Frugal Living: Jan 2, 2011

Sunday, January 2, 2011

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TOPIC: Paean to Trader Joe's
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Jan 1 2011 8:55 pm
From: The Real Bev

On 01/01/11 14:56, watcher wrote:

> I'd always heard that TJ's stands behind its products, but never had it
> confirmed until now. As far as we're concerned, their service is tops.
> Oh, and the replacement cheeses were delicious :-)

I had to return some ammonia-flavored brie, and they were equally helpful.

OTOH, I think most purveyors of groceries are generous with returns of
merchandise, including stuff that you just didn't like. I once
mistakenly bought tofu "yogurt" because it was in the yogurt section and
'tofu' was printed in tiny letters. They took that back too. Nothing
wrong with it that I could tell, it was just nasty stuff...

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Cheers, Bev
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They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't
we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys,
it's worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it any more.

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TOPIC: Happy New Year!
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 12:21 am
From: Coffee's For Closers

In article <georgeswk-1E34EB.07575801012011@news.toast.net>,
georgeswk@toast.net says...
> the first thing I do is pre-date a few checks. with 2011 .
> and that's if for resolutions. fin.

"A few"? I think I wrote exactly one cheque last year.

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== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 1:04 am
From: "Rod Speed"

Coffee's For Closers wrote
> georgeswk@toast.net wrote

>> the first thing I do is pre-date a few checks.
>> with 2011 . and that's if for resolutions. fin.

> "A few"? I think I wrote exactly one cheque last year.

I havent written one for years.

== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 1:28 pm
From: Al

On Jan 1, 10:57 am, "VFW," <george...@toast.net> wrote:
> the first thing I do is pre-date a few checks. with 2011 .
> and that's if for resolutions. fin.
> --
> Karma, What a concept!

This is only necessary for those with dementia.
And the banks will process a check written this January with a 2010
date.

== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 8:16 pm
From: Dan Birchall

Indeed, happy new year and best wishes for 2011, to all the non-spammy
denizens of MCF-L.

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TOPIC: Organized Pantry in an intelligent way Video
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/2c7cd7349476fcaa?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 6:27 am
From: judy

Organized Pantry in an intelligent way Video
http://besthousejo.blogspot.com/2009/12/organized-pantry.html

How to Optimize Pantry Shelving

cooking will be much easier when you optimize your pantry shelving to
make it easier to store and find your kitchen essentials

The fist step in optimizing your pantry shelving is to take a look at
what is there. Do you have a lot of spices,canned goods, bottles,
boxes, or bags? Do you store kitchen utensils on your pantry shelves

Shelf Assignments

Assign a home for each different type of item. Have one shelf for
cereals, one for canned foods, one for spices and another for prepared
boxed meals such as macaroni and cheese. If you need to, you can split
a shelf between for different foods. Be sure to keep the multiples of
each food together so you can see at a glance how much of something
you have. Store taller items on the back of the shelves. This makes
them easier to see, thus easier to find.

Reduce Dead Space

Look inside your cabinet, and think through how you want to arrange
everything. Containerize your groupings to keep them together and more
easily accessible when you put them back into the pantry, and put any
loose food into airtight containers to keep it fresh and easier to
grab and go. Using stackable containers helps keep your pantry neat
and your food easy to see and access.

Useful and Attractive Canisters

Find canisters or other holders for noodles, flour, sugar, rice,
popcorn, or other foods that come in flimsy plastic or paper bags.

Label
Once you've decided where everything should go, keep it there by
labeling the container or spot properly. Changing a container's
contents? No problem. Change its label, too

A Whole Foods Pantry List

BAKING GOODS
Baking cocoa
baking soda -
baking powder –
arrowroot –
tapioca -
cream of tartarـ
Walnuts –
pecans -
almondsــ
Cocoa powderــ
Vanillaــ
Cinnamonــ
Chocolate chips (grain sweetened)
Coconutــ
Cake flourــ

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TOPIC: Boxed Xmas cards
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 8:04 am
From: KenK

Do they still sell boxes of idential Xmas cards, 24 or so? I only send out
a few cards, so this is very economical for me. I ran out this year but
can't find the boxes of cards so far. They don't sell them any more or I'm
looking for them in the wong places? I looked before and after Xmas. I used
to buy a box of leftovers every few years at Walmart on sale after Xmas to
restock.

