Joseph asks…
Where can I find good financial aid for a low income family?
My parents are getting a divorce and my mom can’t afford to pay for the house, car, and most everything else on her income. Is there any way we can get more financial aid other than food stamps? She makes $1,200 (i think?) a month off of disability, and she says she can get food stamps, but that alone won’t be enough to pay the bills. Anyone have any ideas?
admin answers:
In your area the electric/gas utility company/companies may have a program for subsidized utility payments for people meeting certain low income requirements. Your mother would have to telephone the utility company/companies to find out about that.
Of course, food stamps are great and she should apply for them as soon as possible. I consider food stamps my tax dollars at work — for a good cause! 🙂
She can, through her divorce attorney, seek child support from your father before the divorce is final. She needs to speak with her attorney about that.
If your family has cable TV service, you may have to cut back on the cable TV plan you have or drop it altogether to cut a cost that right now just can’t be covered. You won’t die without cable TV, trust me.
If the family has a high-speed DSL internet service, the cost of internet access can be reduced by changing the subscription to a more moderate service speed. It will slow down gaming and music or video downloads, but you won’t expire from that, either.
In my area, there is an excellent food-cooperative that offers a monthly subscription and order service for food items, at about half the cost of what the food items would be in the grocery store. The cost of the food can be paid with food stamps, too. Since I don’t know where in the USA you live, I can’t refer you to something similar to the one in my area. You or your mother may send me a personal message, if you wish with info on where you live and I can reply to you with whatever info I may find for you. (Just click on my screen name below my avatar to see the connection to send me a personal message.) If you or your mother would rather not do that, if you (or she does) telephone the local public library and talk with a reference librarian, he/she may be able to get info for you about some low-cost food cooperative in your area. If there is the 211, social service information, service in your area, your mother can call that and find if there are any low-cost food cooperatives in your area.
If there is sunny space on the lot where your house is located, planting a vegetable garden this spring, for summer harvesting, will help cut the family food budget. Cutting back on meals eaten out at any sort of restaurant and cooking from scratch (cutting back on those instant/ready-made/microwave meals) will help reduce the food budget, too.
Many thrift stores in my area have a nice selection of good quality and still-fashionable clothing, as places to purchase clothes at lower costs. Consignment stores also have excellent clothes at lower costs than other stores that sell clothing.
Other cost cutting options that your family may already be following:
* viewing movies on DVDs borrowed (for free) from the public library, only — no 1st run films at the theaters, no rental DVDs
* reading books and magazines borrowed (for free) from the public library, only
* listening to and downloading music from CDs borrowed (for free) from the public library, only – no downloading from web sites for a charge
* walking or bicycling places instead of taking the family car, if there are sidewalks and safe roads for such travel
Best wishes for you and your family
George asks…
What do you think of shopping on the Internet?
I want to know your opionions. Is it safe? Is it easy?
admin answers:
As long as the site u are with has a lock at the bottom of the explorer (internet explorer) or if u are using something else to browse the internet.
Most of the time if it says http”s”:// the “S” stands for secure.
I have a habit of sometimes drinking then looking for old movies, like “the legend of billie jean” among some books, songs,. Etc., anything that sparks my fancy, online.
Ive bought a pair of shoes off of Ebay that they dont sell anymore in stores, so long as it has the “S” ure good.
Ive even ordered things off the walmart and target pages. As long as u have a good anti virus program and dont surf the web much for icky stuffs (you know what i mean), really, ure safe.
If u get emails n such that say they require u to update ur info, (sometimes i get things from bank of america, wells fargo, etc.), anything that ASKS for info, usually in an email, dont do it, call the company first.. Plan and simple….
I cant tell ya how many times ive called companies to tell them i have recieved a phony email. A secure “httpS” site, etc, will NOT ask u to input ur info….unless u are buying.
Ebay, amazon, sites like that, or any other site for that matter that u purchase things from DOES NOT ask u to repeat ur info.. I ALWAYS turn those fake sites in. (fake sites are those that have an http address that does not involve the address (microsoft, or take u to a ip address, like 75.68.112. Whatever, arent good.
I actually just got an error on a site that told me to download something for windows media, u CANT click on the LINKS usually, and it said MICROSOFT made it.
I called them for no reason other than to tell them the site, it linked me to, was fake, ecause i knew it wasnt them, the ADDRESS did not invovle the www.microsoft.com address…
Buying online is great!!! Dont let it detour u. Bascially, IF YOU ARENT SURE DONT DO IT!
If u do come across something feel free to ask me ill tell ya…
Meowbaby7@ yahoo
Betty asks…
how does one put movies onto an iPod touch?
im pretty sure its a second generation. and i mean movies that i already have on dvd. and pictures. sorry, i tried to work it out but i FAILED.
admin answers:
Here~ My experience~
1. Use WinX Free DVD to iPod Ripper. Fastest and easiest DVD ripper I ever use. It converts DVD movies to iPod touch in high quality like the original DVDs. Not all DVD rippers can give such good performance. At least all my friends try it on my recommendation and then love it. Lol
Check their official site for more functions and features: http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-to-ipod/
It’s a freeware. No trial, no registration, no watermark. Small file size, safe and fast to download and install.
