HELPFUL HINTS
Posted: August 11, 2009 at 3:18 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — DEAR HELOISE: I had the same ideas as a reader who passed a lot of family items to her children. I did the same with my son, including my father's World War I medals, his U.S. Marine Corps discharge and his business awards. These items are of no intrinsic value at all.
My son predeceased me. For the past 10 years, his widow has refused to return these items, and now we have heard that she is going to remarry. These family heirlooms should rightly belong to my daughter, but it looks like they are gone forever.
Anyone contemplating the same move had better think long and hard about the possibility of nonfamily gaining control.
- Bob, via e-mail
DEAR HELOISE: Last week, I got the idea to open a checking account with a local branch of a banking system that I know is in the city I'llbe visiting on my vacation. Should I need cash, I won't have to ask my friend in that city to take one of my out-of-state checks for some cash. His kindness was so helpful and appreciated, but now I won't have to bother him.
- Lana Hall, Naples, Fla.
DEAR HELOISE: I like egg-and-sausage sandwiches on English muffins for a quick breakfast. I like mine homemade, though, and hate the mess of making sausage patties. After I've seasoned the meat, I press it into a canning-jar lid. Once it's been formed, it's an easy deal to push it out of the lid. I make about a pound at a time and freeze the patties; a hearty homemade breakfast sandwich is always just a few minutes away!
- Joel Strauss, Las Vegas Send a money- or time-saving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, Texas 78279-5000; fax to (210) 435-6473; or e-mail
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