DEATH OF TRAVELERS CHECK

REMEMBER WHEN TRAVELERS CHECKS WERE so very popular for travel? But then a lot of fine hotels started refusing the checks and expected MASTER CARD OR VISA or another card, even in New York! We know! At a five star hotel in New York many years ago they expected us to go to the American Express office and cash them in!

I SAY THAT TRAVELERS CHECKS MAY BE THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP SOME MONEY ASIDE when BANKING RATES and CREDIT CARD RATES are ridiculous, or you can't afford to keep minimum balances!

Link now to MAIN STREET site to read about American Express:

MAKE YOUR OWN GROCERY CARRY BAGS RATHER THAN PLASTIC OR STORE BAGS MADE IN CHINA

Shame on Ralphs, Food For Less, (The Kroger Company), and all those other stores that are being forced by laws or who want to slow the use of PLASTIC BAGS! They are selling us junk for a buck or more, and so far I haven't found one that was MADE IN THE USA.

SHOW ME a Grocery or Shopping Bag substitute that is MADE IN THE UNITED STATES! I want to preserve manufacturing jobs and this economy as well as this ecology!

SHOW ME a Grocery or Shopping Bag that really LASTS, that can be used over and over again without breaking!

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK

7 MILLION DOLLARS DOESN'T FEEL RICH TO MILLIONAIRES

Link now to this breaking news from Yahoo. We know that inflation ups the price of everything but how much money do you have to own to start feeling rich?

FEAR OF FOOD SHORTAGES MAKE RADIO

We were listening to a radio show in the middle of the night recently, and presented was a startling fact 43 million Americans are now using FOOD STAMPS (that means they are eligible) and one person in 6 may not have enough to eat!



THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BREAD BASKET OF THE WORLD!

ARE YOU DUE A TAX RETURN YOU NEVER TOOK?

"Some people may not have filed because they had too little income to require filing a tax return even though they had taxes withheld from their wages or made quarterly estimated payments," the IRS said.

But Uncle Sam isn't holding your money for you much longer.
If you don't file your 2007 return by April 18, 2011, say goodbye to your refund forever. Taxpayers are only given a three-year window to claim refunds. After that, your money is scooped up by the U.S. Treasury."

FULL ARTICLE from YAHOO NEWS linked above!

By the way, I believe if you have defaulted on your student loans, the money automatically goes towards paying them!