Taxi Cab Confessions of Personal Finance

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Taxi Cabs are great vehicles of conversation in larger metro areas like DC. Being in the south, taxis Or a different. However tonight was different because I spend my time in Charleston, South Carolina. I had to rely on a taxicab driver to to assist me with an emergency situation. In the normal start of conversation, the word personal finance was brought to the forefront. The driver gave me a unique a perspective about his daughter and her husband. They met at a very young age, and because of that opportunity; the father was able to intervene and provide financial advice to teenagers not given to many parents because of college, not meeting that special person so young. As the father explained to me, his daughter did listen and was about to turn 30 years of age and buying their second home and making wise choices that she was at financially stable at this point in her life. Her father works driving a can, and took that chance to offer advice and concern to give his daughter a … [Read more...]

Simply Frigid Sunday: Saturday snow comes after a warm Friday

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The little hobbies of life are the avenues to capture our interest the most. Weather is a personal favorite. My family resides in North Carolina, and DC has a difficult time being on the Potomac to have accumulating snow except for the 2009-2010 season. North Carolina has even more issues being in the mid-south.  The snow had to overcome a spring like Friday and temperatures in the 40's up to the time the snow began in earnest less than an hour after rain moved into the area. North Carolina residences were excited to see the heavy snowfall but most of the accumulations was lost to the warm soil temps. The snow was heavier east of Raleigh where my family resides. The snow was moderate to heavy in the early afternoon on Saturday. The ground finally turns white and the snowfall accumulations in the local area was around 2.0" of a thick wet heavy snow and roads were beginning to become covered in slush. Then the snowfall intensity was greatly reduced as light snow fell from 4 pm … [Read more...]

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