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Do you get more money if you poop/pee your pants in a car accident?

Yes, dear reader, this question has been asked.  Repeatedly.  If you Google that question right now, you will see many entries related to the question along with guesstimates of how much more money you might get in such a scenario with some as high as an additional $10,000.  In light…

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Security

  While doing some cleaning out last weekend, we came across this old Peanuts book titled: Security is a Thumb and a Blanket.  2020 has certainly caused many of us to long for more security whether it be in our economic situation, our health, our relationships, etc.   If only a…

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Insurance in a Pandemic

Another 709,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week and millions remain unemployed.  And for others, they have kept their jobs but have been forced to accept pay cuts and other reductions in benefits.  Needless to say, the pandemic has caused chaos for many families’ budgets.  Of course, if…

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October Is National Pedestrian Safety Month

No matter where you live or your typical form of transportation, we are all pedestrians.  When you get out of your car to walk through the parking lot to go into Target, you are a pedestrian.  When you walk your dog through your neighborhood, you are a pedestrian.  Your children…

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Share the Road: Pedestrian Accidents

This past Saturday at approximately 10:30 p.m., after leaving a political dinner, the South Dakota Attorney General called police to report he had hit a deer with his vehicle.  The next day, police discovered that he had not, in fact, hit a deer but instead a pedestrian who was walking…

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Car Accidents and Black Box Data

In airplane accidents, investigators and experts often refer to “black box data”, and that terminology has carried over and is sometimes used in the context of car accidents too.  However, in car and truck accidents, the more accurate description of black box data is Event Data Recorders (EDR).  Of course,…

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Coronavirus Chaos for Commuters

First, the problem was an increase in reckless driving.  As a large number of commuters began working from home, many drivers saw the decreased congestion on the roads as an opportunity to turn into Mario Andretti.  As a result, the number of fatal accidents increased markedly.  Now, as more people…

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June 11th – National Make Life Beautiful Day

Well, we could all certainly use some more beauty in our lives these days.  We often think of beauty as a physical attribute but it is so much more.  Kindness is beautiful, justice is beautiful, truth is beautiful, courage is beautiful and so many more things.  In honor of National…

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Strange Days, Indeed – Memorial Day 2020

If you need further proof of these strange times, Memorial Day weekend may be Exhibit No. 15,643,782.  For decades, AAA has issued travel forecasts for Memorial Day weekend, but it will not this year because all of the normal predictors it uses for its models are not reliable in the…

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Smiles, Encouragement and Tips – Week 6

Around our house, for quite a while, we have been using the euphemism “With everything that has been going on . . . ”    We like it because it gathers up the collective burdens and tribulations surrounding CoVid 19 and tries to make it more palatable especially around a 12…

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