In a recent post, we talked about media bias. While any human being that writes or edits will have a perspective, and that perspective is likely to come through to the reader, media bias seems to have gotten out of hand. I like a story that tells me the information, presents pros and cons, asks […]
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I wear hearing aids – as you know if you’ve read my post here. Even with my hearing aids, hearing all the dialog in a movie or TV show is challenging. My wife and I argue over the volume level of the TV, and I’ve resorted to closed captions which annoys her and makes it
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“Google it.” Ask any question, and that’s the answer. I’m 61 years old and have worked an entire career in technology but I’m still in awe of the amount of information that is available on our computer, phone or tablet. Remember having to bike to the library, hunt through the card catalog and track down
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CNBC reported today: Here are all the reasons why Monday’s major market wreck is happening. Show of hands, who finds this helpful? Backdrop Today is Monday, August 5, 2024. The S&P 500 is down 3.25% today. This is after heavy losses both on Thursday and Friday of last week. Here’s Why This Makes Me Angry
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From CNBC: Dow drops 1,000 points, Nasdaq craters 4% in global market rout. That’s on top of 2 really bad days in the market last week. CNBC also reported that investors were having trouble logging into Schwab’s website. This could be the greatest gift for some of these investors. Yes, It Hurts I don’t mean
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Is leasing a car worthwhile or should I buy? Let’s take a look at the numbers and some other considerations. Buckle up! First, thanks to Mike T, one of our readers who suggested this post. I have always been firmly anti-lease. I have 2 main reasons: I had no facts to back it up, but
After about 2 weeks with the Lexie B2 Plus powered by Bose, I’ve sent them home. If you’ve read my other hearing aid post here, you’ve heard how much I liked these hearing aids. They were great. They just weren’t as good as the Jabra Enhance Select 500, and they had one problem that was
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As a follow-up to last week’s post on buying hearing aids, I wanted to update folks on my experience with hear.com. I received my $4,250 credit from my return. Background Quick background: I wanted to try some alternative hearing aids and hear.com came up often in my research. I took on online hearing test, and
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I’ve been looking at the jobs numbers for March and I have more questions than answers. I know, not a good opening line, but hopefully it generates some thoughts and discussion. Reading the news, we get a very conflicted story about the economy, inflation and job growth. Inflation A wrote a post recently on inflation
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Something a little different for today…I’m in the process of buying new hearing aids – Yawn. There are lots of options out there so I wanted to share what I’ve learned. For those who read the original post. This post has now been updated with info on the Lexie B2 Plus powered by Bose. Do
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