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Archive for July 2011

Meow!

July 28, 2011 by Hawk.

Opened the door to go out for the mail and these two guys (gals?) were just hanging out chilling…

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I also made a wallpaper out of the 3rd image.
1920×1080 super high resolution close-up:
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Hawk (wanted to keep the little fur balls SO bad!)

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I want a free shirt…

July 21, 2011 by Hawk.

I put this here to get a free shirt…

Hawk (freebies whore…)

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No Fan of Dyson…

July 19, 2011 by Hawk.

Dyson, the company that produces ludicrously expensive vacuum cleaners for the gullible is also now selling ‘bladeless’ fans which they call Air Multipliers. Their selling point is that “Normal fans create unsettling buffeting…” I on the other hand feel Dyson fans create unsettling pricing. Their 12″ table top ‘fan’ sells for $299.99. THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS for a fan! Their pedestal and tower models are even more expensive, selling for $449.00 each.

What can you get for your $300 if you’re not into throwing your money away on fads? SIX (6) 12″ table-top fans, FOUR (4) 16″ table-top fans and THREE (3) 16″ pedestal fans PLUS you’ll have enough left over for a cheeseburger and iced tea at McDonalds.

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Now, personally, I have an opinion on which expenditure will keep you cooler and which is a better buy but you’re free to fall for whatever fad takes your fancy although… you could just send the money to me, I’ll be practical with it. I promise.

Hawk (cool breeze…)

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They’re KIDDING, Right?

July 11, 2011 by Hawk.

We’ve all by now seen those American Indian Tribe payday loan services offered on the television commercials. There’s an attractive Indian woman or man and some tribal drumming in the background and they tell you how great it is to borrow money from the Red Man and (as one of them admits) “..of course it’s expensive.” but they don’t say HOW expensive on the commercial and the ’small print’ is never big enough or left on the screen long enough to read.

One of the links that MyPoints sent me recently was to Four Seasons Cash. I get to their page and there greeting me is a smoking hot American Indian (maybe) woman all full of smiles. There on the page it states:

“Four Seasons Cash is owned wholly by an individual Tribal Member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and is not owned or operated by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe or any of its political subdivisions. Four Seasons Cash is a privately owned Native American business operating within the exterior boundaries of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, a sovereign nation located within the United States of America.”

It’s not even a tribe owned or run business it’s just one person who can claim some percentage of Sioux blood running this scam.

I started looking around the site for the important information. Under their ‘Disclosures’ section I had to look hard to find the small and very nearly hidden ‘fees’ link.

Are you ready for this? Their current (as I write this on 07/11/2011) APR is…

That’s more than FIVE HUNDRED PERCENT interest. If you borrow their maximum allowed amount, $1,500, for two weeks you’ll end up paying $298.20 in interest on your loan. If you’re on a fixed income and only get a check once a month that $1,500 loan will cost you $660.30 in INTEREST if you wait 31 days to pay it back!

This is nothing more than a scam to get you under their thumb and NEVER let you out again. This is despicable, deplorable, depraved… disgusting and a whole lot of other D words. I hope I never get so desperate to let these type of scumbags get their hooks into me. I hope no one I know ever does either.

Hawk (518.29 freaking percent?!)

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