of homelessness, struggling to find a place to rent. In the wake of the economic collapse, many former homeowners had given up on ever owning a home again in their lifetime, while those who had never owned a home became resigned to the fact that they never would.

But in late 2012, word started to get around on social media about a man named Jay Schafer in California who had designed and lived in a 96 square foot house on wheels. It wasn’t long before Schafer began building micro homes for others. Built on a standard trailer bed, these micro homes were inexpensive, self-contained and moveable. Unlike the tiny homes featured on Tiny House Nation on FYI every week that often exceeded $350,000, the moveable micro homes were affordable, even for those Californians who were kept out of the real estate market because they couldn’t meet the income requirements.

Even though they were reasonably priced by California standards, starting at $57,000 for a 117 sq. ft. home, the cost remained out-of-reach for those who live far outside of the Golden State. Lower income people outside of California might have been permanently priced out of the tiny house movement if Randy Jones hadn’t happened by that messy old salvage yard in 2012.

These tiny houses, which are only 110 square feet, are available to rent in California.

MICRO HOMES: RANDY GOES SMALL

Randy Jones learned about the tiny house movement that was gaining in popularity on the West Coast shortly after he made the trade with the salvage yard owner for the equipment and lumber. He sold part of the lumber and built a prototype tiny home of his own for around $4,000. He made a reasonable profit when he sold it, and before he knew it, he had made three more. Randy began to see tiny houses as more than just a way to make a living. He soon saw it as a way to make a sustainable living while helping others and the planet.

In 2014 Randy officially went into business again.

“I hired a young guy with a family to help me,” Jones said. “We don’t have any fancy facilities. It’s just a couple of guys out in a field in Tennessee, but I’m able to pay him a wage that he can support his family on.”

His new venture, Incredible Tiny Homes, is the only one of its kind in the United States. Like the first tiny home he made out of the lumber that he bartered for at the salvage yard, all of Randy’s homes are made from re-purposed items, ensuring that no two are the same and keeping the cost of construction under control. Using salvaged barn doors, discarded building materials, and anything else that will enhance his houses, Randy offers a an affordable, self-contained, off-grid tiny house starting at $25,000. Customers can come to Morristown, Tennessee, to pick up their home, or Randy will arrange for delivery at an additional charge.

Of course, if someone wants marble counter tops or custom oak cabinets, the price can go higher. But as Randy points out, the driving forces behind the tiny house movement are economic responsibility and effective personal resource management. “The whole point is to downsize on purpose, not like what happened back in 2008 when it was done for everyone. It’s about creating communities and living sustainably within them.” If you’re looking for luxury over comfortable practicality, off-grid tiny houses are probably not for you. But if you’re looking to learn how to build an energy-efficient home and live more sustainably, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Randy’s off-grid homes are being used across the country by people who want the security of owning their own home but who refuse to be saddled with excessive debt. “I built one for one gal—a single mom with two kids—and they’re living off-grid on a tiny parcel in Texas,” says Randy. “I’ve got houses in Chicago, right in the city limits, and in Durham, North Carolina, too. They’re perfect for anyone who is interested in an off the grid home.”

Of course, local zoning laws could operate to keep someone from living in a tiny house, even on their own land. But as Randy points out, “Most municipalities don’t know how to classify tiny houses. They’re not RVs. They’re built like homes. They are homes. Full-time homes. Not recreational vehicles.”

He views this lack of classification as an opportunity to educate state and local officials on the value tiny homes bring to a community.

“We had one community that had an ordinance prohibiting campers and RVs from parking on residential lots,” he said. “But when the board saw our home, they decided to allow it because it was aesthetically pleasing and added to the look and feel of the community.”

Turning old buildings into small homes is just one way to conserve space, and provide additional business opportunities on your property for tourists through online rental services.

MICRO HOMES: TINY HOME, BIG DECISION

Before making the decision to live more sustainably by living small, be sure to consider all the potential issues, even the ones that might weigh against the decision. A good resource for getting started is Tiny House Talk. Maintained by micro homes aficionado Alex Pino, the site has hundreds of articles and resources on tiny house living.

People who have made the switch to tiny homes, regardless of what walk of life they come from, universally offer the same advice—ease into it. Those who have made the successful transition to smaller footage did so over a period of months by getting rid of things they didn’t need and adjusting their lifestyle to accommodate fewer possessions.

