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Sore Throat Remedies

Grover — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:50:07 +0000

This past week I was a victim of the dreaded strep ( Streptococcal pharyngitis ) throat germ. Symptoms of strep throat are typically a high fever, head ache and sore throat. The only real symptom that I had was the sore throat. The pain from this was the worst sore throat pain I had every experienced and I was constantly seeking relief from the pain. By the way, typically the sore throat pain will subside within 24 to 36 hours of it being treated with Amoxicillin. However, to get through those 36 hours you will do almost anything for relief. Some of the remedies I tried included Chloraseptic Spray, Cepacol lozenges, sugarless Halls cough drops, Fisherman’s Friend, popsicles and various herbal teas. My favorite tea was a homemade concoction of eldeberry, wild cherry bark, and a few little dry hawthorn berries from vitamin cottage. This tea seemed to gently sooth my tender throat that can best be described as raw hamburger. Later, I found on WEBMD that doctors sometimes prescribe pain killers in the form of codeine. I hate strep throat. I can’t imagine trying to get over it without the help of 10 days worth of Amoxicillin. The discomfort would be extreme.

Amazon sells more appliances than Home Depot

Grover — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:17:22 +0000

I recently heard that Amazon out sells Home Depot and other big box stores. So when our electric range died we decided to buy one online from Amazon. They offered installation and take away of the old stove for fifty dollars. The surprising part about it was that when we ordered it on Sunday, the installation company called us Monday for an appointment to install it. They installed it on Thursday. This was a full week earlier than what Home Depot could have done. Amazon has some kind of system of using suppliers all over the country to cut down on shipment times. Everyone thing worked great and we got exactly the stove we wanted without paying tax or shipping. Amazon is kicking butt.

Black Friday 2011

Grover — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:23:01 +0000

I’ve started to pay attention to some of the offers for Black Friday 2011. Best Buy and Walmart are doing some amazing online offers during Thanksgiving Day. The one I like best is a 24 inch HDTV for under $80. Now all I have to do is figure out the earliest I can secure that buy. I think it starts as soon as Thanksgiving begins. There are loads of sites dedicated to Black Friday. I like http://blackfriday.dealsofamerica.com/

Don’t Give Up on Rebates

Grover — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:12:04 +0000

I recently bought a mixer at Bed Bath and Beyond. As I paid for the item I was very pleased to find out that it came with a rebate offer for a $70 glass bowl. I dutifully filled out the form, attached the receipt, and cut out the UPC for submission. We even got an email notification that our rebate had shipped. About a week later we got a post card in the mail that the rebate had been rejected due to invalid UPC. I went to the company website and saw they have online chat with customer service. I wrote one sentence stating that I was pretty sure that we did the rebate process correctly and I was disappointed. The customer service rep immediately said she would give me a one time correction and reward the rebate as advertised. Go figure!

Discover points linked to Amazon

Grover — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:06:25 +0000

Today I am convinced I bought the least expensive hedge trimmer in the world. I even paid for it with Discovercard bonus points. Amazon and Discovercard have collaborated to make using bonus points as simple as clicking a box on your shopping cart. You can designate the amount to the exact penny. After searching the world for hedge trimmers using Google Shopping search, I decided I liked the Black and Decker models. When I looked at Amazon I noticed they were also sell the exact model in a “like new” condition for about 20% less. It still qualified for free shipping. What an amazing deal.

Attend Stanford for free

Grover — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:56:14 +0000

Want to learn something online? Stanford University is offering classes online for free. Check it out.

http://see.stanford.edu/

There are 3 classes that we like:

Pretty exciting stuff.

New highs within stock market

Grover — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:46:26 +0000

A good way to monitor what might be a good investment is to monitor “new highs” in the market. Typically, these are stocks that have hit a new high selling price within 52 weeks. Other people like to monitor the lows, which is called “bottom fishing”.

How to find the best dividends?

Grover — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:26:04 +0000

Lots of baby boomers are thinking about how to live off of their 401k. The quest for finding the best dividends has been around for a long time. What does dividend aristocrat mean? It is a list of stocks that have continuously increased their dividends for 25 years. A quick search of the internet using google or any other search engines results in quite a few hits for best yielding S&P Dividend Aristocrat Stocks All you have to do then is plow through the list and investigate which ones you like. I prefer to look at each symbol using yahoo finance. It just seems to be simple. You can even use yahoo to make a portfolio list and then compare numerous traits side by side such as dividends or earnings. You could even overlay them on a graph. All time favorite dividend producer is AT&T (T) Retired people have been living off the dividends for decades.

Social Security for spouses

Grover — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:05:20 +0000

Many people think that a spouse, usually the wife, cannot collect spousal benefits until the primary member files for benefits i.e., when can the spouse get benefits based on her husband. The Social Security site explains that there is a way for the wife to collect benefits before the husband. The husband files for social security, but then defers benefits until later. This sets it up so the spouse can now claim spousal social security. Later, when the husband wants to retire, he gets his benefit recalculated. See www.socialsecurity.gov

If you or your spouse are full retirement age
If you are full retirement age, you can apply for retirement benefits and then request to have payments suspended. That way, your spouse can receive a spouse’s benefit and you can continue to earn delayed retirement credits until age 70.
If your spouse has reached full retirement age and is eligible for a spouse’s benefit and his or her own retirement benefit, he or she has a choice. Your spouse can choose to receive only the spouse’s benefit now and delay receiving retirement benefits until a later date. If retirement benefits are delayed, a higher benefit may be received at a later date based on the effect of delayed retirement credits.

Erewhon Brown Rice Hot Cereal Discontinued…substitute

Grover — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:01:08 +0000

We love Erewhon brown rice hot cereal because it cooks up creamy very quickly due to the fine texture. Erewhon stopped its delivery to everybody including Vitamin Cottage and any other mail order distributor. We are now using any other brand and simply grinding it in our Vitamix for 30 seconds to get the great fine flour texture.