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* how to survive the heat and cold on a low budget - 3 messages, 2 authors
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* The chickens have arrived - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Tips on frugal living in the Philly region - 1 messages, 1 author
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* How to stop debt collectors from calling? - 3 messages, 3 authors
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* Orville Redenbacher pulling a fast one - 1 messages, 1 author
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* WARNING RE PURITAN'S PRIDE SHIPPMENTS - 1 messages, 1 author
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* O.T. defeating terrorism - 1 messages, 1 author
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* China discount AIR JORDAN 3 6 7 8 9 23 x AF1 fusion shoes, cheapest prada
chanel coach fendi purse8-35usd(www.cicitrade.com) - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Create Big Profits Online - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: how to survive the heat and cold on a low budget
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/ada7c54e5466e89d?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 27 2008 6:27 pm
From: phil scott
On Jul 27, 5:39 pm, Vic Smith <thismailautodele...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:46:38 -0700 (PDT), phil scott
>
> <p...@philscott.net> wrote:
>
> >Keep the house more or less at outside tempurature, except in the
> >winter heat it to 45F or so... then sleep and read and watch da tee
> >veee in one room.... that one you keep heated and cooled with a
> >chinese window heat pump..... costs about $200 bucks.
>
> An electric space heater might work better for that room up north.
>
>
>
> >then at night in the winter set its thermostat to 50F or so, and use a
> >matrress warmer.
>
> A mattress heating pad does work wonders.
>
> >if you want to run even cheaper in hot weather, put yer easy chair and
> >bed near the air conditioner and put the fan ON and set the thermostat
> >up to 78F or so... the breeze and dehumidified air will keep you cool.
>
> We keep the A/C on 80F, sometimes 79F. Ceiling fans make that pretty
> tolerable.
>
> >If you want to save even more, insulate the windows with reflective
> >insulation about 1" thick.... blow some extra insulation into the
> >attic above the room, insulate the floor of the room under the
> >house.....and walk around free bird :).... coolness will ensue.
>
> >cheap.
>
> That's right. Why heat and cool places you don't use much.
> But I spend a lot of time in the basement or outside.
> My wife, who cooks, cleans house, etc, has other ideas about
> how to heat and cool the house.
>
> --Vic
you are right about the electric heater for a room in cold climates..
heat pumps fade fast below 35F outside temps .. or so.
re the wife, maybe you can tell her she looks hot in thick socks, long
pants and heavy sweaters..
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 27 2008 6:46 pm
From: Vic Smith
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:27:50 -0700 (PDT), phil scott
<phil@philscott.net> wrote:
>
>re the wife, maybe you can tell her she looks hot in thick socks, long
>pants and heavy sweaters..
>
She does look hot no matter how she's dressed, and knows it.
Trouble is, she don't care!
She just wants to cook and do dishes without shivering or sweating.
And I can't sweet talk her out of that, as much as I've tried.
--Vic
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 27 2008 8:50 pm
From: phil scott
On Jul 27, 6:46 pm, Vic Smith <thismailautodele...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:27:50 -0700 (PDT), phil scott
>
> <p...@philscott.net> wrote:
>
> >re the wife, maybe you can tell her she looks hot in thick socks, long
> >pants and heavy sweaters..
>
> She does look hot no matter how she's dressed, and knows it.
> Trouble is, she don't care!
> She just wants to cook and do dishes without shivering or sweating.
> And I can't sweet talk her out of that, as much as I've tried.
>
> --Vic
Ok ok.. she cooks! does dishes! and is hot!!!... you cant beat
that. you have to keeep her cool.
you could buy her an ice cube maybe.
L\\
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TOPIC: The chickens have arrived
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/1b34814faaccbf44?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 27 2008 6:34 pm
From: Vic Smith
On 28 Jul 2008 00:26:55 GMT, Terri <Terri@micron.net> wrote:
>lisajoe@privacy.net wrote in
>news:kjdp84hmno78m37vu761eugumcijh5j83n@4ax.com:
>
>>
>>
>> I so miss having chickens but now I am in the city and can only have
>> three of them and it seems like too much work.. :(
>
>You're fairly lucky you can have even one.
