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Price Of Stamps (MM #5132)

We haven’t bought any postage stamps in quite a while. I’ve lost track of how much they cost. Ever since the debut of the Forever Stamps, they haven’t listed the price on the front. The US Postal Service is floating a trial balloon. They want to raise the price of stamps by five cents this…

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Endless Shrimp (MM #4637)

The restaurant industry needs help. Those who survived the COVID-19 epidemic are having a hard time making up for all of the money they lost over those two years. The big chain restaurants have closed many of their locations to remain profitable. Some have brought back once-popular promotions to increase foot traffic. Red Lobster brought…

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A Little Petty (MM #4507)

Perhaps I’m being a little petty, but that doesn’t bother me. One of my pet peeves is when one of my subscription services decides to raise its price, but I read about it online days or weeks before I get notified by email. It’s happened with Netflix, and this week it’s happening with Spotify. I…

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