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This Tidbits delves into idioms. An idiom is “a group of words whose meaning cannot be pre- dicted from the meanings of the constituent words.” In other words, they really don’t make sense! • If you live in the rainy Pacific Northwest, the steamy Southern states or a rain forest, you have probably heard the idiom “It was raining cats and dogs.” The origin of the phrase is un- known. One theory is that in olden days in Eng- land, dogs and cats would sleep on the thatch or hay roofs of houses. When it rained, the roofs became slippery and the animals would slide off. Hence, it was “raining cats and dogs!” • On the other hand, if you are sitting in a theater, you may be in the “peanut gallery.” This term was popularized in the late 19th century and referred to seats located in the balcony of the theater, the “cheap” seats. People in these seats would sometimes throw peanuts, common the- ater food of the time, on those seated below. The term was also used for those seated in the first row on the floor seats where the patrons could throw peanuts on stage if they weren’t pleased with the performance. • Regarding theater lingo, when “the plot thick- ens,” it means that the situation is becoming more difficult or complicated. • Many consider theater performances to be luxu- ries for the wealthy, those who “live high on the hog.” This expression came about because only the rich could afford the choicest cuts of pork, like loin, which comes from the top of the pig. • The best cuts of pork were usually consumed at the time of butchering. The other cuts were salt cured for preservation to be eaten during the winter. When spring arrived, people were “scraping the bottom of the barrel” looking for any scraps remaining. The term is now used to refer to the last food in the pantry, money in the budget, last one chosen for a team, etc. • Another term for the wealthy is the “upper crust.” This term comes from England, where the smell of bread wafted from the kitchens of country estates. The upper crust was the supe- rior un-burnt part of a loaf that was served to the “gentry” or high society. • In Biblical times, the “upper crust,” or upper class, was offered the “fat of the land.” This meant the fattest and best livestock. • Another familiar expression with origins in the Bible is “salt of the earth.” Salt was not only Sept 13 - Sept 19 2012 Issue 721 Published by: TBI www.tidbitsidaho.com [email protected] (208) 525-5151 Turn the page for more! IDIOMS by Patricia L. Cook Mattress King 401 E Street • Idaho Falls 208-522-0599 Sofa King 140 S State St • Shelley 208-357-3840 0% APR with 36 months to pay Don’t Wait, Stop In to Take Advantage of This Great Promotion Today! 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Dinner shows Fridays and Saturdays Fun experience with a QUEEN SIZE BED! expensive, it was also a vital preservative. People referred to as the “salt of the earth” were and are very precious. • Again thinking of the precious commodity of salt, a compliment that someone is “worth his salt” means he is doing a good job and is a valuable worker. Salt was so valuable in ancient days that Roman soldiers were some- times paid with salt instead of or in addition to coins or currency. • In stark contrast to a good worker stands one who isn’t. A sorry or less-than-stellar worker may get “canned” or “sacked.” This terminol- ogy came from coal miners who were given a chit, a “statement of an amount owed for food and drink,” which they could use at the company store. When let go, their severance pay was a can of food usually put in a sack. • Just as a bad worker can affect the attitudes of his co-workers, a “bad apple” can ruin a whole bag or box of apples. This term has been used with all kinds of produce and peo- ple as well. You don’t want to be the “bad apple” in the crowd! • If you find yourself in the unsavory position of being the person viewed as the “bad apple,” you may find yourself “eating humble pie.” This saying came about in a circuitous way. In the 14th century, the heart, liver, entrails, etc. of animals were called the “numbles” (noumbles, nomblys, noubles). In the 15th century, they were called “umbles.” The um- bles were used as an ingredient in pies. Only lower class folks ate “humble pie.” Hence, abasing or lowering oneself was seen as tak- ing oneself to a lower class. • Bakers in Europe were not usually baking “humble pie” but pastries, cookies, rolls and
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This Tidbits delves into idioms. An idiom is “a group of words whose meaning cannot be pre-dicted from the meanings of the constituent words.” In other words, they really don’t make sense!
