Quote Question: what do people do with airbags they have stolen from cars? It does not take much of a major collision to set off an airbag, which is the point of them. But it DOES take money to replace them since they are "one time use only" items. So...

Quote BBQ Weenies Add (1) 32 oz jar of grape jelly and (3) 12 oz. jars of chili sauce to a crockpot. Heat until jelly is melted. Add miniature weenies. Heat through for an hour. Serve with toothpicks. Wow--this recipe looks neat & so simple! I have no...

I guess I get confused about the 401K here at my work. Some guy came and talked to us about it, but I had a meeting in the middle of that and missed out. What I understood was that I get to play with how my money is invested? My tax person told me t...

Just loved reading this account! I was on jury duty once. Found out that they like having teachers on juries - everyone thinks they will be impartial. I got on two trials but as soon as we got seated, the people decided to plead guilty! So I never...

I took this dip to a party a couple of weeks ago. Served with lots of vegies, both blanched and raw, and slices of a baguette that I toasted, then rubbed with a raw garlic clove. Just a couple of lonely carrot sticks left on the plate. It is also yu...

Quote No cook treats: Take ham lunchmeat, spread cream cheese on it and roll it up and stick a toothpick in it. I've made this too, but I put a baby dill pickle in the middle. Nice combination of textures. Quote Wrap Bacon around a whole water c...

Easy enough box to do. Duplicate the stamp and plant ... if there's a spot to hide it. Interesting piece of art ... CPAScott

I just got my first digital camera and loaded the software on my computer and started playing last night. I discovered that I can take a picture and turn it into a "coloring book" copy. It just leaves black and white lines, pretty cool, so the first...

No, but this sounds VERY COOL! Koyote

That's what I do OR...in a program like Microsoft publisher ( a desktop publisher) you can format any image you put onto a page. You can make a color photo black and white lines (the colorbook effect) or greyscale etc. depending on which program you...

Quote I guess I get confused about the 401K here at my work. Some guy came and talked to us about it, but I had a meeting in the middle of that and missed out. What I understood was that I get to play with how my money is invested? My tax person told m...

Thanks for the advice, I'll have to give that radio program a try. Surprisingly some of this made sense, I knew about cashing in and paying taxes on it. I think that Vangard thing is an option for us. I just know that there were pie charts that had...

Quote I got on two trials but as soon as we got seated, the people decided to plead guilty! So I never had to do anything. Makes you wonder what they saw in our faces that made them decide not to go through with it. I hate it when the defense plays th...

Quote I just know that I when I get to retirement age, I'll have the choice to do it and to not work. I want to enjoy my golden years to the max! Moonduck We be there!!!!! Don

could you explain how to do this on Micrsoft Publisher? I'm sitting here tinkering with it and I cannot figure it out. Thanks! Desi

Quote My old boss had me raise my 401k by 5% when he gave me a raise. Putting a raise into your 401K is definitely a good way to painlessly save. Another good way, is to increase it 1% every 3 months, if your plan allows that. Extremely painless,...

We have a pseudo-401K through work and we can direct our percentages of our contributions to 5 different types of funds: Government Securities Fund (low risk, low return) Bond Index Fund (low risk, low return) Common Stock Index Fund (higher risk, hig...

For Publisher 2002, right click on the picture and choose Recolor Picture, for color, select black and Recolor Whole Picture. Click ok and you should have a black and white picture! At least that's how I did it :)

Quote AND I love books by Peter Lynch-- "One Up on Wall Street" "Beating the Street" Yeah, I really enjoyed those two book as well. =) If you've ever read anything by Warren Buffett, it's pretty fascinating as well. He doesn't have any books (well,...

Hey...it was my idea in the first place! No squatters on my land! =]

I took this dip to a party a couple of weeks ago. Served with lots of vegies, both blanched and raw, and slices of a baguette that I toasted, then rubbed with a raw garlic clove. Just a couple of lonely carrot sticks left on the plate. It is also yumm...

In my non-letterboxing life (could there be such a thing?) I write about books for an investment magazine. These are a few of my favorite personal finance/investing books (beyond the ones previously mentioned): Personal Finance for Dummies and Investi...

How about Arm Chair Millionare by Silent Doug? Don

I have been putting the max into my 401K since 1989 and I have a nice little nest egg there! I used to date a stockbroker and he would help me make the decisions on what options I should direct the money to... Unfortunately, my company does NOT match...

Discovered an interesting side-line to Letterboxing - whenever I'm out on the trail, I find myself picking up rocks....pretty ones, odd shaped ones, colorful ones - whatever catches my eye. Makes for a heavy pack after a while, but they do have a cert...

I do this when I go the beach. I put them in my aquarium after a good cleaning/boiling. Moonduck

Quote Unfortunately, my company does NOT match contributions in any way, shape, or form. Of course you can't blame them when they are bankrupt most of the time! Darn Airlines!! Thankfully, mine matches 50% of what I put in, so it helps out a lot....

I love rocks. But...we don't have any nice ones down here (central Florida). It stinks.

Absolutely! Forest Troll and I have been doing this forever, long before I discovered letterboxing. I have rocks from all over the country. And they bring back memories of when I was 'there' when I see them. I was a big rock hound when I lived in O...

Quote Thankfully, mine matches 50% of what I put in, so it helps out a lot. It really makes me crazy when I think of all the money I COULD have had! If USAirways matched contributions! WOW. But I am lucky that I have been doing what I have been! I h...