Finding alternatives to layoffs; doesn't that seem an obvious solution?

I just read an article on boston.com about a hospital that was finding alternative ways of saving money so that they didn't have to fire any of the lower wage earners. The employees are the ones...

Coke Rewards Point - Why don't they ever offer any good gift cards?

Okay, so I have about 2000 coke points, and I am STILL waiting for them to offer gift cards as rewards. When I first joined, they had gift cards for stores I actually go to, like Home Depot; but by...

What is the biggest Do-It-Yourself project you have done on your home?

We pretty much redid our whole kitchen ourselves. Replaced some drywall, removed a brick chimney, rearranged the cabinet layout and installed recycled and painted cabinets, moved the location of the...

Double points at myCoke Rewards Today!

Wednesday June 25th is double points day at the myCoke Rewards website. The double points are only for the codes from the 12-packs of cans; 20 per code instead of 10. I opened all three of the...

Use and cleaning of silicone baking mats/cookie sheets

I bought two of these new silicone mats for baking, and they worked so good and were so easy to clean that I decided to use them for other things that usually stick to the metal cookie sheets when I...

No Battlestar fans?

I'm new to mylot and have been looking for discussions on my favorite tv show: Battlestar Galactica. I'm suprised that there are so few discussions listed for this topic. Is no one actually...

What do you think of the final picks for House's staff?

Were they the ones you expected to make it? Anyone you wish he had picked instead? I don't think anyone was too surprised by 13 making the cut, although they had me going for a minute when House...

New scam for those using ebay.

Has this happened to anyone else? I recieved an email yesterday from someone claiming they were the seller of an item I had bid on a few days prior and had not won. Basically, they were offering me a...

Anyone know whats going on with Treasuretrooper? I can't log on...

I haven't been able to log on to the site for several days, though I've only tried a couple times, it would tell me that they were having "technical difficulties." Today, I tried to go to the page...

How many of you think CD accounts are a good way to save money?

A CD (Certificate of Deposit) is a type of account you can open at a bank and put a fixed amount of money in for a certain length of time. You get a guarenteed intrest rate for that time. The bad...