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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 10:28 pm
Hopefully I'm just ahead of myself, but.... I heard of a fire in a UPS facility at Hodgkins, IL this morning, and some packages were destroyed. I have a package on its way to me via Amazon.com, and sure enough, it had an "arrival scan" of 2:54pm yesterday afternoon in Hodgkins. So, if my package was one of the ones destroyed, who pays for a replacement? Me? UPS? Amazon? Not to mention now it won't get here for Christmas if I have to replace it. *sigh*
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 10:53 pm
Just a guess but I would think you should contact amazon, who should send you a replacement very quickly, and they will deal with UPS. UPS should know more or less immediately whether your parcel was destroyed because they should have had all their tracking up to date. Amazon are pretty good at sending replacements. They sent me the wrong dvd once just before Christmas, I rang up and said it was wrong and could they get me a replacement before Christmas because it was a gift, they sent it straight away (before I'd even sent the incorrect one back) and upgraded it to overnight shipping. Just be firm on the phone and I should think they'd be happy to help (and charge UPS for any charges!).
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 16, 2004 - 11:55 pm
I'd think it's on one of them to replace your items Who, since you couldn't do anything about it. Though I have no idea which one would have to replace it! I'm sorry you're having to go through this. I know how difficult it can be. Several years ago we had a mail truck get into an accident and catch on fire. I'd just mailed off my mortgage payment and sure enough it was on that darn truck. I called the mortgage company right away to let them know what had happened, but that was pretty much like telling a teacher the dog ate your homework and telling the truth. Post office had said that they'd go through the stuff and if it was in decent condition they'd mail it on, but suggested cancelling checks and alerting people you were paying bills for. Next step was to cancel the check, which we had to pay for. Then we picked up an official looking note from the post master and sent a new check. Funniest part was about three months later the mortgage company ended up sending us the cancelled check the post office had sent on to them. It was all charred and water damaged, lol.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 6:12 am
Your package should be fine...it was in a trailer that was going out to the IL, IN area and it was only about 2000 packages. I don't know what will happen for them, but you should be okay with yours They made us do a fire drill last night at work because o that. It was cold. We weren't thrilled, except I grabbed my hat and coat on the way out so it wasn't so bad. I have a ? to as long as this thread is nearby.... What exctly is the difference between apple juice and cider?
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 6:16 am
Actually, I bet UPS's insurance would cover it.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 7:42 am
Cider is fermented, sometimes alcoholic, not always. Apple juice is unfermented. I think this is right. Somebody will come along and correct me if not.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 7:54 am
Hmmm...thanks. I've been curious but never got around to looking it up. All I can tell at the store in the juice section is that cider is a little bit darker generally. In the produce section where they sell cider in the milk type plastic containers (the fresh cider from Door County)- that's always kind of cloudy. The juice section stuff tastes the same as apple juice to me. The fresh stuff tastes different. Next dumb question....if olive oil is from olives and corn oil is from corn, where does baby oil come from? 
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 10:54 am
Ah, one of those kinds of questions, hey Kaili? If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con', then what is the opposite of 'progress'?
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 11:15 am
Who have you checked the tracking on your package today. You will not be responsible for it, until UPS delivers the package it is Amazon and USP's package. technically it is not yours until you sign on the dotted, squared, rectangular line they ask you to sign when they deliver something.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 12:05 pm
I think American apple cider is what you get if you put a bunch of apples in a blender and poured out the result. Apple juice is the clarified version of that, i.e. the runny part with the pulpier parts removed. What I call cider but Americans call hard cider is the American apple cider, above, but fermented.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, December 17, 2004 - 12:55 pm
Thanks for the info everyone. The package hasn't been scanned since its arrival scan in Hodgkins. I called UPS, and she says it doesn't come up as one of the ones damaged. Amazon sent the package to me through a third party, whom I've e-mailed (and of course no response)on Amazon's site, where you look up your order, there is a button to click for "problems with this order." It then suggest you contact the shipper directly. About all I can do is wait till the scheduled arrival date, and see what happens. I know a lot of packages just don't get the scan info updated. And I know I tracked a package on FedEx this summer that suggested the darn thing was on some sort of sight seeing tour! I'm also assuming the poor people in Hodgkins have a lot of things to worry about right now than updating all the scans! I thought of you Kaili with all this. I'm glad they are on top of things making you do a fire drill and all. Glad too you grabbed your hat/coat!
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 12:08 pm
OK... first the disclaimer: I honestly mean no offence by this question, it's something that I've been curious about for a long time, and I am completely uninformed when it comes to the world of religion, so please bear with my ignorance... If the Bible teaches that God created the Earth, and put Adam and Eve here, and created all the animals that roam, etc, etc... does that mean that Christians who believe this to be true do not believe in evolution? Don't believe in prehistoric man? Do they believe the 'big bang' theory? What about dinosaurs?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 12:15 pm
Karen, I think that question cannot be answered with only one answer. Too many people believe different things and/or parts of different things...
