Frugal Living: 25 new messages in 8 topics

Monday, August 4, 2008

25 new messages in 8 topics - digest

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Today's topics:

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TOPIC: Say goodbye to all two wheeler probelms - two wheeler association
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Aug 3 2008 11:41 pm
From: swamy9346227098@gmail.com

THIS IS USEFUL FOR ONLY TWO WHEELER OWNERS' AND USERS' OTHERS
SORRY YOU MAY DELETE THIS

Dear friends,
Everyone of us know, how fast the society is growing. And, we also
pretty well know, how fast the two wheeler ownership and usage is
escalating.
Further, along with the escalating usage of two wheelers, the problems
to the owners and users are spiralling.
Taking the lead step to help two wheeler owners and users redress
their issues and grievances, THE TWO WHEELER OWNERS' AND USERS'
ASSOCIATION is doing all possible workout.
You may kindly view the following links and post your comments and
suggestions to swamy9346227098@gmail.com
http://www.clickindia.com/detail.php?id=326540

http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/language/english/search/company/42143

http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/language/english/search/job/54671

http://www.jobconsultancy.com/jobprofile.php?f_jobid=3473

http://www.bestjobsindia.in/bt-empd-1st2wheelerassn.htm

The Central Committee is with open minds to receive any suggestion and
comment and like issues.

NARASIMHA SWAMY
GENERAL SECRETARY
THE TWO WHEELER OWNERS' AND USERS' ASSOCIATION

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TOPIC: Inflation
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/043c328b0526b9a5?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 3:25 am
From: Shawn Hirn

In article <SN3lk.8152$KZ.4968@newsfe03.iad>,
clams_casino <PeterGriffin@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:

> Bought some suet today for 79 cents that was 67 cents last year
> (3/$2). In another store, their suet was $1.25 per package vs. $1 last
> year (more visible seeds / berries).
>
> 50 lbs of sunflower seeds that cost me $15 two years ago and $22 last
> fall was $25 yesterday.
>
> Granted, it's still cheap entertainment, but 14-25% annual inflation?

Suet and sunflower seeds are entertaining to you?

== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 11:27 am
From: Siskuwihane

On Aug 2, 8:13 pm, Gene S. Berkowitz <first.l...@verizon.net> wrote:
> In article <SN3lk.8152$KZ.4...@newsfe03.iad>,
> PeterGrif...@DrunkinClam.com says...
>
> > Bought some suet today for 79 cents that was 67 cents last year
> > (3/$2). In another store, their suet was $1.25 per package vs. $1 last
> > year (more visible seeds / berries).
>
> > 50 lbs of sunflower seeds that cost me $15 two years ago and $22 last
> > fall was $25 yesterday.
>
> > Granted, it's still cheap entertainment, but 14-25% annual inflation?
>
> How do you think those 50 lbs of seed got to the store?
>
> Some trucker had to burn $4/gallon diesel fuel to haul it there,
> when last year he only had to pay $3/gallon.

Please let me know where I can get some diesel for $4.00 a gallon.
Around here it's $4.75

== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 11:29 am
From: Siskuwihane

On Aug 4, 6:25 am, Shawn Hirn <s...@comcast.net> wrote:
> In article <SN3lk.8152$KZ.4...@newsfe03.iad>,
>
> clams_casino <PeterGrif...@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:
> > Bought some suet today for 79 cents that was 67 cents last year
> > (3/$2). In another store, their suet was $1.25 per package vs. $1 last
> > year (more visible seeds / berries).
>
> > 50 lbs of sunflower seeds that cost me $15 two years ago and $22 last
> > fall was $25 yesterday.
>
> > Granted, it's still cheap entertainment, but 14-25% annual inflation?
>
> Suet and sunflower seeds are entertaining to you?

If they are fighting over the affection of a peanut, they can be very
entertaining.

== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 12:00 pm
From: Seerialmom

On Aug 4, 3:25 am, Shawn Hirn <s...@comcast.net> wrote:
> In article <SN3lk.8152$KZ.4...@newsfe03.iad>,
>
> clams_casino <PeterGrif...@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:
> > Bought some suet today for 79 cents that was 67 cents last year
> > (3/$2). In another store, their suet was $1.25 per package vs. $1 last
> > year (more visible seeds / berries).
>
> > 50 lbs of sunflower seeds that cost me $15 two years ago and $22 last
> > fall was $25 yesterday.
>
> > Granted, it's still cheap entertainment, but 14-25% annual inflation?
>
> Suet and sunflower seeds are entertaining to you?

