Published by golbguru April 30th, 2007
in carnivals, debt and personal finance.
Let’s start this edition of the Carnival of Debt Reduction with some historical perspective on debt in America. Here are some interesting facts on consumer debt in the 19th century (source).
Before organized consumer credit, there were five major lending sources: pawnbrokers, illegal small-loan lenders, retailers, friends and family, and mortgage lenders.
Indebtedness was common prior […]
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Published by golbguru April 29th, 2007
in musings, sunday reviews and blogs roundup.
Over the weekend we were shuttling between our town and another big city on some errands. During one of the drives, me and my wife got into an interesting discussion on obese children and their parents’ mentality. The cause of the discussion was a family of 5 (3 obese children with 2 obese parents) […]
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Published by golbguru April 27th, 2007
in personal finance, musings and money.
Recently, Ben @ Money Smart Life ran a series of posts on “Can You Save Too Much In An Emergency Fund“. The purpose of the series was to answer this question posed by a reader:
“Is there such thing as saving too much money in an emergency fund? What’s the best place to keep the money […]
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Published by golbguru April 26th, 2007
in blogs roundup.
Read about an interesting solution to energy crisis on BBC the other day:
American oil company ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods, the world’s biggest meat producer, have announced that they will produce diesel from pork fat. Cows and chickens will also be transformed to power motor vehicles. The companies say that this renewable source […]
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Published by golbguru April 26th, 2007
in musings and personal.
Here is a snapshot of our electricity bill for the month of March.
That’s slightly on the lower end of our bill spectrum, but the average is not very far from that amount. Probably around $48. I am trying to find the lowest bill we ever had (I think it was around $38)…but in all […]
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