Have you ever purchased a product and failed to cash the rebate check? Maybe your street was torn up, and the mailman could not get to your mailbox. You were supposed to pick up your mail at the Post Office, but you didn’t. The check was returned to sender. Maybe you did receive a rebate […]
Illinois State Treasurer Michael W. Frerichs has reported that the August 20, 2016 live auction of unclaimed property drew more than one hundred bidders from across the United States. Proceeds from the auction totaled $171,550. Auction items of note included a $1,000 bill that sold for $2,200; Ernie Banks and Al Kaline rookie baseball cards […]
Remember when you pulled into a filling station years ago? Wiping his hands on a red cloth, a gas station attendant would come out of the garage. You rolled down your window and said, “Fill it up.” Maybe you also said, “Could you please check the tires?” He then knew you wanted a full tank […]
Ever since the Model T began to be mass produced by the Ford Motor Company in 1908, Americans have had a love affair with cars. Approximately 253 million cars and trucks are on the road in the United States. Unfortunately, according to the National Safety Council, there were 38,300 people killed and 4.4 million injured […]
It’s 2016, and the future is now. Automakers have developed self-driving cars which use multiple sensors to keep your car centered in the lane, keep pace with the car ahead, and pull your car back into the lane if it detects a car coming up in the blind spot. However, it is necessary for the […]