Lifestyle Columns
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Ford Roadster taken on remarkable road tripApr 20, 2013 5:27 am - Building and fabricating play important roles in the custom-car hobby, but it’s hard to beat the smiles that arise when owners use their machines to travel somewhere new...
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Factors used to determine association reservesApr 20, 2013 4:38 am - Q. Our condominium association has set aside funds each year for our reserve fund; however, we have no idea if it is sufficient. Are there any guiding principles here? ...
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Only painful steps remain if mortgagees stop payingApr 20, 2013 4:30 am - Q. We rented a home to a couple for 16 years who never missed a payment. Last year they purchased the home and pay us the mortgage. They have not paid the mortgage in fi...
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Bank windows open a bit wider on equity credit linesApr 19, 2013 5:38 am - WASHINGTON — Using your home as an ATM no longer is a financial option, but the tools that allowed owners to pull out massive amounts of money during the boom years — eq...
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Smart sellers fix little things to speed sale, get best priceApr 19, 2013 4:42 am - Savvy home sellers make even the smallest of repairs if they want to get an offer quickly. Q. We are planning to put our home up for sale next month. My wife wants me to...
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Smothering boyfriend is driving her crazyApr 18, 2013 9:00 pm - Q. I recently started dating “Mike.” We have been dating for a few months, and we get along well and have fun together. But … Several times a day, Mike will text me how ...
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'To the Wonder' is visual, if not prosaic, poetryApr 18, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life review: "To the Wonder" Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder" will go down in the history books as the final movie officially reviewed by the late Chicago critic ...
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Aluminum wiring connections tend to come looseApr 17, 2013 3:00 pm - Q The condo I'm buying has aluminum wiring. According to my home inspector this is a fire hazard. But he says correcting the problem in the unit I'm buying doesn't elimi...
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Suburban companies create vanilla vodkaApr 17, 2013 11:00 am - In today's Culinary Adventures column, Penny Kazmier shows us a savory side of vanilla. Well, here's another use — flavoring vodka. Waukegan-based Nielsen-Massey has joi...
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Put safety first when installing stove in basementApr 17, 2013 10:28 am - Q. We’re considering the purchase of a pellet stove for the basement of our 20-year-old Vermont home. We’ve read a few archived articles from your column that raised que...