TASTE
French-American restaurant in Cleveland Heights is offering a $75 gift certificate for $35. Fine print: Expires 08/29/2010. Limit 1 per person. Limit 1 per table, 2 for tables of 5 or more. Tax and gratuity not included. Reservation recommended. Not valid for special events.
Doesn’t say it isn’t good for alchohol, so it’s good for wine and other drinks!
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Damn you… you catchy jingle!
TACO BELL
Taco Bell is giving away a free Fresco Taco. Deals ends when 1 million are given away. Click here to get your coupon:
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IHOP
Free pancakes on Tuesday, Feb 23rd from 7 AM to 10PM at participating locations. Donations are encouraged for the Children’s Miracle Network for the event.
MCDONALDS FILET-O-FISH
Is it just me or does that “Give me back that filet-o-fish” commercial by McDonalds one of those creepily hypnotic jingles that just sticks in your head. Damn them for doing that. It comes up at the most inopportune times like when I’m at church. But then there is usually a bratty screaming kid that snaps me out of thinking about it.
If you can’t get enough of the singing fish, you can buy it at Rite Aid for $19.99. Click here for a $5 off $25 coupon at Rite Aid:
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TRIDENT
Another commercial that is really bizarre is the one for Trident Three Layers. There is a UPS guy that is in the front bushes of a house eavesdropping on a conversation the family is having in their living room and he said he would get paid in Trident gum. I would’ve got the garden hose out and sprayed him away from the house.
Then there is a phone guy across the street with apparent super-hearing that moans about wishing he got paid in Trident gum. Yes, yes, hey business world, us workers have no need for cold hard cash. We would prefer gum. Chewy gum. Especially one from Trident that has three layers of flavors. If we were paid in gum, I wonder if we would still need to fill out W2 tax forms.
WENDYS
Sign up to http://www.wendys.com and they will send you a $1 off coupon for their new fish sandwich. Get other coupons during the year for other sandwichs when you sign up to get their e-mails.
DOLLAR MENU
Dollar menus at fast food restaurants are great deals. Some are such good deals; they are loss leaders. For the most part you can get three dollar menu burgers for the price of one regular sandwich.
MEAT
People always ask me, “Joe, where do you get your meat?” I tell them I always get it half off. And then I freeze it. There are always buy-one-get-one free deals on meat. Load up on it and it’s good for at least 6 months. Meat usually goes bad after 6 months, so there is plenty of time to enjoy your meat. Ask the butcher about his meat too. They will discount any meat that they need to get rid of before it goes bad and expires. Butchers are very proud of their meat. They always want to give their meat away at a discount when they know it’s going bad. Ask him to show you his meat that they need to get rid of. Hold your meat in your hand and then start haggling.
Nobody likes meat that isn’t fresh, but what is gross is the packaged meats that use coloring and preservatives to make it look fresh. If you have to doll up your meat in order for it to look good then you have some nasty meat. The packages always seem to bloat up. Bloated meat doesn’t look healthy. It starts to turn green and slimy and smell. I think that is what finally killed Tops in Ohio - they decided to get rid of their butchers and go with pre-packaged meat. So tell your store that you go to not to ever wrap your meat in a package full of junk. Let them know you like it fresh.
There are coupons for meat - Hormel, Tyson, Perdue, etc. Pairing a coupon with BOGO meat will get me usually at least 70% off. I always give my meat to the cashier and have them gently scan it and then put it into two old bags. I prefer two bags than one. If something happens to the one bag I don’t want my meat to drop to the floor. Having two bags makes me feel more secure. I also always keep an eye on the cashier and make sure they don’t put something nasty like Comet on my meat. You’d think the cashiers are old enough to know better, but sometimes you have to tell them what to do.
SEA SALT
Get a Diamond Sea Salt coupon for .50 cents off that will double at Giant Eagle - one canister cost me 19 cents after the coupon. Aside from being a healthier salt, it’s great for killing slugs! Click here to get the coupon:
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ALDIS
Grapes - $1.59 for 2 lbs.
Mushrooms - 8 ounce - 99 cents
GIANT EAGLE
Get 20 cents off per gallon at GetGo gas stations when you buy $50 of restaurant gift cards at Giant Eagle. Remember - You’re allowed up to 30 gallons of discounted gas when you redeem your GetGo rewards. Limited time only.
List of restaurants here: http://www.gianteagle.com/GiftCards/browse.aspx?cntid=177291
FITNESS19
They have a $9 per month (with $59 initiation fee) or $9 initiation fee deal. Their new fitness center is located at 30240 Euclid Avenue in Wickliffe next to Big Lots. They have other locations in Parma, Stow, & Cleveland. Go to http://www.fitness19.com for details.
FITWORKS
The have a $19.99 per month with a $19.99 enrollment fee deal. Deal ends 2/28. Go to http://www.fitworks.com for details. Locations in Mentor, Downtown Cleveland, Parma, Richmond Heights, Rocky River, & Willoughby.
