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  • Ask the Readers: Do You Use an Online Bank?   11 years 36 weeks ago

    yes i use an online bank

  • Ask the Readers: Do You Use an Online Bank?   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I do use an online bank.

  • 15 Times When You Really Should Bring a Gift   11 years 36 weeks ago

    Revanche -- that is really kind! The moral is: be a good friend/family member no matter the occasion. We left off those moments of caring in need for this particular list because situations can be case by case and sometimes have family or friend politics involved.

    Hopefully, there are a few people in your life who rarely have times of need or emergencies, and are shown that you care as well! :-)

  • Ask the Readers: Do You Use an Online Bank?   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I prefer a physical bank so that I can walk in when I have a problem or need forms and use my local secu

  • 15 Times When You Really Should Bring a Gift   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I don't actually expect or give gifts for *everything* on this list, I'll let you guess which to determine what kind of social pariah I am, ;) but I do gifts at need. When someone is having a really rough time and I know what will perk them up, or when someone is going through medical issues, I like to spend my gift money at those occasions more than the prescribed ones.

  • How to Answer 23 of the Most Common Interview Questions   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I've had a few jobs that I never would have gotten an interview for had I not called them first. It's risky, though, because you have to remember that these are busy people and bothering them might make them resentful, but it's all in the way you present yourself. I usually say something like "I think I may have experienced a minor power outage, so I wanted to make sure all my information went through just fine."

  • How to Answer 23 of the Most Common Interview Questions   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I think you should probably think about what you're going to say before you let your imagination vomit all over the place. Imagine if all of your employees started their own business; who would work for you? By all means, be the HR department, marketing, support, IT all rolled into one. I'm sure you're an expert in all of these things that usually take a normal person a good four years to get a degree for.

    And this is just GREAT advice for aspiring astronauts. I just know they'll have fun sending that rocket into space on their own.

  • 13 Natural and Easy Ways to Lower Your Blood Sugar   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I can hardly believe info like this is still around. People in parts of the world who live on solely carbs, don't develop type 2. It is the standard american diet that is the cause. I wish the author would google intramyocellular lipids. It's the fat in our diet, that coats the cells and prevents glucose from getting through, so it stays in the blood, causing problems. People who live on white rice and vegetables, in poverty, never develop it. They can't afford fat/meat. It is our rich foods.

  • 50 Best Deals and Coupon Sites   11 years 36 weeks ago

    if you're living in southern California try Zoupons app for local coupons and deals. they also offer online coupons on their website.

  • Ask the Readers: Do You Use an Online Bank?   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I use ING/Capital One 360 and am very pleased with it. I opened it mainly to have an "out of sight, out of mind" account for my savings that has an automatic deposit from my payroll. This has allowed me to build savings faster then if I made the transaction myself every payday...and you know how that would probably go! :)

  • Ask the Readers: Do You Use an Online Bank?   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I use Bank of America. I am still BofA because it was the first bank that I've used, and I've never had a bad experience with it. There are plenty of ATM's all around, and they have many partnering banks abroad. Telephone and online chat support have been greatly beneficial. I've been with them for 20 years, and they have never done anything to want to give my business away elsewhere.

  • 20 Ways to Live Large in a Small Space   11 years 36 weeks ago

    Shower caddies are not recommended. In fact nothing should be on the plumbing fixtures including wet wash cloths.

  • Ask the Readers: Do You Use an Online Bank?   11 years 36 weeks ago

    Yes I do use an online bank

  • Ask the Readers: Do You Use an Online Bank?   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I do most of my banking at a traditional bank, but I also bank online with Capital One 360 (formerly ING). I like being able to do some of my banking at a physical location, but the interest rate for my online savings account is quite a bit higher, so I usually save up for specific goals (i.e. vacation) in my online account. I usually tend to touch that account a lot less, whereas I tend to use the debit card linked to my traditional bank pretty often for purchases here and there.

  • 6 Nervous Tics You Need to Stop Right Now   11 years 36 weeks ago

    Add fingernail clicking! That is the most disturbing to me...

  • 10 Big Expenses You Can Easily Get Rid Of   11 years 36 weeks ago

    Our home-birth midwife is covered by our insurance. I think this is becoming more and more common, thankfully. I had a very healthy pregnancy and easily delivered a healthy baby at our home. I would recommend this option to anyone looking to save money and avoid the potential risks associated with delivering in a hospital (higher chance of having a C-section and avoidable/unnecessary interventions).
    The risk of being transferred in an ambulance (i.e. a serious emergency) is extremely low. The vast majority of births proceed normally. There are risks to not progressing "fast enough" and many state laws require that women be transferred to a hospital if their water has broken and they have not delivered within 24-36 hours. If that is necessary, an ambulance ride is not needed-- you simply drive to the hospital because it is not an emergency. I have never heard your "18x more likely to have brain trauma" point before-- Is that a fact?
    Definitely do your homework and decide what the best option is for your individual situation.

  • How to Avoid (and Treat) Cold Sores   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I'm 31 and have been getting them since I was a baby. I take the prescription acyclovir and it works well. But sometimes I run out and the one and only other thing that works is rubbing alcohol. It kills it dead but you have to catch it in the start up stage or its poitless. Hold the alcohol with a qtip or paper or whatever directly on the soar for approx 45 minutes to kill the virus. It's painful, it sucks but it will skip right over the tingle annoying stage right into the blister crusty stage. Bleach works just as well but it scarred my lips for life.

  • Best Money Tips: Top 10 Retirement Planning Mistakes   11 years 36 weeks ago

    Pay yourself first is the first step to saving. I also suggest that the key component to everyone's retirement/estate plan should include life insurance.

  • Do You Know These 5 Financial Lessons Most People Learn in Their 40s?   11 years 36 weeks ago

    True, so true. Forty is not old, and your finances are not invincible. Pay yourself first is the first step to saving. I also suggest that the key component to everyone's retirement plan should include life insurance.

  • Why One-Third of Americans Haven't Saved for Retirement   11 years 36 weeks ago

    CarlyT, hit it on the nail on the head. There still is a lack of education about retirement and retirement planning. Pay yourself first is the first step to saving. I also suggest that the key component to everyone's retirement plan should include life insurance.

  • 7 More Travel Destinations That Aren't Worth the Money   11 years 36 weeks ago

    Consider these locations off my list. There are literally thousands of places that interest me which I hope to visit one day. No point leaving questionable locations on the list. Good stuff!

  • How to Survive (and Thrive!) in a Job You Hate   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I think this article is so timely. Thing is I actually left a job I wasn't so crazy about and ended up accepting an offer that is just not the place for me. It's way worse than my previous place of work and I really can't go back. In this places, there are so many constant changes, policies are overturned and I am called on at home as well. I have to tough it out for 3 more months until new management fully takes over and am afraid I will just not last that long. The end of the year seems like aeons away.
    :(

  • Ask the Readers: Do You Use an Online Bank?   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I use a bank with a physical location and have a savings account with an online bank. I like having a bank close, but am willing to have one account "afar."

  • Ask the Readers: Do You Use an Online Bank?   11 years 36 weeks ago

    We use a local credit union - I've been a member since I was 5 years old. They have online banking options that meet our needs.

  • Ask the Readers: Do You Use an Online Bank?   11 years 36 weeks ago

    I use Ally Bank because of the interest rate. It's about 79 times higher than my normal bank! I use them for my emergency fund which is perfect because I can only make a couple withdrawals per month (which I don't plan on doing anyway).