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A friend of mind gave me the heads up on this service available on Florida Drivers Licenses.  You can enter up to two emergency contact numbers linked to your drivers license info on the State Web Site here.  If you are involved in an accident a police officer can access the driver license  database for [...]

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The fight was stopped after round 1…..no contest !
We have used Netflix happily for a couple of years but earlier this year we were seduced by Blockbusters advertising and offer of unlimited store exchange as well as regular snail mail exchange.  We have a Blockbuster store within a mile of us so it was convenient.  [...]

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We are doing research on the best rewards credit card for travelers.  Most credit cards charge a 3% currency exchange fee for purchases made abroad on top of their other fees.  Capitol One appears to have a range of cards that do not charge any fee for foreign exchange and have a generous rewards program.  We have been [...]

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You get a card in the mail about this or that offering information about a product or service, think nothing of it and fill it in and mail it back.   Or you fill in a competition  entry at a local home show.  What you have done is create a “business relationship” with the vendor that [...]

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Mona Shaw , a 75 year old lady who placed an order with Comcast to help her with her phone service couldn’t take it any more .  She she was fed up with the support  she was getting.  First, no one turned up. Two days later, Comcast engineers turned up, completed half  the job and [...]

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