• IfyouliveintherainyPacificNorthwest,thesteamy Southern states or a rain forest, you have probably heard the idiom “It was raining cats and dogs.” The origin of the phrase is un-known. One theory is that in olden days in Eng-land, dogs and cats would sleep on the thatch or hay roofs of houses. When it rained, the roofs became slippery and the animals would slide off. Hence, it was “raining cats and dogs!”
•Ontheotherhand,ifyouaresittinginatheater,you may be in the “peanut gallery.” This term was popularized in the late 19th century and referred to seats located in the balcony of the theater,the“cheap”seats.Peopleintheseseatswould sometimes throw peanuts, common the-ater food of the time, on those seated below. The term was also used for those seated in the first rowon thefloor seatswhere thepatronscould throw peanuts on stage if they weren’t pleased with the performance.
•Regarding theater lingo,when “the plot thick-ens,” it means that the situation is becoming moredifficultorcomplicated.
• Many consider theater performances to be luxu-ries for the wealthy, those who “live high on the hog.” This expression came about because only the rich could afford the choicest cuts of pork, like loin, which comes from the top of the pig.
• The best cuts of pork were usually consumed at the time of butchering. The other cuts were salt cured for preservation to be eaten during the winter. When spring arrived, people were “scraping the bottom of the barrel” looking for any scraps remaining. The term is now used to refer to the last food in the pantry, money in the budget, last one chosen for a team, etc.
• Another term for the wealthy is the “upper crust.” This term comes from England, where the smell of bread wafted from the kitchens of country estates. The upper crust was the supe-rior un-burnt part of a loaf that was served to the “gentry” or high society.
• In Biblical times, the “upper crust,” or upper class, was offered the “fat of the land.” This meant the fattest and best livestock.
• Another familiar expression with origins in the Bible is “salt of the earth.” Salt was not only
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expensive, it was also a vital preservative. People referred to as the “salt of the earth” were and are very precious.
• Again thinking of the precious commodity of salt, a compliment that someone is “worth his salt” means he is doing a good job and is a valuable worker. Salt was so valuable in ancient days that Roman soldiers were some-times paid with salt instead of or in addition to coins or currency.
• In stark contrast to a good worker stands one who isn’t. A sorry or less-than-stellar worker may get “canned” or “sacked.” This terminol-ogy came from coal miners who were given a chit, a “statement of an amount owed for food and drink,” which they could use at the company store. When let go, their severance pay was a can of food usually put in a sack.
• Just as a bad worker can affect the attitudes of his co-workers, a “bad apple” can ruin a whole bag or box of apples. This term has been used with all kinds of produce and peo-ple as well. You don’t want to be the “bad apple” in the crowd!
• If you find yourself in the unsavory position of being the person viewed as the “bad apple,” you may find yourself “eating humble pie.” This saying came about in a circuitous way. In the 14th century, the heart, liver, entrails, etc. of animals were called the “numbles” (noumbles, nomblys, noubles). In the 15th century, they were called “umbles.” The um-bles were used as an ingredient in pies. Only lower class folks ate “humble pie.” Hence, abasing or lowering oneself was seen as tak-ing oneself to a lower class.
• Bakers in Europe were not usually baking “humble pie” but pastries, cookies, rolls and
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IDIOMS (continued):
• On Sept. 24, 1789, The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by PresidentGeorgeWashington,establishingthe Supreme Court of the United States as a tribunal made up of six justices. By 1869 the number of justices was increased to nine.
• OnSept.30,1868,thefirstvolumeofLou-isa May Alcott’s beloved children’s book “LittleWomen” is published.Alcott dedi-cated most of her life and writing to sup-porting her family after her father’s failure at running Transcendentalist school. Her worksinclude“LittleMen”(1871)and“AnOld-FashionedGirl”(1870).
• On Sept. 28, 1901, Ed Sullivan, who would become the host of the long-running TV va-riety program “The Ed Sullivan Show,” is borninNewYorkCity.Duringthepeakofits popularity in the 1950s and 1960s, Sul-livan’s program showcased a wide range of entertainers, including The Beatles and El-visPresley.