Another thing to consider is the limited storage space. Those who grow and preserve their own food using various food preservation methods will need to make separate storage provisions.

Weather can also be an issue when choosing a site for your tiny home. Because of their size, tiny homes on wheels are susceptible to strong winds. Placing one on top of a wind-swept vista is probably not a good idea.

MICRO HOMES: GETTING YOURS

Not everyone can pay for an off-grid tiny house with cash, but those who are fiscally responsible will find that several sources of financing exists to assist them. The tiny house trend has caught the attention of major lenders and their subsidiaries. LightStream, a division of SunTrust Bank, will loan people with good credit ratings up to $100,000 for a small home.

Non-traditional sources of financing also exist to help people buy the tiny home of their dreams. Tiny House Talk offers a free newsletter that allows investors to connect with borrowers. Those seeking financing can apply for up to $25,000 in funds to purchase or build their tiny home. Another source of financing is Tiny House Lending at www.tinyhouselending.com. This site also helps buyers find financing up to $100,000.

Even though tiny homes aren’t for everyone, they offer a path to a sustainable lifestyle by promoting meaningful resource management. Shrugged off as just another California trend a few years ago, the small house movement promises to open paths to self-sufficiency for millions of people who would otherwise be trapped on the jagged rocks of financial ruin, held there by wave after wave of poor fiscal policies that they cannot control.

Originally published in Countryside July / August 2016 and regularly vetted for accuracy.

Micro Homes: Tiny House, Big Idea, Huge Ambition was originally posted by All About Chickens

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I am in Oregon, and still switching things over from being in California. I'm planning on getting Oregon car insurance. I'm living with my cousin's family, and her daughter has her drivers permit and likes to practice, so she drives my car with me in the passenger seat because I'm over 21 with a license. I hadn't thought of this before, but should I mention this to the insurance agent for my new car insurance? Or will I just get charged extra fees?""

Looking for some cheap full coverage car insurance.?

Trying to find cheap car insurance for myself and daughter (she has a provisional licence) any recommendation?

small Matiz. 7years Ncd

Individual Health Insurance in Indiana at 18?

How can I apply for individual health insurance at 18? I'll graduate from high school next year. I want to be responsible for me at that age and not be dependent by my guardians ...show more

Changing grades for car insurance?

so my car insurance company wants my transcript so that i can get a discount. my GPA is high enough for the discount, but not high enough for my dad. if i make a copy and slightly adjust it and give it to my dad, there shouldn't be a big problem right. its not like they check the grades with the school to see if its perfect. and i'm not changing an F to a b. just like raise my low 70's to 74's or 75's. theres a possibility of this working correct?""

Does anyone know a cheap car insurance company for Irish drivers (irish driving licence) in London?

Hi, i moved recently from ireland to London and I need to know if anyone knows of a cheap car insurance company in london accept Irish driving licence (7 years no claim bonus from ireland)? I have tried all of the comparison sites, the cheapest is over 1000 pound please help Thank you""

Would the risk-neutral person ever buy insurance that was not fair?

If any one knows about this then please write in detail. thanks!

Car insurance question ?

My son's girlfriend signed her car over to my husband to get chraper imsurance for the two of them on his policy. I dont think this is a good idea, what could happen to us if they get in a major accident?""

Cheap car insurance in north london?!?

Hi. any advice on cheap car insurance living in north London for a 18 year old female. I am getting ridiculous quotes. Any advise appreciated Thank you.

Car accident? insurance???

Long story short, I was in an at fault car accident (only because I crossed the double-yellow line) but thats beside the point. It came off as my fault. Now the other driver was driving a 2003 audi they're saying his car is totalled. So he's probably going to be getting a pretty hefty check. For my car insurance, I only have liability so its 1,300 a year. That's $108.33 a month. How much do you think it will go up after the settlement is given? I heard that it will go up so much percent for like 3 years??? I am 19 years old , and will be driving for almost a year at the end of October.""

Insurance companies?

Which company is better out of Elephant and Admiral for car insurance. They have both given the same quote but I don't know anything about the customer services or anything

Health and travel insurance for the US?

