Frugal Living: 18 new messages in 12 topics

Thursday, May 15, 2008

18 new messages in 12 topics - digest

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TOPIC: Grocery Coupons
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/b5a627c8eeaf8bef?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 4:00 pm
From: Free-Travel-Man

Get Grocery Coupons and save on your bill.

I use this company all the time. I have an account that I can share
for grocery coupons. With all the high cost of everything I think
every single dollar saved is worth it.

You will receive 100, $10 vouchers to redeem for coupons at the local
supermarkets. All it cost is just a $10.00 processing fee.

Go to https://www.cashsaver.net/fr92595ca/index.html?loadfile=catalog2_0.html

Follow the steps, were it says compliments of write down fr92595ca and
that's it.

Coupons are good for items such as Cereal, Juices, Cookies, Crackers,
Beverages, Frozen Foods, Canned Fruits/Vegetables, Dairy Items, Meat,
Bread, Coffee, Soups, Sauces, Rice, Pasta, Condiments, Snack Foods,
Diet Items, Baking Items, Spices, Paper & Plastic Goods, Household
Items, Pet Items, Baby Products, Laundry Care, Body Care, and many
other items.

Have funny shopping and save.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 6:52 pm
From: clams_casino

Free-Travel-Man the spammer wrote:

>Get Grocery Coupons and save on your bill.
>
>I use this company all the time. All it cost is just a $10.00 processing fee.
>
>
>

So just how many sign up for your web site?

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TOPIC: Allergy Relief
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/4e29155749145b00?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 4:01 pm
From: "Rod Speed"

Some stupid completely unemployable race track bum claiming to be
William Souden <souden@nospam.com> desperately attempted to bullshit
its way out of its predicament and fooled absolutely no one at all, as always.

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TOPIC: A bad experience dealing with AT&T Wireless
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/2cf30ac13919c228?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 3:28 pm
From: Todd Allcock

At 14 May 2008 14:32:30 -0700 William Souden wrote:

> One nice thing about those days was when you had a phone problem
> you called 611 and regardless of whether it was the phone,inside wiring
> or outside they fixed it.

True. But then again, with what we used to pay, we should've each had our
own personal repairman on standby.

== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 4:28 pm
From: William Souden

Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 14 May 2008 14:32:30 -0700 William Souden wrote:
>
>> One nice thing about those days was when you had a phone problem
>> you called 611 and regardless of whether it was the phone,inside wiring
>> or outside they fixed it.
>
> True. But then again, with what we used to pay, we should've each had our
> own personal repairman on standby.
>
>
>
Agreed. At one time you had to rent everything from the phone
company. They also charged monthly fees for things like an extension
phone on the same line. Now that I think of it the cable people used to
charge for a second tv getting basic cable. When they were forced to
stop the practice they warned people about imaginary hazards of hooking
up a second tv on your own (they are allowed to charge for doing the
cabling).

== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 4:45 pm
From: Steve Sobol

["Followup-To:" header set to alt.cellular.verizon.]
On 2008-05-14, William Souden <souden@nospam.com> wrote:
> Agreed. At one time you had to rent everything from the phone
> company. They also charged monthly fees for things like an extension
> phone on the same line. Now that I think of it the cable people used to
> charge for a second tv getting basic cable. When they were forced to
> stop the practice they warned people about imaginary hazards of hooking
> up a second tv on your own (they are allowed to charge for doing the
> cabling).

And for rental of extra converter boxes and remotes (I think our extra box is
$5/month and the extra remote is $2).

--
Steve Sobol, Victorville, CA PGP:0xE3AE35ED

www.SteveSobol.com
Geek-for-hire. Details: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevesobol

== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 7:10 pm
From: Todd Allcock

At 14 May 2008 16:28:09 -0700 William Souden wrote:

> Agreed. At one time you had to rent everything from the phone
> company. They also charged monthly fees for things like an extension
> phone on the same line.

Yeah, I remember as a kid we had one phone that rang and two extensions
that didn't (that we weren't paying for.) My Dad worked for the local gas
company and he and his co-workers would pinch any phones left behind when
they were sent to shut off the gas at abandoned apartments (if they beat
the phone company guys there, of course.) Then they'd disconnect the
ringers so the phone company wouldn't detect the extra load from the
extension phones.

