You know you’re in trouble when you turn on the cold water faucet and what comes out is hot water for the first three or four minutes. Its supposed to be 102F here today. That’s pretty hot. And I have two cats. Complete with fur. How do they stay cool in the summer? We always hear how someone left a dog in a car and they had a heat stroke but what about our cats?
What do beans and left over salad have in common? Both can be tossed into a burrito for a cheap, filling meal.
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the recent failure of indymac bank has brought attention to just what “fdic insured” means. the federal deposit insurance protects the first $100,000 of deposits that you may have in a bank. anything beyond that and, if your bank fails, it’s a loss. in the case of indymac customers, about 5% of the total deposits were uninsured. while i would suggest that people make sure their funds are fdic insured, the following article caught my eye....
i have a pet peeve with banks - i find it disturbing to be called at home by someone purporting to be from my bank, who asks me about my accounts and charges on those accounts. my normal reaction is to give them absolutely no information and to request a name and phone number from them. it may seem somewhat paranoid, but with identity theft a very real issue, it’s the safest way.
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