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I wanted to say thank you for your kind words. I saw your post and did not have the time to send you a private message right then, so I figured I would the next day. Except I didn't use the computer over the weekend, and have had a really rough week so that I didn't get on DIS boards, and now...

My heart goes out to you and your family. I've kept this to myself, but your situation struck a chord with me. 2008 was a horrific year for our family, too. My husband had to have emergency surgery last Spring. We were OK; it just scared the daylights out of me. Then my teenage daughter...

Until you wrote that, I forgot that I asked a jeweler, that dealt in buying as well as selling. He wasn't the least bit interested. Jewelers would never pay the appraised value or even slightly lower. I think the appraisal that came with my ring is complete BS. It just adds to the hype when...

I have a nice engagement ring from a previous marriage and I've tried Ebay, Craigslist, etc. with no luck. The only responses I got were pretty obviously scammers. I really would like to get rid of the ring as well as have the extra money, but diamonds actually aren't rare or even all that...

I estimate how much cash I will need per day, and only take that much to the parks. The rest I keep in the in-room safe. If it's allowed, another possibility might be to overpay your room or pay a lump sum "on account" to your room once you arrive, and charge things back to the room...

I had a pair of Athens that I wore until they didn't have any tread left. They were comfortable, but the part between my toes felt kind of fat - I was always aware of it. There is also a style called Baja, which is just like Athens but with a microfiber toe thingy which looks much narrower, so...

To all the line-driers - what about pollen? I've always read that allergy sufferers should avoid line drying because pollen gets in/on the clothes. And I have an unfortunate childhood memory of finding a bee/wasp in my clothes after I had gone outside, grabbed my outfit and put it on, and...

I did that for my son's bday one year, but it was probably 12 years ago so I'm straining my memory . . . I used checked tablecloths, bandannas for napkins, hotdogs, chips, root beer . . . actually the party was cowboys and indians, and it was a costume party. The kids loved coming to my kids...

We were required to call our grandparents very formal names as far as I'm concerned - Grandmother or Granddaddy plus my father's last name or my mother's maiden name - nothing else was allowed. My mother never allowed her grandkids to call her anything except Grandmother, either. If my kids...

Mine says it's from "Disney Destinations" and the actual email address is vacation @ registration.disneyworld.com I'll have to notice exactly what return address the postcards say the next time my son's friend gets one at our house. :rolleyes:

:rotfl: Good one! I should have said one reason, not the only reason. Others I can think of: *not checking the "I want to receive offers" box on disneyworld.com *being on the Direct Marketing Association "do not bother" list *the randomness of the Universe :sad2:

Not your credit score, just your credit. A business can get a credit report on a person just by knowing their name and address. For more info, see this: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20499525-Legal-for-car-dealer-to-photocopy-your-drivers-license; inside there's a link to an article about...

Re: getting pin codes, this is my opinion and reason behind it: If you're registered on the Disney website, and/or if Disney has your information from a previous visit, and you're not getting pin code offers, it's probably because of your credit. I say this because I experienced this. I used...

Yes! Prices were jacked up when gasoline was sky high, but now that gasoline is the lowest it's been in years and years and years :thumbsup2 you would think prices would go back down. But noooooooo . . .:furious: Candee

I used to do that and mostly really liked it, but each area is sold to different people, and my person just didn't do the best job. Consistently the list would say things were on sale when they weren't, and boy, is that disappointing. My husband never got the stockpiling thing. And now due to...

It's Morgan County; our bordering counties are Oconee, Walton, Putnam, Greene, Newton, and Jasper. I think that's all! You know GA has a zillion counties . . . This sounds crazy, but I'm not sure where I could go to get one. Any closer to Athens and it's the Athens newspaper, not AJC, and...

I had forgotten about that - while googling yesterday I saw ebay auctions for coupons. I think I'm too much of a skinflint to pay money for coupons. That seems to me to defeat the purpose, you know? And I wonder if there is anything to keep people from selling out of date or counterfeit...

On the one hand, I think coupons are less valuable recently - a .55 coupon which can't be doubled instead of a .50, which can be doubled - oh please! :sad2: This is happening more and more often. Or saving $1 if you buy 4 of something - the expense of buying 4 with 25¢ off each isn't a...

To Goldie: We're in the same boat! It costs $40 per month at my job. To All: I'm late to the party, and this may sound really obvious, but I found the best way to not spend money was to not go into stores. It does help that I'm not a shopper by nature, and only go to the mall 2 - 3 times...

As someone who grew up without heat at night - sometimes I would wake up to ice on the *inside* of my windows - I prefer to sleep in cool temps. We live in GA and keep our thermostat at 60° overnight and when no one is home, and 67-68° when we're home. When I was a SAHM I kept the temp at 65°...