I remember having a heck of a time convincing my folks when I was a
teenager in the 80's that you were allowed to own phones and it was okay to
let me reconnect the ringers! (And an ever bigger sell-job to get them to
turn in the stupid banana-yellow wallphone they'd been renting since the
Nixon administration!)

> Now that I think of it the cable people used to charge for a second
> tv getting basic cable.

My cable co was even worse. In addition to the $6/month extra outlet, we
signed up for "cable radio" for $2/month extra when the cable company first
came to town back when I was 12 or 13 years old. (They rebroadcast local
FM stations, as well as MTV's and HBO's audio in stereo, on unused radio
frequencies for people in bad reception areas.) The installer put a $2
cable splitter on the line and was about to run a wire to the stereo's FM
antenna terminals. I told my parents to tell the installer they changed
their minds and didn't want the radio service, and we ran to Radio Shack
later and bought the necessary parts to "roll our own." (We did get a
knock on the door several months later when they detected a "leak" caused
by my jury-rigged extra-outlet cable run to my brother's bedroom. As a
precocious teen, no one had told me I wasn't supposed to use a leftover
piece of 300-Ohm antenna twin-lead wire with coax adapters on the ends as a
cable line! ;-)

> When they were forced to stop the practice they warned people about
> imaginary hazards of hooking up a second tv on your own (they are
> allowed to charge for doing the cabling).
And for box rental, of course- back in the good old days, cable-ready TVs
were still a rarity. I remember trolling garage sales and flea markets
for old converters because my folks didn't want to rent any additional
boxes at $6/month. For a buck each out of a flea market junk box I scored
an old cable-to-UHF converter (upconverted the cable band to UHF channels)
and a very old 36-channel converter with a "remote"- a 12-button panel
(with a three-position switch to select which group of 12 channels you
wanted to select from) on a 20' cord that connected to the actual converter
hooked to the TV!

Ah, the good old days... ;-)

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TOPIC: Did Netflix raise the price of their plans?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/82508d9d7ee435b3?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 4:23 pm
From: "Evelyn C. Leeper"

h wrote:
> "Dave" <noway@nohow.not> wrote in message
> news:fvn30p$5u2$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> <RogBaker@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:330e682e-1f42-43c7-925a-d897936c9dcc@w74g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>> Did Netflix just raise their plan prices starting in May? I was
>>> thinking about joining, so I have been checking out their plans
>>> lately. When I decided to join, it was at the end of April, maybe the
>>> 26th or so. I wanted to wait until May because I didn't know their
>>> billing cycle, and did not want to pay fo the month of April if I
>>> would not get to use it hardly. Now, I go to sign up on May 2, and the
>>> 2 movie at a time, unlimited per month is now $13.99. I swear, it used
>>> to be $8.99 several days ago. I called them up to see if they would
>>> give it to me, but they claim they haven't raised their prices.
>> Google redbox
>>
>> Fuck netflix, you could get almost 14 movies from redbox for the monthly
>> netflix fee. -Dave
>
> Redbox is awesome, and you can return them anywhere. I usually get a bunch
> on Friday at the grocery store, then return them on Saturday and Sunday
> where ever our travels take us. We watched 4 movies this weekend for $5
> (kept 1 two days).

It's awesome only if you want something from their pathetic selection.

--
Evelyn C. Leeper
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test
a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln

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TOPIC: CHINA WHOLESALE AF1 X JORDAN 5 12 23 FUSION SHOES, PRADA JACKET, ETC
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/d3d7e6851e5cf4df?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 4:30 pm
From: chinasupply00@126.com

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TOPIC: Rod Speed test
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/cc3a6907d37fbfae?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 5:47 pm
From: hchickpea@hotmail.com

fuckwit

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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 4:56 pm
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TOPIC: Is King Soopers gift card promotion for real?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/b6d6a061bd9a9ffe?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 5:58 pm
From: laredotornado

Hi,

I live in the Denver area and the local grocery store is named King
Soopers. I've heard rumblings of a promotion in which you buy a $300
gift card and they'll give you $25 free of groceries. Is there a
catch here? I'm not really looking to spend $300 at any particular
store (e.g. Home Depot, Applebees), but I guess I can pick one. Also
does the gift card cost additional money to buy and lose value as the
months dwindle by?