TIA

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"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 9:34 am
From: "The Henchman"

"KenK" wrote in message news:Xns9E615C44D6B33invalidcom@130.133.4.11...

TIA

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Walmart and other department stores/supermarkets still have plenty of them
but instead of deeply discounting them AFTER Xmas, they discount them a week
BEFORE Xmas so there are not as many to be found on Boxing day.

Try you local large format grocery store or box-box style drug store.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 8:13 pm
From: Dan Birchall

yup@yup.org (The Henchman) wrote:
> "KenK" wrote in message news:Xns9E615C44D6B33invalidcom@130.133.4.11...
> > Do they still sell boxes of idential Xmas cards, 24 or so?

> Walmart and other department stores/supermarkets still have plenty of them
> but instead of deeply discounting them AFTER Xmas, they discount them a week
> BEFORE Xmas so there are not as many to be found on Boxing day.
>
> Try you local large format grocery store or box-box style drug store.

Henchman nailed it. I actually didn't find any at my local WalMart, weeks
before Christmas, but the local drugstore (CVS-owned) had tons.

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TOPIC: Take me out of the cage!
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 9:40 am
From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of the deep jungle"

On Jan 1, 10:15 pm, livvy <go...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> And the 3 of you should perhaps stop. The name-calling will never
> resolve anything....neither does the cutting and pasting. It's very
> personal, very specific.
> When you get to a point, where " What kind of an asshole " is the
> best, most intelligent response you got, perhaps you should take a
> few steps back. Is this you best presentation of you? When your
> Mom is at your funeral, and this is in your eulogy? That's the
> best you are? You are presenting yourselves as such.

The monkey in the cage must be able to throw shit.

Sorry, take me out of the cage and open the roads to my monkey bike.

NOTE: We will be out of the cage in a few minutes but we'll be riding
our folding bike on sidewalks. It may be grinding at times and not
much safer, you know. But it's Sunday, the Christians are in Church
and we don't want war.

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http://webspawner.com/users/BIKEFORPEACE

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 5:01 pm
From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of the deep jungle"

On Jan 2, 1:03 pm, FatterDumber& Happier Moe
<"WheresMyCheck"@UncleSamLoves.Mee> wrote:
> His Dumbass the TibetanMonkey, the prophet of the deep jungle shit wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jan 1, 10:15 pm, livvy <go...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> And the 3 of you should perhaps stop. The name-calling will never
> >> resolve anything....neither does the cutting and pasting. It's very
> >> personal, very specific.
> >> When you get to a point, where " What kind of an asshole " is the
> >> best, most intelligent response you got, perhaps you should take a
> >> few steps back. Is this you best presentation of you? When your
> >> Mom is at your funeral, and this is in your eulogy? That's the
> >> best you are? You are presenting yourselves as such.
>
> > The monkey in the cage must be able to throw shit.
>
> > Sorry, take me out of the cage and open the roads to my monkey bike.
>
> > NOTE: We will be out of the cage in a few minutes but we'll be riding
> > our folding bike on sidewalks. It may be grinding at times and not
> > much safer, you know. But it's Sunday, the Christians are in Church
> > and we don't want war.
>
> > ----------------------------------------------------
>
> >http://webspawner.com/users/BIKEFORPEACE
>
> Be sure the training wheels are secure, wear a helmet, obey all
> traffic laws, and get a job

Almost there. I wore a cowboy hat and flip flops.

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TOPIC: want to get rid of paper clutter
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 1:00 pm
From: sahil

Does anyone have a good idea about 'kleeto'? Actually, I am struggling
with paper clutter at my home every day and a friend suggested me
about it but when I asked him about this service in detail, even he
did not have any clear idea. Somebody please tell in detail about
'kleeto'.

== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 1:24 pm
From: Al

On Jan 2, 4:00 pm, sahil <sahilsharma...@yahoo.in> wrote:
> Does anyone have a good idea about 'kleeto'? Actually, I am struggling
> with paper clutter at my home every day and a friend suggested me
> about it but when I asked him about this service in detail, even he
> did not have any clear idea. Somebody please tell in detail about
> 'kleeto'.

