Lifestyle Columns
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Frustrations take off with flight delays, cancellationsMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Last week on a flight to Boston, I sat next to a young woman who was about to live her dream. For five years she had run marathons all over the world hoping to qualify f...
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Longtime tenant angered over unfair late feeMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I have been a tenant in the same apartment for nearly 12 years. Last month was the first time I couldn't pay my rent on time because I was out of town longer than...
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Six issues to tackle for a better, more stable, financial systemMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Preventing another crisis Editor's note: This is the first column in a multipart series that will continue Sundays in Homes Plus over the next few weeks. The financial c...
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Reverse mortgage can help seniors cover taxesMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Is there an option for those of us whose homes are paid for, yet we are struggling to pay horrendous property taxes? Is it possible to lose a home because I can't...
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Defective floor pitch needs another pourMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. My wife and I built a new house in northern Vermont in 1994. In the winter, the garage accumulates water from our vehicles along with road salt and other debris. ...
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Putting yourself first is an option with consequencesMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. You wrote recently, about declining invitations one has already accepted, that, "the host has feelings that need to be treated with more care, in this case, than ...
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Are you a doer or a watcher? Movie makes us wonderApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Did you hear about the homeless man in Queens this week who stopped a mugging, but was stabbed and left to die on the street while more than 20 New Yorkers walked by wit...
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Need to prepare for an inevitable, and sometimes ugly, clashApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Those of us who earn our living attending board of directors and owners meetings, and volunteers who do so in their capacity as directors, routinely conduct our business...
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Sellers may have failed to disclose deteriorated sewer lineApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Before we purchased our home, the sellers hired their own home inspector. We were given a copy of the report and bought the house as-is because no major problems ...
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Some real estate beliefs, myths and legends endure for decadesApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Burying a statue of Saint Joseph may speed a sale, but scientists say there's no way alligators can roam sewer systems in the North. Ask Jimmy Hoffa, if you can find him...