Here is something that worked for me. My neighbor’s very noisy yappy dog would come and bark hysterically at me through a chain-link fence whenever I was in my front yard. I took an old guitar and plucked the strings a couple of times while walking towards the dog, and that dog took off and ran to the other side of…

I agree. I lost a tooth because of a misdiagnosis from one of these cheaper (but heavily advertised) places. Also, don’t assume that you can’t afford a good dentist. I was able to find one, God bless her, who was willing to take payments on a root canal and crown. I think this is not uncommon with dentists.

Please be forewarned that the IRS reports the first income that gets filed to the state you live in, and then *they do not go back and correct the record by contacting the state even when the original number is known to be fraudulent.* Imagine how I felt when I got a notice from the state of California in the spring…

Here’s something else really scary - if you are self-employed, and if the p.o.s. who steals your SS number reports an income that is way higher than your genuine one, and they file first, the false number is the one that is reported to the state - *and it doesn’t get corrected later, ever, by the IRS.* This is what I…

I would have been too stupid to take the advice back then, but.. when given a choice, choose good character over good chemistry. The former is more likely to last than the latter.