Seriously, young people struggling to stay afloat, and especially people with kids, need to talk to a parent or grandparent who went through the great depression.  Those people were forced to be frugal and even when things got relatively better, they still stayed frugal for the next financial drop. A great rule is if y...more

Having been forced to put my mother in a nursing home because of her need for specialized care we couldn't give her, I found that the difference in ANY nursing home is how involved the family is with all aspects of care, including socialization.  When family members drop in at any time, ask abundant and focused questio...more

I'm amazed that Dad thinks remission means cured.  As a cancer survivor let me add some fact to all your lofty opinions, it doesn't.  Her cancer can come back and must be treated more aggresively as it can be a more potent cancer.  She's a child and has endured what no child should have to, but she did. Let her take th...more

In order to pay the outrageous Florida State Farm Insurance I rented out my house for 3 months.  My 800. per month cost me $600. for bed bug pest control (separate from the $500. per year I pay for an annual contract for 3 inside and 3 outside treatments.)  I also had to fork over $500. for new mattress and box spring....more

Of course she should be allowed to walk with her classmates.  Thier afraid of setting a precedent?  A good, common sense precedent would be any student with a life threating disease,  that is shy of enough credits, that could be made up in the summer, absolutely be allowed to walk with her class.  She could be presente...more

I too had such a collection.  My 2 brothers and I would buy comics and then keep them in a clothes hamper for storage.  When we were finally married and my kid brother went to "Nam", my mother thought it would be a good idea to redo the room, including, you guessed it, getting rid of "those old funny books."  Not only ...more

While I don't know how to be a multi millionare, it's their property and as long as it doesn't have a profound affect on neighboring homes, why not.  Blocking ocean views is another thing.  This is where the planning boards and government agencies step in to regulate this.  Simple rules exist in some areas where the cl...more

I hate when passengers going to the rear of the plane leave their carry ons in the front of the plane, while the flight attendants are either busy gabbing or tackling other mundane tasks.  When the people who are ticketed to sit in the front of the plane get there,  all the overhead bins are taken, jammed or stuffed.  ...more

While I agree certain pension systems have trouble, to blame the pensioners for the problem is shortsighted and not nearly as accurate as the whole story.  Start with the fact that any pension rules are either negotiated in the give and take of management or their reps. and labor in collective bargaining.  At the end o...more