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Referencing the earlier post I also have always received the three-headed look when paying cash for an iPhone. However last year we upgraded and T-Mobile had a buy one, get one free deal. No trade-in needed. Terms were pay for the phone over 24 months. Instead I paid it off the second month...

When I was about twelve my dad got home one day and my mom said “this came in the mail today.” It was a brand new Master Charge card from their hometown bank. Almost simultaneously they both said “What would we ever use this for?” What was again reinforced to me at that moment is that you...

After reading all the problems of not getting a contractor to show up, I had the opposite situation. Local landscaper bid on a small wall. Showed up promptly and did a nice job over three days. I went to write him a check before he left. No, “I’ll send you a bill.” Nothing comes for weeks. I...

With this continuous width reduction we are well on the way to eventually seeing a product sold as combination toilet paper / dental floss.

Exactly. The local little bank wouldn’t let my mother renew a CD until she talked with the new 30-something investment guy. He wanted all her money in an annuity. She was 87! That’s actually a crime. She told him where to stick it. OP, you can do the same.

Hang in there a bit if you can stand it (if as asked above the potential package is good enough). A guy in my bowling league had a union desk job. Eventually technology took over and he could do his formerly 40-hour workweek in just ten hours. He just did what he wanted the other thirty...

Ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, but only my first year. I got "recruited" by the CPA firm and I'm not sure I even said yes before they told me my starting date. I didn't realize I already knew so much about taxes, but of course there is more to learn as it's rare to see an "easy" tax...

Of course, but the short phrase that we learned to remember the code in our first EE class is nowhere PC enough for me to print here. And all the techs I worked with early on were very patient to teach me good soldering techniques. Working late nights might mean I had to do reworks all by...

Years ago that was the verification that Paypal used to verify that you were the owner of an account that was being linked to their system. With that information they could have basically cleaned out your checking account with no real trail to follow. (Instead you were smart and probably made...

I worked one summer during college for the state employment service. Since then they send me my yearly pension summary showing how it's growing and what I can expect to receive at the appropriate retirement date (some age or another). It's up to $341. No, not per month, just $341. Them...

About five years ago we stayed at an agriturismo in Lucignano (west of Umbria, east of Siena) with German friends. Huge three-story house divided between us and the Italian family – three generations. They had some crops, but also a nice vineyard. Accommodations were fine and included a...

Same as with me once - in for a small recall item and the service writer guy goes on and on about how I MUST get a tranny power flush. On and on and on. Until I interrupt him and show him the stick shift. Oh, nevermind. The big picture is become as comfortable as you want with understanding...

Quote on the cover of this week's Forbes attributed to Sir Richard Branson: "The idea of backing off - it just seems such of horrible waste of everything I've learned." But then again that might pale in comparison to

Maybe they will, but as I was watching a James Bond movie last night, remember what always happened to the helicopter just after it flew away from the latest SPECTRE hideout?

A new worldwide standard for announcing a retirement has been set. If the pope can give two weeks, then certainly anyone else can also.

Evidently there are no young children in her neighborhood who might happen to be playing in or run into the street. When my mother's vision deteriorated to the point where she had a couple minor parking lot barrier bumps, I mentioned to her they could have been children. That got her thinking...