>Many years ago a woman in the adjacent city of Eagle had a little
>banty for a pet. She had a small chicken house built of it to scale
>that matched her own.
>The neighbors got together and enforced the no livestock rule
>and she had to get rid of it.
>
Makes you wonder why people are so petty.
In a residential neighborhood I lived in on the north side of Chicago
a family - never met them - had 6 or 7 chickens running around their
fenced front yard. I thought somebody would complain and they'd be
quickly gone, but they were there for at least a couple years until
I moved. I liked seeing them there myself.
--Vic
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TOPIC: Tips on frugal living in the Philly region
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/add4a41f6d9afa5f?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 27 2008 8:47 pm
From: antianti@rocketmail.com
http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/frugal-philly.html
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TOPIC: How to stop debt collectors from calling?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/b2496090b808d63c?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 27 2008 8:48 pm
From: "ChairMan"
In news:_96jk.16496$mh5.72@nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com,
George Grapman <sfgeorge@paccbell.net>spewed forth:
> phil scott wrote:
>> On Jul 27, 11:10 am, Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply
>> <samh...@TRASHsonic.net> wrote:
>>> OhioGuy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there anything we can do in order to stop all of these
>>>> harassing calls?
>>> I was told by the people who called me (when I shattered my wrist
>>> and had practically no income coming in for months) that if I made
>>> *some* payment, even if it wasn't a full payment, that they would
>>> stop calling.
>>
>>
>>
>> on a thinly related issue.. if you have a debt about to go past the
>> statute of limitations, some bogus over billed amount from a hospital
>> for instance (over billing is common... and people without insurance
>> get billed 2x or more than insurance companies on many cases)...and
>> you pay even one cent on it..the statute of limitations resets...
>> expect another 7 years of harrassment.
>>
>> in that case a good button to learn how to use on yer cell phone is
>> the little red one, says 'end' on it.... but you must do it in the
>> first second or so before your blood pressure goes up.... just hold
>> the cell in your left hand and using your right index finger press
>> down on the button.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> "MUTE" also works. They keep talking and get very upset when they
> think you hung up.
A whistle works well too
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 27 2008 9:19 pm
From: George Grapman
ChairMan wrote:
> In news:_96jk.16496$mh5.72@nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com,
> George Grapman <sfgeorge@paccbell.net>spewed forth:
>> phil scott wrote:
>>> On Jul 27, 11:10 am, Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply
>>> <samh...@TRASHsonic.net> wrote:
>>>> OhioGuy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is there anything we can do in order to stop all of these
>>>>> harassing calls?
>>>> I was told by the people who called me (when I shattered my wrist
>>>> and had practically no income coming in for months) that if I made
>>>> *some* payment, even if it wasn't a full payment, that they would
>>>> stop calling.
>>>
>>>
>>> on a thinly related issue.. if you have a debt about to go past the
>>> statute of limitations, some bogus over billed amount from a hospital
>>> for instance (over billing is common... and people without insurance
>>> get billed 2x or more than insurance companies on many cases)...and
>>> you pay even one cent on it..the statute of limitations resets...
>>> expect another 7 years of harrassment.
>>>
>>> in that case a good button to learn how to use on yer cell phone is
>>> the little red one, says 'end' on it.... but you must do it in the
>>> first second or so before your blood pressure goes up.... just hold
>>> the cell in your left hand and using your right index finger press
>>> down on the button.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> "MUTE" also works. They keep talking and get very upset when they
>> think you hung up.
>
> A whistle works well too
>
>
I first used "MUTE" years ago when some tout services got my
number.Polite requests to stop, threats of legal action and cursing all
were to no avail. They often called back within seconds after
I hung up. Finally I began to hut "MUTE" when the canned pitch started"
"So,George, what credit card would you like to use?"
"Hello,George,are you there?"
"God damn it, I gave this guy my A material and he walked away from
the phone"
Another one is gibberish:
"No speak English"
"Habla espanol?"
"prosrty eevantey frobjika mieeryok?"