Hi, I am a British student undertaking an internship in the U.S for 6 weeks this summer. I need Health insurance that complies with the requirements for the J-1 Visa, and though I have found a company that can help me (http://www.isoa.org/compare_plans.aspx) with Health insurance, they don't offer any travel insurance. The companies that I have found for travel insurance don't tend to provide the level of Health insurance that I require. Do people normally take out 2 seperate policies when travelling to the U.S? (e.g. one health, one travel?) If so, can anyone find me somewhere that provides travel insurance to the U.S without health insurance included? Thanks!""

Car Insurance for Teens?

Hi, Im 16 years old, going to get my license, and did parent taught drivers ed. All my life, ive wanted to drive, but now, I hear that car insurance for teenagers is so damn high. I heard it is at least 200 a month, and I know for a fact my parents cant afford that? What should I do? Some people I heard pay only 20 dollars a month, how the hell did they get suc ha low rate? Also, Id like to drive a sports car, which im guessing is gonna make insurance way higher. So where can my parents get affordable insurance for me?""

Where can I get the cheapest motorcycle insurance with tickets?

I am 20, and have 4 tickets on my record...3 disobey traffic devices and 1 seat belt ticket. They were from 2 years ago..I am a new rider and I took the MSF course. I just bought a 2008 kawasaki ninja 650r. Progressive gave me $231 a year with no collision or comprehensive(I am ok without having either)...Can I do better than this? Where should I try?""

Car insurance problems?!?! Need help!!?

Basically my hubby took out insurance about 10 months ago with a new insurance company. He had 4 years no claims with his old company so informed the new company of this. The new insurance company have been taking out the payments every month from our bank however we have never had his insurance documents off them. When he contacted them the other day to query this they informed him that because the old insurance company will not supply them with no claims info they can not cover him. However all this time and even today they have taken their monthly payment. Surely they should not be taking payments for something they are saying they can not cover?? They have sent him a 30 day temp cover note for now while we try to sort it but it isnt looking good at the mo. My question is should they have cancelled the agreement before now then and ceased taking money from our account?

Can your car be towed if you have no insurance?

Can your car be towed if you do not have insurance on your car? I was in an accident where the other car did not have insurance on the car that was not his. The police gave us a ticket, which it was our fault, I'm not denying that, but the police drove off not having the car towed . It kinda makes me wonder if the cop let them go with no ticket or anything.""

How much is car insurance for a 17 year old girl?

I'm trying to find out how much insurance will be when I buy my car, but websites like go compare wont let you check until your 17 :) No idea what you need to find out so heres some details :) Vauxhall Corsa Specification 1.0 12V GLS Transmission Manual Engine Size: 973 cc Fuel Type: Petrol Thank you :) x""

Electrical job expense cost average?

For my hw, I am doing take off for a 1 story 28325 sq ft building. I have to account for the costs for the total job expense. The problem is I don't have experience in the industry. Can you give some average total cost for electrical distribution, branch, and lighting job. Per month - SITE OFFICE (per Month) SITE STORAGE (per Month) CONSUMABLES SMALL TOOLS COURIER TEMPORARY LIGHTING TEMPORARY POWER SAFETY SPECIALTY INSURANCE USL&H INSURANCE SCAFFOLD RENTAL SCISSOR LIFT RENTAL ELECT 25' BUCKET TRUCK RENTAL BOOM TRUCK RENTAL SITE VECHICLES FOREMAN/GF TRUCK PARKING (per vechicle) LABELING FIRESTOPPING SEISMIC ENG. CALC. FORKLIFT GAS 15' BOOM LIFT 40' BUCKET TRUCK FENCING HEATING EQUIPMENT RENT COPY PLAN & PRINTS OFFICE SUPPLIES DUMPSTER If I also account for permit cost of 1 %, would I be multipling to the total labor and material cost, subtotal all costs, or profit???""

What questions will car insurance co. ask?

I am preparing to get car insurance for the first time, and I want to know what kind of questions the insurance company will be asking me.""

About how much does car insurance for a BMW cost??

i dont know if the car model matters but just in case lets say a 2004 BMW 325i for a guy under 30

Should we have whole life insurance?

My husband is 26 yrs old and he bought whole life insurance. I tried to tell him to get term sicne we are so young, but he wouldn't listen. Can anyone help me?""

Can you have your SR22 insurance with a different insurance from you auto insurance?

