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With the price of gas heading for $4 a gallon many are screaming that this is unfair. How dare the price go up like this! Revenge is called for, and we need to organize, boycott and vent. But this is not a sudden surprise, not if you've paid ANY attention...
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Now that spring is arriving, many folks are looking at the idea of a garden. If you have never had any type of garden then start small. You have to keep up the weeding and critter control to get enough of a harvest to justify the effort. You can garden...
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Had a really interesting conversation with a friend of mine. She had gone to a new dentist the day before and related her experiences to me. Turns out that there are a number of things that she could (should?) have done. She expected that. When she got...
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One part of my job that I really like is talking to people about money. About two weeks ago I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Dr. Howard Gluss Show. Dr. Gluss is a clinical psychologist. I've done quite a few interviews, but this was the...
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I don't go shopping very often. Like most guys I don't like to shop. So I do as little of it as possible. This past Saturday I spent some time in a local shopping center. While I was waiting for my son I sat back in my car and observed. It's...
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I admit that TV commercials fascinate me. What's really fun is peaking underneath the assumptions that they make. Take the latest one from Verizon. A young twenty-something man runs into a girl of about the same age. The conversation makes it clear...
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When I was growing up, the elders around me often forgot I was there and talked freely about "adult matters". No need to worry, back then adults did not discuss things that were R or X rated even with each other, but they were often brutally...
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Incoming email: I wondered if in your vast knowledge you would know of any honest, real work there is for stay at home moms? Not selling Avon or Herbalife, but actually taking advantage of my admin skills that I still possess. I worked for a Fortune 500...
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This just in: Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..not sellers. With...
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For the first time in years, inflation is back in the news. If you've studied economics, that's no surprise to you. In an attempt to make it easy for people to borrow money, the Federal Reserve has been lowering interest rates for years. When...
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Saw something fairly interesting yesterday. I was sitting waiting for a stoplight to change when a cab pulled into the lane next to me. I knew it was a cab because it had a sign painted on the door. The car was a little smaller and older than what you...
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This weekend while being snowed in, I watched an interesting infomercial and immediately thought of The Dollar Stretcher. It was for a car loan place called "Open Check". The website is opencheck.com . Apparently according to the infomercial...
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Recently this post appeared in The Dollar Stretcher Community: Thanks to you who have suggestions and encouraging words about this pregnancy. I am pleased to have a baby come to my family, as I am one who will love, nurture, and care for it. All the members...
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Back when I was growing up Mad magazine was a favorite of kids. (maybe it still is). They had many regular features, but the best known was a character named Alfred E. Neuman. He wandered through life ignoring danger. And he introduced a whole generation...
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I still embrace the simple pantry system my Grandmother taught me 30 years ago. I can not even begin to calculate how much money, time and hassle it has saved me. The concept is simple: Look at what you USE and build up a stockpile of all of those items...
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