They are when you watch the birds fighting over them....and fail to
notice the cat creeping up on them :p

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TOPIC: To juice or not.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/bb065ec0061ab7cd?hl=en
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== 1 of 9 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 3:47 am
From: clams_casino

Pan wrote:

>
>And the proceeds from the appreciation on your home is tax free ?
>Wait until you sell. The appreciation is not tax free, it is tax
>deferred.
>
>

Once again, we really have no clue, do you?

Still making up "facts".......... No wonder you're for McBush.

bye -

== 2 of 9 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 3:55 am
From: clams_casino

Pan wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:23:46 -0400, clams_casino
><PeterGriffin@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>>With McBush, it's likely we will stay in the same pathetic economy that
>>we've had for the past 6 years - an ever sinking dollar, creeping
>>inflation, more deaths in Iraq, a sagging stock market, etc
>>
>>
>
>Where have you been for the last six years.
>
>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aEURwsrUSQ

== 3 of 9 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 6:17 am
From: CurlyQue

AllEmailDeletedImmediately wrote:
> "CurlyQue" <mamay@gug.com> wrote in message
> news:C9idnTuwpINUCQjVnZ2dnUVZ_tvinZ2d@centurytel.net...
>>
>>
>>
>> The power brokers have us right where they want us....polarized masses
>> weakened and distracted by fighting amongst ourselves while they merrily
>> screw the shit out of all of us
>>
>>
>> United we stand, divided we fall.
>>
>>
>> Curly
>
> and how can we all get united when we're divided up with hyphens?
>
>

I don't get it. What do you mean?

Curly

== 4 of 9 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 8:59 am
From: T

In article <avjc94du1k79gn7fj9f94ra1pgs48n3ti1@4ax.com>,
ohco@hotmail.com says...
> On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:13:45 -0400, clams_casino
> <PeterGriffin@DrunkinClam.com> wrote:
>
>
> >>You mean that You did better under the higher taxes?
> >
> >Unless you are in the top 1% (<$250k/ yr), it's highly unlikely you are
> >better off today vs. 10 years ago.
>
> I'm hardly in the top 1% and yes I am better off.
> My stocks made money up until this year. And the market will recover.

Wow, you're pretty optimistic.

The economy as a whole is screwed. If you hadn't noticed the
unemployment rate is being reported as 5.7% or so which in reality
translates to 2 to 3 times that number since that particular statistic
only records NEW filings.

Then of course there are the energy prices. Unless you've been hiding
under a rock, you can't have missed that your electric rates probably
went up by about 20% and gasoline and oil have gone stratospheric.

Energy costs impact food costs.

Communities are crumbling because of the mortgage crisis.

And people still believe we're just heading into a recession. I have
news for you, we're heading into a depression but nobody wants to say it
because of the panic it would cause. We've now seen 8 bank failures in
the last two weeks which is interesting in itself. I predict that BofA
will be the first big bank to fail.

== 5 of 9 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 9:20 am
From: tmclone@searchmachine.com

On Aug 2, 1:35 pm, Pan <o...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:24:06 -0700 (PDT), tmcl...@searchmachine.com
> wrote:
>
> >Funny, I'm a college-educated business owner, and my personal economy
> >is
> >ALWAYS better when a democrat is in the Oval Office. I cried the day
> >Clinton
> >left and Shrub mentioned the word "recession" in his inaugural
> >address.
> >Self-fulfilling prophecy, anyone? Crippling national debt, anyone? The
> >sooner we throw out the big-gubmint, tax-spend village idiot in
> >Washington,
> >the better off we'll all be.
>
> You mean that You did better under the higher taxes?

Umm, no. I did better under Clinton because while my income was
higher, my
taxes were lower. I have no idea why, but as my income drops, my taxes
go
up. For example, in 2007 I made about $4k less than in 2006, but paid
$1k
more in taxes, with the same deductions. My income is less than half
it was
under Clinton, and yet I pay about the same $ amount in taxes. Under
Clinton
I paid 18% of my income in taxes and now it's closer to 30%. And I
don't
make even close to middle 5 figures anymore. If the economy doesn't
improve
so that my customers have some money to spend, I will have to close my
doors. The Regugnant Party has to go, and the sooner, the better.

== 6 of 9 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 11:45 am
From: max

In article <lamc9411qt0t8ut5vdnm86sf8bhf1l27kl@4ax.com>,
Pan <ohco@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:58:24 -0500, max <betatron@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> >*You* *People* didn't believe for one microsecond that Osama was a
> >threat and you lost forever the moral right to criticize when you first
> >uttered the words "wag the dog".
> >
> >.max
>
> Well Max I don't know who "you people" are but, wag the dog, had
> nothing to do with Osama.

