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Home Repair Ideas
Here they are in all their glory. Use them, laugh at them or add your own in the comments below. Just use common sense and always test an area first. To make aluminum doors look new, try scrubbing with a misture of baking soda and water or scrub aluminum foil over the door to shine…
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Diet Pepsi: The Cost of Consumption
“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.” — Vernon Howard Jeanine and I went to the Newport Beach Film Festival this weekend. One of the screenings was a documentary about the plight of Central American immigrants as they travel thousands of miles through Mexico to reach…
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Lesbian Dates: Who Pays?
“Whenever I date a guy, I think, is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?” — Rita Rudner Yesterday, T.L. Stanley, a female entertainment writer for the LA Times veered off into the personal finance genre with her article entitled: People First, Unless It’s a First Date. The article centered…
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Generation “Debt”
MSNBC has an article on how ‘Generation Debt’ is Going Deep Into the Red. The increases in the cost of housing and a college education have far outpaced income increases while the typical job market for college graduates is shrinking in favor of an expanding sector that typically pays minimum wage. This leaves our youth…
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What Money Can’t Buy
I’ve seen the site before but never took the time to read it through; there is some good stuff. The site is The New American Dream and you could spend some time on this one. I came across a contest they ran a while back. They asked the question of kids up to age 17,…
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Tips on Buying Refurbished
Purchasing refurbished items can be a great way to lower costs, but it pays to be careful. SmartMoney has some tips for buying refurbished merchandise.
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Keeping up with the Joneses
How did the phrase “keeping up with the Joneses” originate? Answer: The materialistic masses who strive for the latest and greatest are said to be “keeping up with the Joneses.” But who are the Joneses and how can they afford so much cool stuff? Read on, shopaholics…
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The Balancing Act
How do you balance your needs and wants? If I shift to far to the want side I may slip into a sea and frustration. If my balance to the need side is over weight, I may find myself just as frustrated (Though with a lot more money) . To me needs are supplying the…
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Nickel and Dime Yourself
I was walking into the store recently and a guy was dumping into one of the coin counter vending machines, a plastic bin full of rolled quarters, nickles, dimes and pennies. As I was walking by, he asked me if I wanted to buy some from him, I declined. I suggested that the bank might…
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Invest Like A Movie Producer
“I don’t know how brilliant we were, but we were very enthusiastic about movies and the chance to make them.” — Francis Ford Coppola On Sunday, Kathy Kristof wrote an article entitled: Producing an Investing Strategy that’s Boffo. I’m so out of synch with the Hollywood scene that I had to look up the definition…
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