Beyond Frugal – Fixing My Son’s Broken Bike

An unfortunate thing happened last week… my wife ran over my son’s bike! Actually she was backing up the car and my son left his bike behind the car.  As she was backing up, she heard it fall and stopped immediately.  Even though she basically just tapped the bike and if fell, it was enough… Continue reading Beyond Frugal – Fixing My Son’s Broken Bike

Fixing The Penny Problem With A New Currency?

In my article “Should Pennies Be Made From Recycled Plastic“, I suggested replacing pennies with recycled plastic.  The idea being that if we replace a penny with a plastic instead of metal, the benefits would be two-fold.  First, the recycled plastic version would be much cheaper to create that the metal version, and secondly we… Continue reading Fixing The Penny Problem With A New Currency?