Holiday money?

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The time is back upon us. The greetings of the season, the snow, the black Friday, the e-Monday, the bills and jingles and so on and so on. So what to buy and what no to buy is the question? Well, not so much this holiday season compared with last ones. Everyone I know is broke. They are in fact too broke.

The inflation is catching to everyone’s savings -if there was such a thing. The credit cards are max and the monthly payments are due sixty days ago. The amount of advertising has increased without the paycheck increase. So what to do? Not so much we can do and is in out power to do. We can certainly shop around and look at things, but buying them is filled with hesitation and uncertainty.

Questions linger over our decision to buy anything now-a-days. If you buy now and pay later; how do you pay later? What if there is no paycheck increase and your overdue payment is close to 90 days late. The minimum payments you used to make no longer affordable. Every time you missed a payment by a day or two, the interest rate on your credit card went ten times that. How do you fix all of this?

Not that you have any choice here? You are bound by tradition-or is it a really bad habit- to buy and buy and borrow more to buy things you just want to buy. Like a crack addict you fingers shiver and your body tingle at hearing the word “sale”. You know you cannot afford it - you know will not be able to pay for it - you are already behind, but hey, old habits are hard to kill. Especially shopping habits with money you never had.

What an addict to do? I have never heard of a rehab for the shopping-crazy-person-who-cannot-stop borrowing money they cannot pay facility. You can kick crack habit out and it might come back, but shopping, it has become as a pastime, as watching a baseball game. You are in trouble. I am in trouble. We are in trouble. The whole economy will soon be in trouble. Have you not witnessed the crazy-home-buying-spree that we went on - and look at it now.

This is funny and ture

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Only in America……can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

2. Only in America……are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.

3. Only in America……do stores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

4. Only in America……do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.

5. Only in America……do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.

6. Only in America……do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.

7. Only in America……do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won’t miss a call from someone we didn’t want to talk to in the first place.

8. Only in America……do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.

9. Only in America……do we use the word ‘politics’ to describe the process so well: ‘Poli’ in Latin meaning ‘many’ and ‘tics’ meaning ‘bloodsucking creatures’

10. Only in America……do they have drive-up ATM’s with Braille lettering.
Think about it. That is damn funny!
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EVER WONDER

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

Why women can’t put on mascara with their mouth closed?

Why don’t you ever see the headline “Psychic Wins Lottery”?

Why is “abbreviated” such a long word?

*Why is it that doctors call what they do “practice”?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dish washing liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why isn’t there mouse-flavored cat food?

When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?

Why didn’t Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that stuff??

Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

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In case you needed further proof that the human race is doomed through stupidity, here are some actual label instructions on consumer goods:

On a Sears hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping. ( I have no other time to dry my hair).

On a bag of Frito’s: ..You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (the shoplifter special?)

On a bar of Dial soap: “Directions: Use like regular soap.” (and that would be how…?)

On some Swanson frozen dinners: “Serving suggestion: Defrost.” ( But, it’s “just” a suggestion).

On Tesco’s Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom): “Do not turn upside down.” (well… a bit late, huh?)

On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: “Product will be hot after heating.” (…noooo… Really?)

On packaging for a Rowena iron: “Do not iron clothes on body.” (but wouldn’t this save me more time?)

On Boot’s Children Cough Medicine: “Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication.” (We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)

On Nytol Sleep Aid: “Warning: May cause drowsiness.” (and.. .I’m taking this because…?)

On most brands of Christmas lights: “For indoor or outdoor use only.” (as opposed to… what?)

On a Japanese food processor: “Not to be used for the other use.” (now, somebody out there, help me on this. I’m a bit curious.)

On Sunsbury’s peanuts: “Warning: contains nuts.” (talk about a news flash)

On an American Airlines packet of nuts: “Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts.” (Step 3: maybe, uh…fly Delta?)

On a child’s superman costume: “Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.” (I don’t blame the company. I blame the parents for this one.)

On a Swedish chainsaw: “Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals.” (..was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)

daily tip for a child

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