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* You are not frugal if...... - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/3c5261ec65743940?hl=en
* garden fence at right-angle to house - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/2b96aa4904acd922?hl=en
* Any Good Methods for Filtering and Reusing Cooking Oil ? - 1 messages, 1
author
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/d1dc6a245c3380b7?hl=en
* How much does AC cost you? - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/cdcf4b45a8aaec43?hl=en
* Wesabe Newsletter, July 2008 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/e601b9e5a2d89379?hl=en
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TOPIC: You are not frugal if......
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/3c5261ec65743940?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Jul 11 2008 8:09 pm
From: "Nicik Name"
"William Souden" <souden@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:30Adk.17488$Ri.5074@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com...
> You ,as an individual. pay more than $100 for landline,cell and
> internet access. Find a company offering two or all three at a combo rate.
>
> You pay for travelers checks. Better to get them free at AAA or, even
> better, use a debit card on trips.
>
> You pay 25 cents a gallon more at a brand name station than at no name
> place across the street.
Where..........?
I have a Shell at 4.539 here with a no name no where near..........
>
> You pay an extra fee for concert and sporting events which have you go to
> Will Call when you can print the tickets at home.
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Jul 11 2008 11:14 pm
From: Gordon
"Bay Area Holdout" <Linear54@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:t3Qdk.14112$89.6824@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com:
> I'll add one.......
>
> You are not frugal if you stay at motels and don't use a AAA or AARP
> or other card for discounts AND don't use the brands travel card for
> points(sometimes you get free papers and room upgrades too) for free
> rooms or cash cards for gas or resturants.
>
>
Last time I travaled across country I was able to get some great
discounts just by asking for them. Usually I motel will quote the
"rack rate" if you just walk up and ask. Your next question should
be "Are you offering any discounts tonight?". That usually got me
the AAA rate.
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TOPIC: garden fence at right-angle to house
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/2b96aa4904acd922?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Jul 11 2008 9:01 pm
From: Tim Smith
In article <Xns9AD734350687Ejdonotspamme@207.115.33.102>,
Jeff <j@donotspam.me> wrote:
> The Egyptians could have got right angles without using math. Lay out a
> rectangle and measure that the opposite corners in each direction are the
> same distance.
Let's say the corners, in order, as you traverse the perimeter of the
"rectangle" are A, B, C, and D. What do you mean by "opposite corners"?
At first, I'd take that to mean A and C are opposite corners, and B and
D are opposite corners. But then AC and BD can be the same distance,
without the thing actually being a rectangle:
A B
+----------------+
/ \
/ \
/ \
+------------------------+
C D
To ensure that a four-sided convex plane figure is a rectangle, I think
we need to check all of these:
AB = CD
AC = BD
AD = BC
Here's a simple way to get a right angle. Let's say we want a right
angle to this wall:
| |
+-----------------------------*-------------------------------+
We want a right angle at the point marked with the asterisk. We need
two pieces of string, the same length, each marked about 1/3 of the way
from one end. The marks should be in the same position on each string.
The end farthest from the mark should be attached to a stake or
something, so that it can be driven into the ground. I'll draw the
string like this:
.....o........v
The v represents the stake, and the o is the mark 2/3 from the free end.
Lay out one of the strings against the wall, with the mark at the *
point, and drive the stake into the ground:
| |
+-----------------------------*-------------------------------+
.....o........v
Move that string out of the way, and then place the other string's mark
at the *, but with the stake going toward the other direction, and drive
its stake in:
| |
+-----------------------------*-------------------------------+
v........o..... v
/
/
.....o
At this point you have two stakes driven into the ground on opposite
directions along the wall from the * point, but the same distance from
it, and each stake has a string attached to it. The strings are the
same length. Now just bring the ends of the two strings together and
pull them both taught (these drawings are distorted due to the
limitations of ASCII art and how much time I'm willing to try to make
it):
| |
+-----------------------------*-------------------------------+
v v
\ /
\ /
\ /
o o
\/
A line from the place where the ends of the strings meet, to the *, is
perpendicular to the wall.
Note that this construction is based on the classic geometry problem of
constructing a perpendicular to a line.
