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Should I Replace My Light Bulbs With Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) Today, Or Wait Until They Burn Out?

Posted by Sean | August 25, 2008 .

When doing household financial calculations, the math is easy.
It is the assumptions behind the math where people differ.
Take the question, "Should I Replace My Light Bulbs With Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) Today, Or Wait Until They Burn Out?"
On one hand, you have the waste-not, want-not crowd. You paid good money for the old [...]

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Car Insurance - Then and Now

Posted by Sean | July 10, 2008 .

Also from today’s meeting with my agent about car insurance…
I wanted to make a chart of how car insurance can change over 10+ year with the same car and no accidents, but my records are sketchy before 2003. Luckily, my agent still had a copy of the initial policy from 1997:
1997: $694 every six months [...]

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Taking an Inventory of My Subscriptions (using Categories)

Posted by Sean | June 6, 2008 .

Okay, instead of just reading a post (The A La Carte Method: Use Psychology Against Yourself to Save Money), I need to get into the habit of using this blog as a workbook.
Although instead of A La Carte, I’ll be analyzing my subscriptions using categories:
The Untouchables

Internet - within reason, the cost is not as important [...]

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