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We had $11K from an inheritance wired to our local bank one week ago, and my wife's computer showed it had posted. When she went in to withdraw cash, she was told that the actual funds had not arrived, but they were willing to give her $3500 from our checking and savings accounts, which she took. Despite the fact that the inheritance funds arrived a few hours later, a one-week freeze was placed on our account and we were unable to use our debit cards. Today (6 days later) we received two letters from our savings and loan Branch Manager, one serving notification that our checking account will be closed effective Sept. 19, the other saying the same about our savings account. We have never bounced a check during our three years at this bank. We have a steady monthly income. The bank loaned us money for our home in 2008 and we have paid off the mortgage. We don't have ANY DEBT-NONE. Cars paid for; no credit card debt.

The only unusual activity we have demonstrated is this: last November we began transferring money to our bank account from an out-of-state IRA and making large withdrawals to pay cash for gold. We have reported all of this activity to the IRS. The bank has said they cannot give us more than a few thousand dollars at a time, even though we had many times that much in our savings account. We have been patient, but there was one deal where there were several of us going in on one buy and things were going to fall through if I didn't get my share to contribute. I researched Federal Law and wrote a letter to the Mgr. telling her the bank was not allowed to keep less in the vault than deposits on file and I expected my money on a certain date. She complied. A week later she was gone. (I hope that was a coincidence). Now with this inheritance we once again have some large amounts of money coming in, but have been very understanding of the bank's slow processes and have only been taking out the amounts they are comfortable giving us (from OUR MONEY). We were only "pushy" that one time because we didn't want to let other people down. Can anybody IN BANKING tell me why they would close our account? I haven't provided actual amounts due to the public nature of this forum, but believe me we are not rich "wheeler-dealers". We are only trying to protect our retirement savings from what we see as an impending crash of the dollar and stock market. Thank You for your help.

What vestments would an Eastern Orthodox Monastic typically wear after 9-10 years of life in a monastery, and upon his leaving the monastery permanently would it be allowed for him to continue to wear his full robe, hat, and vestments on a day-to-day basis and be referred to as "Brother"? Please answer only if you are a member of a Russian, Greek, or other Eastern Orthodox denomination. Please.

How far will a 20-watt fm transmitter reach (in miles) using 100 ft. of coax and an antenna height of 100 ft. above average terrain? Station is located on the prairies and there are no obstructions. Assuming average quality FM receiver.

I notice my 737-800 on the Microsoft Flight Simulator X (and all jets for that matter) seem to fly with the nose up at about 25 degrees, even when I am not climbing. Is this normal? Pressing #s 2 and 8 on my keyboard to change pitch seems to make no difference. I can never see the ground out of the cockpit windshield unless I am practically in a dive. How are you supposed to make a visual approach and landing when you can't see the runway?

Am receiving failure notices for e-mails I haven't even sent, most of them from my contact list, afew I don't recognize. My "sent" box is empty; and last week I got an e-mail hoax from someone pretending to be my brother-in-law. He said he was at a seminar in UK, had lost his wallet, and needed me to send money. The name was right, but it wasn't from his e-mail address. What's up with all this?

I erased all of my RealPlayer library from my hard drive (It's a long story). I have Carbonite backup but it kept restoring RealPlayer without the missing files. I did several system restores and it did the same thing. Isn't Carbonite supposed to back up EVERYTHING? Why does it say "some files could not be backed up?" If it can't back up everything, why have it?

I just moved from California to a small city in Nebraska where the houses are close together. Our dog keeps getting out of the chain link fence. We have a bid to build a six-foot privacy fence around our backyard, but I have heard before I moved here that people in the Midwest think it is rude or unneighborly to do that. We don't want to offend our neighbors but we like the security wind shelter, and also the privacy. We intend to spend alot of time on the front porch and in our neighborhood this summer so we are not trying to isolate ourselves. Can anybody from the Midwest fill me in on this. FYI: We live in a neighborhood which has been around about 80 years.

I clicked on something wrong and all my tray icons, open program buttons and start button are all stacked vertically in the right hand margin. I want them back on the bottom.

We are moving from Calif. to the midwest and deciding whether to use U-Haul and do it ourselves or have somebody do it all for us. Has anybody done this lately and what did it cost you?

I just imported photos onto my computer from my digital camera using the Olympus Master software. They are in the "browse"display in Olympus Master organizer but I want to transfer them into my Adobe Photoshop so I can do more with them. I know it is possible to do this, but I don't know how. Help!

I have a library of about 1500 songs in my RealPlayer library. Sometimes if I click on too much stuff at once I get a box that says: "RealPlayer has encountered a problem and needs to close." Occasionally (about twice a year) when I reopen RealPlayer after this happens up to 80% of my library is GONE and I have to scan my hard drive to put the titles back in, meaning I have to retype a bunch of information in order to manage my playlists. This is very time-consuming. Does anybody else have this problem and, if not, am I doing something wrong that is making RealPlayer crash like this? I also have to redownload the player several times a year, but it usually remembers my library content...nevertheless, it is a pain in the rear to spend this much time doing things over. I have Superpass and am paying good money for the EQ, reverb, and music overlapping. I am trying to build an online radio station and I want to use Real but I can't keep re-doing stuff all the time!

I took the "official" course in 1972 and became a SIMS member. Then I got lazy with my practices and drifed away within weeks/months of learning. Now I want to know where I can get checked and to back to practicing.

I'm a grown, married only child. My mom just moved into an independent assisted living facility. She is ambulatory but does not drive. Although there are a number of activities and amenities available to her (including transportation and structured and unstructured games, movies, etc.), she is unwilling to participate and relies on my wife or myself for all of her social interaction and transportation. She calls daily to chat, often for over an hour. Simple errands turn into long interactions lasting most of the day at least a couple days a week. My wife spends more time with her than she does with her own mother, who is also widowed and older. Believe me, this isn't an effort to "dump" her. I want to continue our close relationship. It just feels like things are out of balance, and it is emotionally draining for us and not healthy for her. That's why I'm trying to get an idea of what the "norm" is, especially for other people who have a basically good relationship with their folks.

I get three or 4 spams a day telling me I have been appointed "trustee" over some foreign bank account or that I have won a lottery or from some poor "widow" trusting me with her money. I have a good security system and spam filter but they just keep coming. This is getting out of hand. HELP!

I have recently begun using it but I don't know anybody else who does and I don't know if I'm using too much or too little.

I have one, I don't drink, and I'm trying to unload it on E-Bay.

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I have treatment resistant depression. MAOIs are helping but am still unable to work and side effects are ruining my health. I've already tried the weaker antidepressants