One year ago today, the electronics manufacturing company that I worked for took me and a dozen other employees into a conference room and told us that they had lost a large contract, and that our services were no longer needed. I had been working there for 9 years, and
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When it comes to paying household bills, these days I pay everything online. The nice thing about online payments is being able to schedule when a payment is made. When I received my semi-annual car insurance bill recently, I saw there was an option on the insurance company’s website to
Continue readingMay Trades
May 2020 saw the DOW rise by 1660 points. April had a similar gain giving us a two month uptrend. I made a few trades in May. Three of them in my IRA account. With interest rates so low, I moved some money into a consumer staple and a gold
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This month was another roller coaster ride in the stock market. There was some improvement in the middle of the month as Trump’s team used every trick available to prop up the markets. News of States reopening some businesses and people starting to receive their stimulus checks also helped. Early
Continue readingTwo More Marble Boards
I listed 2 more marble game boards on Ebay. The first new board was completed in March 2020 and looks similar to the one shown above, but without the crown decals. The crown themed board was completed in April 2020. It includes a Crown Royal mini pouch to hold the
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I was thinking about the toilet paper shortage the other day and thought that a lot of people may not know how much TP they really need. Because of this, they end up buying too much, which adds to the shortage. So, I created a Toilet Paper Calculator. It estimates
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