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Updates: June 10-16

Brian / June 16th, 2012 / 2 Comments

In lieu of a not so witty rambling update, I’m going to jump straight to the links this week. The Dividend Ninja tells us How to DRIP Husky Energy. As an owner of HSE, I actually wasn’t aware that they don’t allow DRIP directly through a broker. I haven’t noticed the notices that he speaks of, however I also don’t own enough shares to DRIP yet. In University, I took...

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Almost free emergency kits

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CF / July 12th, 2011 / No Comments

Here’s a quickie while I’m slaving away at probability homework: Brian and I have emergency kits that we keep at work which contain water, food, and a rudimentary first aid kit. We have a larger “earthquake stash” but these are smaller, portable personal kits. For the container, we use large plastic bulk nut jars that I salvaged from the recycling pile and washed out. We fill...

Posted in: Home, Life Hacks Tagged with: earthquake prepardness, Emergency supplies, first aid