Whatever happened to Barylies...? Can't remember accurate spelling but it was non carbonated and the only "soda" I was allowed to drink. I was 21 before I was allowed Coke!

What happened to an article about reality today with thousands and millions of baby boomers who lost their jobs and can't find work to keep working till they are 65. What are they to do? would love advice! It does no good to not take social security early if you earn no money! You social security only increase...more

Budget is a great way to find how much you spend on each area, but as one person said, when you are on unemployment, and your housing is more than 90%of your income, a budget is senseless. And selling our home in this upside down era isn't a good move either. those of you who live on 60% of what you earn and save the...more

Nothing will get better until people just buy houses because they want to live in them and plan to keep them a long time. Our mess not only has come about by greedy people wanting houses they couldnt' afford and greedy banks loaning money without 20% down and then selling these lousy loans to someone else. Banks sh...more

You are amazing, and should be writing an article - or book- about survival in these times. Being "retired" by loosing my job at age 64, unemployment doesn't cover the house payment. Your ideas are super. But our cable and computer costs are $165 a month. How do you get it so cheap or do you live in a cheap area? J...more

Don't forget all ages buy clothes, all sizes buy clothes. It would be wonderful if there were fashion shows to fit each type. But until then, I can enjoy looking at Paris fashion for its beauty, and not look at the faces (which are sooooo ugly and "angry") and pretend it is real. Disneyland brings the same fantas...more

It is amazing that people call FAT ones who are what used to be skinny. If you aren't dying with your bones showing, you're considered fat. Look at history and normal people...when you are 15 you are tiny and skinny, at 15 you get some curves, at 40 after kids, you widen a bit in the waist and hips. That is not...more

Atico, I have a feeling you aren't a waitress or ever have been one. In the USA a 15% tip is MANDATORY as you are TAXED by the federal gov. on it as income even if you don't get the tip! It would be great if restaurants paid living wages, but many pay NO WAGES AT ALL. The waiters only income is TIPS. That is one reas...more

Growing up "frugal" and green was fun. My dad had a compost, grew all our food, had animals, used washing machine water to water the yard, and recycled everything, even the empty soup cans became drain pipes. We never bought paper towels or plastic bags and mom washed the aluminum foil to reuse when she needed it. The...more