My daily rant.

[Jerold]

Gladd your cat is ok.yeah I had my share with vet bills. Had a main coon for 15 years and a beagle for just as long and same ordeal.everytime I went even for normal check ups I had a bill 200 plus.1/2 hour waiting standing because every time I went it was crowded mine was on a leash like the sign on the door says to do and everyone's dog running around jumping on me and my dog or cat and people don't do crap .then it's my turn and 5 minutes in the room with vet .he says yup they healthy and i get a 200 plus bill thats some bull .wish i could make 200 in five minutes and do nothing

Thank you. However, he passed in 2022 but he had a long life and was just short of 19. He was a big boy, like bob cat size and was 22 lbs at his peak.

During his last year he had hypothyroidism, lost all his fur (mom bough him a sweater) and lost like 10 lbs. It was the pandemic and very hard to get any sort of care for him. We finally got to the cat specialist and they figured it out right away. That gave him another year.

Then one Friday night in Oct we were going to bed. He walked over to his water dish and fell over with a thump. They have a way of telling when they are done. They can't tell you what's happening, but you can see it in their eyes. When that happens you can't put him down fast enough. I hate seeing animals suffer. They are (mostly) innocent and give you unconditional love... Ok it's food based to be honest, but I will take it.

Not to be all dark and stuff, but... I don't think animals have a fear of death like we humans. Because of the human consciousness we have tried to rationalize death. I personally don't know what really happens, but it will come someday and I won't be here to tell you about it. Which is a bummer because it would be a great post for AF.

 

[Tex Koder]

Thank you. Perseus is doing great according to the Dr. that called us last night at about 11:30 after the procedure. They certainly got us by the BALLS with afterhours ER animal visits. He is my COG (cat dog). He beats my dogs to the front door for the doorbell, he comes when called every time and when I snap my fingers, he's on my lap. I would have paid triple, if need be, for him. Money comes and goes, still pissed off about it tho.


There goes my 5-6K RCMAXX 90CC Outlaw Hybrid.

Had a similar situation a couple years ago, took our cat to the emergency vet 1st thing in the morning, they said all the vets were tied up, but could see him after 10.am we came back and sat there another two hours before we were called into the exam room.

Long story short a technician came in, then gave us a bunch of paperwork with different payment options, Then gave us a bunch of her opinion, she had the whatever attitude. And disappeared. A few people checked on us every now and then. They finally took some blood and said the vet would be with us soon.

Several hours later when the vet finally showed up, she had the wrong information, didn't even have the right paperwork. And said that we would have to send our cat to the imaging facility but they couldn't do that for a few more hours. At this point it was 11:00 at night. I was so pissed I told them to shove it, and gave them an earful. We left and needless to say we did not get billed.

What the hell kind of 24hour emergency vet lets you sit there for 12 hours and doesn't even treat your pet?

We just had to take our other cat in a few months ago for the blocked bladder thing. That was a $3000.00 hit to the budget. My cats are danged lucky we love them is all I can say. We did find a new emergeny vet that was very good.

Sorry to hear about that, it sucks for sure. When I was a kid.... a long time ago, you took the animal to the vet every year. They got shots and whatever and it's was $25. Now we can't get out of the place for less than $200 for a healthy animal.

We had a cat with crystals, it was tough on him but he was fine after that.

I've had lots of wonderful dogs for pets ,never a cat though..
The fact that I've experienced enough heartache from having superb family pets passing away from old age or illness ,that I've only raised fish now.

True fishes can't go for walks, play fetch, lay in your lap or bark..
But they sure do have attitudes like a dog.

Our betta fish (we have five at the moment) all chomp down their food like a pitbull and stare at you hard ,when you don't feed them enough..

 

[King blitz]

I've had lots of wonderful dogs for pets ,never a cat though..
The fact that I've experienced enough heartache from having superb family pets passing away from old age or illness ,that I've only raised fish now.

True fishes can't go for walks, play fetch, lay in your lap or bark..
But they sure do have attitudes like a dog.

Our betta fish (we have five at the moment) all chomp down their food like a pitbull and stare at you hard ,when you don't feed them enough..

My koi give me affection.i think they come up and rub their heads on my hands and they feed off my hands .I don't worry about teeth since koi have none.i have allways been a fish keeper since I was a little kid and my dream was to build a koi pond .been running now over 20 years.its peaceful hearing my water falls .and I even built a small stream leading into the pond.summer time I put tiki torches all around and I sit back ,crack a cold one .spark a phat one and listen to some EDM and I relax to the lights and sound ..I need a crawler like a mini 1/16 scale to go up down the stream that would be relaxing also.