There are many online companies that will back up your computer or
store documents. There are also many free clipboards that allow
storage only limited by the size of your hard disk. Kleeto is a new
service. They don't even have their web site complete. And the service
is very expensive and cumbersome to use. I see no reason to even
consider this service if they offered it for free.

== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 4:06 pm
From: Gordon

sahil <sahilsharma106@yahoo.in> wrote in news:4f4c0f32-e177-4523-b3df-
e0c42bd3792e@c13g2000prc.googlegroups.com:

> Does anyone have a good idea about �kleeto�? Actually, I am struggling
> with paper clutter at my home every day and a friend suggested me
> about it but when I asked him about this service in detail, even he
> did not have any clear idea. Somebody please tell in detail about
> �kleeto�.

All you need is a decent scanner and a big hard drive.

== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 4:27 pm
From: Patricia Martin Steward

On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 13:00:05 -0800 (PST), sahil
<sahilsharma106@yahoo.in> wrote:

>Does anyone have a good idea about �kleeto�? Actually, I am struggling
>with paper clutter at my home every day and a friend suggested me
>about it but when I asked him about this service in detail, even he
>did not have any clear idea. Somebody please tell in detail about
>�kleeto�.

Please. If this isn't a shill, I'm a giraffe.

The web site is a tad primitive, with slightly skewed English. I
didn't go any farther than the home page.

--
We are becoming a country that believes the rich have earned their money but the well educated have not
earned their intellectual superiority. This leads to a nation that idolizes Kardashians.
Joel Stein, TIME, 8/23/10

== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 6:53 pm
From: Michael Black

On Mon, 3 Jan 2011, Gordon wrote:

> sahil <sahilsharma106@yahoo.in> wrote in news:4f4c0f32-e177-4523-b3df-
> e0c42bd3792e@c13g2000prc.googlegroups.com:
>
>> Does anyone have a good idea about 'kleeto'? Actually, I am struggling
>> with paper clutter at my home every day and a friend suggested me
>> about it but when I asked him about this service in detail, even he
>> did not have any clear idea. Somebody please tell in detail about
>> 'kleeto'.
>
> All you need is a decent scanner and a big hard drive.
>
And the real trick is to start now, and scan as the stuff comes in.

I got a scanner some years back, and automatically started scanning
the manuals (if they came as paper) and bills of things I bought, and
that's manageable. Keeping it all in one place, I find it's much easier
to find than looking through endless piles of paper.

The backlog is different, it's a much bigger project. But if one doesn't
start now, the backlog just gets bigger.

It's actually odd, I scan at decent resolution, and it still doesn't
accumulate that fast. So the original plan, of saving to CDROM or
DVD didn't happen, I haven't yet gotten that much to make a DVD worth
while. So I actually got some USB flash drives on sale, and use those
for archive. Still lots of space, even with 4gig drives, but the plan is
to pretty much only write to them, don't delete. They have the advantage
of not having to have a full "disk" accumulated before saving to the
drives.

I've done things like keep reviews of things I've bought with the bill
and manual, or in some cases articles about modifications. The point
being that one can often find useful information that should be kept
with the manual, and having it all in digital form allows it.

Michael

== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 8:30 pm
From: Dan Birchall

sahilsharma106@yahoo.in (sahil) wrote:
> Does anyone have a good idea about ?kleeto?? Actually, I am struggling
> with paper clutter at my home every day and a friend suggested me
> about it but when I asked him about this service in detail, even he
> did not have any clear idea. Somebody please tell in detail about
> ?kleeto?.

Sorry, but you've misspelled "Klaatu." As far as explaining it, I think
Wikipedia has a decent article, including a document image:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaatu_barada_nikto

Hope this helps!