I have my SR22 insurance with one company andy my auto insurance with another company? Is this OK?

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""1.6L car for 17 year old, what company insures this size engine for new young drivers?""

UK i cant seem to get insurance for a 1.6L car, ive tried 2 companies and they say get something 1.4L or less. ive already got this 316i so i dont want to sell it for another, what insurance company should i try? DONT say 'go to gocompare.com' or 'confused.com' or 'comparethemarket.com', ive tried all that.""

How long do I have to report an accident to an insurance company in California?

If I was in an accident in California how long do i have to report it to the insurance company so that they will cover it?

Does online auto insurance quote comparison sites work?

What do I do about car insurance when buying a new car and trading in my old one?

We are planning on buying a new car soon and trading in the old one. How does insurance work? I'd like to shop around for the cheapest deal but that isn't possible if I don't know what car we are getting yet. Also I have only just renewed my car insurance this year. Will there be a penalty if I cancel that policy?

Whats a good cheap auto insurance company on just liability? ( I am 24 in college)?

What is the cost of the insurance for the car i want ?

I want a Suzuki Ignis 1.5 sport im just about to start driving wants the insurance going to cost ?

I heard of Homeowners insurance being called...?

fire insurance and hazard insurance. are they the same?? or how are they different?

Does my insurance go up after I get a ticket in someone else car? Or the owner of the car insurance goes up?

I got pulled over for speeding and the officer never asked for the insurance card. Since he didn't ask for the insurance card, does that mean my pay rate will be the same? Or can the insurance company find out by the tag number? Please inform me because this is my first time. Thanks! Also remember I was in someone else car.""

Insurance Cost For Mustang GT?

19 year old Male South Carolina 2 tickets full coverage 2003 Mustang GT 90k miles

Where can I find cheap auto insurance after a DUI?

I have a bad driving record that includes a DUI and driving with a suspended. I am looking for some way of getting reasonable priced auto insurance in Florida. I went to Geico and they want to charge me around $700 a month! Also what is an SR-22?

Do I need a consent to settle by my own auto insurance company?

The guy who hit me does not have an ample amount of insurance to cover my injuries. They are offering me the policy limits to settle. My own uninsured or uninsured motorist has been given enough documentation to know that my additional insurance will come into play. I have filed suit against the guy and his insurance company, but do I need a letter of consent to settle with them from my own insurance company to make sure that my uninsured motorist coverage will still be available to me. I really think it is criminal for any insurance company or state to make the limits on auto insurance so low, when the average cost of an auto accident is higher than the minimum coverages that they allow drivers to driver under. Also, there are many attorneys that wont even look at taking a case unless the limits are much higher than state minimum, because they can make considerably more on those who are very well insured. My own insurance company is treating my like I am retarded, and I was until I started reading all the insurance laws and bought a very fine civil litigation book for 4 dollars, best investment I ever made. But I am no Pro Se expert, my hat is tipped to you attorneys and insurance adjusters. What a stressful job you have and so many laws to abide by and to follow. I can only get better the more I read the more I know. Thanks for your time.""

Will car insurance cover a moped accident?

I was rear ended by a moped. The rider forgot to hit the brakes and nailed the back of my car. She broke my tail light and there's scrapes on my bumper and quarter panel. The rider didn't have insurance on her moped but has liability car insurance for her car. Her insurance company is refusing to pay for my damages, stating her moped is not insured, therefore they're not covering any damages. What should I do? I got a quote for $380 to fix my car.""

I wanna rent my car out.What insurance policy do I need ?

I would like to rent out my extra car. What is the best coverage for that?I know if I go with 21.st century for example it will cover the car ,not the driver.But is there a specific insurance where if anything happens my rates wont go up? Like the one you purchase at the car rental places?""

Chicago health insurance question?

I was wondering what businesses in Chicago probably have no health insurance for their employees?

18 years old.. Fast car low insurance?

In fact I don't want a fast car lol cause i will not get insured.. Or not insured cheap... Just something that looks sporty and can go quick 0-30.. Away from the lights.. Red...amber.. Green... My budget is 1000 for the car

Car insurance help in northern ireland!!!?

i am a 17 year old living in northern ireland and i am practicing for my driving license but i hav had quotes on cars and they are in the region of 2000 pounds which i cannot afford. my dad has 30 years no claims on his insurance but he will not let me on his insurance in case som1 claims against me and he loses his no claims bonus. can someone please help me because i really want to drive a car of my own that i can afford the insurance on???

