u/ChrisShapedObject

I hope someone will be able to answer this or point me in the right direction.

I paid one month each for Vision and Dental Insurance while still getting interim payments. I was concerned they might inadvertently get cancelled.

I had thought that when my annuity started, these would not be deducted from my first payment—but they were. I have given it some time to “catch up” thinking they’d not yet seen that payment, so them I’d get either a refund or they’d temporarily not take them out of the annuity for one month, but it hasn’t happened either.

What should I do? Would it be best to contact OPM (payment office), or the fede insurance website, or the insurance companies themselves? or wait a bit longer first? It’s not a lot of money so I am not in a hurry, but I would like to get this done.

thanks!

After frying food, we often need to drain it on paper towels to soak up excess oil. Many use paper towels now, but when I was a kid we used old newspaper pages.

I started seeing plain brown paper being used to cushion items when packed in boxes — and decided to try it to drain food.

The brown paper works great to soak up food oil (you do need more layers than paper towels), AND it’s free!

I just roll it up to store and tear off some when I need it. I usually fold to get 2-4 layers depending on the amount of oil expected.