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TOPIC: The Flu Vaccine Scam Rears Its Ugly Head Again in 2010
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 1:47 pm
From: Twayne

On Dec 31 2010, 5:39 am, Rebel1 <Reb...@optonline.net> wrote:
> Dec 31, 2020. This was originally posted on 8/31/2010 in various
> newsgroups. It's been removed, because it exposes the lies in the flu
> program.
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> Original 8/31/2010 post:
>
> The Flu Vaccine Scam Rears Its Ugly Head Again in 2010
>
> This article is an update of a series of articles with similar titles
> first posted Sept 25, 2008, and most recently on May 2, 2009. It has
> been reformatted using fixed-width type so the numbers in the columns
> properly align and it has been updated with newly released data for
> 2007. To prevent the table from getting too wide for a 1024x768 display,
> the 2002 data has been deleted. It was originally posted at the
> sci.med.nutrition, alt.health, alt.social-security-disability,
> alt.politics.usa.congress, and misc.consumers.frugal-living newsgroups
> on August 31, 2010, 2:55 pm ET, by Rebel1.
>
> (As an aside, Mike Adams, also known as the Health Ranger, makes a good
> case that nobody dies in the U.S. from flu because none of the deaths
> are confirmed by lab data; fascinating perspective.http://www.naturalnews.com/026169.html)
>
> ************************************************************************
>
> Once again the government and its press lackeys are circulating lies
> about the alleged number of annual U.S. flu deaths in an attempt to
> scare the population into getting flu shots of questionable value.
> Nobody in Congress challenges the number, because Big Pharma makes
> substantial contributions to their reelection campaigns. FDA
> decision-makers don t make waves because their silence is often rewarded
> with lucrative jobs at Big Pharma companies after leaving government.
> Advertising-supported popular magazines and even medical journals dare
> not expose the truth; just count the number of advertising pages for
> drugs and figure it out yourself. Major news services (AP, Reuters,
> etc.) don t expose the fraud either; perhaps it s the fear of being
> denied access to key people in the government, or perhaps their writers
> are too lazy to do fact-checking.
>
> 36,000 DEATHS PER YEAR
> That s the bogus number typically circulated. It s sometimes given as
> deaths from pneumonia and flu combined. Other times it s given as deaths
> from flu alone. (They can t even tell a consistent lie.) In either case,
> the number is wrong. The true number of flu deaths and pneumonia deaths
> in all age groups, right from the government s Centers for Disease
> Control reports, are as follows:
>
> Deaths from 2003(1) 2004(2) 2005(3) 2006(4) 2007(5)
> Pneumonia & flu 65,163 59,644 63,001 56,326 52,717
> Pneumonia alone 63,371 58,564 61,189 55,477 52,306
> Flu alone 1,792 1,100 1,812 849 411
> All causes 2,448,288 2,397,615 2,448,017 2,426,264 2,423,712
>
> That s right, flu deaths ranged from 1,792 in 2003 to 411 in 2007. The
> five-year average is 1,192 per year!
>
> SO WHO SHOULD GET THE FLU VACCINE?
> According to this site,http://www.medicinenet.com/influenza/page3.htm,
> groups at increased risk of influenza complications include people aged
> 65 years or older. (With all their drug ads, can they be impartial?)
> Let s see just how high that risk is. Here are the numbers for people
> aged 65 and older+ in year 2007(5):
>
> Age Age Age Total
> Deaths from: 65-74 75-84 85&Up 65&Up
> Pneumonia and flu 5,547 14,859 25,535 45,941
> Pneumonia alone 5,509 14,780 25,396 45,685
> Flu Alone 38 79 139 256
> Total Deaths, all causes 389,238 652,682 713,646 1,755,566
> Flu Deaths, % of Total 0.010 0.012 0.019 0.015
> Deaths
>
> So IF vaccine makers correctly GUESSED at the type of virus strains that
> would be a risk 9 months after they started making the vaccine, AND IF
> the vaccine were 100 percent effective, only 256 deaths (0.015%) would
> be delayed out of 1,755,566 from all causes.
>
> Some might credit the drop of flu deaths in the 65 and above group (256
> in 2007 vs. 689 in 2006) to increased vaccination coverage. But the CDC
> says that coverage of 68.0% in this age group was similar to previous
> seasons.(6)
>
> But they want to vaccinate all 35,000,000 people 65 and older(7). At $20
> per vaccine, that s $700,000,000 transferred from the bank accounts of
> seniors and their insurers to the medical mafia (everyone from the local
> doctors up the distribution chain to the manufacturer) hoping to delay a
> mere 256 deaths in an already vulnerable group. That s $2,734,375 for
> each delayed death. Yes, there will be some savings due to reduced
> hospitalizations. Nevertheless, this kind of insanity is what s
> bankrupting the system.
>
> HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE VACCINE?
> An article in the October 4, 2007, issue of the New England Journal of
> Medicine addressed this question.(8) Data were pooled from 18 cohorts of
> community-dwelling elderly members of one U.S. health maintenance
