Tag: economics
group name: microeconomics
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May 30, 2006 10:44 PM EDT --
For the Truths and a Lie Group, here's another three.
1) When I was 16 years old, I had my own business, Ron Hall Texaco. I charged $2.50 to fix a tire, and if it leaked again during the life . . .
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April 24, 2006 11:22 PM EDT --
Ack! Blasphemy! Nuts are wholesome, and microwaves are modern monstrosities. How dare I bombard the poor things with evil rays.
Watch me.
Pre-roasted nuts in bags and cans are almost . . .
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April 23, 2006 04:03 PM EDT --
We almost got skunked this time out. We went over to Uptown and Nokomis in Minneapolis first. We got a couple pictures there and that's it.
Miss Piggy Aerobique record
price - $1
no sale . . .
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February 08, 2006 05:33 PM EST --
These are just suggestions and I welcome your ideas also. Think of it as another exchange of top 10 lists. You don't have to be an economist. I'm not.
How to save money:
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September 23, 2007 12:28 PM EDT --
Today we made a short day of it. We had about two and a half hours, so we picked a couple self-described "neighborhood yard sales" out in the suburbs of Woodbury and Maplewood, MN. . . .
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May 13, 2008 08:48 PM EDT --
These are just suggestions and I welcome your ideas also. Think of it as another exchange of top 10 lists. You don't have to be an economist. I'm not.
How to save money: . . .
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May 17, 2006 08:02 PM EDT --
A couple years ago the Value Line list of timely stocks in timely industries said the hot sector to invest in was soda pop. They are hardly ever wrong about these things. That is why Janie . . .
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September 29, 2008 09:22 AM EDT --
It looks like the $700 Billion federal government plan may be too little too late. The dominos are beginning to fall fast.
Fortis, a big European bank had to be rescued by a consortium of EU countries. . . .
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July 21, 2007 06:50 PM EDT --
Living below your means is a conscious decision to take control of your financial present and future. It means making a commitment to save money every month and to reduce your level . . .
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June 11, 2006 06:22 PM EDT --
This Saturday the sun rose over Silver Lake on what passes for a cold summer day in Minnesota. (It was gorgeous).
The Brainerd flea market beckoned, and we'd driven several hours . . .
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October 15, 2006 06:12 PM EDT --
It was 35 degrees out Saturday, but we had 11 sales marked, including a block sale with 5 sales close together. We put on some light coats and hit it.
Find of the day
Dictionary . . .
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May 26, 2006 10:15 AM EDT --
I've gone to yard sales for decades now, and from time to time I would call my purchasing there a commercial activity. After being through thousands of sales, and hosting a half dozen of my own, . . .
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April 16, 2006 10:23 AM EDT --
To Buy or Not to Buy is a weekly column on things I did and didn't buy during the past week. Yard sale season has begun.
Find of the week:
Automatic milking pail
price - $30
no sale.
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May 14, 2006 02:27 PM EDT --
It was drizzling lightly, but a church it Kenwood was having a sale, and at least one alley was advertising a cluster of 5 sales. We set out and found lots of keepers.
Find of the day
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May 21, 2006 01:07 PM EDT --
It was a sunny morning - finally.
We looked out Saturday morning at a city brimming with more yardsales than we could even think of attending. Two neighborhoods - Carag and Seward - . . .
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June 25, 2006 12:17 PM EDT --
Yay! You're here to let me out of the back yard right?
No, you've come for the garage sale. Dumb human . . .
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July 23, 2006 03:38 PM EDT --
Our first weekend back in the cities was pretty good. No neighborhood yard sales, but the season isn't even close to losing steam.
Find of the week
Riobi cordless skill saw.
price . . .
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July 30, 2006 06:59 PM EDT --
This week especially, the better photos attached to the article are worth viewing, as they show much better detail than those here in the narrative.
Find of the Week
Kafka biography illustrated by . . .
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June 24, 2007 02:34 PM EDT --
As you may recall from yesterday's post, Janie and I went to the Minnekadha Vista neighborhood of Minneapolis to see if their community sale was any good.
This is almost an inner-ring suburb, . . .
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