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CARNY GAMES Fairs and carnivals are a ton of fun, but winning a big stuffed kewpie for the main squeeze can be challenging. Here are some tips and cheats. (Downloadable .pdf file)
MEESES IN PIECES Mice are a problem in any house, but especially in the fall as they look for warm cozy places to bed down for the winter. This article has all you need to get rid of those pesky varmints. (Downloadable .pdf file)
CHIMNEYS & FIRES With more and more of us supplementing our heat with wood, making sure our chimney is working properly is vital. Compiled by the Frugal Yankee, this free report has tips on chimney care, sample costs and w quick primer on wood. (Downloadable .pdf file)
How to . . . BEAT A SPEEDING TICKET If you're a chronic speeder, this article isn't for you. But if you're a regular person and you've been caught speeding, don't fret. There are ways of handling it so you won't be penalized. (text file)
How to . . . WIN AT CARNY GAMES This isn't THE definitive piece on carny games, but we do have some tips. Discover some of the cheats, and ways to beat them. Impress your main squeeze and win that big kewpie doll. (audio file)
How to . . . BE SAFE WITH ONLINE DATING Online dating is dangerous. Felons, bigamists, two-timers, gold-diggers, liars, cheats and more. Stephany Alexander's web site clearinghouse is a must for women, or men, looking for romance on the web. She has tips, and warnings. (audio file)
Having a Successful Yard Sale It's a great way to make a few bucks and clean out the garage or attic, but like everything, they're a few tricks which will help you maximize the experiecne.
How to Score at BBQ.
No, we're not talking about picking up someone, we're talking about how to do it right and have fun.
How to . . . Pick a Wedding DJ
Weddings are one of the most important days of anyone's life. And although the venue, the dress and the guest list are important, so is having the right person to make the event fun and successful.
How to . . . Get Your Money's Worth Consumers, rip-offs, strategies, value, moneysworth, shoddy merchandise: Unscrewed: The Consumer's Guide to Getting What You Paid for by Ron Burley is an essential tool for the modern consumer. Listen in as the Frugal Yankees fight 'churn' and get their money's worth.
How to . . . Sell Your House-Quickly No real estate agent, double mortgages, or days on the market. Effros' sales method works of selling houses from the bottom up and can be effective even in a slow market. Listen as he explains How to Sell Your Home in 5 Days to the Frugal Yankees and you.
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Electricity savings
Shut down your computer when not using it, and switch off the power-strip/surge suppressor. Those 12V transformers that some accessories come with draw power when not in use. Use the "hibernate" shut-down, to save on reboot time when you turn it on again. This saves everything to the hard disk. You can do this about 10x in a row before it begins to get buggy and you have to do a full shutdown. (On XP systems, hold down the shift key when you get the "Turn off computer" dialog box, and the "Stand by" button will turn into a "Hibernate" button.)
The same goes for home entertainment systems, only moreso. One estimate is that 75% of the power they use is drawn when allegedly turned off. Use a power strip and turn it off when you turn off the TV.
2 hard-to-find-inexpensively grocery items
WHOLE-BEAN COFFEE:
Caracolillo Coffee Mill
4419 North HesperidesTampa FL 33614
800-682-0023, 813-876-0302
https://www.ccmcoffee.com/
5 lbs of Colombian Supremo for $18.75 plus $7.76 shipping.
Just found this place, and haven't got the product yet.
RAW HONEY
A 40 oz. bottle of clover honey goes for $9.99 at the grocery store. Two reasonable raw-honey sites:
Hunter's Honey Farm in Martinsville IN
http://www.huntershoneyfarm.com/
12lb.(1 gal) $29.95+11.10sh = $41.05
30lb.(2-1/2gal) $64.25+$18.38sh.=$82.63
($7-14% & $37-31% off store prices respectively)
case of 6 12lb jugs is 154.75+$40.07=$194.82
($93-32% off)
or
Draper's Super Bee Apiaries in Millerton PA
http://www.draperbee.com/
60lb.(5 gal) $129+$24.61sh= $153.61 ($86/36% off)
Honey doesn't go bad, but it does crystallize, and it's good to transfer it into smaller containers when it arrives, to make it easier to immerse in warm (<120degF) water to re-liquify. 5 gallons fills 24 40oz. honey bottles.
Saving water
A very easy way to save on hot water is to play with the lever that switches the shower output to the tub spigot. As you move it part-way toward the tub-spigot setting, it will reduce the shower output before it begins to let water come out of the tub spigot. You can begin by cutting back the volume a little bit at a time, until you reach the minimum you find comfortable. If you only use your shower, you can set it once and forget about it.
It helps to have the right shower head, which is easy to replace if you don't. I find a small head with precise small holes the best, as it sends out reduced amounts of water with greater force than heads with larger holes sending out reduced amounts of water.