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 27 2008 10:32 pm
From: phil scott
On Jul 27, 2:56 pm, George Grapman <sfgeo...@paccbell.net> wrote:
> phil scott wrote:
> > On Jul 27, 11:10 am, Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply
> > <samh...@TRASHsonic.net> wrote:
> >> OhioGuy wrote:
>
> >>> Is there anything we can do in order to stop all of these harassing calls?
> >> I was told by the people who called me (when I shattered my wrist and
> >> had practically no income coming in for months) that if I made *some*
> >> payment, even if it wasn't a full payment, that they would stop calling.
>
> > on a thinly related issue.. if you have a debt about to go past the
> > statute of limitations, some bogus over billed amount from a hospital
> > for instance (over billing is common... and people without insurance
> > get billed 2x or more than insurance companies on many cases)...and
> > you pay even one cent on it..the statute of limitations resets...
> > expect another 7 years of harrassment.
>
> > in that case a good button to learn how to use on yer cell phone is
> > the little red one, says 'end' on it.... but you must do it in the
> > first second or so before your blood pressure goes up.... just hold
> > the cell in your left hand and using your right index finger press
> > down on the button.
>
> "MUTE" also works. They keep talking and get very upset when they
> think you hung up.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
a person could try putting the cell into a coffee can..
"hheelloooo ooheloolo iisssis ttthiss thss mmmissttter " that way
the poor sot can at least entertain hiimself.
you could drop in the occasional marble
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TOPIC: Orville Redenbacher pulling a fast one
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 27 2008 9:20 pm
From: timeOday
At Costco my wife got one of our regular items, a 32 pack of microwave
popcorn. I popped one and it seemed not to pop up, so I popped it until
it burned and I threw it away.
I popped a second one. When it came out, it was also puny, but then I
noticed the bag was fully puffed. They have decreased the size.
Besides being effectively a price hike, it's annoying because if I cook
the smaller ones for the normal amount of time they burn.
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TOPIC: WARNING RE PURITAN'S PRIDE SHIPPMENTS
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 27 2008 9:54 pm
From: RF
idesofmarch wrote:
> Don't count on getting your Puritan's Pride vitamins/supplements order
> on time; in good condition, since their main method of shipping is UPS
> (united parcel service)
>
> UPS has repeatedly ignored instructions to require a signature to ensure
> delivery to the right party, leaves stuff with neighbors anyways. My
> last order of nutritional oils had to be thrown away because the UPS
> driver left the stuff in the sun (on purpose I suspect, following my
> complaints to UPS).
>
> Faxes to the CEO of Puritan's Pride, Scott Rudolf (German SS? ha!) has
> been ignored about this issue. Apparently, he does not give a sh*t.
>
> If anyone knows a better supplier with better shipping please post here.
I have bought from Puritan regularly and the
shipments came via UPS. My porch is shaded, about
30' from the street, and the parcels are always
left there. I never had any problems with either
company. Why the heck do you insist on signatures?
This can greatly delay the delivery, especially
when waiting for a response to a knock or ring, or
when nobody is home.
Why not provide a shaded delivery box or, if you
are that fussy, then why not pick up your parcel
from UPS?
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TOPIC: O.T. defeating terrorism
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 27 2008 10:02 pm
From: A Veteran
In article <foip84lidld9l8f2tuvc1mj9obmjf2u9uf@4ax.com>,
lisajoe@privacy.net wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:03:07 -0700, in misc.consumers.frugal-living A Veteran
> <georgewkspam@humboldt1.com> wrote:
>
> >"The army that will defeat terrorism doesn't wear uniforms, or drive
> >Humvees, or calls in air-strikes. It doesn't have a high command, or
> >high security, or a high budget. The army that can defeat terrorism
> >does battle quietly, clearing minefields and vaccinating children. It
> >undermines military dictatorships and military lobbyists. It subverts
> >sweatshops and special interests.Where people feel powerless, it
> >helps them organize for change, and where people are powerful, it
> >reminds them of their responsibility." ~~~~ Author Unknown ~~~~
> >___________________________________________________
>
>
> The USA government is a terrorist organization!
Yup.
--
If guns are out-lawed. Only the Out-laws & politicians will have guns.
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TOPIC: Create Big Profits Online
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== 1 of 1 ==
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