• On Sept. 29, 1913, Rudolf Diesel, inven-tor of the engine that bears his name, dis-appearsfromthesteamshipDresdenwhiletraveling from Belgium to England. On Oct.10,Diesel’sbodywasfoundinthewa-ter.Conspiracytheoriesbegantoflyalmostimmediately. Many people believed (andstillbelieve)thatDieselwasmurdered.
• On Sept. 25, 1957, under escort from 1,000 paratroopers in the U.S. Army’s 101st Air-borne Division, nine black students enterall-white Central High School in LittleRock,Ark.Threeweeks earlier,ArkansasGov. Orval Faubus had surrounded theschoolwithNationalGuard troops topre-vent court-ordered racial integration.
• OnSept.26,1960,forthefirsttimeinU.S.history, a debate between major party presi-dential candidates is shown on television. JohnF.KennedydebatedRichardM.NixoninaChicagostudio.Nixonrefusedtowearmakeup.
• OnSept.27,1989,ZsaZsaGabor,ontrialforslappingapoliceofficer,stormsoutofthe courtroom in the middle of the district attorney’s closing argument. She had been pulled over for expired tags on her RollsRoyce,aswellashavinganopencontainerof alcohol and an expired license.
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other fine treats. Because they could receive stiff punishment for shorting customers, bakers would usually put 13 or more pieces in their or-ders just to be sure. This is where the “baker’s dozen” originated.
• British sailors on war ships in the 1700s might have appreciated some “humble pie” or a gen-erous “baker’s dozen.” Their ships did not have the best living conditions. Usually, a sailor’s breakfast and lunch was only bread and a bev-erage. The third meal of the day included meat and was presented on a square tray. Hence the term “square meal” was coined to identify the most substantial meal of the day.
• A popular topping for pizza, “Canadian bacon” has hog geography behind its name. It doesn’t have anything to do with the country of Canada other than its location relative to the United States. Traditional bacon is cut from the under-belly or south side of the pig. Canadian bacon is cut from the loin area, the upper part of the pig. Since it is from the north — Oh, Canada!
• In England, it is customary to extend hospitality to visitors, even complete strangers. However, when the host chose to serve a “cold shoul-der” of beef, it signaled that it was time for the guests to move on. Think about this the next time you snub someone or give them the “cold shoulder.”
• When wood stoves were used to cook beef shoul-ders and more, cooks used the front burners for intense heat and for stoking the fire to avoid a reach across the hot stove top. When it was time to slow down or simmer the food, it was put on the “back burner.” Now that term is used for putting something on hold, such as a chore you need, but don’t want, to do.
• Now for “a toast” to our Tidbits readers! Toast-ing is a medieval tradition that honored a host with a gesture for long life. The gesture en-tailed placing a crust of bread into a goblet of wine and raising it to the host, an adaptation of Holy Communion. F
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Q: I have a recurring problem with mineral deposits building up around my faucets. How can I reduce these, and is there an easier way to clean it off the faucets and fixtures?--CarlinOcala,Fla.
A: Mineral buildup around faucets, also known as “scale,” is common in areas such as yours that have hard water -- water containing high levels of minerals, particularly those containing calcium or magnesium.Hardwatermakesitdifficultforsoaps to lather up, which is inconvenient for bathers. But more serious is the potential for scale buildup inside water heaters.
The most effective way to reduce the prevalence of scale is to install a water softener where the water enters the house. The size and type of water softener unit depends on how much water you use per day on average andthehardnessofthewater.Youcanbringin a professional to test the water, assess your needs and estimate the cost of the installation, or, if you’re experienced with plumbing, you can install the softener yourself.
Some important points to remember are:Getmore thanoneestimate ifpossible,and don’t allow work to begin until you’ve
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approved it in writing. Make sure the installer locates the water softener unit at least 10 feet from the water heater, and that a remote bypass also is installed (this allows you tobypass the water-softener unit if it shuts down for any reason so
thatthehousestillgetswater).
Water softeners last for many years and operate with few problems, making them a good value for the amount of money you’ll spend on parts and installation. In the meantime, clean scale buildup from faucets and showerheads by shutting off the water supply to the affected faucets, and unscrewing the shower head and faucet aerators. Wash them in soapy water and rinse well. Then, place inastainlesssteelorTeflonlinedpanwith a solution of half vinegar and half water. Simmerthehardwareforfiveminutes,cool,then scrub with a nylon brush to remove the deposits.
