I am a big fan of the "Move your money" movement. I know that local banks and credit unions are good for the community. But I have had a big bank buy out the last 3 banks I was with. Every time I moved and got settled, bang, there they were, buying my littler guy out. They even bought my mortgage twice and then bought Country Wide when they had my paper. I can not get away from them and so I have just decided better the Devil I know.....
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday:
BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
Friday:
FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Most Awesome Nana
Sunday:
loggersbrat
It is more than the bank though, I have to admit. Come on in for the full horror story.
Not only do I do business with the big bank but I have one of the 2 big wireless gangsters too. Lil Zen has a buy as you go, much less expensive service which is great in the big cities, but she doesn't get service in the smaller places. That means a lot when we travel. Some of my friends have Credo for their progressive attitude. I support their choices but I want all of it all the time.
The last minion I use is the big social media site where you "like" folks and get to see how bigoted the people in your past are now. I stopped commenting or writing there at all a few months ago. I told folks I was not going to interact but that I would check in from time to time to see wazzup. I mean, where else can you see all those cat videos, all those flash mob dances in Italy, those life hacks that sometimes work? I just can't quit it completely
Having an ATM on a lot of corners, getting mobile service in the wilderness, seeing 10 cat videos before breakfast, these things are such pleasures to me. That is my guilty secret. What are yours?