|
|
CURRENT TOPICSTAKE THESE STEPS TO AVOID BANK OVERDRAFT FEES Unless you keep track of your checking account with online banking you could be hit with a $35 overdraft fee. If you made a bigger mistake you could be hit with, say, four fees or $140. Some banks charge the overdraft fee for each day up to five days or $700. While most people don't pay anything in overdraft fees, some people have been charged well over $1,000 for them according to Bankrate.com. It can happens to you. To avoid overdraft fees:
Give 'em some love. On field there may be unnecessary roughness, but off the field or court, sportsters today are likely to be friends not foes. You may have seen the nationally syndicated photo of the Thunder's Kevin Durant hugging the Heat's LeBron James after James' Heat won the NBA title last year. The two train together. USA Today's Christine Brennan says no one is surprised to see members of opposing teams socializing with each other off the field. Brennan says no one seems to hate anyone anymore. That is a bit of a change from even the near past when infamous battles on court rattled the sports world. Who doesn't remember the Pacers Pistons brawl in 2004 at the center of which was Pacer Ron Artest and Piston Bill Wallace. That on court fight involved spectators and members of both teams. It resulted in the longest suspension of a player in NBA history: 86 games for Ron Artest. But that was 2004. Seven years later Ron Artest changed his name to the more comfy and sweet Metta World Peace, perhaps, recognizing the new trend of love in the NBA. In the NFL, sackers politely give a handup to the sackee - like Brian Urlacher pulling up Aaron Rodgers. Love ya man! In the National Hockey League... well, just ignore the NHL for the rest of this article. Brennan speculates that athletes are closer because they are united in opposition to the owners during labor disputes. But, she says, Twitter and Facebook tend to keep the players friendly off court. All the kindness can be shocking to fans. If they don't like a team they want their favorite players to not like them either.
In these days when identity theft is the new favorite of criminals everywhere, there are some things you just can't have stolen and that means you can't have them in your wallet or purse.
Fur coat A mother and her daughter were shopping in the mall. The mother sees an expensive fur coat and says, "I think I'll buy my own present this year instead of asking you and dad to shop for me." "But, Mom," the daughter protests, "some helpless, poor creature has to suffer so you can have this." "Don't worry, honey, your dad will get over it!"
The wise old Mother Superior from county Tipperary was dying. The nuns gathered around her bed trying to make her comfortable. They gave her some warm milk to drink, but she refused it. Remembering a bottle of Irish whiskey received as a gift the previous Christmas, one nun opened it and poured a generous amount into the warm milk. Back at Mother Superior's bed, she held the glass to her lips. Mother Superior drank a little, then a little more. Before they knew it, she had drunk the whole glass. "Mother," the nuns pleaded, "please give us some wisdom before you die." She raised herself up in bed with a pious look on her face and said, "Don't sell that cow."
A man went to the Police Station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house. "You'll get your chance in court," said the desk sergeant. "Oh, no!" said the man. "I just want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I've been trying to do that for years!"
"How come you're late?" asked the bartender, as the waitress came in. "It was awful," she explained. "I was walking down Elm Street and there was a terrible accident. A man was thrown from his car and his leg was broken. His skull was fractured, and there was blood everywhere. Thank God I took that first aid course." "What did you do?" asked the bartender. "I sat down and put my head between my knees to keep from fainting!"
© 2013 TLC Magazine Online, Inc. |