During the early months of the pandemic, the world went through The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020. Media reported that toilet paper (among other things. Computer chips. Baby formula. …
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She Called Out Sick to Catch a Plane; Her Boss Was on The Same Flight
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegMost of us have played hookey once or twice (or more) in our lives. Heck, when I was growing up, my parents let me take one day off per school …
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What’s Up With Those Those Purple Street Lights on the Roads???
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegA while back, my husband Joe and I were coming home from a road trip. We were on I-95 South, which hugs the eastern seaboard until we reached I-4, and …
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Votes Are In Regarding Banning Cigarette Smoking, or Not, in Vegas Casinos
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegOnce medical science began to discover that smoking cigarettes was bad for smokers as well as the people around them, smoking in public spaces became more and more rare in …
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From Disney to the Alamo to Navy Pier: Each State’s Biggest Rip Off
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegWe’ve all experienced what we’ve considered to be a rip-off. Spending $200 on a college textbook that we used for one semester. That cheap shirt you bought on Amazon that …
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A while back we wrote a piece about 20 ways you can spot an American from a mile away. People seemed to appreciate it, so we did a follow up …
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Why AMEX Platinum Skipped A Month Of Paying My Digital Entertainment Credit
by joehegby joehegOne of the perks of having the American Express Platinum Card is the $240 Digital Entertainment Credit. This is a $20 monthly credit for purchases from Disney+, a Disney Bundle, …
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Making the Most of My Last-Minute Visit to The Mirage and The Beatles LOVE
by joehegby joehegIf I could go back in time, I’d eventually get to the early 1990s, when my younger self visited Las Vegas for the first time. This was a time when …
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Yes, There Really Was a Hotel Chain Based on Kentucky Fried Chicken
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegEvery once in a while you hear about a hotel (or a chain of them) that is, should be (or, if they’re no more, were or should have been) under …
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For those who generally don’t fly in first class, there may be some mystique about the whole thing. That’s where the “special” people sit. It’s the place where passengers are …