Monty Loree: I know that you have and you can do that. That'd be super. That's good to know.
Barbara Klare: Yes, I have a lot of Canadian readers.
Monty Loree: It's good. So you've got a good following in Canada, then?
Barbara Klare: I do so I want to make sure I'm addressing their needs as well.
Monty Loree: The Canadians are kind of a conservative bunch. They've been pretty consumeristic over these last 20 years or so, but overall, just for the way we are, we're conservative. I'm hoping will save more, even in Canada. But prior to that, we're really good savers at least 20-plus years ago. So continuing on here, we've got one final thing to talk about. What is the main lesson about personal finance that you would share with our listeners? Because you've been involved in the business for a lot of years, you've heard a lot of people's stories, you've read a lot of blogs. What is the key tip that you'd like to share?
Barbara Klare: I have a funny one. I think the strangest thing my husband and I ever did to save money was to groom the dogs. We have two silky terriers and they look like they have been mowed. So my tip would be, some things are best left to the professionals. So I just want to leave it with that. I still get comments on my blog about this.
Monty Loree: You mowed the poodles. Okay, financial tip number one: always mow the poodles and get them professionally cut. I understand. That's great.
Barbara Klare: Yes, definitely. We're not putting any dog groomers out of business for sure.
Monty Loree: Oh I see, so you did it yourself. Is that what you're saying?
Barbara Klare: Oh yeah.
Monty Loree: You did it yourself, my apologies. I'm embarrassed though.
Barbara Klare: They looked pretty bad.
Monty Loree: That's pretty funny. Are there any other last final comments you want to make or anything you want to add about this?
Barbara Klare: No, but I'm just going to encourage people though, to write me if they have some retirement stories because I'm starting to collect those for my book and I'm really interested in people who have figured it out – interesting and out of the box ways to save for retirement.
Monty Loree: So how can they contact you? On twitter of course, @upsideofmoney is your ID there?
Barbara Klare: Yes, and they can also write to me at Barbara@upsideofmoney.com. They can go to my column and they can click the link to email me there as well.
Monty Loree: Perfect, sounds good. Okay, again I've been speaking with Barbara Bryn Klare who's the award-winning finance writer and the author of The Daily Cash Machine and Upside of Money blogger. I want to thank you for visiting today and look forward to doing that again.
Barbara Klare: Thanks Monty.
Monty Loree: Thanks again, talk to you later.
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