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Another Full Day - (Benson, AZ)

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:45:42 -0800
A couple of longtime readers, John & Lora (Class of 2007 full-timers), contacted us about getting together for coffee this morning as they passed through town on their way to South Texas for the winter. The plan was to meet at 10:00 a.m. at the Apple Farm restaurant right off of I-10 (RVs welcome and plenty of parking). We knew they would be in a Country Coach motorhome. When we arrived, there were two motorhomes in the parking lot, and our attention was drawn to the one where a couple h

Daily Mail: Home loans: a slap in the face

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:07:25 -0800
BRITAIN'S second biggest mortgage lender raised its rate by half a point yesterday, just 48 hours before an expected 1 per cent cut in the Bank of England rate. The cynical move by the Abbey - killing off the benefit of the imminent cut - came after Business Secretary Lord Mandelson admitted he is powerless to force banks to bring down the cost of borrowing despite a £37billion nationalisation bail-out. It is part of a wider drive by lenders to increase their profit margins on home loans with