This information was given to me, and I wanted to give everyone a heads up that if you tend to give gift cards around the holidays, you need to be careful that the cards will be
honored after the holidays. Stores that are planning to close after Christmas are still selling the cards through the holidays even though the cards will be worthless January 1. There is no law preventing them from doing this. On the contrary, it is referred to as 'Bankruptcy Planning'. Below is a partial list of...

Ronald Schulkin

I am a Viet Nam Vet and proud of it. I can tell many stories about the time I spent there, and they would consume many blogs. But I won't....atleast not now. Many of us have either served in the military or have/had relatives who served proudly. As such, we have heard the haunting melody from the bugle...that melody called TAPS.

My brother, back in Wisconsin, sent me an email about the origin of TAPS. I went to snopes.com only to find that some of his facts were incorrect. I...

Ronald Schulkin

Just leave it up to Google to come up with something like this!!! I was sent an email about this service and thought I'd give it a try. It worked. Thus...






Here's a number worth putting into your cell phone, or your home phone speed dial: 1-800-goog411. This is an awesome service from Google, and it's free -- great when you are on the road.


Don't waste your money on information calls and don't waste your time...

Ronald Schulkin

Just received this story and found it worthy of passing on!



The Sack Lunches



I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going
to be a long flight. 'I'm glad I have a good book to read. Perhaps I will get a short nap,' I thought.

Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally
surrounding me. I decided...

Ronald Schulkin

Here are some proposed changes that can effect three of life's definates...POLITICS, DEATH, and TAXES.


You can verify a lot of this here:


http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/e...008/index.html

INTERESTING DATA JUST RECEIVED ON TAXES

Please spread the word.

This is something you should be aware of so you don't get blind-sided. This is really going to catch a lot of families off guard...

Ronald Schulkin