> organization (HMO) for 1990 1991 through 1999 2000 and of two other HMOs
> for 1996 1997 through 1999 2000. The study was not designed to evaluate
> levels of vaccine effectiveness among the frailest elderly, such as
> those living in nursing homes, and is somewhat biased because all
> members were part of an HMO. The data covered 10 flu seasons, which
> included eight seasons where the vaccine matched the circulating virus.
>
> Results - Some quotes from the study:
>
> During the 10 influenza seasons, there were 4599 hospitalizations for
> pneumonia or influenza and 8796 deaths. The observed hospitalization
> rates for unvaccinated and for vaccinated participants were, on average,
> 0.7% and 0.6% per season, respectively, with corresponding death rates
> of 1.6% and 1.0% per season.
>
> Influenza vaccination was associated on average with substantial
> reductions in hospitalizations for pneumonia and for influenza (vaccine
> effectiveness, 27%) and in death (vaccine effectiveness, 48%). Estimates
> varied from season to season and across the 18 cohorts). In the two
> seasons with a poor match between the vaccine and the virus strain,
> vaccine effectiveness was lower for reducing death (in seasons with a
> poor match, vaccine effectiveness was 37%; in seasons with a good match,
> vaccine effectiveness was 52%) but not for reducing hospitalization.
>
> While these results may appear impressive, the study warns:
>
> How these results might relate to population-level trends is unclear.
> For example, influenza-attributable excess mortality rates in the United
> States have not declined to the degree that might be expected in light
> of increasing vaccination rates during the 1980s and the early 1990s.
> However, nation-level data do not include the risk profile or
> vaccination status of those who have died. Critical information is
> therefore lacking, making it difficult to estimate what the expected
> excess mortality rates would be if vaccination rates were 0%, what
> benefits have already been realized given current patterns of vaccine
> use, and what additional benefits might be realized with more effective
> vaccine delivery.
>
> Draw your own conclusions as to the value of a flu vaccine, considering
> the cost of a nationwide program compared to the few who will benefit.
>
> WHAT ABOUT PNEUMONIA?
> True, complications from the flu VIRUS can lead to pneumonia. About 50
> percent of the pneumonia cases are caused by viruses, which produce less
> severe pneumonia(9). The rest are mainly caused by bacteria. Get a
> pneumonia vaccination.
>
> HOW TO PREVENT THE FLU
> The flu season coincides with shorter days, which means less sunlight
> and less vitamin D generated by our bodies from direct (not through
> glass or sunscreen) sun exposure on our skin. Here s the background:
>
> http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2006/10/03/more-ev...
>
> (If the above link doesn't take you directly to the article, type the
> link manually in the address box or enter in the search box " More
> Evidence Vitamin D Beats the Flu" and click on the first result.)
>
> 1) Take vitamin D3 supplements or cod liver oil, at daily doses of
> 1000-2000 IU. But read this before starting:http://www.mercola.com/2002/feb/23/vitamin_d_deficiency.htm
> 2) Frequently wash hands after being in public
> 3) Get plenty of sleep
> 4) Reduce stress
> 5) Cut sugar consumption, which depresses the immune system.
>
> MORE INFOhttp://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A3696
>
> **********************************************************
> REFERENCES:
> (1) Deaths: Final Data for 2003, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol.
> 54, #13, Apr 19, 2006, Table 10, page 32
> http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_13.pdf
> (2) Deaths: Final Data for 2004, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol.
> 55, #19, Oct 10, 2007, pages 30, 32 and 36
> http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr55/nvsr55_19.pdf
> (3) Deaths: Final Data for 2005, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol.
> 56, #10, April 24, 2008, page 33, Table 10
> http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr56/nvsr56_10.pdf
> (4) Deaths: Final Data for 2006, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol.
> 57, #14, April 2009, Table 10
> http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_14.pdf.
> (5) Deaths: Final Data for 2007, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol.
> 58, #19, May 2010, Table 10
> http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_19.pdf.
> (6) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 30, 2010
> http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5916a1.htm
> (7) Information Please Almanac
> http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0905042.html
> (8) Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccine in the Community-Dwelling Elderly.
> http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/14/1373
> (9) Pneumonia Fact Sheet, American Lung Associationhttp://www.lungusa.org/lung-disease/influenza/in-depth-resources/pneu...

