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I just read an AP article in my local newspaper about "Transumers" -- people who are transient consumers. They don't purchase and consume things, they rent or lease consumer items that are then passed on to the next transumer. Sounds sort...
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As I was doing some baking for my annual New Year's Day brunch, I managed to finish up a jar of ground nutmeg. I have a tin of whole nutmegs, and I was glad to finish off the ground stuff so I could switch over to the less-processed variety. A friend...
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It was 2002 when I first heard about the Dave Ramsey method, but it just confirmed what I knew to be true about money, debt, and freedom from my upbringing. Somehow along the way, though, I went astray and bought in to the whole consumer culture with...
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There I was, watching the Antiques Roadshow on my 10+ year old televsion (tuned in through rabbit ears, as I cancelled cable this summer), and when some boring sports item came on, I flipped to one of the other three channels I get. And thre I saw two...
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Like everyone, I've been following this whole financial meltdown in the news. A lot of us regular people have been saying "what does all this mean to me?" Well, I was listening to a call-in show on my commute yesterday and an economist was...
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I'm always on the lookout for quick cash schemes. Craigslist is a main source of ideas, and as I've been looking at the postings on CL over the past few months, I keep seeing posts for different "sleep studies" at a nearby University...
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A lot of national and local articles recently have talked about people who have abondoned homes they couldn't afford and left their pets behind -- either to die of starvation in the house or let loose to wander the streets. Buying a house (car, television...
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