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October 2008

Ten Cannots Quote by William J. H. Boetcker

by Mike Allen on October 30, 2008 · 2 comments

With money tight and the Presidential election less than a week away, we’ve been hearing a lot about the economy, taxation, government and so forth. Somebody posted a very interesting quote in the comments section on a news site and I wanted to share it with our readers. Although this quote is sometimes wrongly attributed [...]

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Couple’s Guide to Choosing a Wedding Band

by Mike Allen on October 27, 2008 · 1 comment

in Shopping Suggestions

We recently added a new online jewelry store named Apples of Gold Jewelry to our directory at Shopping-Bargains.com. This week one of their marketing managers sent me the following helpful information for couples to use when choosing wedding bands. I wish I had known all this — especially the parts about metals — when [...]

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Advice for Teaching Reading to Children – Part I

by Mike Allen on October 21, 2008 · 0 comments

in Life Skills

Today I was talking with an employee at ClickN Kids, the makers of ClickN READ Phonics and ClickN SPELL educational software, and she gave me some interesting information about teaching children to read. I was also given permission to share this information with our readers and I plan to post much of it in several [...]

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U.S. Income Taxation Explained with Beer Analogy

by Mike Allen on October 20, 2008 · 4 comments

in Humor, Miscellaneous

I don’t usually paste long quotes into blog posts but this one is difficult to break up without disrupting the flow. In a nutshell, it offers a very simple and somewhat humorous analogy of how the U.S. income tax system works by comparing it to the responses of ten beer-drinking men.
Since our Presidential election is [...]

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Follow Shopping-Bargains on Twitter

by Mike Allen on October 17, 2008 · 0 comments

in Announcements

Twitter is a free service for friends, family and others to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of text messages up to 140 characters long. It’s also a great way to quickly share updates, breaking news and, in our case, coupons and bargains. Twitter messages appear on your password-protected Twitter.com account. You can also [...]

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Symantec Technical Support & Customer Service for Norton Software

by Mike Allen on October 16, 2008 · 2 comments

in Customer Support

At Shopping-Bargains we publish a variety of Symantec coupon codes and deals for Norton products including the ever-popular Norton software titles. Most customers purchase this software online and then download immediately. Such a process is quick, generally costs less and is very convenient compared to traditional boxed software. However, with this convenience comes a few [...]

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