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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
This is just an experimental post to see if I can post from my new Blackberry Curve for which, I paid 39.99 after haggling with the sales person for over an hour and walking out once. Original price was over $400. Now I can update from anywhere, I hope. ...
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Due to a number of circumstances (including laziness), I have gone almost two months without blogging. My hiatus is now over and I am back in the saddle. I have watched the recent election and financial crisis with great interest and my next series of posts are inspired by the ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
If you click over to Plonkee Money today, you will find that our posts are similar. We wanted to figure out who pays the most money in taxes - someone in England or a person in Wisconsin. We agreed on a baseline profile:
Family of four (two dependents)
Single income of $50,000 ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Just a quick post from the hotel - We are on a trip this weekend that will require us to drive close to 3,000 miles. Our mini-van averages approximately 20 miles per gallon. I don't want to think about this any more. You can figure out the rest at home ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Welcome to the 5th Edition of the Finance Fiesta! I wanted to write this post in Spanish, but the only words I know from our neighbors to the south is what I have picked up from my kids watching Dora the Explorer. Plus my keyboard doesn't have any of those ...
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