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WORK: Odd jobs to make money.

The death of the teenage odd job means a shock in the real world

AS a kid, my brother had a paper round from the age of 11.  I used to babysit for neighbours from the age of 14.  My friend packed bags at the cashier of a local supermarket at the age of 16, while nearly every friend I have worked part-time in…
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Get fit to boost economy

I AM currently recovering from exhaustion, a dose of humiliation and a hell of a good time. Thanks to a friend I spent the past weekend in the village of Hornachuelos running a small cross-country race.  I’m not a seasoned runner and only started training a week before the event,…
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RICH: gold will not necessarily make you happy.

The trouble about being rich is you never have enough

WHAT does it mean to be rich? The Oxford Dictionary states that it’s “having a great deal of money or assets.”  And most of us would probably agree with that definition.  But, actually it’s not always the case as being ‘rich’ is all about perspective. According to new statistics from…
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STAY SMART: Use your phone to cut costs

Smartphone Clever

NOWADAYS a lot of people own a Smartphone.  But despite the device’s ego boasting title, are we actually using our Smartphones smartly? Rather than just snapping and sharing photos or trawling the internet, remember that there are many tricks to cutting down on mobile costs too. One smart way to…
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EXPENSIVE: Weddings mean the cash till rings too

The ghastly price of being a guest makes a wedding just too costly

WHEN it comes to a wedding I really want to say ‘I do’ but sometimes I just can’t. I mean I want to get dressed up in a beautiful dress.  I want to walk up the aisle and take my place. I want to enjoy the party with all my…
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TOO EXPENSIVE: Locally made wooden toys to die for

Hard work trying to buy local in a Chinese dominated world

IN our house over the last month we have set ourselves a challenge to try and buy Spanish, or European, if possible.  Boy has it been hard. First off we needed to buy a fan heater for the bathroom.  Every model in our price range came from China.  And in…
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REAL THING: Would you pay towards cost of marrying cutout figure?

An insane waste of dough

HAVE you ever wondered where your money goes?  Well for some girls in the US, part of their savings has gone on helping to raise money for a woman to marry a cardboard cutout of Twilight movie star Robert Pattinson. The lucky bride-to-be of a cardboard Pattinson raised over $1000…
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The shake of the dice

Monopoly shows the world how unfair life is for the poor

A RECENT series of BBC documentaries on poverty has really been shedding light on the unfairness of the world economy and the privileges those with money continue to enjoy. Capitalism today, more than ever, really is a case of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. And it’s…
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