I don’t understand why some restaurants are so restrictive when it comes to ordering from the kids menu. Some places don’t allow it at all while other make you pay an extra $2-3 if you are an adult and want to order off the kids menu. My mom used to do this at some restaurants because it helped her with portion…

My company has flex schedules but no one adheres to them very strictly. I typically get into work around 6:30 which allows me to not feel too guilty for leaving at 4:30 on most days (I do end up staying later a good chunk of time due to deadlines or meetings). Generally, as long as I am getting my work done on time,…

Down here in good ole’ Florida, you don’t even need to stop to help someone on the side of the road to have someone try to scam you with “gold”. A few weeks ago, I was helping my brother-in-law move some furniture and I had a bed strapped to the back of a pickup truck. It was around 8 at night and I ended up having to…

How does the tax deduction work for the guy who first bought the CJ7? He would get to deduct the amount of the winning bid, but then does he get to deduct that same amount again (as that was the “purchase price” of the car), does he get to deduct the MSRP of the car (similar to what it sounds like Toyota can do), or…

10% on a CD is great, but what were the interest rates for mortgages, cars, etc. at the same time?  Granted it only matters if you are shopping around for a new loan (for instance, I would not mind mortgage rates going up as I have mine locked in at a low rate), but I would imagine that around the same time you were…

“Photos taken by and the city of Westbrook’s marketing & communications manager, Tina Radel, show the gigantic disk of ice appearing to have a surface area footprint larger than a nearby, multi-story parking garage.”

My wife being a teacher, my daughter has been at school since the day she was born. But realistically, she is in Pre-K now and while she knew her letters and numbers prior to starting, she has still made a lot of progress since the start of the school year.

The article states that you are bound to US law if the boat you are on is flagged in the US. So it would seem that all you have to do is plan your viking funeral on a boat that is not US flagged and then you would not need to worry about being in compliance with US law (assuming you are in international water). Seeing…

Reading what I assume to be the referenced law, by definition stated in the law itself, these tethered blimps would not be considered drones and would therefore presumably be legal. The real question then becomes whether or not the law will be revised to include tethered blimps. I guess that would depend on the intent…

VRF systems are not the same as a fully variable heat pump. But you are correct that the first cost of a variable heat pump system would be much cheaper if you already have the ductwork in place.

Rather than a bunch of ductless split systems, which would each require a dedicated condensing unit outside, it would be better to go with a VRF (variable refrigerant flow) system which allows you to have a single condensing unit outside and gives you added energy efficiency using “waste” heat to reheat spaces that…

Another good place to stock up on gift cards is at Sam’s Club. Last time I went, I bought $150 in gift cards at Sams at a discount (think it was somewhere around $140). I also made sure to buy them when my Discover card was offering 5% cash back on purchases at warehouse stores, so that only added to the savings.

True. On top of having to manage the deposits into the IRA (manually or with some sort of auto-transfer), I would also need to make sure that I am not going over that threshold.

This is now the second time I’ve seen this talked about today, but I have not received any sort of notice from AT&T that mentions this (unless it was buried in my last billing statement). I am still fairly new to AT&T (switched from Spectrum earlier this year to save over $60 per month for what is essentially the same…

Is there any benefit to a Roth 401k that is offered by my employer over a Roth IRA that I open on my own? With the Roth 401k, the money is taken out of my paycheck by my employer before I even see it, so it is much easier to “forget” about it as it was never in my pocket in the first place. However, I know that my…

As a parent of a daughter who was born in mid August and a September 1st cutoff, this is something we recently had to decide, only for starting Pre-K instead of kindergarten. We felt she was ready both because she had been attending a “Pre-pre-K” class at the local rec. center 2 days a week for the entire year before.…

How does this compare to the Ninebot by Segway that all the e-scooter startups seem to be using? It looks like the Ninebot is significantly cheaper (closer to $500 rather than $1,000+) with similar stats (similar speed, range, etc.).

The larger counties in Central Florida were majority democratic. I too am sick to my stomach knowing that we now have a racist for a governor and Voldemort is in the Senate. The only glimmer of hope is that the Democrats took back control of the House (although we still need RBG to hold on for 2 more years as it is…

My early voting location did not have the “Future Voter” stickers like I have seen elsewhere, but they did still give my daughter a sticker (just the regular “I Voted” sticker). She’s 4 so that was still good enough for her.

How are you liking the Pacifica?  My wife’s minivan is in need of replacement and while I would probably prefer an Odyssey or Sienna, the new Pacifica is something that I have been considering as well. However, FCA does not have the greatest reputation, so I have been a little hesitant to go with one of their cars.