When I book, I leave the comment that “I’m from the country and not used to noise, may I have as high a room as possible please.” They understand that wording and will get you away from the elevators as well. Bonus: it is amazing how many times you end up an upgrade. p.s. All special requests work best if you are a…

Cause 50% or 100% instant interest earned is worse than paying 1-2% a month interest? Forget reducing 401k donations, attack your spending instead. Attack your spending. Attack your spending.

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Killing kids, it is the Republican way

Not necessary on the type of eggplant shown. Is only done on those big fat black ones (and I’ve heard only needed when off-season)

We buy new Tracfones off eBay. Less than $100 for a quadcore with perfect-size 4.5” screen plus a 32GB card. About $100 a year for service ($20 a quarter plus $20 a year to buy more data). Only negative is it is Verizon-only service (check their coverage map). If you don’t stream away from free wi-fi it is probably…

0. Show up exactly on time, with only the people that were invited. Guests are to mingle amongst themselves, that is why the host chose the particular guest list. Arriving early unannounced is the worst, but arriving more than 5 minutes late forces to host to be the center of attention just when they need to watch the…

Find the best looking trainer, then pick his/her trainer regardless of what they look like.

Has anyone ever compared the weight of different ice cream brands?By law the volume can be up to 50% air. Is expensive ice cream really expensive, or just less air?

Every graduating class has a doctor that finish at the dead bottom. Think about that. Know your doctor!

We use one of those old CFLs, the ones that start out dim, in the bathroom overhead fixture. When visiting at night it isn’t blinding, but if you take a shower it will be bright enough by the time you need it. The separate lights over the mirror are very bright incandescents for when you need to see closely.

Children’s clothes only sell well in the first month of yard sales in the Spring, mothers have had no cheap outlet to buy them all winter. Once they buy enough to cover the next year they stop, so come July you’ll sell none.

Best advice ever: Put down items on blankets where everything on a blanket is the same price. Individually price only the high-end items. Move around items as the day progresses. Second best: If you can’t make it completely visable then do not put it out (no piles of clothes, no boxes of books with hidden spines, no…

When we could automatically deposit $500 a month more than my current rent into a separate account, for 15 months. And we didn’t buy a large house; the additional utility, maintenance, insurance, and tax costs of a larger house don’t contribute to equity.

Homemade salad dressing, every night. Huge time saver, and now no knife & cutting board are required.

Homemade salad dressing, every night. Huge time saver, and now no knife & cutting board are required.

Heat pumps are only efficient down to a certain temperature. Also, make sure you NEVER crank up the thermostat or it’ll switch into the most inefficient heating that exists.

And you probably have an open warrant for your arrest.

In Maryland if you don’t re-register your car within 30 days you need to pay 6% sales tax on the value of it.

A reason to buy name brand is because you can almost always find a YouTube video of any repair you need to make showing your exact model. Nothing gives confidence like watching someone do the exact same job.

There are magic-marker-like stain markers that work really well on furniture. Antique dealer’s secret. Not for severely scratched, but for all those nicks and scratches on legs and corners it works really well. Get a 3-color variety pack.