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Show Davisiertaimncut Thursday, January 29, 2004 Davis County Clipper Later will become right now with plastic fear factor F ITiere. in the midst ol the usual assortment of bills advertise- lightening Oh. veah I know all about "lughten-ine- " I'm a lather remem- - ments and AOL installation disks, was a business letter addiessed to my adult daughter Andrea A leelingol diead swept over me as I saw the return address I shook and squeezed the envelope. willing it to not be what I was suie that bei seen olds with s with dnpp colds. 10 power tools and with learner s permits I've endured Cub Scout day camp, paient teacher conferences and bieakfast "experiments' I've hcMid "Daddy come wipe me." Dad. can I take the car " and "Sir. d like to ask lor vour daughter s hand in marnage" Believe me. "frightening- is mv middle name But nothing I've experienced in ncailv 26 years of parenting pic paicd me tor the abject terror experienced yesterday when I looked thiough the stack ol mail on the counter e 1 ear-old- ! By Joseph Walker it was cards In the right hands they can be uselul financial tools But in the vviong hands - like mine - they can be tools ol dcstiuction heartache and bad credit repoits Compounded sc mi annually Accoidmg to mv crack investigative stall (in othei vvoids. I m making this up) the credit c.ud was originally devised by a committee that included a No such luck 1 could leel the cold, ci uel plastic thiough the envelope I shuddeied and whispered a silent piaver for my daughter Andrea now has a cicdil card horn a national chain of department stores Mav God have meicv on hei budget eah. I know, theie's nothing mheiently evil about ci edit 1 - 1 banker, a lawyer and a direct descendant ol the Maiquis de Sade Calling upon every bit of financial dextenty and legal manipulation they could muster (and throwing in a lew whips and chains for good measuie). thev came up with a wav to diaw buyers into stores with sales pionnsing 10 percent oil and then hit them with a 16 pei-cctmance charge Hev, they've got to pay foi those Super Bowls commeicials somehow Of course, when you don t have the cash to pay for what ever it is you're buying on credit. 16 percent seems a small price to pay That's because we've foigotten how to save loi the things we want In this age of microwaved nutrition and sitcom sensibility, wants become needs, and needs must be met NOW1 1 know this because I'm the king of impulse buv ing, and I hav e the Slim Whitman albums to pane it rhanktully Anita has taken over our checkbook She cut up mv credit caids and put me on a cash-onl- y budget And finally, alter years ol compounding indebtedness, we can JANUARY 31, 2004 SATURDAY EVENING USA WTBS JANUARY 30, 2004 11:30 FRIDAY EVENING The Matrix L Traffic (CC) (1999 Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves see the light at the end ol the tunnel - and foi once it isn t an oncoming tram That's why I m frightened when I see that credit card coming to Andiea I know that ' pay later" seems like a good idea to hei right now I mean, her whole life is "later" Meanwhile, there's all these cool clothes and stuff that she can have light now But later" comes sooner than you expect, and it is relentless in its demands - whether you get that pav raise cu that new job or that bibulous inheritance (veah light') or not L ventually ' latei always becomes light now nd that can be (lightening Take it fiom one who knows all about ' ti ightenmg" DeepRising (1998) (CC) The Craft SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 1, 2004 SUNDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 1, 2004 ii Late Edition Late Math 0990 (Little House KSTU Simp Seinfeld KULC KBYU KJZZ KUPX Weak Feud KUWB 'Hugh Justice D(SN FAM F0XR FX B0 NICK TNN TNT A L S KUTV KSL KUWB Paid Made Cash Paid Paid Just Paid (Paid Justice NICK Rugrats ' SH0W STARZ 15) Paid (6 Wood Turtles Paid Paid Paid Astro Paid 8:00 Thorn Lizzie 8:30 Arnold jSo ,Endur House Trading House Search Novel iHouse Work Paid T Kirby Shaman Scope Berens Paid Paid Go For Titans iXiaohn Paid (CC) SportsCenter Paid j54321 (Paid (7 15) Paid (CC) Paid 54321 GRC It Ally Jerry Springer tlimi jBHnd Between the Lines Kronos American Hot Rod Barbar jSo SportsCenter iCC) Whose" Whose Sports jRocky Paid Paid JANUARY 31 , 2004 10:00 10:30 11:00)11:30 Chalk Littfe Bili Home Kim Rangers NBA Safari Home Work Look Learning Home House Sontc X Turtles Tfouse Paid Paid Paid Strange "Gardens Any Holly Golf Paid J1 (JoJo SportsCenter (CC) Rangers Rangers Big 12 Stampe Wiggles Ally McBeal iCC) Inside the NFL 6 Sec Paid NeutronjNeutron (CC) Paid Basket Paid CnAgiF Paid .Garden Garden Learn Science Home Garden Ultimate Sonic X Paid Paid Paid 6 Sec (Paid paid Yu Gi Oh Mucha jStatic .l!!anlca 992 (N) (CC) Dakota (1945 ) Paid McBeal ICC) Stand and Deliver 9:30 Poke SportsCenter (CC) DigimonrBey 54321 paid u lb Paid Skins Paid Season Economics Class jMing Ciao Memo NFL Gateway Paid Paid House Renker OddCpIe OddCpIe iLittles Old iLittles Ask This El DoradoJJ 96?) 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