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Growing up in the 1950?s

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riding lawn mowers, garage door openers and many, many more things we take for granted today. Ours was smaller (about 700 square feet) – 2 bedrooms (my brother and I shared one and my parents the other), a kitchen and a living room, No basement or garage. Christmas was a one week event – between Dec 25 and Jan.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

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Broke Professionals : How to Prepare to Give an Effective Presentation – Presenting ideas, products and information is an integral part of being in business. Deciding to Spend or Not to Spend – It’s Jan 1, 2012 at 4:14am, my dog started barking like an entire gang was at my front door trying to break in.