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by Mary Hunt By Lucie Winborne
● From 1953 to 1959, the Cincinnati Reds baseball team went by a different moniker, the Cincinnati Redlegs, in response to America’s fear of communism during the McCarthy era, when the term “Reds” could be problematic. ● According to researchers at Japan’s Nagoya University, electric eels can use their shock to transfer genetic material to nearby fish larvae, altering the larva’s genes in the process. ● An AI program using merely 10 seconds of human speech has been able to identify whether someone has diabetes with 89% accuracy. ● Workers at an Akron, Ohio, auto wrecking company creatively stopped a potential car thief by using a forklift to raise him, while inside the vehicle, 20 feet into the air until (no doubt amused) police arrived on the scene. ● If you make a visit to Iceland, you might run across a tiny, intricately designed house known as an alfhol. But it wasn’t built for a family of dolls. Rather, such structures are created for the “hidden folk” of Icelandic folklore, creatures often invisible to humans but who are believed to lead lives similar to ours. ● Smokers with better math skills are more inclined to quit smoking. ● When Reza Baluchi, a 44-year-old man from Florida, aspired to cross the Atlantic on a visit to London, he didn’t take a plane or boat, but a floating contraption much like a giant hamster wheel! Unfortunately, his mode of transportation was deemed “manifestly unsafe” by the Coast Guard off the coast of Georgia’s Tybee Island, and after a three-day standoff, Baluchi’s mission was aborted. *** Thought for the Day: “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” -- Zig Ziglar (c) 2024 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Little Ways to Save Big! The secret to starting a serious savings program is to look for small, painless ways to save, and then repeat them consistently over and over again. Look for hidden savings every place that you spend. It all adds up quickly when ® you are consistent -- even the nickels and dimes.
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SAVE THE CHANGE Here’s a challenge: Get a big jar and set it somewhere in the house where everyone can see it every day. Now as you save a bit here and a little more there, put that money into the change jar. When you save 15 cents for each gallon of gas you pumped into the car this morning, take the time and effort to really pump those coins or bills into the jar. You “saved” it at the gas station, so now it’s time to really save it! If everyone participates, you’ll be on your way to big savings and money-saving attitudes. Even little ones get excited when they see a big jar begin to fill. Come up with a plan for how you use the jar of savings. The possibilities are endless, and that’s what makes saving so rewarding.
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to meat, dairy, bakery and pantry staples, too. And every week, the sales change. So, instead of creating your grocery list out of thin air, plan all your meals (kids’ school lunches, too) around what’s on sale in the store’s current weekly flyer. If you are diligent to stick to sale items only and don’t overbuy, you can easily cut your grocery bill by a significant amount. * * * Mary invites you to visit her at EverydayCheapskate.com, where this column is archived complete with links and resources for all recommended products and services. Mary invites questions and comments at https://www.everydaycheapskate. com/contact/, “Ask Mary.” This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of EverydayCheapskate.com, a frugal living blog, and the author of the book “Debt-Proof Living.” COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM
STUDENT FLAIR Haircuts ($75) and color ($150) every six weeks were killing Sue Miller, a reader from Texas. Then she approached a woman in line at the store to find out where she got that great haircut. Fri., Aug. 11, 2023 Now Sue goes to the same local beauty college Please review carefully. Double check: Phone Number(s) Spelling Pri where senior students (under close supervision) give her the latest style and color techniques for Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corre a fraction of the cost: $18 for cut, $60 for color. Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-3 She told me, “It’s like putting $147 back into my pocket every six weeks." Interested? Do a quick online search to find a school of cosmetology in your area.
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