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nosrednaydujI forgot to report on Saturday standing on the street corner holding signs. We went to another neighboring town. This is a more conservative place than our town, and apparently than some of the other places we've been recently. There was a lot of negativity. Balanced by a lot of positivity, but more negativity percentagewise than typical. One guy stopped in front of our group, rolled down his window, and screamed and screamed and screamed. He was really angry, called us child molesters. I think he's confused about who the child molesters are. Our group's policy is "no interaction" and one of the leaders was walking back and forth in front of us saying "don't react, don't react".
There were about 50 protesters. Originally this had been planned for an hour, and then it had changed to half an hour with the wind chill prediction, but in actual fact there wasn't a lot of wind and it was bright and sunny, so despite the 15° we stayed for the whole hour. Naturally I had my heated boots, and I borrowed Ken's heated gloves as well. I think I need to buy a pair for myself.
Ostensibly this was to protest Citizens Bank being a funder of ICE, but people had general "Ice Out" signs. I have begun the process of divesting myself from citizens Bank. It turns out to be quite a lengthy process to get yourself moved from one bank to another, with all the automatic payments, and I feel like I need to make sure that it actually happens to the new bank before I'm willing to shut down the old bank. One of my financial institutions failed to automatically change it, so I have to call them. And recently I noticed an outstanding check, and I need to go email the person to get them to actually cash it. It's for a square dance, and maybe she thinks she should hold on to them until closer to the time. When I'm running a square dance, I just cash checks right away, so I don't lose them. It's not like anybody's getting interest on the money these days. There are some interest-bearing accounts available, but not regular checking and even savings at regular banks. What's up with that?
There were about 50 protesters. Originally this had been planned for an hour, and then it had changed to half an hour with the wind chill prediction, but in actual fact there wasn't a lot of wind and it was bright and sunny, so despite the 15° we stayed for the whole hour. Naturally I had my heated boots, and I borrowed Ken's heated gloves as well. I think I need to buy a pair for myself.
Ostensibly this was to protest Citizens Bank being a funder of ICE, but people had general "Ice Out" signs. I have begun the process of divesting myself from citizens Bank. It turns out to be quite a lengthy process to get yourself moved from one bank to another, with all the automatic payments, and I feel like I need to make sure that it actually happens to the new bank before I'm willing to shut down the old bank. One of my financial institutions failed to automatically change it, so I have to call them. And recently I noticed an outstanding check, and I need to go email the person to get them to actually cash it. It's for a square dance, and maybe she thinks she should hold on to them until closer to the time. When I'm running a square dance, I just cash checks right away, so I don't lose them. It's not like anybody's getting interest on the money these days. There are some interest-bearing accounts available, but not regular checking and even savings at regular banks. What's up with that?
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Date: 2026-01-26 03:05 pm (UTC)Shutting down a bank account can be almost ridiculous. When my father died, we were too quick to close his account, because some interest check arrived months later (or something? I don't remember). My sister had to do all kinds of maneuvering. When my mother subsequently died (almost four years ago), we eventually closed one account (she had more than one, as do I, being a fan of the FDIC) but the other one is still open, I think, in a just-in-case way.
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Date: 2026-01-27 12:34 am (UTC)I just ordered a pair for myself.