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The Best of Get Rich Slowly: July 2008     Print

Friday, 1st August 2008 (by J.D.)  
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Wow. July was a doozy for me in the real-life department. Usually I live a quiet existence with very little drama. This month was filled with drama. This made it challenging to write daily, but I did my best.

Here are some of the top stories from Get Rich Slowly last month:

• July 2nd: How to open multiple accounts at ING Direct (advice that may be applicable at other online banks, too)
• July 10th: The difference between a career and a job
• July 14th: Easy and cheap home-made bread
• July 16th: Network your way to job security (a guest post from Brandt Smith)
• July 17th: The dirty secrets of debt reduction (and what to do about them)
• July 23rd: Simplify your investing: An introduction to DRIPs (a guest post from Sara)
• July 29th: Hidden price increases at the grocery store

Best of the Forums
Though I didn’t have time to hang out there, the Get Rich Slowly discussion forums were active again this month, spawning several interesting conversations:

• I just have too much stuff, and can’t seem to get rid of it! (and Do you own your stuff?)
• Should parents give financial help to their adult children?
• I am getting a small raise — should I save or pay off debt?
• Do GRS readers use cash-back credit cards?
• How much do you pay for insurance each month?

The forums are a great place to chat with your fellow readers. Have questions about emergency funds? Ask! Want to chat about cheap vacations? This is the place to do it. (Since opening last year, the forums have 1900 registered users and over 23,000 posts.)

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9 Responses to “The Best of Get Rich Slowly: July 2008”

1. 1.
   Joel Falconer Says:
   August 1st, 2008 at 5:59 pm

   I hope August is a little saner and calmer for you, J.D. Drama’s only fun when it’s on TV!

2. 2.
   Online Money Says:
   August 1st, 2008 at 6:04 pm

   Is July universally a crazy month? Or is that just a coincidence? Maybe some kind of astrological think I think.

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   J.D. Says:
   August 1st, 2008 at 6:39 pm

   I hate July.

   In my family history, July is a terrible month, filled with disaster and death. I am the last superstitious person I know, but if I’m superstitious about one thing, it is the month of July. So many bad things have happened to my family during that month, that I just want to avoid it every year. This year was especially bad…

4. 4.
   The Tim Says:
   August 1st, 2008 at 6:51 pm

   J.D.,

   Looks like you’re running some kind of cache, so the front page won’t update and get rid of the SiteMeter bug until a comment gets posted. Like now.

   Ok, all better :^)

5. 5.
   J.D. Says:
   August 1st, 2008 at 7:03 pm

   Thanks, Tim. I’ll turn Super Cache off for now, actually, and empty the cache folder on the server. That should help, too.

   For those of you with Sitemeter “bugs” on your pages, there’s an error that has been introduced to the code that is causing sites to load incorrectly…

6. 6.
   The Tim Says:
   August 1st, 2008 at 7:09 pm

   Oh, and your forums have the same problem. I forgot about my forums until someone pointed them out :^)

7. 7.
   The Tim Says:
   August 1st, 2008 at 7:59 pm

   Oh, one more thing. If you make the change to your overall_footer template file for phpBB, you’ll need to refresh your template for the change to go through.

   For phpBB 3:
   Administration Control Panel > Styles > Templates > Refresh

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   The Tim Says:
   August 2nd, 2008 at 2:44 pm

   FYI, it looks like SiteMeter has resolved the issue. Should be safe to put the SiteMeter code back in the site.

9. 9.
   Jenn S. (the Clumsy Ninja) Says:
   August 27th, 2008 at 8:28 pm

   Hi J.D., I just noticed that you featured my forum question! (”I am getting a small raise…”) I got a little behind on my feeds and didn’t see this post until now…hope it is not too late to say thanks!

   P.S. After I read your posts about high-yield savings accounts, I managed to escape the steel jaws of Bank of America. I now have an ING savings account with several sub-accounts; the total savings is several thousand dollars and rising. The first time I got my monthly interest deposit (more than I made at BoA in a year), my jaw dropped. Needless to say I will keep my main savings account at ING from now on.