Tradd
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Ships from the US is what you want. No tariff hassle since it’s already here.

Found my lost sock! It was hiding inside of a shirt and fell out when I shook it this morning! LOL

Rosa, some sellers don’t have their systems set up to tell you about tariffs. That’s all ok the buyer. So expect separate bill.

Flexport is a very large freight forwarder/customs broker. They have an excellent tariff calculator. https://tariffs.flexport.com/

Where they made in Turkey? If so, 15% flat rate. Country of origin (manufacture) counts, not where something ships from. NYT has an excellent...

Some shippers are covering the duties. And it’s tariffs, not tarrifs.

Good! Just say no! If you can’t source it within the US, don’t buy it.

Good article on duty now being charged on formerly de minimis shipments. ...

Thanks, so do I! These are $20/pair socks!

I looked - my missing sock wasn't there! When I did laundry last night, I put my socks in a small zippered lingerie laundry bag. Didn't lose a sock...

I just bought two pairs of Smart Wool socks for the winter. Wore one pair and went to wear the second pair the next day. One sock was missing. Bought...

Yep, we want to see the bulldog!

Back up here to about $3.15 at the stations near work (cheaper than by home which is within Crook County). Nearly $3.50 near home.

Nope. That went away mid 2010s. Online shopping means the good deals are before BF.

The old style Black Friday fist fights at the stores has gone away. Done in by online shopping.

Good. You need to be forbidden from it anyway.

That would be fun.

That’s great to hear!

I was feeling lazy yesterday so I got a big container of fried rice from Panda Express. Half last night and the other half tonight.

Chicago talked Whole Foods into opening a store in an all black neighborhood, Englewood, which is not a nice place. The store only lasted six years....

This isn't business related, just personal/church stuff. But even then, if you didn't want to be bothered by work emails late, silence your...

I was implying that they’re going to lose money massively. It’s not like there’s a huge margin they would be able to cut in order to make things...

This website I mentioned has a different format for Kindle. Also, Kindle app and Kindle are two different things. I’ve never been successful at...

An update to my rant in the post above. I was at a church women’s group meeting today and one of the women who is demanding people only contact her...

The new NY mayor elect was talking about city run grocery stores to make things more affordable for residents. The thing is, grocers have a very slim...

That AI is wrong. The Marines were founded in 1775!

We have just about the highest gas taxes here in the US in IL. I paid $3.03 for regular unleaded on the way home tonight. A few stations closer to...

I don’t watch much TV, but I streamed the first episode of Ken Burn’s The American Revolution on PBS. It was really good. Everyone can stream through...

The first thing to consider is if the country you want to move to will even take you. I’ve seen many say they want to move to Canada, and Canada is...

Dude, you're all talk and no action. I literally cannot take anything you say seriously.

People who go to extreme lengths with the times you’re “allowed” to contact them. I have multiple friends who’ve posted on social media that you can...

Very nice!

PayPal isn’t set up for paying at a store. It’s online purchases.

When you are at the checkout, how are you paying? Venmo and PayPal aren’t set up for point of sale use. Apple Pay and Google Pay are. So you’ve got...

Something like 80% of US purchases are cashless.

Canada got rid of pennies more than a decade ago. They survived. I see a notice about pennies when I go through the drive thru at McD for my...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/dining/snap-recipients-government-shutdown.html Interesting article on how SNAP amounts were determined and are...

Congrats.

Note on food pantry donations: both pantries in my town have been totally overwhelmed by food donations so they’ve requested no more food donations...

Well, the inflatables are easy enough to store! Much more so than the large plastic lighted figures we used to see in the past.

IL, I like that!

Corgis are actually my favorite breed. I was happy to hear family members will be keeping the dogs.

Gordon Lightfoot’s attention was caught by a Newsweek article that had everything that turned up in the song, including Gitche Gumee. Look up the...

The Great Lakes are really inland seas.

We have maybe 2” on the ground overnight and a winter storm warning that starts at 9pm for lake effect off Lake Michigan. I’m on the edge so probably...

I have a free trial of Kindle Unlimited and I read the Entitled book, or parts of it, anyway. I always knew Randy Andy was weird, but the stuffed...

Houses in Chicago and some nearby suburbs have VERY small front yards. I can’t tell you how many would be jammed with all sorts of inflatables.

I dislike the inflatables. Tacky. However, I love lights. Some homes already had them turned on yesterday on my way home. I don’t mind early dark,...

The GOP thinks illegals and Ronald Reagan's "welfare queen" are getting snap. These are what I keep seeing online. Some also don't want food pantries...

Justice Jackson, one of the liberal justices, said it was to allow more info to be gathered in the case.

My dept at work has meeting with the one owner I can’t stand. Anyway, new guy is working out. Owner has finally realized that the tariff stuff has...

Once again, Rob shows that apples don’t fall far from the tree.

Listened to the almost three hours of oral arguments in the tariff case before the Supreme Court this morning. I had two con law classes in college,...