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Car Rentals

Most people can – or should – reasonably expect that if they need the use of a car for a short period, that they would be able to get a rental car. There are a dozen rental car agencies in this area – especially because I live near an airport. But I wanted to rent [...]

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Car Trouble

When I was kid, we had new cars every couple of years. It was just something that my parents did and we never questioned it. But as an adult and with my finances, I don’t see how I can possibly afford to buy a new car every two or even three years. It makes much [...]

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Quick Quotes

After driving across three states this past week, we got home safe and sound and tried to pick up from where we left off before the funeral. Hubby had a lot of work to catch up and, sadly, his assistant manager had a family emergency and needed to be off for several days, so that [...]

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More Than Gas

Here’s one last photo from the trip to Oklahoma that I wanted to share. Most of the gas stations sell more than gas, although it is almost impossible to find one that has an automatic car wash on the property. They just don’t waste money on washing cars out there. The gas stations have a [...]

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A Little Help With the Cost of Gas

Gas prices have kept going up and are over $4.00 a gallon now in the Franklin gas stations. Closer to my house it hovers around $3.89 per gallon. This is a huge increase over last year’s prices of around $2.39 – I remember freaking out that it was over $2.50 in San Francisco. Now I [...]

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