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A whole lot of people think that because something hasn't happened, that it can't happen. Or that maybe it will go away. I bring up again one of my favorite stories about the French King and the Thief- There was a thief convicted of many crimes and sentenced to death. He sent a message...

I agree about the metal ones too- once the tines are bent, you can never seem to get them back in line again. You can buy just the plastic heads as replacements- saves some money, I like the extra big basket ones with the ergonomic handles- so I bought extra baskets when I got one, thinking they...

Well, I have been spending more although not, I hope, on frivolous things. This is much like what I went through in the late 70'-early 80's with the big except of the drop in housing value. Anyway, the next thing that happened was that people start slowly going back to work with ups and downs-...

Yes- bad behavior is as old as humanity and probably older. What I find wrong is the lack of social pressure against it. No ethical teachings practically at all anymore. The idea that anything people as indiviuals want to do is their right no matter how it damages others. Thous shalt not...

Well- you're going to have to 'splain (as Ricky would say to Lucy) more simply- I think what I read is that you are moving a credit card balance to your new card - they give you 2% into your IRA and your transfer fee is 3% so the cost to you is 1% and you pay no interest on the money until...

Rich, poor - everyone likes to spend other people's money. There are mean (as in miser) in rich people and poor people. There are generous poor people and rich people- although you can't bee too generous as a rich person as you then are no longer rich. These are all various attributes of people...

I had decided to leave this thread alone as there were so many posts that included reading things that were not said into their reponses. I for one , never said the man didn't deserve his bonus- I don't know him, what he does, so that was impossible. I might have an opinion that in general...

Let's see- for $25,000, you get 6 acres with a house thrown in free. :D You also will graduate from the Re-habber's School of Hard Knocks with a degree in plumbing, electrical, insulation and mechanicals. You will have a lifetime of memories- some more painful than others. You will not be...

I love all your clever baseball cap slogans- mine just says "UlcerGard- prevent the Ulcer." Free from the vet and good advice too. :lau

I prepared a lot of things that were easy and undemanding. My favorite salad dressing was olive oil, apple cider vinegar, a bit of mustard, a bit of sugar, a bit of pepper. I keep it in a bottle in the fridge- I can't stand sdtore dressings. And takes a couple of minutes to make enough to...

NO- it's nowhere near that easy. If a person is a great nurse but a poor investor, should they be deprived of shelter? If the best they can do is flip burgers, then should we just let his children starve? If a person does great carpentry and loves doing that, should that make him a target to...

Congrats on the good deed and the reward. But now for my real thoguht- YOU HAVE A SHED ALARM? :D I don't even have a house alarm- and one old dog who gets up and hides behind me if she thinks there's a problem. :)

Indeed life is not fair but people can be. There is no uncontrollable factors in people's behavior to others. Life did not give that man a $98,000 bonus- man did. A child complaining about a smaller share of the cake is not the right analogy. That is competetive nattering although the...

I truly don't care if someone has a lot of money and is impressed with that. Their problem not mine. But I hate that there aren't the good jobs any more for ordinary, reasonably hardworking people to have enough income to have a middle house, a good school, good health care and a retirement...

There are a number of stores, at least Costco and Ray's, where I ask for money back from the checkout person and they input it. Maybe some places have better systems but I know some don't at least here. But I have never had a problem except the occasional time when the clerk forgets to give me...

close to Eureka about 7 miles inland. We've been low on rain too, relatively speaking. But it looks to be a rainy season for us so far.

One of my favorite things to do is to take any left over spaghetti noodles with whatever sauce and put the sauce in the bottom of pint mason jars, then put left over noodles on top and freeze. I can then heat the jars in the microwave, turn them over onto a plate and instant dinner. And no...

I had two recipes that I loved but have not made in over 30 (yes, children, thirty) years because I lost the recipes. The first was a Sesame Fried Chicken. It was a Family Circle or Good Housekeeping recipe that my Mom made. Basically a fried chicken coating that was made of flour, a bunch...

It would have been an extremely incompetent attempt if was caught by immediately by the exchange officials- it was brought to the attemtion of the company and they withdrew the purchases rather than explain how they were valid. Like sneaking down the highway in a Boeing 747. Ice (not...

OK- I'm may be very dense- but why should I get worried about what a private futures trading company does about what sort of looks like either a computer glitch or company attempt to cause an artificial spike in dollar futures?