To be perfectly honest I don’t personally know anyone (that I am aware of!) that has that form of cancer.  But I have lost several close friends and relatives to a variety of cancers, and it is heartbreaking to watch them go through radiation and chemo and end up dying anyway.  I think that anyplace that mines or sells asbestos should stop immediately and make reparations.

I am glad, however, that science has found out that asbestos does cause it, and that companies are making an effort to control and contain it, to minimize the possibility of exposure to the general public.  That is nothing to be ignored!

Well, out where I live, three miles is just spitting distance!  I was really glad that I had towing coverage on my car insurance policy! That coverage covers towing for a lot further. I was surprised a few weeks ago when my sister told me that doesn’t have emergency road service on any kind of auto insurance plan. She said that she told her agent that she needed really cheap car insurance and to give her the bare minimum required by law.  That really disappointed me to hear that; usually really cheap auto insurance leaves out something really important.  So folks, please do your research and make sure you are getting everything you need on your policy!

The National Institute of Small Business Grants and SCORE are two of the few non-profit organizations that are set up to assist the new entrepreneur with the tools that they need to get their business up and running.  They can help with good advice about setting up and running a business, how to find and apply for business grants, and even how to write a business plan.  The great thing about grants is that they don’t have to be repaid!  I’d much rather have a grant than a loan, wouldn’t you?

I’m glad that there are organizations available to help the small businessman out there.  The marketplace is a very challenging one, and the entrepreneur needs all the help he/she can get!

For example, if you lived in Houston and needed an oil change or tune up for your Acura Integra, you could go to this great website that I found called repairpal.com and type in the words “Houston auto repair” in their search box and you will be shown a list of reputable service stations. You can also get an estimate of what it should cost you. I like that feature the best because if you know in advance about how much it should cost, then you are armed and ready to deal with the vermin that might try to take advantage of you!  I like that kind of power, don’t you?

I can remember many times when I worked as a service representative for a local utility company when I would receive a letter from a customer that was in a different language (Russian.)  I had a difficult time figuring out what the customer needed.  I even called local universities and asked if their language professors could help!  (No such luck!)  Of course this was before the Internet was even invented (yes, there was such a time, and yes I really AM that old!)  Calling the customer didn’t help at all because they couldn’t speak English!

What did I do?  Well, I ended up calling the town office and asked them for a reference.  That town was well known for having a lot of people living there who spoke Russian.  They referred me to a lady who worked at a bank, and she ended up helping me!

Now problems like that can be simply solved by using the translia service.  The website offers professional translation services (some are even free!) and guarantee 100% satisfaction.  How can you go wrong with that?