My dad and I were discussing how this little product is actually quite expensive. The vacuum itself isn’t really that expensive, I paid $7.00 for mine. They have been running $2.00 coupons in the paper and our local grocery store had the product on sale for $9.00. The problem isn’t the vacuum but the cost of the bags. I bought a box of gallon bags, 9 bags to be exact. This cost me an additional $3.29 or roughly $.37 per bag. Ouch! You better have some really great things to freeze.

I was attracted to the idea because I freeze a lot of the vegetables out of our garden. Unfortunately, I might as well just buy the vegetables from the grocery for that price. Well, I did have another idea. (Read the rest of this entry »)

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If you have kids then the chances are high that you might lose a camera now and then. Even without kids, cameras are fragile and the small point and shoot cameras are small enough that they are unlikely to be tethered to your body.

So, why do I bring this up? Because my sister and mother just love their Kodak cameras. Woot is offering a refurbished Kodak camera for less than $80.00. As usual the deal is for today only. At this price you can be a little more cavalier with your camera.

Woot : One Day, One Deal SM

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So many Windows users may be wondering if it is possible to get “Stacks” inside of Windows. The answer is that it has always been available. I will quickly point out that it isn’t as graphically rich but it is certainly functional.

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