Where to buy business auto insurance?

My job requires me to transport individuals from their home to various stores or dr.'s appointments. I recently found out that my employer will only cover the person served when I am driving my car on the clock, but not me, or my car. I've done some research and found that I need to update to business/commercial insurance. I live in Iowa. Where is the best/cheapest place to purchase this type of auto insurance. I've got a fairly clean driving record (I've been in two accidents in the last 5 years, neither were my fault) and a safe car.""

Who offers the best life insurance in Illinois?

simple enough. ive done my research and the best i can find is either American Income Life insurance or State farm. anyone have either of these and think they are reasonable?

Where can I find cheap young male car insurance on any car?

I'm a 17 year old driver who has just passed my test and when i go to quote myself on any car its either unquotable or something like 20,000 a year or something stupid even with immobilizers trackers parked in a garage etc and when i put my mum as the main driver (she has 5 year NCD) it only dropped like 200 so i don't understand how people are getting it below 10000 let alone 2000. I haven't bought a car yet but could somebody tell me what is the up most cheapest car to insure and all the combinations that make it cheaper. Once more annoying is that I live in a pretty nicer area so you wouldn't think it would cost as much compared to other people but they seem to get theirs cheaper.""

Insurance for 19 year old male?

I drive a 1996 mercedes c220 and need insurance soon!!! Wondering how much I'd be looking at monthly

""Chrysler 300c, tax and insurance?

how much would it cost to insure and tax the 300c for a year and do they drink on petrol cheers

Women pay more for healthcare insurance?

It appears women pay more for insurance than men even if they're the same age. Insurers say this is justifiable because women tend to have more health risks than men especially after they give birth (urinal incontinence). Here are some of their reasons: -women tend to go to the doctor more and get check-ups every year whereas men do not -even if the insurance doesn't cover maternity care, some states mandate that insurance covers complications of pregnancy Not all insurance covers maternity care but it still costs more either way: -In Ohio, a woman pays 49% more than men of same age -In Texas, women pay 39% more from the state insurance pool -Nebraska is 32% more on average What do you think of this? Do you think it's justifiable to charge one sex more than the other because of potential higher risks? Or do you think that both genders would have to given the same costs? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/us/30insure.html?scp=1&sq=healthcare%20policy%20women&st=cse""

""Since we pay for car insurance in case sh-t happens, shouldn't we get that money back if sh-t doesn't happen?""

Car insurance is the biggest rip-off ever. I hate paying it. Sooo in case stuff happens, insurance takes care of it but then your rates go up!?! WTF? So if nothing goes wrong for a full year, shouldn't we get our money back?""

Insurance Rates on Cars?

If you happen to know off hand....what would the estimate insurance rate be for any of these cars 2000 Honda S2000 2001-2002 Audi TT 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2008 Ford Mustang 2004-2005 Mazda RX-8 2007 Altima 2.5 Even if you don't have the year....if you know the car thats good enough...The insurance websites are blocked here and i won't be able to check them so any help would be appreciated....

Car insurance?

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""What kind of car insurance do I need for a rental, when I DON'T have any current auto insurance?""

We are looking to rent a car for a month, and since we are both ex-pats, we don't have any USA car insurance. We've looked up and discovered we should get Collision, Liability and Comprehensive insurance. Where can we get these for cheap? My travel insurance includes a Collision option, but no Liability or Comprehensive (I'm American, my husband is English).""

How much does car insurance go up from a minor accident w/no injuries?

I just got into an accident hitting a car on the freeway, not paying attention, so I hit the car in front of me. He said and his family weren't hurt, but you never know how they will feel the next day. How much will my car insurance go up? I have no tickets on my record & no accidents. I did receive minor damage to my car & a small dent to the other car';s bumper. I wasn't speeding or drinking. My car is a 2004 Honda Civic four door & I'm in my 40s. Oh, I live in CA. Thanks.""

New Car Insurance?

I just bought a new car. I put down $7,000 and am paying $197/month for five years. I purchased car insurance, and the monthly premium is $358. Is this too much? I'm 18 years old, and I live in Colorado. I know it's going to be high because I'm a teenager and it's a new car, but does this seem like it is too high?""

