Cashier Scam at Convention Center
Everyone knows you should always count your change whenever you handle a cash transaction, right? I know that. But I forgot once. Here’s my story. […]
Doug's Methods of Saving Money
Everyone knows you should always count your change whenever you handle a cash transaction, right? I know that. But I forgot once. Here’s my story. […]
As much as possible, I try to avoid going anywhere that has a crowded parking lot. If I can, I’ll go to popular destinations sometime […]
Spend here, save there: Sometimes spending on one thing saves you money on something else. How installing dehumidifier helped my clothes dryer. Several years ago I […]
Avoid convenience. Save a lot of money. That’s all of the truth about saving money. Here’s an example. Last week I opened the refrigerator to […]
It’s a good idea to prevent lint from going down the laundry-sink drain. You can get lint traps that attach to the end of your […]
If you’ve connected your refrigerator’s ice maker to one of your house’s water pipes, you probably know what a saddle valve is. A valve that […]
If you notice the water coming on by itself to fill the tank of your toilet, the problem could be your toilet’s flapper valve. You […]
I visited the local Goodwill to buy a short-sleeved shirt, something summery and tropical looking. I found the perfect shirt, and it cost just $5. […]
Over the weekend my wife and I rented a wheelchair-accessible van so we could take her mother on a day trip to the big city. […]
Inside computer hard-drives are one or two super-powerful magnets. Probably worth a couple of dollars, potentially useful, or just fun to have. Inside the hard-drive, […]
I had a recent experience with cold showers, which got me to thinking that they’re not so bad — at least in the summer. Not only […]
Some months ago, the driver’s side window of our minivan stopped working and wouldn’t go down. Next, as it got warmer, we noticed that the […]
In much of North America the last snow of the winter usually occurs sometime in February or March, which is also the time of the […]
The newel post (the large vertical post at the bottom of the handrail on the stairs) at my house had gotten loose in recent years […]
As far as I know, this opinion is unique to me, and I think there’s a good chance that some people might find it a […]
“You don’t mind if I cut the cheese?”, I asked my colleagues eating lunch with me at our workplace cafeteria. As I said it, I […]
The basic principle of avoiding convenience applies to soap. You can make your own soap and save money in the process — and probably get […]
In an earlier post I wrote that I didn’t have a smartphone and was getting along fine using my dumbphone that did nothing but make […]
It’s well known that LED lights are much more efficient than incandescent or fluorescent lights. They use less electricity and last much longer, making them well […]
Eventually, you’re going to need a button. Or a bolt. Or a spring bar pin. It’s a pain to have to make a special trip […]
At a church meeting I recently attended, someone made a pot of coffee. When the pot was empty, another pot was made. After the meeting was […]
A couple weeks ago, Amazon announced a special deal: $8 and some change off any order of $50 or more. Pretty good — over 16% off. […]
Browsing through an old issue of The Sabbath Recorder (A Seventh Day Baptist Weekly, published by The American Sabbath Tract Society, Plainfield, N.J., vol. 76, No. […]
According to the internet, when confronted with a shower curtain or shower curtain liner that has become icky with accumulated dirt, limescale and hard water […]