Any experience anyone's had with this promotion is greatly
appreciated, - Dave

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 6:34 pm
From: Goomba38

laredotornado wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I live in the Denver area and the local grocery store is named King
> Soopers. I've heard rumblings of a promotion in which you buy a $300
> gift card and they'll give you $25 free of groceries. Is there a
> catch here? I'm not really looking to spend $300 at any particular
> store (e.g. Home Depot, Applebees), but I guess I can pick one. Also
> does the gift card cost additional money to buy and lose value as the
> months dwindle by?

I don't suppose you called them and asked for specifics? Many, many
stores are encouraging you to commit to shopping (spending!) there. They
all seem to be offering the same enough deal. It has been in the news
lately. Not something I'm doing, I have to admit.
What does Clark Howard say? He's *my* financial guru. I hear he's also
considering running for mayor of Atlanta!
www.clarkhoward.com

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TOPIC: 3 Good eBook About Living
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/9e32d90b7c0f5e06?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 6:21 pm
From: Laurynn

Found this on one free ebook website. Like to share it here.

* Buckminster Fuller - Creative Living And Finance
* The Dancing Wu Li Masters :200 Patterns of Organic Energy - Living-
* Clinton,Hillary - Living History (2003)

http://ebook.mazudi.com/?w=living

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 7:00 pm
From: clams_casino

Laurynn wrote:

>Found this on one free ebook website. I'd like to share its virus with you.
>
>
>

What part of a gmail spam via google groups from Malaysia would not be
indicative of another SCAM?

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TOPIC: FREE EBOOK for INVESTING - "The Portable Investor" - Trade Stocks
Anywhere Anytime
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/2b002ffff7444a6f?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 6:51 pm
From: ceedublock

Download your Ebook Here

"The Portable Investor" - Learn to Trade anywhere and anytime

http://www.10000elephants.com/pinv.html

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TOPIC: Home shower drip repair (how do I get the Delta faucet apart)?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/f83d2dad31884b3b?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 7:00 pm
From: Smitty Two

In article
<7c9e2e7a-13e6-480f-a775-34380d28695c@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
Bob Thompson <bthompson158@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On May 13, 10:54 am, Vic Smith <thismailautodele...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> > I always find huge detailed threads about taking afaucet
> > apart a bit much, when getting hold of a copy of that little schematic
> > that usually comes with it would do.
> > OTOH, it's more interesting than "never had a clue" and "fuckwit."
>
> I challenge both Vic and Smitty Two to point out WHERE on the Internet
> are instructions for taking apart and repairing a Delta Monitor shower
> faucet?
>
> That "schematic" you bespeak of does not explain the steps nor the
> tools and it is not obvious how to take apart the faucet.
>
> Personally, I just searched, and found a bunch of similar requests for
> the procedure to repair a leaky Delta Monitor but nowhere the steps
> with pictures and explanations until this thread.
>
> When Vic and Smitty Two come to the same conclusion, I'd ask them to
> post back what the purpose and intent of this home repair related
> newsgroup is and how this thread, in their opinion, doesn't fit in
> perfectly.

Well, Bob, if you really want to dialogue with me, you'll have to stop
posting from google, because I killfile them. But I became aware of your
post through Vic's response.

If you'll read my post carefully, I never said the instructions were
readily available on the internet. I never said the post was off topic.
What I said was, Donna annoys the crap out of me. And she does.

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TOPIC: Will it be Presideny Hillary Clinton or President John McCain?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/a8a93935437e2539?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, May 14 2008 7:23 pm
From: tobetbaa

It is now clear that Clinton and Obama need each other to immunize
against racist attacks, and Obama is not leadership material, yet.

Obama ran scared. Instead of campaigning aggressively in Virginia, he
went to Michigan, where the votes were not even counted. What's the
message? This is not presidential conduct. If he gets to the White
House, he can hide behind Hillary Clinton's skirt.

Democrats are beginning to figure it out. If chicken feed defeats
Hillary, McCain's swift boat operatives will destroy Obama the way
they destroyed Kerry/Edwards.

Let's cut to the chase, America is still too racist to elect a
cowardly, Black President. Read this by Bill Moyers, to clearly
understand the simple fact that Obama's only path to the White House
is through an alliance with Hillary Clinton.

http://surftofind.com/moyers

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