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Chase Bank and Creative Finances
Back in the day, as my sons like to say, my husband and I refinanced our mortgage with Washington Mutual Bank (WAMU). We liked them so much that we moved our other personal banking accounts to them, too. Fast forward a few years and Chase Bank has taken over control of WAMU. It wasn’t immediate, but rather gradually that we noticed some changes being made to our bank, namely, Customer Service. Where we once had excellent customer service,...
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Is This Really America?
And I’m proud to be an American,where at least I know I’m free.And I won’t forget the men who died,who gave that right to me.~Lee Greenwood During my recent trip to Florida, I saw an Italian restaurant, on Fort Myers Beach, flying the Italian flag above the American flag. The American flag was also turned upside down. Last week, five high school students in Morgan Hill, California, were reprimanded and sent home for wearing t-shirts with the American...
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On the recent health care bill…
Last week, one of our local columnists, Phil Kadner, wrote a commentary on the passage of the health care bill, entitled Health Care Battle Far From Over. (You can read the piece here: http://www.southtownstar.com/news/kadner/2117609,032310kadner.article) I sent in a response to Kadner’s commentary, which was published in the SouthtownStar on Sunday, March 28, 2010 ( http://www.southtownstar.com/news/opinion/letters/2124604,032810letters.article ). Here is my response (in italics): Phil Kadner discussed the ongoing health care reform battle on Tuesday, March 23. He referred to...
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An Early Memory
“Memory is a net.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. I remember going to a school playground with my grandfather. This is one of my earliest memories. I recall sliding down the slide and my Grandpa Quinn caught me at the bottom. I think I was about 4 or 5 years old, with my hair in pigtails and my bangs fringing my forehead. I remember wearing a dress that day, and the cool metal of the slide chilling the backs...
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Patsy and a Mouse
“You’re never too old to learn something new.” “Right click, left click! Open a window…wait, what is a window? Oops, what did I click on?” This morning, my mom, Patsy, proved that she has the makings of a computer geekess! Several weeks ago, my oldest son rebuilt a nice laptop for my mom. This morning, we finally had the chance to explore it together. I have to say I was pleasantly surpised to watch Mom giggle and chuckle...