Act now (or later)
Published 10:48 pm Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Operators are standing by: Consumer Reports offers some tips on avoiding TV infomercial buyer’s remorse, such as waiting 10 minutes before calling to avoid an impulsive purchase and adding up an item’s actual price with shipping and handling charges.
Dang. Wish we had seen that before we called and ordered our $19.95 (plus $7.95 p&h) Shake Weights and the dozen Slankets.
If the shoe fits: Singer and celebrity train wreck Amy Winehouse pleaded guilty to assaulting a theater manager during a performance of “Cinderella” in Milton Kenyes, England. Winehouse explained she had had five vodka and Cokes before the show.
But it wasn’t the vodka that caused the drunken attack. During the performance Winehouse downed a bottle of Champagne from Cinderella’s glass slipper.
Dude, where’s my bill? It’s looking unlikely legislators will bother with bills this session that would legalize marijuana or at least reduce the penalties for its use, but an initiative to decriminalize pot is possible, backers say.
Supporters plan to start gathering signatures as soon as they remember that they left the stack of petitions partially hidden under a bag of nacho-flavor corn chips.
