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and it was supposedly a "reputable" one, recommended highly by just about everyone.  Searched online, you name it.  Thought I did my homework pretty good.  Well, they were a rip off.  Thankfully I kept logs of everyone I talked to about what and when, etc.  They screwed up several of my accounts, didn't pay them for almost 3 months (even though they received payment) and none of my interest rates were adjusted.  I contacted one of the lawers for the cc company that was handling the collection at that point since my company failed to do so and they said that this was a very common thing and that they really did not like to deal with companies like that, would rather deal directly with the person. 

Good luck to you though, sounds like you actually found one that does some kind of work. 

They cut production to get the prices up again. If we're not _____ by the oil nations, we're ____ by the American oil companies. G-R-E-E-D is the name of the game in the last few years.

Government tells us to cut our driving. Well, I hate to tell them but between a pickup and a car, we drove a total of  5,838 miles last year, and most of that mileage was 100 miles a day for DH to go to work. I get to the store once a month anymore, 2 mile round trip. The only thing I can cut down on is to walk to the store and back. Been there done that, but I'm no spring chicken and carrying 5 bags or more, well....you'd see a bag every 100 feet.

I don't see how it's any different that american companies are hiring illegals here versus american companies offshoring (which I detest) because the issue on either side is -- bottom line - the dollar -  and what American employers are willing to pay today...........and in either case, we are all losing our jobs to foreigners (whether they are legal, offshore, or illegal workers).

just my opinion.........

yourself first. That's what I did. We had a medical problem and we went from paying on time for years to 90 days behind in 3 months. We wound up living off the cards...which is an absolute no-no, but couldn't be helped, and wound up with $45,000 in CC debt.

 I called them all and they all have programs for hardship cases. They set up payments for you which are lower than what you would usually be paying and they lowered my interest rates again (in the good times, I was paying 9%) from 19% to  21% down to 9% again and one company even lowered my interest rate to 6%!

They automatically take the money from your account and you just have to remember to keep the money in there.  Payments are much lower since they lowered the interest rate and all the cards will be paid off in 4 years.

One company did close my account, but none of the others did. I haven't used a credit card for 2 years and most of the cards I had for 10 years.

Hope this helps and good luck. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

All of those companies you listed are non profits as described and accepted by the IRS.

I'm afraid you're going to be out of luck with your animal rescue lady, unless she reorganizes as a non profit, or makes you officially part of the company.

But, DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.  Check with your tax person, or if you can't reach her, find another tax person.  Call H&R Block.  There may be some loopholes that you can use to get the deduction.

Does anyone else who works from home use the internet for most of their shopping or to surf the web during work?  I had a MT service owner who complained to me that he had a hard time getting his "girls" to work since implementing the internet - that they spent their work time on QVC or HSN.  I never thought about going to other sites (other than for references) while working, but apparently this is a big pull for some of us - I just can't imagine having time to shop while trying to work. 

and it will give you a daily update.  Nick will probably not show up for at least another week or so.  When they wrote in his death he hadn't resigned with the shot yet and they write most of the storylines about 4-6 week in advance.

not too long ago.

My dad passed away almost a year ago, and my mother was devastated.  They would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in a few more months.  Dad passed in April 2006 and their anniversary was in June.  My mom went through many emotions, understandably so, shock, anger, depression, anger, depression, anger....You get the picture.  Anyway, a few months ago she started playing around with online "dating" services where she met many people but how can you know anyone is who they say they are online?  Anyway, she "met" several men friends, and they were all younger.  My mother is almost 71 but she only goes for the younger men profiles.  I don't know why she won't be realistic and seek out someone closer to her age.  I've tried to tell her that she needs to be realistic and younger men (I'm talking men in their 40s and 50s) can only possibly want one thing from an older woman, and that would be money.  My mother has no money but she doesn't let these guys know this.  She has met many men, and during a "relationship" with each one she just knew "this was the one."  Then something would happen to "break them up."  I don't know what happens between them, and I don't see their conversations, but I do know that my mother takes everything for face value, i.e., when they tell her they love her, she believes them!  Now this is only 2 days of talking via IM that the guy says he loves my mother.  To make a long story short, her latest claimed to be only 47 years old.  After 2 days he told her he loved her.  He also told her he was German and needed American citizenship and asked her to marry him.  She was SO excited.  You can't believe how happy she was.  At that point my sister and I started doing some investigating and found out this guy has several different profiles using different names, different age, different height/weight, but was crazy enough to use the same picture for each one, the one he sent my mother, that's how we "caught" him.  He had her believing everything he said.  He promised her everything in the world.  But he would never give her his phone # or address.  He was very evasive, always avoiding giving any information.  My mother gave him her address though!  My sister and I couldn't believe she did that!  He sent her a pair of slippers, a size 10!!!  He didn't ask her size, just sent her some blue slippers, size 10.  She told him they were too big and he told her he would wear them, that she could just send them to him.  This is just all so bizarre to my sister and I, but my mother STILLdoesn't see the harm in it.  We finally told her the information we found and she was very upset, but still tending not to believe us.  But before this guy happened, actually there was one before him who wrote mom for about 2 weeks, then said he was going to take a business trip to Afica and taking his 6-year-old son with him.  After he was "gone" for about 3 days he IM'd my mother and told her he needed $600 to feed his child.  My mother refused (thank goodness) and he got angry and asked her if she wanted his child to starve in Africa.  He then told her if she would send him $2500 he could fly home to see her.  They'd never met. He claimed to live in NC.  This was before the one above who sent her the slippers.  You would have thought she would have learned her lesson with the 'africa' guy, but she didn't.  She STILL believes this guy's name was really what he said it was and she still believes he went to Africa on a business trip and that he has a 6-year-old son.  So I think she still believes this other guy is who he said he was, but she was so upset that she said she wasn't going to go near her computer for several days.  This was yesterday morning.  By yesterday afternoon she was back on and chatting with ANOTHER younger man who told her he lives in Pennsylvania.  He's in his 50s.  What can I do to help her understand that there are REAL scammers out there?  She gets very angry with me and my sister and tells us she's 70 years old, she thinks she can take care of herself.  But she is also very naive about worldly matters which is obvious because she believes everything these people are telling her.  I know i"ve jumped around and back and forth with this information, I'm just very frustrated and scared for my mother.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Unless, of course, you're looking to maximally change your life after 41 years...........and all will be affected..........

Remember, it's a rarity about going backwards in life...and you *think* you're in love via the web........wait til you see him and nothing is as you were told..........

and why is he STAG now after 41 years?  hmmmm?  *curious question that requires no answer to me at least*

best of luck but don't hold your breath..........I HAVE met people from online...........tis really better in REAL TIME, ya know?!

I am lucky...I never thought I would use an internet site for dating but I was bored one day and tried it. I met someone by chance and never thought anything would come of it, he lived in the Northeast and I lived in the South so I thought it improbable....turns out we immediately it it off, had everything in common and it was like I couldnt have made a list of the things that I wanted that would fit more perfectly.  I'm happy to say we have been living together a year and a half and we both couldnt be happier.  There are a lot of crazy people out there so just be careful how you handle anything internet related. All stories arent as happy as mine!!

all I have is Google and mywebsearch.  Anybody know how to get it back?

Thanks

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