 

[gotnitro]

We got him back this morning. His tung is normally not like that, he’s exhausted. He drank a little, ate a little, now he’s chillin with me for NASCAR. They did redo my invoice. Total charges were $3100. Just glad he’s home and resting.

 

[King blitz]

We got him back this morning. His tung is normally not like that, he’s exhausted. He drank a little, ate a little, now he’s chillin with me for NASCAR. They did redo my invoice. Total charges were $3100. Just glad he’s home and resting.

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Gladd he is back homeenjoy him while you have him back

 

[Doom!]

Glad Perseus is back home.

I'll see your derpy cat tongue and I'll raise you a derpy cat tongue.
This is my buddy Houdini, he's not the brightest bulb but he's my buddy/hobby cat.

 

[Hector_Fisher]

I used to love JennysRC, bought there all the time. Now I feel like prices+shipping are basically not worth the hassle. I can buy things brand new off amazon/Horizon/ebay for the same price as a take off from Jennys... I feel like the only things that are "good deals" are the items that are priced low because no one needs or wants them. Now you may think for example, "Oh, well if I buy something like a body and have to pay a bunch in shipping, then i'll just add some stuff in on top of that and shipping shouldn't go up since they can just shove everything in that body, right? That way i could save some money by combining." Nope, shipping still goes up when you add another item, so it doesn't matter if you try to buy a bunch.

I feel like at that point, why even bother with a kit breaker?

 

[Saladshooter]

I used to love JennysRC, bought there all the time. Now I feel like prices+shipping are basically not worth the hassle. I can buy things brand new off amazon/Horizon/ebay for the same price as a take off from Jennys... I feel like the only things that are "good deals" are the items that are priced low because no one needs or wants them. Now you may think for example, "Oh, well if I buy something like a body and have to pay a bunch in shipping, then i'll just add some stuff in on top of that and shipping shouldn't go up since they can just shove everything in that body, right? That way i could save some money by combining." Nope, shipping still goes up when you add another item, so it doesn't matter if you try to buy a bunch.

I feel like at that point, why even bother with a kit breaker?

I think Jenny's is a value most of the time but they really need to look at their shipping prices. Tires, motors, esc, hardware sets and bodies are still a good deal.

 

[RC-Dude]

Total charges were $3100. Just glad he’s home and resting.

As a vet with those prices I'd be ashamed to look in the mirror.

Had some bills for our giant rabbits but no where near that. Actually stopped taking them for inoculations. Every half year they are "supposed" to get their shot against RHD1 and Myxomatose. They just got too terrified and I worried about the not suviving. One dwarf rabbit started kicking the nurse at the vet when we took him there because of crooked neck syndrome (stress disease). She held him against her chest but could not hold him when he started kicking. Slammed on the floor, nose bleeding. Did not make it.

The big rabbits kicking - don't want those rear claws scaping you when they kick when panicking. They'll super tame, come on the lap but don't dare pick them up.

That's when they still were young:

 

[Hector_Fisher]

I think Jenny's is a value most of the time but they really need to look at their shipping prices. Tires, motors, esc, hardware sets and bodies are still a good deal.

Backflip LPs cost $70 on amazon, brand new, and (when in stock) $67 from jennys. I don't know about you, but I would take the free returns option for a few more dollars. I also looked at a few motor mounts, big rock 3s body, Kaiju EXT body, set of hoons tires, all things I would buy. All less expensive or the same cost at amazon brand new. Seems like a no brainer.

 

[305HemiGuy]

Backflip LPs cost $70 on amazon, brand new, and (when in stock) $67 from jennys. I don't know about you, but I would take the free returns option for a few more dollars. I also looked at a few motor mounts, big rock 3s body, Kaiju EXT body, set of hoons tires, all things I would buy. All less expensive or the same cost at amazon brand new. Seems like a no brainer.

Alot of those items on Amazon will typically arrive faster than a Jennys shipment as well.

 

[Saladshooter]

Backflip LPs cost $70 on amazon, brand new, and (when in stock) $67 from jennys. I don't know about you, but I would take the free returns option for a few more dollars. I also looked at a few motor mounts, big rock 3s body, Kaiju EXT body, set of hoons tires, all things I would buy. All less expensive or the same cost at amazon brand new. Seems like a no brainer.

