Frugal Living: 10 new messages in 9 topics

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10 new messages in 9 topics - digest

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Today's topics:

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TOPIC: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/c5e128afa3962906?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 8:09 pm
From: Tom Sherman

Jon Bendtsen wrote:
> Gunner wrote:
>> On Fri, 02 May 2008 11:43:53 +0200, Jon Bendtsen <noone@example.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>> Gunner <gunner@NOSPAM.lightspeed.net> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 02 May 2008 07:11:21 +0200, Jon Bendtsen <noone@example.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>
> [cuuuuut]
>
>> I forgot to point out to you and Rod, that based on your criteria,
>> truckers should have the highest fatality rates of all.
>>
>> Wouldnt that be correct? They spend far far more time on the road
>> than anyone
>
> Truckers dont die because they drive BIG trucks. They only harm
> other people, no harm comes to them. Police cars are small cars
> compared to trucks.
>
Truckers hardly ever park on the shoulder, and exit on the driver's side
to walk up to a car parked ahead of them, which is, of course, routine
behavior for a police traffic stop.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

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TOPIC: Discount travel sites not always the best buy
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/3cc9da5f48b7e1c4?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 8:12 pm
From: William Souden

I have been shopping around for air fares between LA and the NY area.
I want to take a red eye which adds a day to my stay. Finally found a
trip on travelocity via Jet Blue. I was set to purchase when I saw they
would not assign me a seat so I went to jetblue.com and got the same
flights with aisle seats both way for $40 less.

By the way, if your destination is midtown Manhattan Newark is better
choice (Jet Blue does not go there). It is closer than JFK and trains to
Penn Station stop at the airport. Traveling solo a cab from Newark will
not be frugal because you have to pay for a round trip . By the way,
Newark has a great cab system. You tell a dispatcher the town you are
going to and get a two part form listing the fare,one for you and one
for driver which clearly states that tolls are added to the fare.

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TOPIC: If I were to promote the benefits of biking, I'd put a lady
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/723141fc10c43930?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 9:27 pm
From: Tom Sherman

ComandanteBanana wrote:
> If I were to promote the benefits of biking, I'd put a lady like this
> to ride around town...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX6MtWRGW3M&feature=related
>
She needs to use lower gears and develop a better cadence.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 10:59 pm
From: Jon Bendtsen

Tom Sherman wrote:
> ComandanteBanana wrote:
>> If I were to promote the benefits of biking, I'd put a lady like this
>> to ride around town...
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX6MtWRGW3M&feature=related
>>
> She needs to use lower gears and develop a better cadence.

Thats a bicyclist for you, totally focused on the riding,
not the girl :-D

JonB

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TOPIC: Heard of metal salvage yards? Next thing will be plastic salvage yards
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/89853505ff48cb34?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 11:41 pm
From: "Cash_is_king,and_RodSpeed, don't_forget_it"

On Apr 30, 9:07 pm, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cash_is_king,and_RodSpeed, don't_forget_it <kwo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Plastics are made from oil. Nobody is scavenging plastics just yet.
>
> Wrong.
>
> > If you are an entrepreneur, now is your chance to become a plastics exporter.
>
> Been going on for a long time now.

All you need is to convince people that something is scarce. Then you
need to create a fake market for it. A ponzi scheme of self-
replicating endurance follows. I am not sure how plastics could be
spun as a scarce resource when we see it litter the highways, but that
would not stop someone who wanted to dupe people used to bubble run-
ups in prices of anything from Beanie Babies to photos of newborn
babies.

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TOPIC: RodSpeed, Australia investing
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/9f56eedcf5b870a6?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 11:45 pm
From: "Cash_is_king,and_RodSpeed, don't_forget_it"

On Apr 30, 5:41 pm, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cash_is_king,and_RodSpeed, don't_forget_it <kwo...@hotmail.com> wrote
>
> > Looks like EWA fund is trying to make a bottom before a rise.
>
> We'll see...
>
> > How is your dollar doing down there?
>
> Its doing fine, unlike the USD.

Tell me about it. It is not so much that we might be in end times
that bothers me. I just hate to think that some war mongers decide
that sex, drugs and rock and roll are immoral.

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TOPIC: Federal Reserve seeks injunction against prosper.com
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/2ae4ed0f445138c0?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 11:51 pm
From: "Cash_is_king,and_RodSpeed, don't_forget_it"

They dropped I-Bond rates to a core 0% interest. Peculiar that a means
of investment via the US dollar is being shunned as too plentiful and
not worthy of saving and loaning for gain. The inflation bond is not
meant to make one rich, but when you get 0% core rate and 4% annual
inflation rates, I think people would be wise to co-op the greenbacks
to each other instead of loaning to the government. RodSpeed, have you
ever thought of starting a bank? I do not know how Australia regulates
the loan industry, but a job that does not get your nails dirty sounds
like a dream.

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TOPIC: cheap source of protein and fat
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/84a01fbc7ff89ff3?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 11:53 pm
From: "Cash_is_king,and_RodSpeed, don't_forget_it"

On May 1, 3:16 pm, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just how many of you are there between those ears, spammer ?

Salmon fishing has been banned on west coast of US due to lack of
salmon schools. Looks like plankton and ketchup tonight for dinner.

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TOPIC: Coupon for digital Tv converter
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/dae5c3a13fe8def8?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 11:55 pm
From: "Cash_is_king,and_RodSpeed, don't_forget_it"

On Apr 28, 4:50 pm, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And even if it doesnt have a connector, its still possible to connect
> a modulator to the converter which acts like a mini TV station.
>

Does Australia have its own version of Ted Turner?

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TOPIC: Ethanol follies Part II: Sourcing affordable meat.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/ce9205a35b64ab27?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 11:56 pm
From: "Cash_is_king,and_RodSpeed, don't_forget_it"

On Apr 27, 3:38 pm, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Been having those pathetic little drug crazed hallucinations long, child ?

Albert Hoffman died the other day. I have read some accounts that say
he has united many people because of his career.

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