THE FLYERS ARE IN, PAIN INDEX ON THE RISE

Well the Philadelphia Flyers finished on the Montreal Canadiens last night with a 4-2 win and with the win win the series 4-1 advance to the Stanley Cup Finals where they will face the Chicago Blackhawks. I am predicting that the Chicago Blackhawks will win the Stanley Cup this year. My PAIN index is at about 8.8 this morning because I have a very sore back and you will not believe how I hurt it. On Saturday morning I decided to re-pot one of the peace lilies we have in the house and in the process of doing that I have strained some of my muscles in my lower back, hopefully it will start to improve sometime today. Andrew's team lost a tough won last night in LL action falling to the Reds 8-7. Tonight in high school baseball action the Central District baseball tournament will get underway with Prince George facing Dinwiddie and Matoaca facing Thomas Dale, unfortunately the Colonials are not in it this year. Also may allergies have been pretty rough the last few days. MICKEY

Paying With Plastic
Takeout or dine in? Paper or plastic? Cash or credit? Of all the choices you make at the checkout counter, the decision to pay with a credit card has the biggest impact on your bottom line.

Multiple studies, including this 2008 study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, have found consumers are willing to spend more when they pay with a credit card instead of cash.

"Credit cards allow consumers to focus more on what they're getting, or buying, than what they're losing, or spending," explains Kit Yarrow, a professor of psychology and marketing at Golden Gate University. Credit cards "buffer the reality of spending because they leave more cash in our pockets and purses and provide a delay before payment is required."

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. Elbert Hubbard