--
--Tim Smith
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TOPIC: Any Good Methods for Filtering and Reusing Cooking Oil ?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/d1dc6a245c3380b7?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Jul 11 2008 10:27 pm
From: hchickpea@hotmail.com
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:36:33 -0700 (PDT), Jeffy3 <jeffy3@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>On Jul 11, 4:33?pm, "W. Stief" <n...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Jeffy3 wrote:
>> > I'm new to occasional deep-frying and everyone recommends cheese cloth
>> > or coffee filters, and I've tried to coffee filter method with a
>> > funnel but the process is so slow and the funnel only holds so much so
>> > I have to keep coming back every ten minutes to pour some more oil
>> > in. ? ?Does anybody have any good ideas ?
>>
>> How about a piece of metal window screen folded like a funnel or basket?
>
>I guess what I'm asking is for methods that can handle a lot of oil at
>once without having to stand there and and keep pouring little bits at
>a time.
I use to have to do this all the time at the drive-in. The oil should
be a saturated oil, peanut oil, or lard. Don't recycle canola or
olive oil unless you like rancid oil. Oil will filter much faster if
it is hot -very hot. If you have a coffee filter in a funnel, stick
some straws between the filter and the funnel to open up the filter
material and keep it from sticking to the funnel. You can also do a
double filter, by using old sheets to get the larger crud, then the
coffee filters to get the fine stuff. It really doesn't make much
difference if you get it all. You are trying to get out the
uncarbonized food remnants so that the oil smalls less like fish or
chicken when you cook french fries. The small carbonized stuff won't
add to the flavor anyway.
Another trick is to fry up the potato skins after cooking fish or
chicken. The potato skins will absorb a lot of the odors.
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TOPIC: How much does AC cost you?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/cdcf4b45a8aaec43?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Jul 11 2008 10:04 pm
From: Jeff
Lou wrote:
> "Jeff" <jeff@spam_me_not.com> wrote in message
> news:vbudnXfHz5mr8-rVnZ2dnUVZ_h3inZ2d@earthlink.com...
>> clams_casino wrote:
>>> James wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Jul 11, 7:01 am, clams_casino <PeterGrif...@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> James wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I get 30 mpg not using AC but only 25 mpg with it on.
>>>>>>
>>>>> That's contrary to any study I've read, unless perhaps you are driving
>>>>> with your windows closed. Any references?
>>>>>
>>>>> At best, I see a 15% variation in tank-to-tank mileage, quite
>>>>> consistently throughout the year. I've also found no significant
>>>>> differences comparing spring, fall, winter & summer gas mileage.
>>>>>
>>>>> Consequently, I'm reluctant to believe there is any significant
>>>>> difference.
>>>>>
>>>> Well, 30 less 15% is about 25.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 15% is the maximum variation I've seen over 110k on one car and 85k on
>>> the other - more likely variations due to how much the tank was filled /
>>> type of driving during any particular tank (city vs. hwy).
>>>
>>> As previously mentioned, I have also compared fall, winter, summer &
>>> spring mileage with essentially no significant differences (less than
>>> 1/2 mile).
>>>
>>> I highly doubt there is much difference w/wo air.
>> I see no difference myself. I have an instantaneous mileage gauge.
>
> I've had an instantaneous mileage guage on three cars. I don't see how it
> helps answer the question - the instantaneous mileage changes constantly
> with the slope of the road - a swing of 50 miles per gallon in a couple of
> seconds isn't rate, and changes for 5 to 20 mpg happen almost every 2
> seconds (that how often the display updates).
I simply don't see that. If I have this on cruise it remains fairly
constant as long as I'm on about the same slope. Turning the AC off and
on has a very minor effect. Averaging yields about the same results.
I've looked at average mileage on long trips (700 miles back and forth
to the same location). The mileage looks about the same in AC season and
when I run no AC. I do notice about a 1 mpg difference traveling the
downhill leg from the uphill. Even though the total elevation change is
only 1000 ft, I find that interesting. Something else may be going on.
A smaller or higher mileage car than mine would yield different results
than my New Yorker.
Jeff
I don't think I've ever
> driven as much as a mile with a constant instantaneous mileage, even though
> sourthern New Jersey is pretty flat.
>
>
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TOPIC: Wesabe Newsletter, July 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/e601b9e5a2d89379?hl=en
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Date: Fri, Jul 11 2008 10:33 pm
From: Ablang
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