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foxy?

tylerfulltilt — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:50:48 -0800

What animal has made a den in my barn? In the last couple of days some kind of animal has made a rather large tunnel from the outside of my barn into the interior of it. I went in today to get our mower and heard what sounded like little pups in this giant hole in our barn.

Pictures of the den here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40246657@N05/

We're located in southern indiana. My wife seems to think it's a fox. For a week or so prior to this we've had a problem with animals getting into our garbage. I don't know if that's helpful or not.

What is this animal in my barn and should I be helping it?

Firefox crashes Maybe Skype 4.0?

NorthCoastCafe — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:02:38 -0800

Since upgrading to Skype 4.0 Firefox has started to crash, frequently, without Skype open. Is Skype the cause? What shall I do to avoid the crashing? BTW, I am not too nimble at computer wizardry, need basic advice. Tnx.

Can I trust PayPal's seller protection? If not, what can go wrong?

procrastination — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:53:07 -0800

Can I trust PayPal's seller protection? If not, what can go wrong? I placed a nice piece of electronic cell phone gadgetry up for sale on eBay. It sold for a bit over $500. The person who bought it has a relatively new account (Jun of 2007), with no prior feedback. They already paid via PayPal, and I initiated transferring the money out of the separate bank account I keep for PayPal stuff.

I am, of course, concerned that this person might be a scammer, so I did a little google stalking to find out about them. My results were mixed: they have been at the address listed for at least two years, but an old friendster profile has lots of comments congratulating them on being a computer hacker. So I don't know if they are trustworthy. My concern, looking around at horror stories, is that a chargeback will occur after I ship the device, either at they buyer's request, or because the buyer might have used a stolen credit card.

The good news is that I am eligible for PayPal's Seller protection policy, as long as I ship with a tracking number and a signature requirement, which I will do. This should protect me against chargebacks. But I don't know what can go wrong with this. Reading around, it looks like some scammers might be able to reverse charges much later, after the online tracking and signature information have expired.

Does anyone have any experience with this? What can go wrong? Other than reimbursing the buyer and relisting the item, what can I do to protect myself?

Doesn't a maybe really mean no?

purplestarz — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:57:10 -0800

Why does someone still insist on saying maybe I'm in love w/you? To be fair the actual response was -- I don't love you enough. Is it just me or is that a vague/I'm trying to be nice response? The breakup began b/c of his inability to say for sure whether or not he loved me. He said he loved me once, early on in the relationship, which i deeply discount for various obvious reasons. Said ex has never been in love before. I also never said i love you beyond that initial moment although definitely still felt/feel that i do. This is clearly problematic also. Anyway everything came to a head and I said we should end it. We did and i've spent a lot of time wondering if I should've waited and given him more time. So to appease this question I asked him via email, 4 months post-breakup - Instead of saying i'm not sure i love you isn't it more approriate to for you to say I just care about you but don't love you? His response was I don't love you enough and thats why we aren't together. Ok. . .but did that really answer my question? Doesn't that response suggest some love? Am I too limited to assume someone should just be able to say they don't love you if they don't? Clearly he could be trying to be nice and cushion this all for me. Previous love vs. infatuation posts suggest a maybe is really a no. So clearly his response was a no, right?

So my long-winded background info poses the question - shouldn't you be able to say after a period of time finally whether or not you do love a person? I'm a fairly level-headed/emotionally stable individual but I still find myself obsessing about this question and his response/the reasons for our breakup. Help remind me that my overanaylsis is me still working through our breakup.