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Anonymous Digital Cash with Visa Simon Giftcard
I'd like to be able to live only with cash. Unfortunately it's hard to get by without a credit card these digital days. The closest I can get to digital cash is a prepaid anonymous VISA Simon gift card that I can swipe online to pay my Netflix bill...
0 commentsTips for buying a bicycle trailer
Roger Smith of Vancouver has been towing children, weekly groceries and even lumber in a Burley trailer for more than a dozen years. He uses the trailer like a car. "The trailer makes my bike into a station wagon," said Smith, a 49 year old...
0 commentsAirline Ticket Hacks - Hidden City, Back-to-Back and Throw-away tickets
Love to travel, but only have a beer budget. Before buying your ticket it's worth trying to be as creative as possible within the ticketing rules. You might want to think about variations on Hidden City, Throwaway and Back-To-Back ticketing which I...
0 commentsHow to Find a Japanese Girlfriend
I've always been fascinated with Japanese culture and especially Japanese women. This hub will give you tips on meeting and dating Japanese women. There are some important differences in culture to maximize your chanes of meeting a Japanese...
0 commentsBest Books for learning to speak Japanese
I lived in Japan for a few years and loved experiencing this exotic culture. One of the highlights was learning to speak Japanese - learning to speak a new language is sometimes like learning a new way to look at the world.Eventually I passed two...
1 commentTokyo on a shoestring budget
Tokyo is exciting but expensive. Space is at a premium. Accommodation will be your biggest expense. The best way by far of staying in Tokyo on a shoestring is to have a local connection to stay with. Unfortunately it's not common for Japanese...
0 commentsWrite one true sentence - Hemingway's advice
by John Davidson Vancouver, Canada My favorite Hemingway book is "A Moveable Feast." because he writes about starting out as an unknown writer in Paris struggling to find his voice. "All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the...
7 commentsTry Japan - the Galapagos of Cultures
Japan is the Galapagos Islands of cultural diversity. Isolated from the world, the animals of Galapagos Island diverged into a riot of oddball animals. Wandering the streets of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto you can explore the rare phenotypes of culture....
0 commentsFrugal Living thru Onions - Ideas from Diogenes
The philosopher Diogenes is famous for living in a barrel near the Athen's marketplace around 400 BCE. Echoes of his philosophy are found in Voltaire, Thoreau and the back-to-the earth movement. I often think of Diogenes because he represents one...
0 commentsMaking money with VISA Secrets - Interest-free Loan
My buddy Roger needed a used car for work. He scanned Craigslist daily and finally found just what he needed; a used stick shift diesel Chrysler mini-van with 120000 miles for $2000. He went to his bank and tried to get a line of credit. Could they...
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