Never a good sign
FEED ME!!!
There are so many people in the world suffering because they don’t have food, their children are starving in front of their eyes, and they’re stuck in hopeless situations.
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And here I am upset over an insurance bill, the fact that I can’t seem to get re-acclimated to the time zone I’ve lived in for most of my life, and the perils of going through airports.
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Hell, why don’t I just go for the “Most ridiculous 1st world problems award” and cry over a broken fingernail?
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It’s hard not to bitch when I’m holding the flood insurance bill in my hand, but I’m trying to refrain from disturbing the 2 cats who’ve made a bed out of the remaining bills and enough junk mail to fill a garbage can.
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If you live in the USA, did you notice the additional $250 cost added to your flood insurance policy? The bill was on my desk when I arrived home from California.
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I wouldn’t bother with flood insurance except for the fact that I live in Florida, we have hurricanes, and any water damage (including pipes breaking or forgetting to close a window during a rainstorm) is considered “flood” and not covered under my regular policy.
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As I sit at an 18 year old desk eating oatmeal and drinking tea from a 20 oz styrofoam cup, I wonder…hmmm.
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That made me think (never a good sign).
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- If a tree is felled to create catalogues (that I’ve repeatedly asked NOT to receive) and it doesn’t complain, is it any less victimized?
- If 30 million people received a flood insurance bill, how many forests were needed to create all that paper?
- How many polystyrene (styrofoam) cups would it take before the world ran out of petroleum to produce them?
- If each person eating oatmeal sent a teaspoon of raw oats to starving countries, how many people would that feed in a day?
I’d go back to bed, but now my brain hurts.
Easy to save the world: Go paperless-request ebills by email. Drink out of a glass. Who needs insurance? Don’t you feel lucky? Oatmeal is not as healthy as it is made out to be. Victimize trees? Less wood was used in the catalogs than in the desk at which you’re sitting. Much ado about nothing, as Shakespeare would say. Blood pressure “Normal”
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I tried the paperless route for bills. I still had to make copies for tax purposes. Then there was the time I had a dispute over a charge for something I never received, and had I not received the information on paper initially, I would be out by a couple thousand dollars.
My desk is made of pressboard and laminate. The legs are skinny metal The amount of wood in the entire desk might cover the side of a traditional desk, and I’ve had the desk for 18 years. I go through an average of 1 styrofoam cup a week, rinsing it after use.
The thing that amazes me about all people (including me) is the hypocrisy with which we look at environmental issues. We want to save trees, but our consumption of gasoline is ruining the Amazon rainforests (see the documentary “Crude”) which is killing off the ecosystem and indigenous people as well. We slather “tobacco free zone” on hospitals and then erect 5 story parking lots next to them that exude more toxic chemicals in 1 day than a city full of cigarette smokers.
That’s just 2 examples.
This entire post laughs at “much ado about nothing.” As an example of this, I called the insurance company and found that I’d missed one piece of paper a few months ago that asked to verify my address and that this was my primary residence. The surcharge went from $250 to $25.
Ironic, isn’t it?
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Excuse me! I was just (trying) to be amusing!
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No excusing necessary. 🙂
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I stopped using food as part of preschool art projects, but I still want to complain over the fingernail I broke today 😉
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Good one. 🙂
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I broke a fingernail too! I think it’s an epidemic and we should get the WHO involved! Mine even still has a little piece that sticks out and catches on EVERYTHING! Boohoo!
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Yes, the fatal broken fingernail. You’re correct! The World Health Organization needs to know about this travesty! 🙂
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