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    Debt Dumpers 2024

    as someone else pointed out-many people live paycheck to paycheck esp. as inflation has outpaced earnings. as an example-my oldest received a very small raise at work recently only to receive his annual apartment lease renewal which indicated he will be operating at a net 7% loss. it's HARD to...
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    Debt Dumpers 2024

    april, october and december are the worst cash bleeding months for us- property taxes-april/october homeowners/auto/atv/umbrella-all due in december. thankfully we prorate it by 12 months and set that aside each month so it's not as jarring. i don't even want to think about what private...
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    Wells Fargo savings/checking promos - any opinions?

    i'm of the same mindset-we had some dealings with them years back that caused us to leave them. this was before the feds came down on them. i wonder if they are offering these promos b/c the feds just last month eased up on their oversite- (from an article dated 2/15/24) The Office of the...
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    Debt Dumpers 2024

    we pay our car insurance in full every 6 months. in our case we receive a discount on the premium AND avoid around a $7-$10 monthly payment fee.
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    Early fall road trip. Where to?

    fly into seattle but drive to leavenworth-stunning in the fall, walkable, great restaurants and shops. drive to the eastern side of washington and spend some time in spokane (the moose are very photogenic). down the road a bit is couer d'alene (crazy walkable touristy downtown area) and for...
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    Anyone remember having this in the house growing up?

    when i moved out on my own i went to a local used book store and found the oldest, most dog eared, stained page cookbook i could find. someone had used that book to near-death. i've had it over 30 years and it's still my go to for old school homestyle cooking :lovestruc
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    What is the scariest medical symptom you ever had?

    aphasia-my brain knew what i wanted to say but it was not what i was speaking.
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    Anyone remember having this in the house growing up?

    did not have one but remember them. the only written recipies i remember my mom using were for certain baked goods in the good old betty crocker cook book. everything else she had committed to memory.
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    Family Tree Difficulties--When Women Didn't Matter (slight rant)

    i thinki it's very dependant on the individual cemetary. with the older ones that have the oldest plots at the front it seems less likely that they are removed but the ones i grew up around had aquired land and expanded forward so that the older plots were not visable driving by or even to the...
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    Family Tree Difficulties--When Women Didn't Matter (slight rant)

    aprox. what year did he pass? if it's 50-100 years or greater then depending on the state's laws/common practices he could have been buried in an actual paid for gravesite w/ a headstone but then removed/relocated. a cemetary near where i grew up routinely monitored the length of time a grave...
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    Family Tree Difficulties--When Women Didn't Matter (slight rant)

    if you have an inkling of where in the u.s. a family member attended high school/rough idea of the years give a try with the site classmates. they have fully scanned yearbooks you can look at for no charge. just for the heck of it i just looked at the high school in san francisco for the...
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    What’s for Dinner Tonight?

    how old is the kiddle? when my kiddos were were still preschool age i put them to work helping with dinner-they loved putting on food grade plastic gloves and mixing ground beef with the seasonings and such for meatloaf or meatballs.
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    SEC You Later!

    i live in the land of march madness-12 teams, 9 games over 4 days all being held here as we host the first 2 rounds of both the men and women's ncaa's. not being a fan of either sports or crowds i am staying at home.
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    What’s for Dinner Tonight?

    snagged a costco rotisserie chicken and have some tortillas, shredded cheese, guac and pico so it's quesadillas tonight.
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    What bedroom features would you like to add?

    motorized blackout shades
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    Name of door to door sales?

    i was thrilled when walmart started selling watkins vanilla extract-it's the best!
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    Easter Traditions

    when the kids were little they got basket but NEVER with easter grass. i hate the stuff (horrible for the inards of a vacuum) so their baskets were always lined with either pillow cases or beach towels themed with whatever they were into at the time. my linen area is a walk down memory lane...
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    What is something that has changed in your lifetime that you personally refuse to change?

    digital everything. the only reason my collection of movies and old tv shows contains some digital copies are b/c the hard copies came with them. anything that i believe is of importance to retain record wise i print out a hard copy of for safe keeping-a practice that served me well a few years...
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    Name of door to door sales?

    avon did door to door sales for 137 years-their catch phrase was 'ding dong-avon calling'. i remember avon ladies coming to the door back in the 60's and 70's.
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    Medicare Wellness Checkup

    it's telling that my medicare program offers a $50 visa gift card for doing it each year.
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