swissmtndog398

swissmtndog398 t1_je59ju4 wrote

Reply to Missed 2 months of credit card payments due to my own dumb error. What can I do? by Left_Kaleidoscope_38

Write them a goodwill letter (examples online) asking to remove the late reports from your credit. Cite whatever reasons you need, but the more sympathetic you are the better. As long as you have a previous good payment record, they should help.

Just as a heads up. This worked once and it was worth capital one. When she missed subsequent payments later, they refused.

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swissmtndog398 t1_j5l0pm1 wrote

Reply to comment by finallyalright in Would it be a good idea to move to PA just for work? by finallyalright

Yeah, I'm dating myself here, but I grew up in berks County in the 70s and 80s. I was there as a young kid when the Klan used to hand out literature at my town square. They aren't THAT open here, but the attitude is very familiar. Like, the music shuts off in the bar when a POC walks in.

I've lived in the SE portion of the state and the north central. In the present, this area is the worst per capita I've seen. It's beautiful country, lots of open space if you're into the outdoors (we're not even impressed seeing eagles anymore), VERY inexpensive (My house payment for a 3br on 10 acres is less than the rent on a 1br apartment, but it's backwards. Good luck in whatever you decide.

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swissmtndog398 t1_j5komrk wrote

Reply to comment by HeyZuesHChrist in Favorite interstate in PA? Personally I find the drive between Altoona and State College on 99 to be quite pretty. by Apprehensive-Access1

The Cabin, next to the bridge going into Duncannon and Fantasy Island, the tacky pastel color place are gone. Both the "adult shops" seem to be open as well as the club on the east bound lane (forget the name). Also, Athena, the "legitimate massage place" seems to be open, but on life support. My wife and i used to have a contest to see if the employees were hanging outside smoking. That hasn't hairbrush since we'll before the pandemic.

Many of the central PA clubs are boarded up. The one on 15 in Port Treverton closed a few years back. I'm guessing a combo of covid restrictions and it was probably hard getting PPP for self employed contractors (their dancers) as well as the amount of MAGAs that became "evangelical, saved Christians" cut into their customer base.

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swissmtndog398 t1_j5kg0ud wrote

Reply to Would it be a good idea to move to PA just for work? by finallyalright

Serious question, and hear me out as it's going to start off strange. Are you white, or a minority? If it's the latter, I'd stick to the urban/suburban areas. I'm in Perry, north of Harrisburg. There's a reason Pennsyltucky is shaped like a cross when you take out the four corners. You can find nice people, but there's also a rather sizable element that thinks it's still the 1950s.

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swissmtndog398 t1_iyegf5e wrote

Reply to New Pa. law increases penalties for repeat DUI offenses by t800x

When I was in my early 20s, fresh out of college, my roommate/high school friend got 4 in just under 3 weeks. They were all grouped into 1 offense. This was mid 90s. He went on to get 3 more in 2 weeks about a year later. He just got his license back a year or two ago. He's now 54.

I don't doubt that he'll get another, if he hasn't already.

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