Will McCains proposal to eliminate the tax deduction for health insurance ?

be the straw the breaks the backs of middle class Americans? Affordable health care is one of the foremost issues for middle class Americans. John McCain wants to eliminate the tax break given for the cost of insurance this will basically amount to a 25% increase in insurance costs for most of the middle class who are already struggling Yet he wants to continue the tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. He truly is out of touch when it comes to the common man.

""How much does a 25 years old male student pay for car insurance,tax for a 1.5 litre car & MOT as a new driver?""

I live in the West Midlands, just got my license looking to get an estimate of how much a car insurance costs as a 25 years old male, student. I also looking to know how much is tax for a 1.5 litre engine car plus MOT.""

""I want to start trying for another baby by August, but I don't have medical insurance....?

My husband makes too much for me to get on Medicaid. I want to get a good insurance. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on what to do.

How much is car insurance for a 17 year old?

I know it all depends, but I'm talking on average, I live in the Manchester area and I've heard it depends on your area aswell?""

What's the best deals on auto insurance?

""What are some affordable health insurance options for those with preexisting conditions, here in Wisconsin?""

I have a friend who is 31 years old, and is unable to find health insurance due to the fact that she had a heart attack a few years ago. I'm sure that she is only one of thousands of people in the same situation..but there has got to be some way to get affordable health insurance for her, here in Wisconsin. Is there anyone out there who has been in this situation, and has lucked out in finding affordable health insurance? We have been looking, but as of right now...to no avail.""

Do i need insurance to sell motobikes?

I am selling mini moto's and quad bikes online, do i need liability insurance to sell these?""

How much is motorbike insurance for a 125cc bike roughly?

I know it's had to predict, but im looking to buy a bike soon. Im 18 years old, live in south-west London, have a full driving license for 1 year now. (some factors they might consider) thanks.""

What is the cheapest car insurance company for a first time driver?

I'm trying to find the cheapest insurance for a first time driver (just got my G2 and I'm 18) in Mississauga or the GTA basically. I'm probably not getting a new car so something from like 2003 (maybe a 2002 beetle).

Does you're engine being a V-8 vs a V-6 matter in what u pay for insurance?

i'm 16 and want to buy a white mustang, i'll spend the extra money for the V-8 but i don't know if it will increase my insurance costs, will it?""

What is the cheapest car insurance company?

Short-term car insurance in the US?

In the following year I'm going to have several visitors coming for just a few days and I want them to be able to use my car. I'd like to know if there are companies that offer short-term car insurance.

Car insurance on rentals?

do i have to do the insurance myself or do the rental company do this for me?

Should I show the car repairman the insurance estimate?

I was in a wreck that the insurance company of the other driver agreed to pay for. They made an estimate and said they will put a check in the mail. They said that if it costs more than the estimate, then they will take care of that also as long as I show the estimate to the repairman. That seems straightforward... and on the other hand: With other car issues, auto shops have seemed to be willing to underbid each other. I wouldn't mind getting it fixed for less than the check that I'm going to receive. Should I try to get estimates that are independent of the insurance company's estimate to see if I can save money? If I then go with a shop that says they can do it for cheaper, can I trust that they won't say it will be more later?""

Car insurance for young drivers?

Is there any way of finding out what car each specific insurance company insures the cheapest? Having a mighty ball ache trying to find a company that its massively expensive. I know it will cost through the nose but anything in the 2000 insurance premium would be very helpful. thanks in advance

""What is the absolute best, maximum protection motorcycle insurance for me? 20/F 1st time rider.?""

I am willing to pay more, I just dont want to get cheap insurance that doesn't cover me. No subrogation clauses, I want to be covered as much as I possibly can. I am in TX. Is Allstate good? My car is under Allstate. I have heard Dairyland Insurance is good...anyone have experience with it? I dont have any tickets or violations on my record.""

Anyone know pricing on auto insurance for a Cadillac CTS 2003?

Insurance rates 18 years old?

I am an 18 year old male who has been driving for about 2 and a half years. About how much more would a coupe cost for me than a sedan? http://www.nissanusa.com/altimacoupe/# vs. http://www.nissanusa.com/altima/

What doctors or insurance that accepts MEDI-CAL CARE IN CALIFORNIA?

