My sister called me one day to tell me she was sending me a book by mail. I got the book the very next day at around 11:30am. I had completed three quarters of the book by the time I went to bed. It has been years that I have had my hands on a book that read so quickly and was this compelling to read. Before we get started with this review, I would like to flatly state that…
Renewal for my safe deposit box is up again this month with Union Bank. The bank decided to add a fee of $15 to our annual $85 safe deposit box fee because we do not have a checking account with that bank. I have all my bank accounts with a wonderful credit union, called Schools First. Credit unions are simply the best while banks, in my opinion, subscribe to the greed principal, and the $15 added fee, allegedly, was right…
Our neighbors across the street called me in February, 2009 to tell me they were dissatisfied with a new bottle of wine. The husband refused to drink it. I was asked if I might want to try as the bottle was only a half glass shy of full. I said yes thinking that at the very least the wine could go into a crock pot in place of water to add some modicum of distinction. That evening I poured a…
Book Review: Marching Toward Hell Author: Michael Scheurer Analysis: The book is all about the history of USA war with radical Muslim warriors. Patriotic to the core and is the author’s supreme measure for all things. Brutal exploration of the subject giving no respect to anyone in and out of power. Honest intent which is well delivered. Insightful in a host of ways especially the author’s analysis of our problems fighting this war. Compelling read because as one turns each…
We tend to buy wine at Trader Joe’s. We now make it a practice to ask one of the knowledgeable clerks what wine must we take home, their top pick. January 10th we visited the Brea, California store and asked this question. The clerk told us that his pick was Inheritance, a Petite Sirah. The year was 2006 and was selling one penny shy of twelve dollars. We had this wine while watching the football payoffs. The host of the…
(Previously posted on News page) This is a personalized accounting of holiday purchases that did not go so well. As time goes on and our family and friends encounter any shopping problems, they will be posted here. 11/29/08: Daughter purchased a World of Warcraft Game Card at Target. The game card pays for 60 days of WOW playing on the Internet, a subscription fee, and sells for $29.99. The package was sealed properly but when she opened it up –…
E-Trade. We do not recommend this company. If you’re a day trader, you might look at this company. For the small investor and anyone who wishes to buy and hold stocks for the long run, do NOT consider this company. They charge extremely high inactivity fees that will diminish your investments over time. Our experience was the fees to be $40 each quarter for a yearly total of $160 if one fails to make a trade within an allocated…
A B Batteries America Terrific selection of batteries. The web site is old looking and ugly; they use Microsoft Front Page which tells me their level of sophistication. I can NOT recommend this vendor for the following reasons. I had to call for a tracking number for my order. I specified three days shipping on their web site but sent the item ground. The items came after I needed them. I wrote an e-mail to ask what was going on…
Investment Business Daily, or IBD, is devoted to investment facts and teaching you how to buy stocks and mutual funds. For that purpose, it does a fine job. Naturally you would expect a financial publication to have a Republican slant in its opinion section. This publication, in our opinion, is for all practical purposes, devoid of any practical level of being unbiased in favor of the Republican viewpoint. For this reason, it is our feeling that the opinion section…
I have previously purchased Prime headsets for my hand held radio also called a handy talky or HT for short. I need the headset for two city RACES events a year. Problem is that the Prime microphone fails to function properly after two events. This failure happened twice in two years. Buying these headsets every year was getting expensive. I called my local Ham Radio Outlet store and explained my problem. The salesman suggested I consider buying the Icom HS-51….