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 12:24 pm
There are some people who don't believe in evolution but believe in 'Creationism' instead. I don't know much about it, but if you Google 'Creationism' that might give you some info.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 12:26 pm
A long time ago, the Christian community condemned Darwin for his book Origin of Species, as is completely went against the Christian theory of creationism. However I would venture to say, that as we have made many advancements in science, most religions accept these theories, and perhaps transplant their creationist theory onto the Big Bang etc. I think it's also one of those incongruencies that many religious people just try to forget about. Karl Marx said something to the effect that religion is the opiate of the masses. Faith is a POWERFUL thing.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 12:33 pm
I thought this was a pretty good answer..... "How Do Christians Respond to the Fact of Evolution?" After reading one of your articles on Creation vs. Evolution I understood every aspect of their respective arguments, I was just a little a confused as far as Christian responses to the arguments. Do Christians acknowledge evolution but then just say that God has pre-ordained this evolution to happen? Or do Christians just ignore the fact that evolution exists? Maybe I am making this too complicated. If Christians can see that an organism changes over time to adapt with the environment for absolutely no apparent reason, does this mean that they acknowledge this change happened for no apparent reason thus evolution, or just that God made this change possible? Christians respond differently to the questions you propose. Some Christians, indeed, suggest that God ordained the evolutionary process as His means to create. These usually refer to their position as theistic evolution or evolutionary creation. As far as I know, no Christian ignores that "evolution" happens. All recognize microevolution as a real process in response to environmental change. This does not require mutation or the establishment of new genetic or morphologic systems. Change over time is only one form of evolution, which no one objects to. What we believe there is insufficient evidence for, is the notion that all life forms today are descended from a single original life form that itself evolved from purely chemical precursors around 4 billion years ago. http://www.probe.org/docs/e-evolution2.html
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Racsan
Member
04-09-2004
| Friday, February 11, 2005 - 5:07 am
Anybody know if you need to send copies of your Federal tax return when filing Indiana State tax return? I'm not seeing anything in the instructions, but everywhere else I have lived you filed Federal with State. Thanks
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 12:15 pm
Isn't the amount you pay for federal taxes somewhere included in the state form? (I have an accountant do my taxes so I don't know for sure.)
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 12:29 pm
Yes Wendo there is. I've never sent a copy of my Federal form with my State.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 3:11 pm
I'm in Illinois. Do not need to send copy of federal return to Illinois with state return.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 3:16 pm
OK, this is probably pretty dumb. But I seem to be the Queen of Dumb Questions! You know those little packets that come in pill bottles? I guess they are to keep the pills fresh. Or maybe they're to keep moisture out of the pills? Some are little packets that look like salt packets from fast food joints, and some are little plastic cylindrical things. So, once I open the bottle and start using the pills, is it better to keep that little pack in there to keep the pills "fresh?" Every time I go to dump a few pills out (to fill up my Mom's weekly med-doler-outer-thingy) those little packs get in the way, especially the packet that comes in Mom's Paxil. The pack itself is almost bigger than the whole 30-count bottle of pills! The other bothersome one is with the St. Joseph children's aspirin. Same reason. The plastic cylinder is so big, and the aspirin is so small! This bottle lasts for quite a while, since I go economy and get a big bottle, and she gets one a day. Anyway, I just wondered if I would be affecting the meds in any way if I just threw the darn packs away after I open the bottle. If they are in there for "moisture" purposes, I would think the dry climate here in Colorado wouldn't affect it too much. But, I thought I'd check and see if a "pill expert" would know better! 
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 3:20 pm
I don't know, but I throw them away and I live in a very humid state.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 3:22 pm
Maybe you could ask your pharmacist. Sorry I can't offer more than that.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 3:40 pm
Whoami: Those are dessicants packets or cylinders, usually containing silica crystals, which keeps moisture from collecting in the pharmaceutical containers such as prescriptions. You will also find them in many other products that might be sensitive to moisture as well. My suggestion might be to keep them if you will store the medication for very long (such as 'as needed' prescriptions). They also might be useful to place a few in the 'med-doler-outer-thingy' as a precaution to keep the meds fresh after you have divided them up there too.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Monday, March 07, 2005 - 8:23 pm
Aren't those the same things they put in new shoes? Should I keep the packets in my shoes? I rotate shoes a l0ot so certain pais are worn "as needed" (I keep them in my asprin bottle, but that's the plastic tubey type. I figure it might be useful. Can't hurt anyway.
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