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Have you ever tried to locate an underground wire or cable without knowing exactly where to dig?
If so, you probably ended up digging up half your lawn trying to find the buried wire.
Well, I once found myself in that very situation…
Have you have ever dined at a Chinese restaurant?
If so, you probably received a fortune cookie with a set of lottery numbers printed on the little slip of paper that had the “fortune” on it.
Lots of folks actually purchase lottery tickets with the numbers from their fortune cookies, but only rarely does it ever pay off.
After all, those fortune cookie lottery numbers are simply made up out of thin air.
In other words, playing the numbers from a fortune cookie is essentially no better or worse than having the lottery machine pick your numbers at random on your behalf.
But one day back in 2005 (March 30, to be exact), 110 lucky folks won big by playing the same set of “fortune cookie lottery numbers”.
“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.“
-–William Shakespeare
Those who know me well know how badly I hate being late – for anything.
I guess it all started with my dad…
Although he was an avid reader, dad was no fan of the Bard. But he did take that one famous line from “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and adapt it for his own use.
Dad’s version: [Read more…]
I’m sure you know by now that the scammers of the world never take a break.
Day in and day out they’re always dreaming up new ways to separate innocent victims from their hard-earned money.
Scammers have been targeting potential victims over the phone for decades, but now they’re using a different kind of tool to scam folks: The intended victims’ own phone numbers! [Read more…]
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If you’ve been driving for a while you’re probably familiar with a car’s “Check Engine” light.
In fact, you might have been startled by having it come on while you were driving down a busy highway.
It’s never fun when that dreaded little light comes on because it’s such a mysterious warning.
Did it come on because some minor issue needs to be resolved or is the engine about blow up?
There’s just no way of telling what the problem is by looking at the light, but luckily there’s a little device that’ll tell you exactly why your car’s Check Engine light came on.