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Using hospital elevators can kill you

Web Watch has told you about all the different ways physicians and other medical professionals spread germs and disease everywhere they go.

From dirty stethoscopes to dirty scrubs (or scrubs worn on airplanes, and then to who knows where!), nurses and doctors are constantly walking around in swirling packs of germs, like “Pigpen” from the Peanuts comic strip.

And it only gets worse from there.

Germ-X Wipes
Germ-X Wipes

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This was the very first Photoshopped image

In today’s technology age, it’s easy to identify the history of certain things.

The first phonebook?  Hard to know.  The first wristwatch? Questionable.

The origin of the sandwich? We know the (supposed) story, but we aren’t able to pinpoint the exact ingredients or date that the sandwich was invented.

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Photoshop

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Parents: your son will cost you more money than your daughter will

Are you the proud parent of a young boy and a young girl?

Do you lie awake at night wondering how you’re going to pay for that expensive wedding for your daughter?  You’re not thinking about your son growing up and what that will do to your wallet – you have your mind trying to figure out how you’re going to foot the bill for that $100,000 wedding that your daughter has been planning all her life.

Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters
Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters

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Those stick figure car decals may get you killed

We’ve all seen at those silly Stick Figure decals that are on the back of some cars.

Perhaps you’ve seen this one:

Skull Family Car Stick Figures Decal
Skull Family Car Stick Figures Decal

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Is it better to be an hourly employee or salaried?

It’s a question that nobody wants to ask their friends or neighbors, but it’s one that you ask yourself every day: how much money do you make in a year?

Do you feel that you are adequately compensated for your time spent working?

Minimum Wage, Maximum Damage How the Minimum Wage Law Destroys Jobs, Perpetuates Poverty, and Erodes Freedom
Minimum Wage, Maximum Damage
How the Minimum Wage Law Destroys Jobs,
Perpetuates Poverty, and Erodes Freedom

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First date hook-ups are uglier the next morning

Have you ever hooked up with your date on the first evening out?

You know how it is – the music’s right, the party was great, you’re feeling it.  Really feeling it…

so you decide to spend the night or invite them up for a nightcap.  One thing leads to another, and BAM!

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Survey shows that women expect men to pay for dates

One would think that today’s dating scene should be a bit different from how it was back in the day. Times change, people change, philosophies on what is culturally acceptable change all the time.

Wearing sneakers out to a fancy dinner? Never used to do it, but now we do it all the time.   Dress up for airplane travel?  Not anymore – tank tops on hairy men are all the rage at the airport these days.

First Date Tips For Men: The Complete Dating Psychology Guide For Men
First Date Tips For Men:
The Complete Dating Psychology Guide For Men

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Almost 40% of all unemployed people have stopped trying to get a job

Today’s economic climate is definitely recovering and on the upswing compared to where it was a few years ago.

Are there curently layoffs at big companies? Sure.

But are all those newly unemployed people panicked today about their prospects of finding a new position at a new organization?  Also yes, but not as much as there was a few years ago.

Unlock the Hidden Job Market: 6 Steps to a Successful Job Search When Times Are Tough
Unlock the Hidden Job Market:
6 Steps to a Successful Job Search When Times Are Tough