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What would you do if you had $1 million dollars?

by Charlie on December 10, 2008

Dear President-elect Barack Obama; I am a small business owner. I do quite well for myself as I am in a knowledge-based business servicing the youth sporting market and the retail services industries. I also dabble a bit in coffee and Web 2.0 consulting. I was running some numbers this afternoon on the bail-out plans [...]

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The $3,000 lawn mower

by Rufus on October 26, 2008

I brought my Snapper lawnmower in for service and Quentin, my lawn guy, writes me up a ticket, says that will be $99.00 for the pre-season special, including engine tune up, blade sharpening and balance, oil, gas, timing, etc, etc, etc. Probably all the things I should be doing myself, but just don’t have the [...]

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National City Bank staffed with crooks

by Rufus on September 21, 2008

I have not been able to get decent Internet all week, so on-line banking has been tough. Most of the National City Bank branches were closed because they did not have power. The online banking has been sporadically “malfunctioning” with the bill pay in addition to my Internet woes. As a result, I now have [...]

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The City of Englewood at it again!

by Rufus on March 19, 2007

I recently received a mailer from Rumpke regarding the change in our trash removal service. It had a few more details than the official City newsletter had. I called the City of Englewood to clarify the “one bulk item” definition. As I do most of my own home-improvement projects as a hobby and relaxation, I [...]

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Corporate sponsorship at my funeral

by Rufus on March 27, 2006

As Rufus and I were walking through the cemetery, Bell Funeral Services was setting up their blue canopy for a funeral. I know it is Bell because that is the biggest thing you can read on the canopy. I got to thinking it would probably be more appropriate to have a place for the deceased’s [...]

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