August 10, 2009
I have just finished writing a bunch of checks to pay off the doctors and hospital for my recent thyroid fun and games. Amazing how much one day in the hospital will cost... the hospital does not have online bill payment. I guess that's better than having online payment that they can't do the right way.
Now before I head off to do some reading and hopefully unwinding for the evening. Here are a few headlines that caught my eye.
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Chicago Gets New Area Code: 872
Ever since it became mandantory (lo these 10+ years ago) for everyone in the Chicago area to use the area code when dialing a phone number - even if it's the same as the area code you are dialing. I see no reason to make a major announcement about a new area code overlay. What's the difference? Is it a slow news day?
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Credit card holders shocked to see interest rates skyrocket, limits plunge
Easy fix for this - never carry a balance. I well remember the 24 and 25% interest rates during the Carter years. (and the woman in the story looks old enough to remember those years too - apparently she didn't learn anything from it) If we can't afford to pay it at the end of the month, we can't afford to buy it. Period. Took many many years before we had "stuff" but we never paid interest on anything other than the house and 2 cars over the years.
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47 Passengers Spend 'Nightmare' 9 Hours Inside Grounded Plane
Falling under the heading of what was this airline thinking... and moving on to why weren't passengers calling everyone they could think of - tweeting from their phones, calling 911, even television stations. There is no excuse after the fiasco of past years when similar things were happening. It wasn't even snowing!!!
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Okay that's it for tonight - not much I know, but I want to get off the computer early. I want to kick back with a Nero Wolfe story and just relax a bit.
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Posted by: Bou at August 11, 2009 11:04 AM (vkUMO)
Posted by: Bou at August 11, 2009 11:06 AM (vkUMO)
Posted by: dogette at August 12, 2009 08:26 AM (1W6eH)
Dogette - apparently just waiting until one can afford something is never an option for most people. I have no idea why. heh.
Posted by: Teresa at August 12, 2009 02:24 PM (epSz+)
I do wonder if it is generational. For instance, neither my parents nor my husband's parents lived on credit. Both sets of families were very open about how you spend money, what is a priority and what is not, do not spend what you do not have, live within your means.
My first roommate out of college at my first job, viewed a credit card as an extension of her income. If she made 30K a year and had a credit card for 10K, then she had 40K a year to spend. I kid you not, this girl had her degree in engineering, smart as a whip and completely clueless financially. She lived on rice krispies to pay off her bills when she got herself in one helluva mess. And we were making damn good money out of college. HUGE money for people our age and rent at $400 a piece for an enormous condo. Come to find out, her parents NEVER talked to her about money... NEVER and they lived pretty much the same way, always in debt.
Posted by: Bou at August 12, 2009 09:49 PM (vkUMO)
The planners look around and see what the pitfalls are and try to create a life plan that gets them through it all without falling into a hole along the way.
The non-planners want what they want right now. With the attitude of, "Why are you worried about what might go wrong?" They always think the planners are stick in the mud doomsayers who need to live a bit.
In other words, more of a personality thing trumping even what they are taught by parents.
Posted by: Teresa at August 13, 2009 10:34 AM (epSz+)
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