Recent content by Frederick B

I learned this this lesson the hard way. In elementary school I had a reading problem, the solution was reading small print like in world news magazines etc. Later in high school, I had an old professor who wanted to impress his students about his knowledge about little-known American history...

People I know that sell locks & chains to home owners tell me there is a lot of thefts and break-ins going on. I haven't heard many reports on this subject from the main-stream-media

A freind of mine use to own a small compressor manufactoring company. Our "Asian Friends" would always pirate their designs and import the same compressor cheeply to America. What did our "Congressional Freinds" really do inforce internatonal patents? Nothing, zero, nada, zip. Congress...

I'm just a retial worker, so I don't have much money. but I have a little invested in Series I- US Savings bonds, which are are locked up at my bank. If the Sh*t hits the fan, local coin dealers might close their shops (for their own protection). and the Treasury could default on some of their...

Credit cards kept my ol' pickup truck repaired when I was broke... that ol' truck took me to work so it had to keep running, also had other unexpected expences. Later I made an interest lowering deal with a different credit card company and paid extra each month, and after 5 years, got it all...

1) Have noticed several large corporations downsizing their customer service departments. One company took 35 minutes to answer their telephone. The fellow who answered was polite and professional, but he sounded very tired. 2) People at church are asking if my company is hiring, an ask me to...

My girl freind and I opened up Scottrade accounts (they have an office in town and their helpfull staff showed us how buy on the internet) We invested a small amount of money from a "stock tip" on a financial company who's stock had dropped real low. (and it went lower after we bought it - lol)...

I do buisiness with a lot of owners of rental property... We live in a former manufactoring town, so we are in a depression here 1. you must do credit checks etc. on anyone moving in. 2. you can not depend on rent to be paid 3. if rent is not paid for 3 months, or they're distroying your...

I'm just a clerk in a home improvement store, who got out of debt (simular to yours) just about a year ago. and I do not earn a lot of money As a "Pauler" I bought a couple gold coins, but I mainly keep enough FRN's in a savings account for a rainy day, and the rest in I-Bonds. With...

Be Prepared "Be Prepared" Is what they tought us in the Boy Scouts. So I changed my Savings plan to someting more stabe. Now I don't worry so much and I'm much happier :)