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Ruby throated. We only have one kind in New England. Pouts. The males take turns perching on the feeder hook and swooping down to chase the others away. One or two of the females have taken to perching in the pepper plants on the deck and waiting until his lordship flies off after someone. It's funny that the females will share the feeder, all be it on opposites sides and with pauses to check on the other one.

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he's the comcast of candidates...

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I agree. One should always attempt to cancel through the vendor - but even if they have a method in place, it sometimes doesn't work, or doesn't work fast enough. However, it surprises me how often people don't know about the Backup Method I mentioned. In a really, truly, deeply, drastically screwed up situation, one could even close the bank account and open a new one. I know one person who had to chose the drastic situation when her cable company refused to turn off automatic billing.

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Well to be honest, I don't use credit cards. But if I did, I would hang up after 15 minutes, try again at a different time of day, and if it happened a 2nd time I would write them a letter. If you write the letter correctly, THEY will call YOU. This method worked very well with Samsung Corp.

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Isn't that called an "invoice"? Trump doesn't pay any attention to those.

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This is so skeevy. However, it's good to know that if I ever set up a recurring donation, I better look for the cancel button first.

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"Reworking one's life"? Dude, it's one credit card. I think you're overestimating the effort involved here. If you're smart and you KEEP TRACK of where your info needs to be changed, it's maybe an hour or two tops.

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There should be a Zoom Jet for Mile High Wonkers!

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He's so damned elegant - in every way.

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No. I'm not overestimating things here. And no, this still isn't a good option for dealing with a Cheeto orange crook who's trying to steal money outright.

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If not valuable, at least expensive.

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Did you and I go to college together?

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This. I never even thought it might be a problem....

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Team Emperor-for-Life Obama!

Or at least, Team SCOTUS Obama!

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Methinks you're overusing your credit card a tad much....

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Dude, I've had to do that a number of times, for one reason or another. It is NOT "reworking one's life". It's sitting at the computer for an hour or so, going to websites and entering new info. And maybe a couple of phone calls. Christ, overreact much? Back in the day, you'd have to actually GET UP and LEAVE YOUR HOUSE to do half this stuff. Now you can get it done sitting on your ass in an hour. So no, the little whiny whines about OMG ITZ SUCH HARD WOOOOORK aren't going to impress me.

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