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Bill Paying Online

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I have just recently started paying the majority of my monthly bills online. With the price of postage and gas continuing to rise it just makes sense to do it this way. So far I have had only two problems with the company not receiving the payment, but both places were nice about it and took care of the problem and didn’t charge a late fee. But it did take of a bit of my time and time is money.

So the first week of the month is here again which means most of my computer time is going to be spent doing the monthly payments and all. I just hope that all of them go in correctly this time, I found myself a bit gun-shy there for a while, but I’ll still keep trying.

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Brother Is Still Shopping For The Best Stair Lift

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I heard from my brother and his wife through an email that I received last night, I have cut and pasted the main part of the email below:

In an effort to get our house a bit more handicapped accessible, Luvie and I have been looking around at numerous stair lifts. Luvie has now found a company on-line by the name of AmeriGlide.com that has a very large selection of Ameriglide stair lifts, Vertical Lifts, Wheelchair Lifts, dumb-waiter and Elevators, which are things that we may have to consider at some point as well.

Luvie’s parents are still alive but aging quickly and their health has been deteriorating each year. We have decided that when they need to leave their home, which will most definitely happen at some point in the near future, that they will come and live with us. None of the other family members are set up or capable of such a drastic lifestyle change, what with different career demands and most still have little ones running around the house and attending schools.  So that leaves Luvie and I to come to the aid of these lovely and gentle senior citizens. The weather here in California is best suited for them anyway, our climate doesn’t change as drastically as most of the other states do and the sun is usually around to make people feel better, I have found.

So AmeriGlide seems to have the best variety of stair lifts and has a good general warranty of ten years for the drive-train, and five years for the parts, which is very reasonable for any stair lift, we are finding out. A stair lift is our main concern now because it would be very unsafe for these folks to be attempting to go up and down the several flights of stairs that our house currently has, and both of them are going to be needing something like this, a fall could be disaster when you are of their age group. These folks don’t mend as easy as they use to and a broken hip usually means that things will go down hill from there, and we don’t want to take any risks.

 

Legally Speaking

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The radio show that I used to produce is still on the air. Legally Speaking is broadcast live every Saturday night on WLAC 1510 AM, from 7:00 pm until 10:00 pm.

The attorney who I worked with the most and became good friends with was the anchor and show host, but he left the show a few years ago and I left shortly right after. I still like the other guys, but the show is just not the same without the anchor.

They changed the format slightly – each of the lawyers on the show plays an instrument and sings old country songs as the show cuts to commercial or comes back from station breaks. They aren’t exactly great musicians, but I think it helps make these guys seem a little more human and approachable to listen to them sings and play guitar for a few minutes every hour. As I said they aren’t exactly great musicians but thank the good lord that they have enough talent not to chase away their listeners. They really took a chance with that path.

Even though I don’t work with them any more, I try to listen to the show if I’m home on a Saturday night and think to tune in the radio to their show. I always learn something new about the law and the legal system and it’s good to hear familiar voices, too.

The Best Place for Food and Fun

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My first experience at a Dicks Last Resort was a rip-roaring, rowdy time with good food, plenty of cold beer, and a wait staff that instigated all kinds of fun and mischief throughout the crowd. It was so much fun I couldn’t wait to go back.

Alas, the first Dick’s Last Resort was in San Antonio and I haven’t been back to that one. But I have been to others and they have all been just as much fun. I’ve been to the Dicks in Chicago, which is up at Navy Pier. I’ve also been in the one in Myrtle Beach, and that one had a rascal for a waiter and even the manager was in on the pranks and jokes.

If you ever have the chance and want to have so much fun you can hardly stand to leave, go to a Dick’s Last Resort. There are some people who take their kids to this place, but I promise you will have a better time if you keep the group to adults only. The jokes and the banter is above the heads of the little people and you don’t want to be distracted or inhibited now, do you?

I’ve never checked their website before now, even their website is colorful, entertaining, and interactive check it out at http://www.dickslastresort.com/. See what their joke of the day is and take a look to see if there is a Dicks Last Resort anywhere near you are, it looks like they have even more locations than I thought.

Undercover Boss – The Reality Show That Makes A Difference

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Your company picked a 401K plan as part of their benefits package. They tempted you to sign up for it and then promised to match money up to a certain (low) percentage of your salary. For a lot of people, the 401K is the only retirement effort they can afford to make. Matching contributions were considered as part of the overall compensation package. Plus, you trusted the CFO to pick out a good plan – one that was safe and would grow over the years.

Now there are so many companies that are tightening their belts and instead of cutting management bonuses and excessive management salaries, as they should, they have found a new way to screw over the desk jockeys and warehouse workers. They have pulled out of matching the 401 K contributions. So you non-upper management workers have just taken a pay cut that you didn’t even know you were taking. How depressing is that?

One of my favorite shows that I really enjoy watching is Undercover Boss. This inspiring reality show is where the big bosses are in disguise work amongst their employees to see how their companies are actually being run and what they plan on doing about it. There is a U.K. version as well, but I like the American version much better. If you ever get the chance to watch this reality show on CBS I think you would be impressed.

This video that is on YouTube.com is one of my favorites “Undercover Boss US Hooters”