pretty much the same with renewing FOID On Mon, Apr 21, 2025, 6:04 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
> We’ll see if I get my refund. First time, I got a letter from IRS saying > to process my tax return (done via Turbotax, just like last year) I would > have to verify my identity. This included uploading photos of the front > and back of my drivers license, social security number, several line items > from the tax return, DOB, and using their app to scan my face apparently to > verify I was alive? As you can imagine, with all the deportations and DOGE > stuff I was leery of this being for something else, but it seemed legit, > just new. At the end it said refund would take 8-9 weeks. I won’t say the > process was poorly designed or overly complicated, but I doubt many of our > grandparents could get through it. Probably a cottage industry will sprout > up helping people prove their identity to the IRS so they can get their > refund. Operating out of bodegas and payday loan places maybe. Or another > opportunity for Turbotax to charge you for stuff, since Direct File is > being axed. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Monday, April 21, 2025 5:18 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] the customer sieve > > > > I ilke the turkey farmers i talk to around here, they laugh out loud, > literally at the hype. same risk, yet no culling of flocks. Its a money > grab on ag part, getting paid to cull also eliminate opex, and was a prior > admin political tool is their general consensus. We have multiple national > turkey farms throughout our region, I dont know why, maybe all the wind > turbines blow the avain flu away. > > > > There are some though that are isolation farms, you have to shower to > enter, but the others are open air. If there were a bird flu mortality at > the mandate cull claims, we wouldnt have a turkey to speak of and all our > other wild birds would be dead around here > > Those isolation farms dont really look complicated (or isolated) > considering all the amigos go in and out without showering. Could be the > reason the mexico farms didnt get hit is the amigos ward off the bug, what > with all those ancient aztec temples, could be theyre still protected from > all the non violent human sacrifices. > > > > > > To the original post though, I think Starlink is the tax refund car of > 2025. Iphone didnt release a major model, > > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do wonder if you can get avian flu from an infected egg, but I don’t > think that’s the issue. The mortality rate is so high in birds that all > the hens will be dead within days, whether they cull them or not. Dead > chickens don’t lay eggs AFAIK. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince > *Sent:* Monday, April 21, 2025 12:55 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] the customer sieve > > > > From what I've read and heard on a couple of market-watch type sources, > the egg situation is largely driven by avian flu, and it's particularly bad > in the US because egg-laying farms in the US are huge; often in excess of a > million birds. When they want to eradicate the flu from a farm, it's a big > hit. > > By contrast, Canadian egg-laying farms are much smaller; typically less > than 100,000 birds, and maybe more likely around 50,000 birds. They still > get the avian flu, but the hits are smaller, and there are a lot more farms. > > With RFKJr in charge, he may choose to ignore the avian flu, so no big > deal. Sell those eggs! > > > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 4/21/2025 10:17 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Egg prices are at the mercy of avian flu, unless/until something changes > like hepafilters on the chicken barns or vaccinating the hens. Wild birds > poop on the fields and wind blows the infected dust into the barns. > > > > This data doesn’t reflect April yet: > > https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111 > > > > Retail egg prices have also been somewhat artificial because grocery > stores use eggs as a loss leader to bring people into the stores. That has > maybe ended as stores ended up paying $8 wholesale and selling for $3 > retail. So in the future, eggs may be priced more like gasoline, based on > their most recent shipment, then either mark them up or sell them at cost. > I did see a lot of stores though stocking up on eggs for Easter and running > sales, like $3.99 plus a $1 digital coupon for a net of $2.99. They might > have been using them as a loss leader for the holiday, stuff like ham and > lamb was also on sale. > > > > I’m speculating March may be a bad time for avian flu because the fields > are bare of crops and snow, migrating waterfowl have been pooping on them > all winter, and if it doesn’t rain the wind will blow infected dust at the > chicken barns. If the fields weren’t plowed and fertilized after harvest > in fall, that may be going on in spring, stirring up the soil with the > infected bird poop. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> *On Behalf > Of *Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Monday, April 21, 2025 8:15 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] the customer sieve > > > > Well, that's good news. I honestly hadn't bought eggs in the past month > so I hadn't noticed the change. > > > > I wonder: Is the change because demand dropped to match supply? Or is > March-April the time when chicks mature enough to lay eggs? Sorry, I don't > know chickin stuff. > ------------------------------ > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Chuck <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, April 21, 2025 12:51 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] the customer sieve > > > > Huh? https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eggs-us > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Apr 19, 2025, at 10:47 PM, Dev <[email protected]> wrote: > > It’s reassuring to know that those handling your food are high as a kite > and the walls around them might dissolve into a rainbow any minute, they’ll > be sure to pay attention to health standards. > > > > The whole economy seems to have entered a parallel universe land, where > any day we might snap back to reality. I think people are just holding on > for the shock, trying not to spend too much if at all possible. Because > eggs require financing options, etc. > > > > On Apr 19, 2025, at 12:59 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It’s tax return time and traditionally some people who are past due would > catch up when they got their refund. I fear this year may be the opposite. > > > > Actually, I look at all the Internet options some people have (not even > including government subsidized fiber) and wonder if we small ISPs get the > ones who can’t go with a bigger company because of their poor credit and > payment history situation. Nobody else will take them? > > > > I am reminded of a conversation I once had, wondering why some people work > at really crappy fast food places when there are other ones with much nicer > work environments. 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