HOMETIP:To reducemineral buildupand lengthen the life of your water heater, drain it twice a year via the drain spigot.
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PEANUTSIf peanuts are your favorite nut, you are not
alone. However, peanuts are not nuts: They are legumes, related to beans, peas and lentils.
• Peanuts originated in SouthAmerica. Theyare now grown in warm areas of Asia, Africa, AustraliaandNorthandSouthAmerica.Fif-teen states in the United States grow peanuts, withGeorgiabeingthetopproducingstate.
•PeanutsaretheofficialstatecropofGeorgia,and the state produces almost half of the total U.S. peanut crop. Most people are aware that PresidentJimmyCarterwasapeanutfarmerfromPlains,Georgia.Butmanyareunawarethat he was the second peanut farmer to serve asPresidentoftheUnitedStates.ThomasJef-fersonwasthefirst.
•PeanutshavebeengrownintheUnitedStatessincethe1800s.Peanutpopularitysurgeddur-ing the Civil War, with soldiers on both sides eating the protein-rich legumes for energy and sustenance.
•Peanutsarepowerhousesofnutrition;theyarecholesterol-free, contain about 26 percent pro-tein and are a good source of vitamin E, potas-siumandfiber.Theyareanexcellentsourceof magnesium, folate and niacin as well.
•EventhoughGeorgiaistheNo.1stateforpea-nut production, the peanut capital of the world isDothan,Alabama.Abouthalfofthepeanutsgrown in the United States are grown within a100-mile(160.9-km)radiusofDothan.The69thNationalPeanutFestivalwillbeheldinDothanfromNovember2-11,2012.
• ThefirstNationalPeanutFestivalwas heldin 1938. The honored guest speaker for the inaugural eventwasDr.GeorgeWashingtonCarver, who is known as the father of the U.S. peanut industry. Dr. Carver developedover 300 uses for the peanut in his work at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama.
•BecauseofDr.Carver’sextensiveworkwithpeanuts, many believe he invented peanut butter, but he did not. Several doctors experi-menting with peanuts in the late 1890s wanted a peanut product or paste that would be easy for their patients with bad teeth.
•Dr.JohnKelloggwasonedoctorwhowantedthe healthy, protein-rich peanut paste for his patients. He and his brother, W.K. Kellogg, worked together and actually patented a pea-nut butter process in 1895. The brothers went on to develop their cereal company and let others sell peanut butter.
•ThepublicintroductiontopeanutbutterintheUnitedStateshappenedatthe1904St.LouisWorld’s Fair, called the Louisiana PurchaseExposition. C.H. Sumner’s concession stand sold over $700 worth of peanut butter. From that point on that peanut butter became a stan-dard in most cupboards. The United States is the biggest supplier and consumer of peanut butter.
•Peanutsaredifferentfromothercropsinmanyways. “Digger” and “shaker” machines areused for harvesting peanuts to bring them to the top of the ground to dry. Much care is taken in getting the peanuts to dry correctly in their shells to prepare them for market.
• Peanutplantsgrowrootsunderground,withstems,leavesandsmallyellowflowersaboveground. The flowers pollinate themselves.Astheflowerswilt,theirbasesdosomethingunique. The stalks, called pegs, point down-ward and go into the ground. After going un-derground, the pegs turn sideways and form peanut pods. Each plant will produce 40 or more pods with two to six peanuts in each pod or shell. F
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Even though fresh water is continually drain-ingintotheDeadSea,itisnearly10timesas salty as the oceans and twice as salty as Utah’sGreatSaltLake.
• Oneoftheworld’smostunusualplaces,theDeadSeaisalsocalledtheSaltSea.Locatedin the Middle East, it is bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to thewest. TheHebrew name for theDeadSeaisYamhaMaved,whichactuallymeans“killer sea.”
• TheDeadSeaisthelowestpointonearth,over1,312feet(400m)belowsealevel.Atitsdeepestpart,itisover2,300feet(701m)belowsealevel.TheDeadSeais42miles(67km)longand11miles(18km)wideatits widest point.
