Back in 2012 I created a website for listing machine shops based in the US. One goal was to help machine shop owners by providing a free searchable database for their listings. The other goal was to see if I could create the code for a custom online database. Back
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Things I Had to Give Up in 2025
Because of inflation in the past 12 months, I have had to stop spending on non-essential items. Here is the list of things that I have had to give up spending money on in 2025: Dinning Out – First it was full-service restaurants, then we had to cut fast food.
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I’m always looking for a way to save a few bucks, so I do a lot of bargain hunting on shopgoodwill.com. I recently came across a way to save on the cost of shipping. I won an auction on two items from the same Goodwill seller. On the payments page,
Continue readingAmazon Price vs. Mfg Price
I came across another example of how Amazon’s price isn’t the best anymore. I was looking for a staple gun to tack down some low voltage wires. Went to Amazon.com and found a model that looked good. It was from a company called Surebonder. They have been providing affordable and
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As of July 28, 2025, the cumulative tariff collection for the year stands at $125.6 billion, a 130.9% increase compared to the same time last year. So, what happens to that money? It has been going into a general fund, which is managed by the Federal Reserve. The fund is
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In 2025 it is getting more difficult to find ways to save money. I just came back from the grocery store and spent $144 for 36 items. That is an average of $4 for every item I put in the cart. I knew it would be close to $140 because
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