Let me ask the SECDEF to explain

from <http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/23/wag.dog/>

-------
The attack was launched on the same day Lewinsky, a former White House
intern, wrapped up her testimony before a grand jury investigating
whether Clinton lied under oath about their relationship or encouraged
anyone else to do so.

"During that time when the attack was launched in Afghanistan and Sudan,
there was a movie out called 'Wag the Dog,' " Cohen testified Tuesday.
In the movie, an administration launched a fake war as a political ploy.
"There were critics of the Clinton administration that attacked the
president, saying this was an effort on his part to divert attention
from his personal difficulties."
-------

Now go ahead and tell us you didn't use the phrase "wag the dog" in
specific reference to clinton's military ops. We both know you did.

max

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their signatures contact information, and perhaps a joke or quotation.

== 7 of 9 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 1:52 pm
From: clams_casino

tmclone@searchmachine.com wrote:

>On Aug 2, 1:35 pm, Pan <o...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:24:06 -0700 (PDT), tmcl...@searchmachine.com
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Funny, I'm a college-educated business owner, and my personal economy
>>>is
>>>ALWAYS better when a democrat is in the Oval Office. I cried the day
>>>Clinton
>>>left and Shrub mentioned the word "recession" in his inaugural
>>>address.
>>>Self-fulfilling prophecy, anyone? Crippling national debt, anyone? The
>>>sooner we throw out the big-gubmint, tax-spend village idiot in
>>>Washington,
>>>the better off we'll all be.
>>>
>>>
>>You mean that You did better under the higher taxes?
>>
>>
>
>Umm, no. I did better under Clinton because while my income was
>higher, my
>taxes were lower.
>

I'm paying much less tax under Bush - of course my income has dropped
significantly...................

== 8 of 9 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 2:35 pm
From: "Rod Speed"

T <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> wrote
> ohco@hotmail.com wrote
>> clams_casino <PeterGriffin@DrunkinClam.com> wrote

>>>> You mean that You did better under the higher taxes?

>>> Unless you are in the top 1% (<$250k/ yr), it's highly
>>> unlikely you are better off today vs. 10 years ago.

>> I'm hardly in the top 1% and yes I am better off.
>> My stocks made money up until this year. And the market will recover.

> Wow, you're pretty optimistic.

Nope, completely realistic. The market recovered even after great depression.

> The economy as a whole is screwed.

Pig ignorant lie.

> If you hadn't noticed the unemployment rate is being reported as 5.7% or so

Plenty of countrys would kill for that rate.

> which in reality translates to 2 to 3 times that number
> since that particular statistic only records NEW filings.

Pig ignorant lie.
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm

> Then of course there are the energy prices.

We've had higher real energy prices in the 70s and survived them fine.

> Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you can't have missed
> that your electric rates probably went up by about 20%

Hardly the end of civilisation as we know it.

> and gasoline and oil have gone stratospheric.

You wouldnt know what a real straophere was if one bit you on your lard arse.

> Energy costs impact food costs.

They did in the 70s too and we survived that fine.

> Communities are crumbling because of the mortgage crisis.

Another lie. And we had the same claim about the S&L fiasco too and survived that fine.

> And people still believe we're just heading into a recession.
> I have news for you, we're heading into a depression

Easy to claim. Hell of a lot harder to actually substantiate that claim.

And we survived the last one fine, and can survive another one fine too.

It wouldnt even be as hard to survive as the last one was.

> but nobody wants to say it because of the panic it would cause.
> We've now seen 8 bank failures in the last two weeks which is interesting in itself.

And those with deposits in them have had their deposits federally guaranteed.

> I predict that BofA will be the first big bank to fail.

It wont be allowed to fail, you watch.

== 9 of 9 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 2:45 pm
From: "AllEmailDeletedImmediately"

"CurlyQue" <mamay@gug.com> wrote in message
news:pfOdnUja6sLMnArVnZ2dnUVZ_gqdnZ2d@centurytel.net...
> AllEmailDeletedImmediately wrote:
>> "CurlyQue" <mamay@gug.com> wrote in message
>> news:C9idnTuwpINUCQjVnZ2dnUVZ_tvinZ2d@centurytel.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The power brokers have us right where they want us....polarized masses
>>> weakened and distracted by fighting amongst ourselves while they merrily
>>> screw the shit out of all of us
>>> United we stand, divided we fall.
>>> Curly
>>
>> and how can we all get united when we're divided up with hyphens?
> I don't get it. What do you mean?

african-american; mexican-american; polish-amercan; italian-american, etc.
all about turning us in to tribes so we can fight it out.

