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* Gov't to big 3 seeking bailout: no more private jets for you! - 1 messages,
1 author
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* Anyone know an alternative to prosper.com? - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/ac6da6f7b611ee38?hl=en
* Free email - 1 messages, 1 author
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* What minor frugal change did you make this year? - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/2d2a9d8612f0c718?hl=en
* Don't they just print more money? - 1 messages, 1 author
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* poverty line - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Where to buy a nikon en-el3e battery in London? - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Gov't to big 3 seeking bailout: no more private jets for you!
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/6b69b9f5b3b347b9?hl=en
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Date: Tues, Dec 23 2008 6:05 pm
From: lorad
On Dec 20, 3:58 pm, ultim...@live.com wrote:
> http://consumerist.com/5114395/auto-executives-will-have-to-give-up-t...
>
> HAHA!
So you $8 Trillion dollar banker bail-out guys still get to keep your
jets?
Why?
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TOPIC: Anyone know an alternative to prosper.com?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/ac6da6f7b611ee38?hl=en
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Date: Tues, Dec 23 2008 6:10 pm
From: Dan Birchall
laredotornado@zipmail.com (laredotornado) wrote:
> About 10 months ago, I started an account on prosper.com, the web site
> where you can make micro-loans to other people. I was doing pretty
> well, averaging 19% interest on my loans, but now prosper.com is not
> accepting new bids for lending. Does anyone know an alternative web
> site to prosper.com for micro-loans?
My boss has been doing micro-loans through kiva.org but I don't have
personal experience with them yet.
--
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the
surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90
million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some
indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be..." - Douglas Adams
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TOPIC: Free email
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Date: Tues, Dec 23 2008 6:25 pm
From: Dan Birchall
artsy6@gmail.com (artsy6@gmail.com) wrote:
> Concerning Yahoo email, when I search it, it does not seem to include
> emails over 1-year-old.
>
> Is there any free email service that searches all of one's emails from
> years back?
Gmail does this. Of course, you posted this with a Gmail address, so I'm
just going to be really, really confused as to why you don't know that
already... ;)
--
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the
surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90
million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some
indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be..." - Douglas Adams
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TOPIC: What minor frugal change did you make this year?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/2d2a9d8612f0c718?hl=en
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Date: Tues, Dec 23 2008 6:57 pm
From: "Nicik Name"
"The Real Bev" <bashley101+usenet@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:FCX3l.7395$c%6.3393@newsfe24.iad...
> Nicik Name wrote:
>
>> "Daniel T." <daniel_t@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> We put up a cloths line and stopped using the dryer.
>>>
>>> We started car pooling to work and now turn off our cars at stop lights.
>
> Isn't there some rule of thumb about how long you should idle and when you
> should turn the engine off?
For security reasons NEVER shut down the motor while on a roadway.
Hope this helps.........
Lic driver circa 1968......eh what do i know
>
>> Starter motors ect arent cheap.......budget
>
> They're not that expensive either, especially if you put it in yourself.
> I've done it, and better than the dealer who left out 1 of the 3 bolts and
> left the other two loose.
>
> And then there are people who downshift to slow down at stoplights --
> hasn't it ever occurred to them that brake pads are WAY cheaper and easier
> to replace than a clutch?
>
> --
> Cheers, Bev
> ============================================================
> If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting
> them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for
> no good reason. - Jack Handy
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Date: Tues, Dec 23 2008 11:19 pm
From: Dave Garland
The Real Bev wrote:
> Isn't there some rule of thumb about how long you should idle and when
> you should turn the engine off?
In Minneapolis, it's 3 minutes. Beyond that (5 for heavy diesels)
it's a violation and you can be ticketed.
Though I'm not sure that anyone has been, in the year the ordinance
has been in effect. On slow news days, news crews shoot pictures of
cops, garbage trucks, etc. violating the ordinance.
Dave
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TOPIC: Don't they just print more money?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/372a5a8a074f3f89?hl=en
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Date: Tues, Dec 23 2008 8:08 pm
From: "Rod Speed"
'nam vet. wrote:
> aren't these "bail-outs" just more $$$ that they print.
They dont print a damned thing. It just gets added to the national debt.
> backed by nothing
Backed by the govt guarantee to pay it back, actually.
> and they're running these presses 24/7
Just another of your pathetic little pig ignorant fantasys.
> Inflationary? ya think?
Fraid not. And a recession is deflationary anyway.
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TOPIC: poverty line
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/4eaa805a9a816468?hl=en
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Date: Tues, Dec 23 2008 8:12 pm
From: "Rod Speed"
Dave Garland wrote
> catalpa wrote
>> Forty-three percent of all poor households actually own their own homes.
> And a lot of them are elderly. But what's your point?
That thats not the normal definition of poor.
> Should they be paying $1000/mo in rent, instead of nothing
> (if they have the home paid off) or $550/mo mortgage?
Thats not the normal definition of poor.
>> Nearly three-quarters of poor households own a car;
> Unfortunately, in the US, most places you can't hunt for work, hold a job
> (many poor households do hold down jobs), or shop for groceries without a car.
Pig ignorant lie. Particularly with the elderly.
>> 31 percent own two or more cars.
> How many of those are up on blocks?
Fuck all I bet.
> But in any case, owning a car isn't difficult, you
> can find a car for a couple of hundred dollars.
Still nothing like poor.
>> Eighty-nine percent own microwave ovens,
> $10 at garage sales
Bet fuck all of them got them that way.
>> more than half have a stereo,
> free for taking from the alley
Bet fuck all of them got them that way.
> A far-right organization.
Which got those facts right anyway.
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TOPIC: Where to buy a nikon en-el3e battery in London?
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Date: Tues, Dec 23 2008 11:43 pm
From: Zanasil
Any1 has idea about replacement nikon en-el3e battery recourse online
in london?I want to buy one as a christmas gift for my friend,In
London, someone recommended this item for me and it looks good, i
wonder if you all have any experience with this seller? see its info
at http://www.laptop-battery-inc.co.uk/digital-camera-batteries/nikon-en-el3e.htm
.Thanks for your advice.
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