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
K-Mart - Eastlake, West 65th, Dayton, Wadsworth, and Milton in Ohio. For a full list of store closures go to: eight stores in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Georgia, Florida, Colorado and Washington. K-Mart has over 1,300 stores nationwide and 17 in Northeast Ohio yet. I’m surprised the store in Eastlake lasted this long. There was never anyone shopping at the store. Tons were there today. But don’t get caught up in lame 20% to 30% deals when stores initally go out of business. Wait for the deals to hit at least 50% off.
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CAFE TANDOOR
Get $15 for $35 Worth of Indian Fare and Drinks at Cafe Tandoor. Deals ends Sunday, 2/21.
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WILD BIRDS UNLIMITED
Free 2lb deluxe blend birdseed coupon in the Thursday, 2/18 PD Inside & Out section. I’m thinking if it’s good enough I may have found something to eat while I’m watching the Cavs. If you see me perched in a tree…beware.
MARCS
Get 2% off on gift cards. They also sell gift cards for Speedway that will get you 10 cents off per gallon.
AUNTIE ANNES
On February 20th, Auntie Anne’s will be having a free pretzel day – stop by for a free Original or Cinnamon Sugar pretzel between 10AM to 3PM.
ELECTRIC DISCOUNT
Do you have an all-electric house or business? Anyone that does is in for a shocker. The deal given over 30 years ago for all-electric homes is being rescinded. Some people are seeing their bills double. Politicians are working on getting the discount continued. Check out the story here:
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=129808
http://bulletin.aarp.org/states/oh/2010/5/articles/electric_bills_stun_those_who_heat_reddy_kilowatt.html
ALDIS
Red Grapes - 89¢/lb.
Oranges - $1.39/4 lb. bag
Grapefruit - $1.79/ 5 lb. bag
Milk - $1.79 gallon
CVS
Sobe water - Free after BOGO coupon found here: SOBE BOGO COUPON
Aussie Shampoo - Free after $1 coupon and extra bucks
Crest Pro Health Rinse or toothpaste - Free after extra bucks & coupon
Colgate Advanced toothpaste - Free after extra bucks & coupons
GIANT EAGLE
Carolina Rice - 19 cents after .50 coupon
Simply Asia noodles - free after .75 coupon
Trident Layers - free after .75 coupon
RITE-AID
Motrin PM - Free - make money after recent $1 coupon
Olay products - 3 for $18 - use recent coupon to get the free - plus make money with this $15 rebate: http://www.olay.com/Club_Olay/feb2010/images/TE_Rebate_Form_OlayHomepage.pdf
WALGREENS
Air Wick Imotion - 50% off - use $4 coupon to get it free
DEAR ABBY
true story…
Back when Pauline Phillips wrote Dear Abby I noticed that her answers were increasingly off-the-mark. She was wet-noodle lashing herself almost every other day because she kept retracting her answers after readers pointed out the errors in her answers. At the end of 1999 I decided to write Dear Abby a letter and let her know that she should consider hanging up her advice column along with her sister that wrote Ask Ann Landers who was also consistently retracting her answers. After all, when there is discourse in the world, I seek to correct it. Dear Abby wrote me back. Not too long after I got a reply letter back from her, she decided to retire and hand the Dear Abby baton to her daughter. Whether my letter spurred her on to consider retiring I don’t know. I’m sure she chewed on it for awhile just re-reading my letter while smoking a cigar or whatever she did when she wrote her column.
I pictured Dear Abby hunched over due to all the noodle-lashing with her back all scabbed up tippy-tappying on her typewriter. But what ticked me off is that people listen to her advice and were taking to heart what she said when she was giving bad advice. Should someone miss her “noodle lashing” retraction it would lead them astray.
As an example, say there was a letter about how a mother-in-law was coming over her daughter-in-laws house and complaining that her cooking was not good enough for her son. Dear Abby would say something like the daughter-in-law should win the mother over by telling the mother-in-law that she needed to bleach her mustache. That would make them even in her book and all would be good. Not quite good advice in my book. I could see her answering that they should get matching tattoos to create a bond, but not trade one insult for another.
In the letter she wrote back to me she really didn’t address her poor advice. I was disappointed, but sometimes people have a hard time dealing with reality. Nowadays you hear some people in the media say how wrong the other person is, but yet they show a pattern of being wrong themselves. Notice how nobody stepped forward to fess their part about their decision to unregulate banks or whatever reason you want to believe helped cause the financial crisis. Wouldn’t it be refreshing to see people fess up when they are wrong. People appreciate honesty. Notice how Tiger Woods wasn’t honest, while David Letterman was and Letterman looked like the good guy just because he was honest even though he did something despicable. After all, how can something be fixed if the people responsible don’t acknowledge their part in it. The truth will set you free they say.
