Memorial Day and its many traditions
Like many holidays, Memorial Day has morphed somewhat from its original. The day now is marked by several traditions that don’t really have much to do with honoring fallen soldiers.
Many people view Memorial Day, and the weekend preceding it, as a celebration of the imminent [...]
Do you own a time-share unit?
We bought ours back in the early 80’s when we still had some money and the price of a week at a fancy holiday resort on the Sea of Galilee was really cheap. We then waited a couple of years for it to be built [...]
Buying on sales is good thinking
I had a birthday recently and last night my young brother rolled up and handed me a present. I appreciate the thought. It was a finely knitted cotton sweater. Just what one needs for the end of winter and the start of spring before the [...]
Ford still doesn’t need Obama’s payday loans
Payday loans of the gargantuan sort may or may not be enough to fix the trouble that America’s automobile industry is facing. It is no stretch of the truth to say that the automakers are responsible for the mess they’ve made, and most have [...]
Going-out-of-business sales 101
You may be thinking of getting a payday loan so you can run out and take advantage of Circuit City’s going out of business sales, but you might want to think twice. If you’re like me, you assume that because these firms are trying to get rid of [...]
Holiday and post-holiday sales have offered such deep discounts that shoppers didn’t even have to think about getting a payday loan to afford designer jeans and high-end shoes. Consumers have gotten used to seeing “75 percent off” signs, and some retailers fear there will be no going back.
J. Crew is [...]