Tony Brewer

My aunt has asked me to help her price shop for Connecticut insurance on her vacation home.  She’s easily confused by the Internet, so I offered to help her with some research on that topic to try to help her save some money.  I like websites like netquote.com that will help the consumer to do some comparison shopping between companies.  Being able to compare policies online is a great convenience.  I like doing things online – things get done at MY convenience and I don’t have to leave my own home to get things done!  Just fill out a few blanks, press submit and you are off and running!

Sometimes I think that so many people get caught up in the time saving features of using the Internet for their shopping, that they overlook the importance of supporting local businesses.  It is surprising to find out that many local people don’t even know what local restaurants and businesses there are in their towns!  Even though I do buy a lot of things over the Internet, I also try to support the local economy as much as possible.

That’s why I appreciate the local.com website.  It acts like a local yellowpages.  With just a few keystrokes and clicks I can do a local search to help me find what I need using the local stores and businesses.  After all, if we don’t support the local businesses, no one will have a job and we’ll all starve to death!  The job you save may be your own!  So if I can buy something close to home, I will make the effort to do so.

I can remember the summer that I decided to take a college math course.  I was in a big hurry to finish up my college degree, and the local college was finally offering the statistics course that I needed to take during a time frame that I could actually take it!  Little did I know that I’d be dedicating my entire summer to that course!  Every waking minute was studying statistics! I sure could have used some statistics help back then!

The only place that I could get free statistics help back then was to go to the University itself and sign up for a statistics tutor. That was all well and good, but it was almost impossible to find a mutually agreeable time to meet the tutor and get to work!

The kids in school now have it a lot easier; with the Internet at their fingertips they can use the Internet to get all the math help they need for free at the tutorvista.com website! I sure wish that site was available when I needed it!

Last night I was working and Jim was talking to me about how hard he is looking for love. I advised him to stop looking so hard! I told him that the best thing that he could do is to just get involved in activities that he really enjoys and that love will find him. He had no idea what I was talking about! So I explained that if he joined some clubs, or maybe something like a bowling league and just went out and had fun that down the road he will run into someone who shares his interests and then love will find them.

That is one of the funny things about love – it is very elusive and you need to just enjoy life until love finds you. BUT, and this is a very important BUT, you cannot find love if you just stay inside the house! You need to get OUT of the house and DO SOMETHING! I think that there are a lot of young people that don’t understand how important that is!

Cheryl sent me an email, telling me that she wants to start looking for better deals on her insurance. Money is tight for her (as it seems to be for most people I know, including me!) and she was thinking that maybe she could save some money by changing her insurance. But she really didn’t know the best way to get started on her search for better insurance! Since she lives in Franklin, MA, I told her that the best advice that I could give her would be to use Google and try a few different keywords.

The keywords that I suggested that she use included Insurance Franklin, MA, Franklin MA Insurance, Auto Insurance Franklin, MA, Compare Insurance Franklin MA, and Homeowners Insurance Franklin, MA to start. I think that would bring up quite a few results for her to get started. Personally I like doing business with independent agents because they can compare lots of different companies and get you the best deal. Calling someone who is dedicated to just one company might not be the best way to find the best deal.