Thanks for that valuable information. Keep us posted on this as well
as anything else that you think we should know about. .

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TOPIC: Life Improvements
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 3:17 pm
From: Vandy Terre

Are mornings rough due to making choices of clothing and then finding it? Try
finding a way to choose apparel the day before and arranging it in an easy
location for use.

In my bathroom there is a partition between the toilet and sink. I have hooks
where hangers can be put, undergarments hung with shoes on the floor beneath.
This allows me to dress while taking care of business.

In front of the toilet is space for a short cabinet that holds my vitamin/
medicine to be taken each day, a hair brush and clips, a pair of nail clippers
and a jar of nail polish remover.

I am somewhat handicap and can not stand for long. This arrangement allows me
to prepare for the day with out help. That means I can rise early as I prefer
and allow the rest of the family to sleep as they need. I am on a day schedule.
Several family members are on second or third shift.

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 6:15 pm
From: "Rod Speed"

Vandy Terre wrote

> Are mornings rough due to making choices of clothing and then finding it?

Nope. Completely effortless in that regard, actually.

> Try finding a way to choose apparel the day before
> and arranging it in an easy location for use.

No point given that the current approach is effortless.

> In my bathroom there is a partition between the toilet and sink.
> I have hooks where hangers can be put, undergarments hung
> with shoes on the floor beneath. This allows me to dress while
> taking care of business.

> In front of the toilet is space for a short cabinet that holds my
> vitamin/ medicine to be taken each day, a hair brush and clips,
> a pair of nail clippers and a jar of nail polish remover.

> I am somewhat handicap and can not stand for long. This
> arrangement allows me to prepare for the day with out help.
> That means I can rise early as I prefer and allow the rest of
> the family to sleep as they need. I am on a day schedule.
> Several family members are on second or third shift.

Their problem.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 8:23 pm
From: Dan Birchall

vandy@tanglewood-destiny.com (Vandy Terre) wrote:
> Are mornings rough due to making choices of clothing and then
> finding it?

Nah, I tend to "choose" whatever clothing I find first. :) But it
sounds like your organizational system works well for you.

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TOPIC: If you missed 01.01.11
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/c809af6d46a72316?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 5:09 pm
From: "VFW,"

coming up is 01.11.11 and 11.11.11 november 11th, '11
and a presidential election only a year or so away./
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Karma, What a concept!

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 8:20 pm
From: Dan Birchall

georgeswk@toast.net (VFW,) wrote:
> coming up is 01.11.11 and 11.11.11 november 11th, '11

Armistice/Veteran's Day, right?

> and a presidential election only a year or so away./

Trying to find the 11-ness of this. 44 is a multiple of 11 - are you
predicting our 44th president will be re-elected?

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TOPIC: Anyone ever deducted cost of a trip on your taxes?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/d636eb0c4242ad7b?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 8:11 pm
From: Dan Birchall

none@none.net (Ohioguy) wrote:
> Have any of you ever successfully deducted the cost of a trip on your
> taxes? If so, I want to hear from you!

If your job sends you away from the area in which you usually work, some
costs legitimately incurred while traveling for work are deductible.
See http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc511.html

> My wife and I will soon be taking a cruise out of Puerto Rico...
> ... I may need to do the bulk of the writing on the cruise itself -
> when I have time to write without the normal distractions of changing
> diapers, cleaning up pencil marks on the walls, etc., etc.

Your wife sounds rather... young. ;)

> I'm wondering if this is even a possibility, or not. Thanks for any
> of your thoughts!

Unless the writing you are doing requires you to make this trip (i.e. the
magazine has told you to write an article about this particular cruise
offering, this particular cruise company, or at the very least, cruises
in the Caribbean in general), it's probably not a possibility. And even
if it does, I don't think you could deduct the cost of taking your wife
along.

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TOPIC: Test
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/6be1873987bdd1ac?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jan 2 2011 8:28 pm
From: Dan Birchall

ton@ton.com (Tony) wrote:
> test

Out the door, down the hall, around the corner to the left, and look
for a door with a groupname that contains "test" :)

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