Reflections
Airlines Consider New Ways To Add Charges To Your Flight
The airline industry is considering some new creative ways to add to the cost of your next airline flight. The airline companies may start adding these news fees this year, which consumers will have to take in consideration when booking a flight. The first new charge will be for infants that are held in a [...]
Credit Card Thief Shares His Expertise On How To Protect Yourself
I just finished reading an article in which a credit card thief shares the secrets of his trade and how crooks steal your credit card information. In addition he provided information on how your identity can be compromised and what to do to protect yourself online when making purchases. What is scary is that there [...]
Southwest Pilot Holds Flight For Murder Victim’s Family
Most days we are bombarded with sad news so it is refreshing to read a story about a good person. The good person happens to be a pilot at Southwest Airlines who held up a flight to get a murdered victims family on board. The circumstances were that a 3-year-old boy was body slammed by [...]
Man Arrested On Airplane Armed With A Bagel
Once we go through the hassles of the airport security checks, one would think that security issues would be put aside. But on a flight from Boston to Washington, DC other passengers alerted crew members to what they thought was a suspicious package. It turns out the suspicious package was a set of keys, a [...]
Need An Extra $1,000? Enter The ‘Dangers of Debt Image Contest’
When I saw this contest, I ignored it completely. Not because I can’t use the $1,000 first place prize, but because I cannot draw. My least favorite game is Pictionary. Everything I draw either looks like a horse or a horse. But for those of you who have the artist flare for drawing, you may [...]
Samsung’s Slider Tablet Combo Notebook (Say That Three Times Fast!)
A few days ago, I had mentioned that one of the problems with the tablet computers, were that they were not equipped with a real QWERTY keyboard. Though Dell has a device with a flip screen that doubles as both a tablet and notebook, Samsung seems to have the right idea in design and function. [...]
Homeless Man With The Golden Voice – Video Removed From You Tube
If you haven’t seen the video clip of the homeless man with the golden voice, you have missed listening to a rare gift. But in addition to his voice, this man has a story to tell that is heart warming. Ted Williams was homeless living on the streets in Columbus, Ohio and panhandling near a [...]
Bank Of America – New Checking Accounts – New Fees – Oh My!
Bank of America is testing a pilot program in which the bank is trying out new checking accounts and new fees. The programs are currently being tested in the states of Georgia, Arizona and Massachusetts. The checking account fees and charges come in a variety of different amounts and also employee various restrictions and user [...]
Is Paying Off Your Home Mortgage A Bad Idea?
When I first read an article about how owning your home outright may be a bad idea, I was skeptical as to the reasons why. I have been a home owner most of my adult life, and have been a mortgage slave chasing the American dream of being a homeowner. My personal opinion is that [...]
Sonamba Senior Monitoring Device Is Technologically Advanced
‘I’m falling and I can’t get it’, alerted us to the fact that seniors living alone needed some type of monitoring device for their home. Life Alert with their commercial advertising on TV, is the most common type of protection that most of us are familiar with. But now there is Sonamba which is technologically [...]
