On the Bottom Line

Some of you may subscribe to Bottom Line Personal and you may have read about the things I am about to relate.  If so, just sign off with my well-wishes.

01.  People Search Sites

While helping to find your long lost Brother-in-Law, they will often add your personal data to their databases and may even sell it to scammers.

Somewhere, hidden among verbiage, are instructions on how to get your own information removed.  Read the fine print.

A few months ago, I used BeenVerified to trace a hacker. I ordered a one-time search.  However, every month since an amount was paid out of my funds to that company.

If I had read the fine print more carefully, I would have not erroneously signed up for a subscription to the service.

My beautiful daughter, Diane, intervened on my account and I did get a refund.

02.  Scammers are targeting your smart TV.

Is nothing sacred?

03. TREKIE Talk

Nichelle Nichols, Walk of Fame-winning American actor (1932 - 2022, said: "Star Trek represented, and still does represent the future we can have ... beyond the petty squabbles we are dealing here on Earth."

04.  Having trouble swallowing?

You may have Zenken's diverticulum, when the esophagus develops a pouch where it joins the pharynx in the back of the throat.  Bits of food get trapped there.

Options: minimally invasive surgery or a diet of pureed foods sipped slowly.

05.  Eggs

a.  Freeze beaten eggs in ice cube trays and store for a year,

b.  Test boiled eggs by sticking a toothpick through the shell into the egg. If it comes out wet, the egg is still runny.

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Baby Stuff

In Navajo culture, there is something called the first laugh ceremony.  Each Navajo baby is kept on a cradle board until he or she laughs for the first time.

Then the tribe throws a celebration in honor of the child's first laugh, which is considered to be his or her birth as a social being.

Someone tweeted:  "Why do baby clothes have pockets? Are people really going up to babies and saying, 'Hey, can you hold this for a second?'"

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