I Made A Mistake
A personal finance mea culpa: During the recent holiday season I forgot to pay the balance on my Amazon credit card. It was a store […]
Doug's Methods of Saving Money
A personal finance mea culpa: During the recent holiday season I forgot to pay the balance on my Amazon credit card. It was a store […]
It’s damn annoying that some of the “disposable” pepper grinders (the kind made by spice manufacturers and sold at grocery stores) can’t be easily opened so […]
Sometime last year, my wife got interested in a TV series, something about a woman who somehow was transported back in time to Scotland of the […]
I sorta like opening checking accounts (and setting up direct deposits and e-bill paying, maybe opening a savings account so as to avoid any monthly fee) […]
One more reason that fairly-new-and-in-good-condition washing machine was on the curb slowly revealed itself as we used it. It evidently had a slow leak. After […]
Before the morning of December 31, 2016, I don’t think I’d ever heard the word “thermocouple” and I certainly didn’t know what one was. By […]
The Salux washcloth is one of those things that made me wonder, “how did I not know about this before now?”, when I became aware […]
On Friday, on the spur of the moment, my wife decided to fill our minivan full of things we don’t need and take them the […]
For quite a while I’ve wanted a mirror for the bathroom door. I want a real mirror, one made of glass. Not one of the […]
If your household is like mine, you’ve got cellphones and other devices that need charging, and chargers that seem to “go missing” all by themselves. […]
While cleaning the basement a couple weeks ago I found an old TI-15 calculator. It’s so old, I can’t even remember when we got it. It […]
Data from the Federal Reserve show that Americans owe close to 1,000 billion dollars of revolving debt* (which I’ll refer to as credit-card debt). Dividing the […]
If you think you have a serious health problem, you need to see a doctor. Don’t rely on the internet to treat serious medical conditions. […]
“Bathroom fan” usually means a fan that takes air from the bathroom and moves it outside, i.e., it’s an exhaust fan. A bathroom fan performs two functions: […]
If you’re a person who tries to spend money efficiently, you shop around. You most likely wouldn’t see something for the first time and buy […]
Changing the way you think about money can help you change your spending and saving habits. You probably have a good idea of how much […]
For a long time, I’ve wondered if maybe some day I might take an old washing machine and hook it up to a stationary bicycle […]
I received this phone call from some scammer. Note the voice says the call is from “Internal Revenue Services” (plural). The real IRS sends letters. […]
If you want your pots and pans to last longer, avoid taking pots and pans that are cold (i.e., room temperature) and putting them directly over […]
Years ago (I mean, in the 1970s), Father Guido Sarducci was selling “Mr Tea” — a “tea maker” that was little more than a funnel […]
It was a warm summer day. I was at work. My phone rang. It was my wife. She told me that she had noticed that […]
The gas company has been installing new gas meters on my street and because of some miscommunication (probably someone in my house not paying attention […]
I won’t mention the website by name, but let’s just say there’s now another website business that allows you to pay big $$$ for convenience. […]