2. After converting, you can drag the video into your iTunes library. Plug in your iPod to computer, iTunes will detect the iPod automatically, then click iTunes menu “File -> Sync iPod”, that’s all.
3. Have fun~ lol
Daniel asks…
How can you add music from your ipod to someone else’s itunes?
My friend and me are trying to add the music from my ipod to her computer/itunes, but it’s not working. We tried to drag the songs she wanted to her music and then making a play list and adding it to her play lists, but that didn’t work either. Help?
admin answers:
Hello, I’d like to share my experience.
When I changed my computer, I used MediaWidget to move all library files from my iPod Touch onto my new computer
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=site%3Agutensoft.com+mediawidget&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
It can transfer all iPod content to the iTunes on your computer, including iPod music, movies, playlists, videos, podcasts, ratings, last played, and more. It’s such a powerful one that many friends around me have used it for a long time. Easy and safe.
Now all files are on your computer and iTunes, you can sync your iPod with it smoothly without deleting any files.
Just free download it to try.
For more iPod support information you can also go to http://www.apple.com/support/
Lizzie asks…
What’s a safe social website I can go to to meet new people and make friends?
Other than facebook and twitter.
admin answers:
Http://www.zahdoo.com/
http://www.socialgo.com/
http://www.friendster.com/
http://www.bebo.com/
http://www.ning.com/
Ning is the only online service where you can create, customize, and share your own Social Network for free in seconds.
Ping.fm is a simple service that makes updating your social networks a snap.
Use AIM, GTalk, iGoogle, WAP, iPhone/iPod Touch, SMS or E-mail and let Ping.fm relay your message to a multitude of social networking sites.
Http://www.hi5.com/
hi5 is a global brand for young people, where over 50 million members have established accounts and personal pages. From Miami to Mumbai, Lima to Lisbon, Sydney to San Francisco, hi5 is the place where young people come to stay in touch with friends, meet new people, create & explore content, and express themselves.
Http://www.blippr.com/
Discover: First and foremost, we want to help you discover new books, games, movies, and music you’ll like, love, maybe even want to marry.
Http://www.tuenti.com/
Tuenti is a private, invitation-only social platform used by millions of people to communicate and share every day.
Connect, share and communicate with your friends, co-workers and family.
Explore and engage with local businesses and brands that you really care about.
Get Tuenti on your mobile phone in real-time, wherever you are.
Http://www.tagged.com/
Make a great profile that’s all about you, find your friends and meet new people, Chat, flirt, photos, games, and more!
Http://www.jamendo.com/
On Jamendo artists allow anyone to download and share their music. It’s free, legal and unlimited.
Http://www.bligoo.com/
Create your a community or discover communities that talks about some interesting topics for you
http://www.43things.com/
Discover what’s important, make it happen, share your progress. Find your 43 things.
Http://brightkite.com/
Location-based social networking: Discover who visits your favorite places. Join the community in real time.
Http://www.experienceproject.com/
Sign up for a free, anonymous account
Share the life experiences that define you
Quickly grow a network of new friends that understand you & your life
Explore life stories, help others, and have fun!
Http://www.strands.com/
Bring together all your online activity in one place
Share your favorite things with others
Discuss images, videos, websites, and more
Discover what’s hot among your friends
http://www.zorpia.com/
Upload unlimited Photos
Post/share your Journals online
Interact and meet friends from different countries
Join in online Forum discussions
Get connected with Private Messaging
Join/create your own Group
Great way to customize & make themes for your page
Keep track of your friends’ activities with our News and Alerts
Add unlimited songs to your profile from our Music section
Upload Videos to your collections
Share and read stories in our Gossip section
http://www.yiid.com/
Build a profile of all your communities: Connect all your networks to one single super-profile
Discover networks of your friends: Share your networks with your friends and see what networks they use
Manage your online identity: Keep an eye on all your data in your networks and use yiid to log in everywhere
http://getglue.com/
Enjoy great suggestions, see your friends around the web, and earn bragging rights.
Http://socialthing.com/
See everything that’s going on with your friends in all the sites you use, easily figure out where you’re missing connections with your friends, interact with multiple sites at once, and more!
Http://grou.ps/
GROU.PS is a platform for social groups to get together. Use it for any purpose.
Http://www.myebook.com/
Create your eBooks, Photo albums, Comics, Magazines, Fanzines, CV, Brochures, Books… When you’re done, publish and share your ebook full of photos, video, audio with friends, family, and the world.
Kiwibox is an online magazine & social network for teens featuring games, journals, gossip, articles, and more.
Http://www.neeetz.com/
Create your own Social Network with Neeetz.
Connect with colleagues, friends, family members and others of like interest.
Create Blogs and Forums. Share photos, videos and music.
Craft life updates and create communities of like interests.
Join Neeetz to Create, Share and Socialize.
Http://en.sawgi.com/
Meet new friends
Create and share with everyone your favorite playlists
Create your Sawgi website
http://www.youtego.com/
A new visual tool, where desire to express yourself is enriched with your senses and emotions. Just be as you are, define yourself as you feel and match with people by values that make sense to you most.
Http://www.peopleforever.org/
PeopleForever.org is Web 2.0 with advanced feeds, communities and knowledge based social networking. It promotes intellectual socializing with like-minded people.
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