Sentences with phrase «small pittance»

Now I know that the home performance industry says that it only costs a small pittance to build homes in a more energy efficient manner and that customers will pay the difference.

These examples are a small pittance of the magic that's happening throughout the airfare world and the only thing better than knowing of the stories is grabbing one of the deals... LEARN MORE!!

why in earth are there not more makeup tips for women 60 and above — realize the market belongs to the young but we oldsters would like to have help also — we need to be our best at any age and the over 60 group is totally devoid of information except for a small pittance — almost an afterthought — have been a jane iredale customer since her inception and am feeling left out — we may not be gorgeous at our age but we do have a few attributes left — one being pride

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thanks, and yes, a pittance of a pension and regular checkups keep us on budget and head off any problems — best decision i ever made (financial or otherwise) was serving our country doing search - and - rescue, oil and chemical spill remediation, etc. (you can guess the branch of service)-- along the way, frugal living, along with dollar - cost averaging, asset allocation, and diversification allowed us to retire early — Vanguard has been very good over the years, despite the Dot Bomb, 2002, and the recession (where we actually came out better with a modest but bargain retirement home purchase)... it's not easy building additional «legs» on a retirement platform, but now that we're here, cash, real estate, investments and insurance products, along with a small pension all help to avoid any real dependence on social security (we won't even need it at full retirement age)-- however, like nearly everybody, we're headed for Medicare in several years, albeit with a nice supplemental and pharmacy benefits — but our main concern is staying fit, active, and healthy!

As veteran Japan watcher Richard Werner (author of Princes of the Yen) recently described the situation to me, «while Japanese small firms were killed by the continued refusal of banks to expand credit (and many a small firm president was killed by having to sell a kidney to the loan sharks he was forced to resort to), foreign speculators received ample yen funds for a pittance.»

«Small - scale mining is the second biggest global employer, and many of those mines force their workers to labour long hours in dirty and dangerous conditions for a pittance, whilst we enjoy the high value, glittering jewellery made using their gold.»

You can buy it online for a pittance, but if you're looking to spend your money at a small Chicago business, you can get a great starter kit at Chicago Electronic Distributors.

It was truly a labor of love, and much of the star - studded cast (including small roles for Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, and Dustin Hoffman) worked for scale (a pittance compared to the their usual paychecks).

This would eliminate all those Fake Authors who are getting pittances for advances from Big Publishers and who sell only a few hundred copies, or those Wannabe Authors who aren't getting any advances at all from their small - press publishers.

Her travel was restricted to a small area around Tiananmen Square, so Croës bought a bicycle and roamed the neighborhood buying antique sculptures, calligraphy and paintings for a pittance.