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Q&A: Why do people who live in hot climates prefer spicy foods?

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Question from Lawrence:  I was trying to decide what to order at a Thai restaurant the other day and I noticed that most of the dishes on the menu were spicy (as in hot).

That got me to wondering why people from countries with hot climates seem to prefer spicy foods.

You’d think something spicy would be the last thing you’d want to eat if you lived in a place where it’s hot all the time.

So what’s the deal with people in hot countries wanting to eat spicy foods? Am I missing something?

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

In a hurry? Park near the closest shopping cart return, not in the empty space that’s closest to the store!

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Do you often find yourself needing to make a quick stop at the market to pick up a few grocery items when you’re in a hurry to get to someplace else?

If so, you probably always try to snag the empty parking space that closest to the entrance.

And that’s certainly understandable since the closer you park, the quicker you can get inside and start shopping for the items you need.

But truth be told, you’ll almost always get back on the road quicker if you skip the closest parking space and park near the closest shopping cart return corral instead! Here’s why…

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Recipe: Almost Like Mom’s Home-Style French Toast

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If you’re like me, you have a favorite meal of the day as well as a favorite dish for that meal.

Personally, my favorites just happen to be breakfast and home-style French Toast, and that’s exactly what I’ll be featuring here today!

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What to do when you can’t understand a customer service rep on the telephone

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Have you ever called a customer service or tech support line and ended up having to talk to a rep you couldn’t understand?

Well, me too, and to say it’s a very frustrating experience would be the understatement of the year.

Many large companies now outsource their call center operations to third-party companies located in foreign countries.

And as you well know, that can create quite a language barrier if you happen to get a rep who doesn’t speak English all that well.

But as luck would have it, there’s often a very simple solution to this problem… [Read more…]

Here’s a simple way to always know where SPAMMERs got your email address from

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If you’ve been using the Internet for more than five minutes you’re probably used to receiving SPAM messages in your email inbox.

I don’t know about you, but for me that’s one of the most irritating annoyances there is when using the Internet.

Although there’s really no way to find out how the SPAMMERs who are already sending you junk emails got their hands on your email address, there’s a very simple way to find out where new breaches/leaks originally occurred.

All you have to do is append a few extra characters to the first part of your email address. Here’s how: [Read more…]