I LIVE IN SF IN THE BAY AREA, ANY DOCTORS OR INSURANCE THAT CAN TAKE THIS?""

How much would insurance cost for a 2007 Mustang GT?

I know I can't get a definite number, but I'd like to know just if it'd be a lot or a little. It's a 2007 Mustang GT 5 speed 6 cylinder.""

""Was to help make health care plan was to help make health care more affordable, what happened?

It does not seem it is going in that direction; it seems like more of a insurance sale for insurance company.

What's a cheap Car Insurance Company for a 18 Year old Male?

The car is a 106 1.1 Peugeot, does anyone know of any cheap or best ways to get the cheapest car insurance.""

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Insurance question?

When setting up your insurance online does the company know how many years NCB you have? if not could you lie?

How do i look for cheapest car insurance?

i am 18 years old girl. I am thinking to buy a car for myself but i want the cheapest car insurance as possible. how do i look for cars that cost cheap insurance. any ideas.

Who has the best car insurance rates?

Give me a genral idea of how much car insurance would cost me?

Well cost my parents. I'll be sixteen this April but I won't be getting my license until July. I want to get a Mustang GT 2005 or 2006 but I think it somewhat falls into a category of a sports car so it raises the insurance right? What would be the difference between me driving that or a 2003 BMW? Oh and is there a difference between driving insurance and car insurance? Thank you so much! (And for the record I'm not some spoiled kid, I've been saving for this car for a very long time with money from my lifegaurding job)""

Car insurance involving my best friend?

recently my dad got me a car, the car's in my name, the car insurance is in my name and everything to do with the car is in my name but my dad's on the insurance as an additional driver which on my insurance additional drivers are free on my insurance, does that mean I would be able to add my best friend to the insurance enabling her to drive my car and my dad to teach her aswell under my insurance?""

How much will car insurance cost?

Hello, I am looking to buy a car in UK. There are many options for an affordable price, but what I am most concerned about is how much will insurance cost for me? I am 19 and own a license for one year. How insurance is calculated? Thank you""

BEST HEALTH INSURANCE FOR SICKLY...WITH A MINIMUM COLLEGE EDUCATION-?

22 y/o and have Cystic Fibrosis its a genetic disease (debilitating lung disease) Eventually kills you, supposedly by age 38 yeah yeah i know. right now i'm on Disability because i need Medicare and Medicaid to cover my expenses. And unable to work do to health conditions at the moment. BUT i want to work when i am able, and i do have my associates and want to obtain my bachelors degree. WHAT JOB (probably for the Union or Governemnt) can i get that has GOOD health Insurance that will not strain my health. ( I cannot work in medical field due too freq. lung infections) My Yearly Bills add up to at a minimun $50,000 and if i go in the hospital several times a year over $100,000.. also have monthly bills for antibiotics, and hospital and doctor visits, testing ECT. If i ever get or need a double lung transplant that costs over $500,000 and i need the medical to pay for it when that day arrives. I DO NOT want sympathy i need people to understand my condition and can point me in the right direction. I hate taking peoples hard earned cash, and i will not do it when i don't need to. I am not on my death bed yet and do not need to be on it the rest of my life.""

Can I get a loan for a car but put the car in someone else's name?

So I need a new car mine is totally done for and I wanted to get a loan for a car but my insurance will be crazy high, my boyfriend has Usaa and said he'd put it on his insurance cause it'd be way cheaper but can we put the car in his name if I'm the one getting the loan?""

How much does insurance cost for a new young driver with a brand new car in newyork city?

""Car for 17 year old? easy on gas , cheap to insure?""

i am a 17 year old girl who lives in ontario and would like to purchase a used car for $1500. it needs to be cheap to insure and really good on gas. i do not know much about cars but im hoping someone will help me. also, i do not want a car that will break down and cost me lots of money to fix. any suggestions with what car i should buy? basically i just need a good student car because it will only be driving me to school and thats it. safety isnt a huge issue for me more like the pricing and maintenance. any suggestions willl do ! please help . thanks:)""

Any Cheaper Car Insurance..?

Hi I'm in U.K (young driver, no claims bonus). and ive just recently bought a nissan micra 1.0 R reg i got a quote from AA, churchill, norwich union, zurich and they all are giving me a price of over 1500 pounds. I have pass plus. Any cheap car insurance out there in U.K please help need to get one fast. Thanks""

Why can auto insurance co legally discriminate?

