Businesses are bought and sold every day. Day in and day out, people sell and buy businesses. They may retire, are tired of it, want to try something new, or the competition may be too much for them. Others have decided to work for themselves, and think they can do it profitably. There are franchised […]

If you are of advanced age, as am I, you must remember Jack Benny. Jack’s reputation as a supreme tight wad is unsurpassed. Perhaps the longest laugh he ever got, (on radio) was his answer to a robber, who held a gun on him, and said, “Your money or your life.” His answer, after a […]

In January, of 1980, I bought a new motorcycle. I lived in Phoenix at the time. In January, Phoenix is full of “snowbirds,” who come from northern climes, to bask in the warm weather and sun. Traffic can be really hellish during Phoenix winters, so I decided to buy a motorcycle, to get around quickly. […]

In 1933, at the height of the depression, an unemployed, broke, actor, by the name of Robert Porterfield, tried something new, to keep himself in food. He took an old movie theatre in Abingdon Virginia, (It had a stage too) and offered plays to the public, for anything they had to give, as an admission […]

“My Dear Colonel Dick: I have long determined to make public the origin of the greenback, and tell the world it is Dick Taylor’s creation. You have always been friendly to me, and when troublous times fell on us, and my shoulders, though broad and willing, were weak, and myself surrounded by such circumstances and […]

A few years ago, in a Phoenix used book store, I spent $6.95 for a wonderful book. I regard it as one of the most prized, in a collection of well over 2,000 volumes. The book’s title is simple, but it is all encompassing. “BARNES FEDERAL CODE,” is its title. Published by Bobbs-Merrill Company in […]

“Something For Nothing,” is what SFN stands for, and I use it regularly in my book, “Consequences.” (Free by e-mail) Everyone wants something for nothing, even though it is, for all practical purposes, not likely to be obtained. While “SFN” can be achieved with a lucky spin of slot machine wheels, or a good job […]

Last week I told everyone to take delivery, and I meant it. However, I forgot to mention how easy it is to get rid of those thousand ounce bars which you get when you close your futures contract, or when you have them stored in the so called “warehouses” of the COMEX. It may seem […]

The COMEX seems to be the main culprit for the stagnant price of silver. In spite of the fact that there is very little of it in stockpiles, if any, silver prices continue to languish. Here’s one reason. When people “take delivery” of their silver contracts, which are in ugly, heavy, thousand ounce bars, they […]

Oh boy! Money! Everyone dreams of having plenty of it. Oh to have all the money one can spend. An Aladdin’s Lamp of plenty, is what we all dream of, when we imagine having our wishes. I well remember when I was a teen, growing up in my Dad’s drug store in Washington DC. I […]