Family Fun for the Whole Family.

Yes, the price of gas has recently gone down,but now no one has any money so at best, it’s a wash.  That’s why, to truly stem the bleeding at the pump, we’ve developed a new technique that’s simple, effective, and guaranteed to work.  When taking a car trip, never leave your driveway. Everything else remains the [...]

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Pawn Shops- The New Trading Post

USA Today reported in a recent edition that inventory in Pawn Shops is up 44%. That is good news for the buying public. Once the repository of musical insturments pawned by desperate and strung out musicans or their former desperate  and strung out  girlfriends. Pawn Shops now boast a sterling and bountiful selection of items [...]

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Forget Brain Cancer, What About the Bills?

You cannot walk down the street, drive in your car or wait on line at the unemployment office today without seeing dozens of people glued to their cell phones. When did this happen?  How did we become a people that must maintain uninterrupted contact with every person we’ve ever met during all of our waking [...]

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Pass the Soap, Neighbor!

We all know the sniggering adage, “Save water.  Shower with a friend.”  And while we would never stoop to merely mimicking such a hokey slogan as a way to save money in the coming recession, we have stooped to revising it, in response to current economic conditions.  The new slogan: “Save water.  Shower at a friend’s house.”  Think about it.  Showering [...]

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Snap, Crackle, and Save

Want to know who started that propaganda about breakfast being the most important meal of the day?  The powerful Cereal Lobby in Washington.  Using classic fear tactics they have successfully panicked the unsuspecting public into believing that if we don’t have a bowl of cereal before we leave the house, we will fail at everything [...]

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“Shut the door! We’re not heating the whole outdoors.”

An easy way to save money on heating bills is to bring back the concept of the family bed.  It seems that many years ago, families would sleep together in the same bed, in order to stay warm at night.  This, of course, was before central heating, and may have even been before fire.  But [...]

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One Size Better Fit All…

Expanding on the concept of the family bed is another way to save money on heating bills.  Simply introduce a “family winter coat” or “family hat”, even a “family pair of thermal underwear” that each family member gets an opportunity to wear.   True, it may limit family outings but the benefits far outweigh the extravagance of [...]

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American Express: Don’t Leave Home with It

To borrow a phrase that certainly didn’t work for the War on Drugs, when it comes to American Express, “Just Say No.”
Y’see, American Express is tricky.  They have this thing called Flexible Payments, which they will give you whether you ask for it or not, should they happen to decide that you’re a person who has [...]

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Additional Tips on Showering at a Friend’s House

1. Offer to run a wash to show your appreciation for the use of their towels. Then once in their laundry room,  throw in a few of your own items.
2.  If your friend or neighbor offers to join you in the shower, go with it, depending on how attractive they are and how soon their spouse [...]

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“Oh no, it’s the Feldman’s”

 It is going to happen, sooner or later, someone is going to drop by and mooch off of you, you can’t blame them really they are just looking for some free food. Which leads us to the topic of …snacks, whether eating or serving them, can be a real strain on the budget.  Nearly every day [...]

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