It’s become a bona fide good job. It starts at $18,678 U.S., then cranks in with regular 5 percent increases, You get medical, dental, and vision care benefits, two weeks’ vacation, sick pay, and retirement. …
November 11, 1993
News & Stories
San Diego animal control killers
Proctor and Gamble will give money value of a coupon
Dear Matthew Alice: Why do coupons bear the phrase “Cash value l/20th of a cent”? Do they really expea me to buy 2000 Sunday papers and spend a whole day cutting out coupons just so …
November 11, 1993
Bugs die with their feet in the air
Dear Matt: I just bug-bombed my house. Why is it that bugs always die with their little feet sticking up in the air? — J.A., Spring Valley For the same reason the toast always lands …
November 11, 1993
The reasoning behind 33 1/3 records
Dear Matthew Alice: As playback of sound recordings progressed from the scratchy, quick-playing 78s to the (what used to be modem) LP, why was 33-1/3 rpm chosen as the industry standard, rather than 32 or …
November 11, 1993