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New scam involves lost package

<strong>Dear Heloise:</strong> Scammers are at it again! Now that so many people shop online, scammers are putting out notices that a package couldn’t be delivered to your home or office. They’ll give you an order number that is miles long and add words such as ...

Combo locks have a new feature

<strong>Dear Heloise:</strong> I recently installed a combination lock that has a newer and nicer feature. It had a fingerprint sensor that allows you to bypass the buttons and just open the lock with your finger- or thumbprint. It’s even faster and easier to use ...

LED light bulbs weaken signals

Dear Heloise: I changed the light bulbs in my garage unit to LED light bulbs, and the open and close buttons on the rearview mirror in both of our cars stopped working when we backed out of our garage or when we came home. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not.After two weeks, I went back to ...

Keep car key fobs at a distance

<strong>Dear Heloise:</strong> Someone recently wrote in to say that they leave their car keys on the dashboard of the car while it is in the garage so that there aren’t any issues with losing the keys in the morning.Some modern key fobs communicate continuously ...

Get two pamphlets for one price

Dear Readers: If you're planning a holiday dinner with your family and friends, my Taco Casserole recipe is a delicious addition to your menu. It is made without measuring the ingredients so that you can basically use whatever you have on hand or any of the leftovers you might have in your ...

Snake sneaks into the house

<strong>Dear Heloise:</strong> A week before Hurricane Ian struck our area last year, I found a snake in my bedroom. I tried to get it out with a shovel and a dustpan. Of course, it then slithered behind my couch into the bedroom. I called 911, and the wildlife ...