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HOW TO GET A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD To get a social security card: Call the Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213 SOME WAYS TO MAKE MONEY To make some money you could: Help grown-ups get on the internet. If you are good at computers, put notices up around the neighborhood that you're available to help in this area. Many adults are intimidated by computers and will happily pay to have someone show them how to do some of the basic stuff, like how to get on-line, how to send and receive e-mail, and interesting things like that. Have a Toy Auction. Gather up all the old toys you and your friends are tired of.(Get your parents' okay first though.) Give each person a receipt for each toy. 1.Pick a date and give the auction lots of publicity.Put up posters. 2.On the day of the auction, put all of the toys on display. Give everyone a chance to look over the merchandise. Now you're ready for the auction. 3.Stand on a box or chair and start the bidding. All bids should start with a quarter. Be a creative autioneer--the more you talk up the toys you're selling, the more money you'll make. 4.Write the final selling price of each toy on the receipts. As the auctioneer, your take is 10%. Make sure you keep accurate records. WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY Invest it *Buy mutual funds. This isn't very difficult, but you'll have to ask your parents to go with you to the brokerage when you open your account. Your parents can also open an account for you by computer on-line. *Invest in stocks of companies who make toys, games,or other things you like. The prices of all the stocks are in the WALL STREET JOURNAL. *Start a valuable collection. if you are ten and start collecting things(stamps, coins, trading cards ect.) now, by the time you're 21, your collection could be worth a small fortune. EXCUSES FOR NOT HAVING YOUR HOMEWORK DONE 1.My baby brother drooled all over it. (This actually works-a teacher said so.) 2.Guests came for dinner last night and my mom had to clean the house really fast. She put it somewhere, but she can't remember where. 3.There was a gas leak and we were evacuated for the night. We can't go back until they fix the leak. 4.My uncle won the lottery (in some other state). Everyone was so excited! I forgot all about my homework and my mom forgot to ask me. 5.We got last-minute tickets to see (check the paper for a game or show that night). I fell asleep in the car going home. 6.Our house was fumigated and we had to leave for the night. My homework's still in the house. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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A BASIC CARPENTOR'S TOOL KIT A carpenter is never far from his tool kit. Here's what they carry (and you should, too). *Box *Hammer *Nails *Phillips-head Screwdriver *Slotted-Tip Screwdriver *Pliers *Clamp *Measureing tape *Combination Square *Sandpaper If Your The Kind Of Kid... who likes looking at beautiful tools, you should definitely send away for the Garret Wade catalogue. It's free. The address is: Garret Wade, 161 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10013 THE CARPENTER'S CREED Measure twice, cut once. If you follow this simple creed you'll save yourself a lot of time-and wood. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Here are some tongue Twisters. | Everyone knows how hard it is to say "toy boat" ten times in a row real quickly, right? Once you've mastered that, try these: *A cup of coffee in a copper coffeepot *Six gray geese in a green field grazing *Six slick slim saplings *Six thick thistle sticks If you liked all of these interesting things you should e-mail me to ask me to put in a thing or two.
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