If you're over 40, you probably remember a time when you never bought water in a bottle or carried it around in a special container. Yet no one was fainting for lack of hydration on the sidewalk. It must have been because drinking fountains were everywhere.

Department stores had them on each floor. Small towns offered them in the downtown area, in the library, and by the tennis courts, and cities went all out with ornate fountains right under the grand old light fixtures.

Since the '80s, however, drinking fountains seemed to be going the way of teeter-totters and smallpox vaccinations. Read more at RedPlum.com.

It's time to paint the house -- or just the den. Any thrifty homeowner worth her coupon clippers at least considers wielding the brush herself. Most of the cost of having a room painted is for labor. Painting a room yourself doesn't cost much at all, and you might even be done by suppertime if you hurry. But trying to save even more by skimping on the paint you buy isn't the way to go. Pay attention to these tips, and you can save even more:

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Dear To Her Credit,
I have some credit card debts, a foreclosure, a car loan and a judgment for the unpaid maintenance of my last property. All this was filed after I left the country due to the lack of job. Currently I am living in China, studying, and I don't have a steady source of income.

Could the actual judgment follow me to Europe? Could they freeze my account here? Could I get into any trouble because of the debts or judgment? Thank you. -- Carolina

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My father passed away in March 2010. I did not know what loans he had taken from the bank. When I moved to my aunt's home, all of a sudden the bank recovery people found me and started claiming money from me in September 2011. Also, they claimed to not know my dad had passed away. At the bank recovery agent's request, I had submitted his death certificate to the bank. Now they are asking why I did not inform the bank. I said I was not aware of this credit card of his (Dad did not even tell me about it).

Am I in any way liable for my Dad's debt? Read more at CreditCards.com.