Backflip LPs I bought from Amazon, not a savings at Jenny's......Backflip MT purchased from Jenny at a good savings with some other items. Complete set of fasteners for my Notorious $17.... bought from Jenny. All six arms for my Notorious $24 from Jenny. Most stock motors & ESCs.... Jenny.

Amazon for the bulk of things, Jenny for unique bargains and items. I always shop as smartly as I can.

 

[Hector_Fisher]

Backflip LPs I bought from Amazon, not a savings at Jenny's......Backflip MT purchased from Jenny at a good savings with some other items. Complete set of fasteners for my Notorious $17.... bought from Jenny. All six arms for my Notorious $24 from Jenny. Most stock motors & ESCs.... Jenny.

Amazon for the bulk of things, Jenny for unique bargains and items. I always shop as smartly as I can.

I don't disagree there are some savings to be had at Jenny's. I was just griping that what Jenny's used to be isn't what it is now. Or so it feels. It used to be my go to, and now with price increases higher shipping I don't really order things from there much.

Could just be I'm unlucky in that what I'm needing to buy is all the "non-value" stuff from jennys.

 

[sumguy75]

I have to agree I don't buy much from JRC anymore. As mentioned already, most of the low priced items are parts that are rarely needed so they are probably overstocked. The website could use some serious improvement, no way to sort when you search. There are several kit breakers including Jenny's on ebay and I can search and filter on ebay quickly to find what I'm looking for. Seems like most of the time when its available JRC as well as other kit breakers, the others are just as cheap or cheaper. I think I made 2 orders all of last year from JRC.

Also, shipping times from JRC are less predictable, I don't fault them for that but it is an issue that matters sometimes when I need a part by a certain time. Packages are shipped from Egg Harbor, NJ and some go to Philly next, others go to another New Jersey location. When they go to the other NJ location, I get them as fast as priority mail. If it goes to Philly, it takes 6-7 days. Again, thats USPS not JRC, but still it matters for me when I'm trying to get something by a certain date.

 

[RC-Dude]

Local Hyundai car dealer going paperless. No cash payments anymore in a few months. Time to change the brand? Actually stopped driving Volkswagen as their emission cheating pissed me off on top of too many repairs.

 

[gotnitro]

Local Hyundai car dealer going paperless. No cash payments anymore in a few months. Time to change the brand? Actually stopped driving Volkswagen as their emission cheating pissed me off on top of too many repairs.

Buy here pay here in cash dealers are usually slime in the states. We've been paperless for many years now.

 

[RC-Dude]

In Germany there is still quite some resistance against electronic payments. Nazi & Stasi history left it's scars.

I actually meant more paying for car service, oil change etc. Wasn't clear on that.

 

[gotnitro]

In Germany there is still quite some resistance against electronic payments. Nazi & Stasi history left it's scars.

I actually meant more paying for car service, oil change etc. Wasn't clear on that.

Those thoughts have been in the back of my dome for many years. Take away cash is an easy socialist scam to control people. I say,

 

[Jerold]

Local Hyundai car dealer going paperless. No cash payments anymore in a few months. Time to change the brand? Actually stopped driving Volkswagen as their emission cheating pissed me off on top of too many repairs.

You can always pay cash for a burner Visa card.

Those thoughts have been in the back of my dome for many years. Take away cash is an easy socialist scam to control people. I say,

There is a push at the US fed level to remove cash currency and move to digital currency like Bitcoin.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/opinion/cash-digital-currency-central-bank.html

Maybe my tin foil hat is too tight but I see so many things wrong with this.

The biggest is the gov can arbitrarily decide when they want to cut you off. They will know about you giving $20 to the kid next door for mowing your lawn and they can go after him for taxes. You bought the wrong food or too many guns, they cut you off. Clearly a control play here.

The second is I always carry some nominal amount of money with me for emergencies. Imagine you go for a hike and drop your cell phone off a cliff. Now you can't drive your Tesla home and even worse you can't call someone for a ride. But even if you could call someone you are 100% reliant on the kindness of others.

Cash talks and it's a universal language.

 

[King blitz]

Those thoughts have been in the back of my dome for many years. Take away cash is an easy socialist scam to control people. I say,

Buy physical gold .. eventually the dollar will be illuminated.your assets will be virtual/ digital.