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Buying event tickets for a group? Don’t reserve all the seats on the same row

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Have you ever purchased last-minute tickets for a concert or some other event and ended up having to sit apart from the other members of your group?

Well, I have, and I can tell you that it’s no fun.

One of the advantages of buying tickets early is being able to get the seats of your choosing.

The thing is most people that buy tickets for a group end up making one huge mistake: They reserve all the seats for the group in the same row.

If you’re wondering why that’s a problem, just think about it for a moment…

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Tired of sky-high gas prices? You need this!

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By now you’ve surely noticed that gasoline prices are going up almost daily, and like so many others you’re probably pondering ways to minimize the pain you feel every time you visit a gas station for a fill-up.

Well, there’s a fellow in Brazil who found a way to not only minimize his “pain at the pump”, but eliminate it entirely…  [Read more…]

Smoke alarms for protecting the deaf and hearing impaired

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Most everyone nowadays knows how important it is to have working smoke alarms in our homes.

But have you ever wondered if there are smoke alarms that are designed to protect folks who are deaf or otherwise hearing impaired?  [Read more…]

In a hurry? Park near the closest shopping cart return

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Do you often find yourself needing to make a quick stop at the market to pick up a few grocery items when you’re in a hurry to get to someplace else?

If so, you probably always try to snag the empty parking space that closest to the entrance.

And that’s certainly understandable since the closer you park, the quicker you can get inside and start shopping for the items you need.

But truth be told, you’ll almost always get back on the road quicker if you skip the closest parking space and park near the closest shopping cart return corral instead. Here’s why…

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10 reasons why you should learn Parkour

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I’m sure you’ve probably seen those videos where folks literally run up the sides of buildings, vault across fences and perform various other acrobatic feats that seem to defy the laws of physics.

Well, those aren’t trick videos. People really do those kinds of things, and occasionally they capture the action on video.

Activities of that sort are referred to as Parkour, and they can get fairly intense.  [Read more…]