Optimistic Paranoid
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That's a common saying among the people who train seriously for self-defense with firearms. It's attributed to the legendary trainer Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch. It's meant to emphasize the importance of carrying a backup gun, spare mags, etc. Because anything can fail, and thanks to Murphy, it will do so at the worst possible time.
Recently, one of our members flew from Los Angeles to Dallas to buy a van. For various reasons, she did not find the van was as advertised when she saw it in person, and she decided against buying it. She then discovered that the airline had charged her only credit card EIGHT times, and the card company had frozen the card while they investigated.
Long story short, rather than being able to fly right home - which she desperately needed to do because of a sick cat - she was stuck in a not particularly nice motel for a week, running up bills as she grew increasingly frantic. In short, the week from Hell.
If you depend on a credit card, especially for emergencies (and whether or not you should is a subject of heated debate here, but that's another thread) you really need *TWO** credit cards, cause two is one and one is none.
Recently, one of our members flew from Los Angeles to Dallas to buy a van. For various reasons, she did not find the van was as advertised when she saw it in person, and she decided against buying it. She then discovered that the airline had charged her only credit card EIGHT times, and the card company had frozen the card while they investigated.
Long story short, rather than being able to fly right home - which she desperately needed to do because of a sick cat - she was stuck in a not particularly nice motel for a week, running up bills as she grew increasingly frantic. In short, the week from Hell.
If you depend on a credit card, especially for emergencies (and whether or not you should is a subject of heated debate here, but that's another thread) you really need *TWO** credit cards, cause two is one and one is none.