Posted by Richard on July 25, 2024
Question: How much should you spend on a car? Answer: As little as possible. One of the worst car decisions to make is calculating that you can afford the monthly payment, which will be low enough if spread out until the end of time. That’s the wrong way to buy a car, says financial advisor […]
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The absolute best time to list your home for sale is (drum roll), anytime you are ready. But is there an actual best day? It depends who you ask. A lot of people are taking the word of Zillow, the real estate information company, that the best day is Thursday, if you want to sell […]
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Think about how many iterations of the telephone we have used in our lifetimes. Rotary phones were the most common device for decades, and until 2006, 750,000 people still had one. Then came the button phone (Touch-Tone), introduced in 1963, updated in 1968 to include those curious extra digits of * and #. But it […]
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Mom gave her daughter an ancient and extremely delicate Japanese tea set that originally belonged to Grandma. The daughter loved it and she wanted to display it, so she carefully placed the set in a curio cabinet. One day, the dog jumped up, accidentally hooked his collar on the cabinet knob, and pulled the whole […]
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