• Themain tributary into the sea is the Jor-danRiver.TheDeadSeadoesnotemptyoutanywhere — It is endorheic, which means it has no outlet besides evaporation. It is totally landlocked, and the deeper areas are the saltiest. There is an estimated 1.9 billion tonsofpotassiumchloridesaltintheDeadSea that are harvested by using a system of evaporation ponds.
• TheDeadSeahasasalinityreadingof33.7percent, meaning nearly 35 percent of the water is dissolved salts. Ocean water is 3.5 percent dissolved salts.
•Due to the high salinity of the Dead Sea,nofishor anykindof swimming, squirm-ing creature lives in or near the water. Fish accidentally swimming into the waters from one of the several freshwater streams that feed the Sea are killed instantly, their bod-ies quickly coated with a preserving layer of salt crystals and then tossed onto shore by the wind and waves.
• Thereare,however,severalspeciesofbac-teria and one species of algae that are adapt-edtoharshlifeintheDeadSea.Whitesaltcrystals cover everything on the shore. And thisisnoordinarytablesalt;thesaltsfoundintheDeadSeaaremineralsalts—mostlychloride salts of magnesium, sodium, potas-siumandbromine—justlikeyoufindintheoceans of the world, only in extreme con-centrations.
•TheleadingattractionattheDeadSeaisthewarm, soothing, super-salty water. This wa-ter has attracted visitors since ancient times, including King Herod the Great and thebeautiful Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra.
• Due to thehighsalinity,water in theDeadSea is extremely buoyant — A person can floateffortlesslyonhisorherbackandnothave to expend energy treading water. Also, the high salt content and warm temperature of the water provide therapy for ailments such as rheumatism, gynecological diseases and bronchial conditions.
• DeadSeaWorks,Ltd.(DSW)isacompanydedicated to harvesting minerals from the watersoftheDeadSea.DSWislocatedonthe southwest side of the Sea and employs 1,600 people.
• Potashisthemostvaluableofthemineralsextracted today and is used in the manufac-ture of fertilizer. Other minerals extracted are used in making products such as potas-sium chloride salt, industrial salts, de-icers, bath salts, table salt and raw materials for the cosmetic industry. F
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•It was British playwright and noted wit Os-car Wilde who made the following sage ob-servation: “Some cause happiness wherever theygo;otherswhenevertheygo.”
•If you’re like the typical human, your brain makes up only 2 percent of your body’s weight, but it uses about 20 percent of your body’s energy.
•Some people, it seems, have more money than sense. For example, in December of2008, some unknown person paid $5,300 to buy a single tissue off eBay. What was so specialabout the tissue?Reportedly, itwasused once by actress Scarlett Johansson. For-tunately,proceedsfromthesalebenefitedanonprofitorganization.
•The average ant lives less than two months.
•Using leeches as a form of medical treatment isarchaic,right?Maybenotsomuch.Asre-cently as 2004, a request to market leeches as medical devices was approved by the Food andDrugAdministration.
•When the infamous Titanic was being built, shifts were 14 hours a day, and workers only had one day off a week. Each day, each worker was allowed a total of seven minutes for bathroom breaks.
•Those who study such things say that mar-riages involving so-called mail-order brides have a lower rate of divorce than marriages that come about in more traditional ways.
Thought for the Day: “Among men, it seems, historically at any rate, that processes of co-ordination and disintegration follow each other with great regularity, and the index of the co-ordination is the measure of the disin-tegration which follows. There is no mob like a group of well-drilled soldiers when they have thrown off their discipline. And there is no lostness like that which comes to a man when a perfect and certain pattern has dis-solved about him. There is no hater like one who has greatly loved.” -- John Steinbeck
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HOLLYWOOD -- If you thought that cen-sorship in television doesn’t happen in today’s progressive society, you’d be wrong. “American Horror Story,” “Nip/Tuck” and “Glee” producerRyanMurphyisn’t“Glee”fulthesedays,thankstoKLS-TV,theNBCstationinSaltLakeCity,Utah,ownedbyTheChurchof JesusChrist ofLatter-DaySaints,akaMormans,whobannedhisupcom-ingshow,“TheNewNormal,”evenbeforeitspre-miere. Seems they objected to the premise of a gay couple having a baby via a single-mom surrogate who has a “small-minded” grandmother, played by filmstarEllenBarkin.
