Miscellaneous Ramblings

This is a good opportunity to catch up on some small stuff that has been happening. The first is that I have to go to the UPS store this morning to send off one of my hunting rifles that I recently sold on-line in an auction. I have been carrying 2 hunting rifles in our fifth wheel in case I get a chance to go hunting while on our travels. Well, I actually only need one, so I decided to sell the second one, and it was sold to an individual in Missouri. It is very different selling firearms versus other merchandise on-line. First of all, there are special websites to use - eBay does not handle firearms at all. Secondly, PayPal cannot be used to pay for firearms as you can lose your membership if you do. The last thing is that you cannot ship firearms directly to an individual, unless he/she has a FFL (Federal Firearms License). I have to send my rifle to a dealer to act as the middle man in the transaction. It is a very safe and legal method.

We also opened another bank account locally. We have been upset with Bank of America since we arrived here. There are no Bank of America banking centers within 200 miles of us (Idaho). That means we are always charged for ATM fees at other banks and cannot make deposits anywhere (except our Direct Deposits) without sending them to our home bank in Arizona. B of A personnel have had a "aw, that's too bad" attitude every time we try to discuss this situation with them on the phone. They have no banking centers in either Wyoming or Montana. Wow! So much for the largest bank in the country and the reason we went with them in the first place. You would think they could waive some fees for the inconvenience. Anyway, we also now have an account at US Bank, which is another large, national bank with offices in every state except Texas and Kansas. We should have the banking situation resolved. We can now just write checks on the B of A account (from our Direct Deposits) to deposit in the US Bank account locally.

Day number 4 of our work is today so we are anxious to get to another weekend. We will definetely go the County Fair sometime over the weekend and we will also be celebrating Josie's birthday on Friday. Until tomorrow...