Ask dumb questions here!

[MURP]

While it's viewed as a credit card, the source of the card is also important. It my understanding that secured cards don't build positive credit nearly as well as a full-blown credit card.

The source of the card should be from the same credit places you could get a regular card.  For example.  CHASE has regular credit cards and secured ones.   Both build credit. 

[Seabiscuit36]

I get FHM magazine, its being canceled after march.  What happens to my subscription?

[BigEd76]

Don't secured cards have an annual fee?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The maximum annual contribution for 2007 is now $15,500. So everbody bump up your contributions!

Here's something good I found on that CNN/Money site:

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/news/401k_anniv/5.html

Well, I don't make any of those 5 401k mistakes, so I guess I rule.  I invest ever-so-slightly over the maximum employer match, and it's nowhere close to $15k annually.  I could max out my 401k and default on my mortgage and/or stop paying for my daughter's day care to pay for it, but I've never really viewed those as valid options.

[MURP]

im in the same boat as FF on that one.  Id love to put the max in, but it is impossible.   blah. 

[Diomedes]

What is the procedure for Policeman to fill up their police cars with gas? 

Asked my mom how they do it.  She's the head of finance for a town in New England, pop. 16,000 or so.  The cops get fuel from the public works garage, where they keep underground tanks just like a gas station.  Towns don't have to pay all the taxes that we do, so they don't use gas stations.  They do have arrangements with a couple gas stations in town, just in case the power fails at the public works garage, but have never needed to exercise those options.

[MURP]

thanks for the info Phreak and Dio

[Sgt PSN]

What is the procedure for Policeman to fill up their police cars with gas? 

- Do they pay at the pump and then get reimbursed?
- Do they have a police issued credit card by the county and pay at the pump?
- Do they get a cash per diem every day for Gas ?
- Do they have their own gas pumps at the station and just fill up there every morning?

I believe most either have a credit card issued by the county/city/state that they work for.  Typically, each vehicle will have a credit card specifically assigned to it.  When paying, the driver is required to enter the vehicle id number (which is usually all or part of the license plate number) as well as the mileage on the vehicle.  Depending on department SOP, reciepts are turned in on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. 

Other option is a local gov't fuel station.  Only government type vehicles can fill up there and to my knowledge, no fuel can be pumped into a container without written approval.  These are becoming more and more scarce as I believe most police stations are using the cards now. 

This also applies for any government vehicle, be it federal law enforcement agencies, military, etc, etc.  Basically anything with a government plate on it. 

I'm not sure about local/state level vehicles but I know that all vehicles owned by the federal government have a credit card attached to them that is issued by GSA (gov't services agency) and they are the only authorized means of paying for gas.  They're monitored fairly closely too.  I know several Marines who have been caught trying to use the cards for their personal vehicles.  One of them was only for $5.00 worth of gas too. 

[Diomedes]

you're on the train.  rolling along.  the lights, AC, and power go out for a few moments....then they come back on.  no one act like this is strange, and it happens all the time.

why?  what's going on when that happens?

[hbionic]

We turned off the lights because we thought the cops were outside. The train you were on is illegal in many states.

[Wingspan]

It's a little known fact, that all federal, state, and local laws become null and void when the power goes out on a train.

Grope away!

[hbionic]

you're on the train.  rolling along.  the lights, AC, and power go out for a few moments....then they come back on.  no one act like this is strange, and it happens all the time.

why?  what's going on when that happens?

Easy. You were in the southern hemisphere and when water drains, it drains counter clockwise.

[Diomedes]

har dee har har

answer the farging question you dickbag fargs

[hbionic]

You're in the 1800's and everything is coal-powered and they have to get a bigger load every few moments.

You're in that Euro Train and it totally sucks!

The magnetic field around the earth is being bombarded by a sever solar wind storm causing surges and blackouts throughout Earth, causing minor inconveniences like temporary loss of power.

[Diomedes]

I accept all three anwers, thank you.