Like gender, age, seems like everything (When you run tests through their quote systems) How can they legally discriminate like that? like 50% of the variables are user's preference determines the problem (Like having a classic, red sportscar, that's not my personality type but it raises rates)""

Cheap Auto Insurance in Houston/Katy?

I bought a Chevrolet Avalanche 2004 a week ago. I want to know which is the cheapest full coverage insurance on the Houston/Katy area. I also would like to know where can I get the insurance just for one month.

Car insurance renewal ques?

i have car insurance with admiral and its going to be automatically renewed tomorow at 17:30 so can i cancel before that, am i within rights or will they charge before that? the reason being i have found a much cheaper quote else where, i paid admiral for the car insurance using debit card so will payment be taken same day tomorow on renewal date?""

I haven no health insurance?

i have no health insurance and apprantely i cant get medicaid or anything like that but i'm sick and i'm about to loose my job due to the rescission like millions of others..but my question here is what can i do to get medical help if i have no type of insurance?

MA Health Insurance for young married couple?

I will be married in a year, and probably lose my health insurance at 24. My fiance is coming but neither of us have full time jobs yet. What are our options for health insurance, that are affordable? Assuming neither of us have full time jobs yet. Thanks! : )""

Need help finding rental insurance/jewelry insurance?

I just moved into an apartment for the 1st time and I was advised to get rental insurance. I don't have many valuables with the exception of a laptop and an engagement ring. The rest of my items are the standard furnishings (couch, bed, desk, etc.) I know rental insurance is cheap so I wanted to look into it. Just an FYI that I do not have a car/auto insurance so I can't just add rental insurance onto existing car insurance. Also my main concern is that my engagement ring is VERY valuable and I will leave it at home often, so I wanted to make sure it was protected (either at home or if I do wear it out). I also travel often, so that might leave my place open for burglars ... or who knows what other issues (fire, etc.) Please advise, thanks!""

Does anyone know where I can find good affordable health insurance?

I lost my job a few months ago along with the health insurance, does anyone know where a 24 year old guy, no health problems, etc can find a cheap but good health insurance company?""

Why were the republicans threatening to collapse the country just to save the insurance companies?

If the costly disagreement was all about obamacare and the effect that its having or going to have on the insurance companies(not the citizens), it seems to me that the insurance ...show more""

Why are NYS auto insurance rates so high?

I live in NYC, and have taken over my late Dad's auto insurance. I was looking up quotes from other insurance companies (currently have Geico), and all the quotes are the same as I pay now, or more. My own license is clean, no accidents, violations, tickets, etc. I just want to know why NYS auto insurance rates are so high?""

How much money would insurance cost for a 16 year old boy with a 1982 dodge ramcharger?

i have allstate and i was just wondering if anyone new. and a ramcharger is a big truck/suv

Car insurance costs more than car!?

So i got a 2001 Acura EL premium with 148k a week ago and i was quoted for $387 a month/4644 a year for a car that i got for $4100. I live in Toronto and i know it costs more for insurance but its ridiculous when it costs more than actual worth of the car. Should i try sell the car or keep it as i need it for school and work?

A question about car insurance.?

Do you think the insurance would be cheaper on a 2010 Scion TC (its a coupe btw), or a 2006 Acura TL?""

How much a month for loan and insurance for a 350z?

Ok so I'm gonna be 20 in a couple months and I'm tired of driving my crappy integra. I've been saving up and I'm set on getting a 350z. My price range is about 12,000 tops. If I put a down payment of about 5 or 6 grand how much would I pay per month for the loan. And how much would I pay a month for the loan along with the insurance. I'm on my parents plan. I don't know much about interest rates. Can you give me estimates on different lengths of loans and interest rates Thanks ily""

How much insurance for a Ninja 250r?

I'm 16 and i'm thinking of getting a Ninja 250r for commuting purposes and just riding around to school and what not. I have a friend that is going to upgrade to a new bike soon so he will give me his bike but I was wondering how much the insurance is for the Ninja 250, I have Geico and was going to do all the free quotes thing but I was way to lazy finding out the ID number and stuff so I was wondering for anyone out there with a 250r, how much are you paying every year? Thanks! :D""

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