Tripso, a travel site penned by James Wysong, a long-time airline steward, has 10 tips for avoiding airline delays due to weather. His number one?
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Ideas For Living Without Credit Or Debt
By 8.15.07
Leo at Zen Habits has listed 10 ideas for living without a credit card or any debt.
Start Shopping For Thanksgiving Airfare On Aug 22
By 8.14.07
According to the fare prediction scientists at Farecast.com, Aug 22nd marks the date to start shopping for Thanksgiving plane tickets. They shared these tips and stats about turkey-time airfare:
If You're Out Of Cellphone Service For A Long Time, Remove Your Battery
By 8.13.07
If you’re going to be in an area with no cellphone service for more than a few hours, consider removing your cellphone battery during that time or it might go dead. It seems that turning your cellphone off isn’t enough; the cellphone may continually try to resync with the mothership grid, and the successive abortive attempts are very draining on the battery level.
6 Ways To Save On Groceries
By 8.3.07
Okay, so you’ve cut canned vegetables from your grocery list and now your food budget has exploded like a can of green beans. How can you cut corners and save a little money without resorting to Breathairianism? Consumer Reports offers six suggestions, and while many of them may seem like common sense if you already practice them, the list is still helpful enough to be worth checking out. Tip number one:
Choose cheap stores. Not all stores are created equal. After doing a price comparison, Consumer Reports found that the following stores offered the best bargains: Aldi, Costco, Market Basket, Slater Bros., Shoppers Food Warehouse, Trader Joe’s and Wal-Mart.
Buying a New Car? Check eBay Before Buying Optional Equipment From the Dealer
By 7.31.07
“They always get you on the floormats.” Pricing out a car online before visiting a dealership, and seeing the range of options available, is a no-brainer. But before you drop the coin on options like floormats, mudflaps, trunk nets, or whatever other easy-installation options strike your fancy, check eBay. Auto dealerships’ parts departments are actually selling the same items on eBay, at a discount to the marked-up rates they charge new-car buyers.
Consumerist's 10 Tips That Will Make Sure You'll Stay Broke
By 7.31.07
We know you don’t really like having money. That’s why we’ve put together these 10 tips that will help ensure you never will:
Make Envelopes Out Of Recycled Paper
By 7.17.07
If you are like us, you have tried to make an envelope because you were out of envelopes but you wanted to mail something and the mailbox was much closer than the store.
10 Tips For Summer Wine Drinking
By 7.16.07
. They are so food friendly and offer something with more substance than a white. I like ones from Provence, such as Domaine Sorin, but they actually come in a range of styles.
By 7.14.07
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A recently widowed woman in Indiana gave a $10,000 tip to Jessica Osborne, a 20-year-old Pizza Hut waitress. Osborne will use the generous tip to help pay for college.
Put Your Wallet On A Diet: Tips For Avoiding The Dreaded "Costanzawallet"
By 7.13.07
Dumb Little Man has some tips for you super Costanzawallet dudes. Deep in your heart you know you don’t want to carry around a wallet this big. Aside from causing you to list to port whenever you sit down, carrying around a complete record of your financial transactions since the mid-80’s is not wise.