Sometimes people need gentle reminders. Or a seed needs to be planted in their mind. It’s just like an athlete that keeps playing when they are way past their prime. Sometimes ya gotta know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em. Ya gotta know when to walk away and when to run. And never count your money when it’s sitting on the table. That has nothing to do with this moral of the story, but people don’t like it when you count money you’ve won from them in front of them. Bonus moral-of-the-story day.
I wonder if there was someone in her life that told her like it is. Too many people go about life without friends or family giving them honest feedback that is for their own good. Do you have someone that will tell you when you have a booger flitting out your nose - those people are your true friends. Let people know they are special to you by telling them you can see stuff on their person where it shouldn’t be.
Do people think that they aren’t going to make mistakes their whole life - and who do you think will tell them when they are going down the wrong path? Last I checked the Wrong Police didn’t send me a message or arrest me when I was wrong and needed to come to terms with it. Remember how Fonzie didn’t look cool when he couldn’t say wrong.
Eventually these same folks need to see a psychologist to straighten things out. Or otherwise they become one of those people that write diatribes on their houses or cars. How fun is that! All my grievances about how I was treated in life for all to see…the writings on the wall as they say. I say a good counselor might be a better option.
Some people that don’t have enough social contacts or close family spurn any feedback as if that person was being mean-spirited by telling them the truth. There is a difference. The gentle truth can help people grow. For instance, it’s like if I see someone in the store and tell them they need to pluck their hairs that are growing from their enormous bulbous mole, I mean it in a nice way. Sometimes I will get out my monocle so I can better see the mess and I offer to tweeze them right then and there - nice deed #2. It’s usually met with some gruff remark.
Everyone has a wall up when they are initially approached about correcting a behavior. I’m sure later when they calm down they will realize they should’ve just accepted it as a something necessary that they have to come to terms with and let me do it. There is a lady cashier at one of the Walgreens I go to that is overly due for a full face plucking. She’s next on my list. Some of her facial hair is so long that it can be used for guitar strings. I’m guessing she uses them to floss too.
Dear Abby’s daughter now writes the column. I still read it every day and her daughter doesn’t make anywhere near the amount of initial bad advice as her Mom did. I later found out that Dear Abby had Alzheimer’s disease which sadly may explain some of her answers. She was diagnosed with it in the early 1990’s.
Interestingly, I found out that Dear Abby had a falling out with her twin sister who wrote the Ask Ann Landers column. How can an advice columnist not get along with her own sister!? And a twin at that! That’s like your right hand getting mad at your left hand because it gets all the attention.
Apparently way back in the day Dear Abby decided to undercut Ask Ann Landers so that she would get her column in the paper. Ann Landers also got divorced which is odd since she wrote relationship advice (she died in 2002). Dear Abby mentioned her sisters divorce in the letter. Some might say that a divorced person may have better insight into a relationship after going through a divorce. But then again, why do over 70% of second marriages end up in divorce if that person knows better after going through one. But then again, some psychologists get divorced and they thoroughly understand human behavior and can read relationship red flags. Some people become psychologists to better understand themselves and perhaps that means they are the ones with the red flags. Just because someone wears a swimsuit doesn’t mean they’re a swimmer.
There are a lot of other hypocritical oddities in this world - some may shock you and are disgusting. For instance:
Dr. Laura Schlessinger gives relationship advice…yet she had an affair with a married man and is divorced. Besides her sister, she also didn’t speak for around 20 years to her mother, of whom they found dead, undiscovered for two months.
Rush Limbaugh rallied against drug use…yet he was caught fraudulently obtaining prescription drugs and was put on probation.
Rep Foley was caught texting sexual messages to a young male intern…yet he proposed toughening child sexual predator laws.
Rev Ted Haggard rallied against gays…yet even though he was married he was caught in a relationship with a male prostitute…not to mention he did drugs too.
Barney Rubble married a brunette…yet he preferred blondes.
Glenn Beck tells the world how to be…yet he was an alcoholic drug user in the past and called a rival station’s wife and mocked her miscarriage when he was a radio DJ.
Our last few Presidents used drugs, some heavily…yet they are fighting a war on drugs.
Bill Clinton loved women…yet he married one woman that some might say was manly.
Popeye loved spinach…yet he chose a vegetable over Olive Oyl of whom had a mystery child that didn’t look like Brutus or Wimpy.
Bill O’Reilly spouts his moral values…yet while married he settled a sexual harassment lawsuit.
Kirstie Alley wrote diet books…yet she looks like she ate all her books with all the fixins.
George Washington didn’t belong to any political party and didn’t want any to be formed…yet now many people are ruled by their party and not by the people…ahhh the good ol’ days.
Why would people do the opposite of what they preach? Sometimes people tend to swing the other way when they mess up in life. In other words, if someone rallies against something it’s probably because they are feeling guilt for doing it or something just as sinful in their past. It happens to the best of us. I learn from all the mistakes I’ve made. Moderation is key. And whenever I’m in a bind, I think I’ll write Dear Abby a letter. Me and her are tight.
Joe
http://www.joethecouponguy.com
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