They’re not good places for buying much of anything else, though. I stopped in a Sheetz on the way home tonight. (Somehow I managed to need exactly 8.000 gallons in my car, but that’s another story.) Their subs are good; I’ll take their subs or Subway’s equally. Made-to-order food is the one exception: this is … Read more
Over Christmas I found a Hawaii quarter, which is the fiftieth quarter in the State Quarters series from the US Mint. We got home late Thursday and amongst all of the unpacking we punched out the last circle in the map and put Hawaii in. We looked it over for about 30 seconds, and then … Read more
A marketing company was kind enough to send me a review copy of Peter D. Schiff’s The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets. Mr. Schiff is the president of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc., and has earned the nickname “Dr. Doom” for his bearish take on the US markets and the US economy in … Read more
I’m just about done with Peter Schiff’s new book The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets and the title of Chapter 11 is “A Decade of Frugality.” This kind of horizon for hard times was even longer than I had thought it would be, and some of my blogging colleagues quip that I can … Read more
I love receiving free gift cards. Whether it’s something utilitarian like a WalMart gift card or something a little more yuppie like a Starbucks card, they’re handy. Free gift cards from Swagbucks Swagbucks is a site I’ve used for quite a while, and it’s just plain fun. The site itself is colorful with lots of neat … Read more
This Michelle Singletary column on the Washington Post website has answers to a few readers’ questions regarding debt and debt reduction. The first question outlines a situation that stings a bit. Here’s a summary: Husband has less construction work coming in; takes lesser-paying jobs to bring in something. Couple cuts budget but is still short … Read more
I’m a fairly hard person to buy for. I don’t really need anything per se, and I don’t buy a whole lot for myself, but if cornered in a dark alley, I’ll let it slip that I don’t mind cash. My father-in-law asked me one year what I wanted for Christmas, because all he could … Read more
And if you make up a statistic, 83% of working-class Americans will believe you. No, actually, the folks at our local Food Lion filled up two shopping carts with canned goods, snacks, disposable items, and other representative groceries. On the right, the cart was filled with all name-brand items. The cash register receipt was taped … Read more