Recent content by Brookswood

At a recent hotel stay they offered an QR code to tip the room cleaners. While I think they should be paid fairly by their employer I tried to leave a tip using the code. Then up popped a messge informing me that the QR service provider was taking 50 cents of the tip, AND WOULD I LIKE TO ADD...

Yes, I do. I know many of you think I must be a very immature 13 year old boy by virtue of what I post here. But, I am a senior citizen. Really. If you don’t believe me I won’t be your friend anymore, and nobody likes you anyway!!

Interest rates are going down while inflation is staying stubbornly above 2%, actually nearer to 3%. I don’t get it. Apparently, the war on savers is back on again.

I heard that many Scots ended up trapped on voice control elevators until someone without a thick accent boarded it and could be understood. Is that still happening?

Yoga's drive me nuts. They don't realize not everybody is a 22 year old, petit, supple woman who can bend themselves into a pretzel at will. Further more, they don't realize some of us have to LEARN THE BASIC POSES before we can go forward. If your potential yoga instructor tells you that...

WOW! I must admit that I have only eaten at a Cracker Barrel maybe 6 times in my life while traveling. There are none near me, and I am not a big fan of chain restaurants. But, I can see this change has hit a nerve with a lot of people. And, I can only say I hope that it is not The...

If all I wanted to do in life is see the inside of various cruise ships then this answer is yes. If I wanted to see more of the world I would ditch the cruise ships.

My father told me you can be employed by somebody else, but always work for yourself. He also taught me that a part of everything I earned was mine to keep. I

Right now it’s where I currently live.

The biggest issue with solar is the lack of solar radiation in many parts of the country, especially in winter. Solar doesn’t work in areas of the country that have longer darker winters. It’s great in places like Arizona, Hawaii, So. Cal, etc. But once you get closer to the Canadian...

Texas????? I thought it was called Taxes. I always thought the people who lived there loved to pay taxes so they name their state Taxes. My mistake.

My electrical charges are stepped so the more electricity you use the more you pay for each kilowatt. The lowest step is rather cheap per kilowatt. The next step is higher per kilowatt. The next one even higher. However, rates are going up each year, faster than the overall inflation rate and...

It seems that some people who won the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes are no longer getting their yearly payout of their winnings. IOW, if possible, get your payout in cash ASAP. If not cash, get it turned into a annuity from a reliable insurance company. Good luck either way.

Celebrity endorsements mean nothing to me. Most celebrity chatter bores me.

Make more money. Then marry a gal who makes more money than you do.