Lifestyle Columns
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Small claims court may be recourseSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. We live and work in Germany at this time, but own some rental properties back in the United States. We signed a one-year lease for a rental house for our son to l...
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Show your gratitude with these tipping tipsSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - It felt as if I had been waiting forever for my car to be delivered by the valet at a great restaurant in San Diego on the last night of a very hectic business trip. Alt...
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Unraveling airline change fees for same-day travelSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - A lot of airlines are now charging a $25 fee to go standby on the same day, either for a later or earlier flight. These fees are just another way for airlines to make mo...
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Train excursion a side trip to Cape Cod vacationSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. First I'd like to thank you for your wonderful suggestion for the golf outing to Callaway Gardens last year. I read your article every Sunday and find your sugges...
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Make it a Grand (Rapids) weekendSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sure, you think there'll be nothing sweeter than getting a few extra hours of shut-eye on the weekend, but lo and behold, the body clock that's used to buzzing in the da...
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Offensive odors heightened at 35,000 feetSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Editor's note: Gail Todd is taking some time off. This column originally appeared in December 2006. If you were on a particular American Airlines flight flying from...
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Odor from fuel spill remains despite clean upSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Several weeks ago, fuel oil was spilled in my basement. I have cleaned it up, but the odor remains. The basement, which is damp and musty, has a concrete floor. I...
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Black Star Farms defines agri-tourismSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Ship in a bottle? There's not too much of a secret to squeezing a model of a fully rigged schooner into a narrow-necked bottle. It is a matter of collapsing and raising ...
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Inside and outSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - How many times a week does your family use a microwave? Forty years ago there was no such thing. Imagine defrosting frozen meat or popping popcorn the old-fashioned way....
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Penn carries traveler into the spotlight in loving 'Wild'Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A huge chunk of the storytelling responsibilities in Sean Penn's ambitious "Into the Wild" falls not to the camera or even to the main character. It goes to the disembo...