Barkin immediately tweeted back, “Shame on u (KSL-TV), on (“Law&Order”) “SVU,” rapeandchildmurderisOK?But,(a)lovinggaycou-plehavingababyisinappropriate?”TheGayandLesbianAllianceAgainst Defamation (GLADD)said, “Same-sex families are a beloved part of American television thanks to shows like ‘Modern Family,’ ‘Glee’and ‘Grey’sAnatomy.’Whileau-diences, critics and advertisers have all supported (thesekindof)shows,KSL(TV)isdemonstratinghow deeply out of touch it is with the rest of the
country.”
The upcoming election has taken over our televisions. Big-name stars are choosing sides, while the media and the TV networks perpetu-ate the myth that the American people actu-ally elect the president of the United States. In fact, it’s the people we elect to represent us in Washington,D.C.,whomakeuptheElectoralCollege that actually selects our president. In a perfect world, they’d vote the way we the people do, but it doesn’t always turn out that way. In 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected president, but Andrew Jackson won the popular vote.Inl876,RutherfordHayeswon,butSam-uel Tilden was the people’s choice. In 1888, the incumbentPresidentGroverClevelandwonthepopular vote, but Benjamin Harrison was elect-ed to office.More recently, GeorgeW. Bushtookofficeafterthe2000election,eventhoughAlGorewas the popular vote-getter. Sohowmuchweightdoesourvoteactuallyhave?Wewould all be wise to stop accepting what the newsmediatellsusandtrytofindabetterwayto pick our presidents in the future.
RyanMurphy’s“AmericanHorrorStory”is going through major changes. When the show returns in October for its second season, it will be called “American Horror Story: Asylum.” Two-timeOscarwinnerJessicaLangereturns,butDylanMcDermottandConnieBrittonare
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To snag more of your holiday shopping dollars, one big-box store is extending its layaway season by a month and changing the rules.
Walmart’s layaway season starts in mid-Septem-ber, one month early this year, giving customers afull90-daylayawayperiod.You’llputdown10percentofyourtotal(or$10,ifgreater).Eachin-dividual item must cost more than $15, and your whole purchase must be more than $50. The ben-efitisthatyouraccountfeepayment($15,upfrom$5lastyear)willberefundedtoyouinagiftcardif you complete the layaway contract. The num-ber of products has expanded as well, and now in-cludes some sporting goods and small appliances. Check your local store, as down payments vary by state.
Best Buy has a layaway program at selected stores. Items must total more than $250, and you’ll pay a hefty 25 percent down as well as a nonrefundable 5percentlayawayfee.You’llmakepaymentsev-ery two weeks until it’s paid for. Many items don’t qualify for layaway: Clearance, limited quantity, closeout and promotional items aren’t eligible.
Kmart’s layaway seems to be the same as last year: $5 to open an account, $10 cancellation fee, and$15downpayment(or10percentifgreater).Make a payment every two weeks during an eight-week contract.
Sears offers layaway with $5 to open an account, $20down(or20percentifgreater)anda$15can-cellationfee.Paymentsaremadeeverytwoweeksfor an eight-week contract.
Toys“R”Uslayawayrequiresa20percentdownpayment and a $5 service fee, but customers have 90 days to pay. Half the total must be paid by the 45-day mark. A typical layaway transaction in-volves a 10 percent to 20 percent down payment anda$5servicefeetoopentheaccount.Paymentsaremadeweeklyuntiltheitemsarepaidfor.Gen-erally, there’s a $10 fee for cancellation.
As the holiday shopping season gets under way, keep your eyes open for other stores to follow Walmart’s lead with more attractive layaway op-tions.
If in doubt, call your favorite stores and ask whether they have layaway programs. With stores wanting to capture all the consumer dollars they can get this season, stores that have never had a program before might have one now.
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4.Whoremovedathornfromthelion’sfoot?Benjamin,Job,Naphtali,Androcles
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