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TOPIC: Part of frugal living may be spotting the next mess before it blind
sides you.
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 6:57 am
From: James

On Aug 3, 5:07 pm, "AllEmailDeletedImmediately" <der...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> "phil scott" <p...@philscott.net> wrote in message
>
> news:eb9da672-d3b9-4af3-bfb6-8948aa2ac862@b38g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> snip
>
> > End result, due to unpayable govt and private debt...these
> > international cartels end up owning the property... that is despite
> > the fact that local banks do not want to own property. they want to
> > earn interest in the mortgages.
>
> end result will be the amero currency uniting us, candada, and mexico coming
> our way.

Why would Canada want to join US currency? We never had the easy
credit that is causing so much pain. Perhaps we didn't have the same
standard of living because of it, but we won't fall as far either.
Some of our banks had investements in US notes and lost billions, but
they will recover.

There might have been a convincing argument a few years back when
Canadian currency seemed undervalued. Not so much now.

James

== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 4:14 pm
From: Gordon

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in
news:6fn7jfFc818sU1@mid.individual.net:

> Gordon <gonzo@alltomyself.com> wrote
>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>
>>> Hell of a lot easier said than done tho.
>
>>> I dont recall anyone predicting the sub prime fiasco before it
>>> happened.
>
>> You weren't listening to the right voices.
>
> Wrong.

If a tree falls in the forest...

>
>> I heard plenty of people predicting the fiasco.
>
> Bet you cant actually provide even a single cite on that.

Do your own damn research.

>
>> But no body was listening to them.
>
> There wasnt anyone predicting it to listen to.

Again, do your own damn research. Just because
_You_ didn't hear them, doesn't mean they were not there.
OTOH: Just because you hear them doesn't mean they
are there either.

>
>> Or worst, they were being called all kinds of bad names
>> by the people who were making all the sub prime loans.
>
> Another lie.

Prove it!

>
>

== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 4:18 pm
From: "AllEmailDeletedImmediately"

"Gordon" <gonzo@alltomyself.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9AF0A536138D3greederxprtnet@194.177.96.26...
> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:6fn7jfFc818sU1@mid.individual.net:
>
>> Gordon <gonzo@alltomyself.com> wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>
>>>> Hell of a lot easier said than done tho.
>>
>>>> I dont recall anyone predicting the sub prime fiasco before it
>>>> happened.
>>
>>> You weren't listening to the right voices.
>>
>> Wrong.
>
> If a tree falls in the forest...
>
>>
>>> I heard plenty of people predicting the fiasco.
>>
>> Bet you cant actually provide even a single cite on that.
>
> Do your own damn research.
>
>>
>>> But no body was listening to them.
>>
>> There wasnt anyone predicting it to listen to.
>
> Again, do your own damn research. Just because
> _You_ didn't hear them, doesn't mean they were not there.
> OTOH: Just because you hear them doesn't mean they
> are there either.
>
>>
>>> Or worst, they were being called all kinds of bad names
>>> by the people who were making all the sub prime loans.
>>
>> Another lie.
>
> Prove it!

three little words: no doc loan. as soon as i became aware of that, i knew
what would happen. and gordon, STOP FEEDING THE ROD SPEED TROLL. PLONK
HIM!!!!!

== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 4:31 pm
From: "Rod Speed"

Gordon <gonzo@alltomyself.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> Gordon <gonzo@alltomyself.com> wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

>>>> Hell of a lot easier said than done tho.

>>>> I dont recall anyone predicting the sub prime fiasco before it happened.

>>> You weren't listening to the right voices.

>> Wrong.

> If a tree falls in the forest...

Never ever could bullshit its way out of a wet paper bag.

>>> I heard plenty of people predicting the fiasco.

>> Bet you cant actually provide even a single cite on that.

> Do your own damn research.

YOU made that claim.

YOU get to do the citing.

THATS how it works.

>>> But no body was listening to them.

>> There wasnt anyone predicting it to listen to.

> Again, do your own damn research.

YOU made that claim.

YOU get to do the citing.

THATS how it works.

> Just because _You_ didn't hear them, doesn't mean they were not there.

Just because you claim they are there doesnt make it gospel.

> OTOH: Just because you hear them doesn't mean they are there either.

Just because you claim they are there doesnt make it gospel.

>>> Or worst, they were being called all kinds of bad names
>>> by the people who were making all the sub prime loans.

>> Another lie.

> Prove it!

YOU made that claim.

YOU get to do the citing.

THATS how it works.

== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 4:47 pm
From: clams_casino

Gordon wrote:

>
>
>
>>>But no body was listening to them.
>>>
>>>
>>There wasnt anyone predicting it to listen to.
>>
>>
>
>Again, do your own damn research.
>

I'm quite sure Rod hears a lot of voices. Sorting them out is the problem.

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TOPIC: Availability of rfpFAQ
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 9:26 am
From: SCUBApix

The rec.food.preserving FAQ is available at http://rfpfaq.jaclu.com/rfpFAQ.htm.
There have been no changes since the last announcement. See the
difference file for details. We are now at Version 4.2.11 (last
updated 8/5/07).

A detailed, chronological ordering of changes to the FAQ can be found
at http://rfpfaq.jaclu.com/differences.htm .

This is the monthly posting of the availablility of the FAQ.

You may also download a single text file of the FAQ. Just start at
the
above place (rfpFAQ.htm) and you will see a link for download where
it
talks about the 'differences' file. The new text file opens in your
browser and then you just click 'file' and 'save as' and you should
have it.

Let me know if there are any difficulties

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TOPIC: Wedding Champagne
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 9:52 am
From: rzt8lias <420scirqg50sjaaih833@gmail.com>

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TOPIC: OIL DROP BRINGS NO RELIEF TO THE PUMP
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 11:21 am
From: "Eddie Haskell"

"Tim Campbell" <timcall@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:b907ea72-6b64-4c84-a95e-a1967797b5d7@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> OIL DROP BRINGS NO RELIEF TO THE PUMP

Lies.

Area gas prices still giving up gains
Bizjournals.com, NC - 1 hour ago
Area gasoline prices dropped again over the weekend and could fall as low as
an average of $3.75 per gallon by the Labor Day holiday weekend if crude oil
...

Metro gas prices continue to slide
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - Aug 2, 2008
By STAFF REPORT Saturday morning's metro area average was $3.86 for regular
unleaded, according to AAA's gas station survey - down 24 cents a gallon
from ...

Prices at the pump still falling
Bizjournals.com, NC - Aug 1, 2008
The average price for gas in New Mexico fell 12 cents during the past week,
from $3.99 per gallon of unleaded fuel to $3.87, according to AAA New
Mexico's ...

Gasoline prices fall for second consecutive week
Bizjournals.com, NC - Aug 1, 2008
Gasoline prices in Texas fell this week for the second week in a row,
according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. Drivers in Austin are now
paying an ...

AAA Texas: State Gasoline Prices Continue Rapid Downward Trend
MarketWatch - Jul 31, 2008

IRVING, TX, Aug 01, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- For the second week in
a row, gasoline prices at the pump fell significantly in Texas, keeping in
line ...

Gasoline Drops Below $3.90 a Gallon
Consumer Affairs - Aug 1, 2008

By Joe Benton The national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline
dropped to $3.89, marking 15 consecutive days of declines. ...
Gas prices fall in Texas

El Paso Times, TX - Aug 1, 2008
AP IRVING, Texas - Gas prices in Texas have fallen for the second week in a
row, reflecting the recent fall in wholesale crude prices. ...

-Eddie Haskell

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 4:52 pm
From: Starkiller

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:21:53 -0500, "Eddie Haskell" <hheh@rrat.com>
wrote:

>
>"Tim Campbell" <timcall@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>news:b907ea72-6b64-4c84-a95e-a1967797b5d7@56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
>> OIL DROP BRINGS NO RELIEF TO THE PUMP
>
>Lies.
>
>Area gas prices still giving up gains
>Bizjournals.com, NC - 1 hour ago
>Area gasoline prices dropped again over the weekend and could fall as low as
>an average of $3.75 per gallon by the Labor Day holiday weekend if crude oil
>...
>
>Metro gas prices continue to slide
>Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - Aug 2, 2008
>By STAFF REPORT Saturday morning's metro area average was $3.86 for regular
>unleaded, according to AAA's gas station survey - down 24 cents a gallon
>from ...
>
>Prices at the pump still falling
>Bizjournals.com, NC - Aug 1, 2008
>The average price for gas in New Mexico fell 12 cents during the past week,
>from $3.99 per gallon of unleaded fuel to $3.87, according to AAA New
>Mexico's ...
>
>Gasoline prices fall for second consecutive week
>Bizjournals.com, NC - Aug 1, 2008
>Gasoline prices in Texas fell this week for the second week in a row,
>according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. Drivers in Austin are now
>paying an ...
>
>AAA Texas: State Gasoline Prices Continue Rapid Downward Trend
>MarketWatch - Jul 31, 2008
>
>IRVING, TX, Aug 01, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- For the second week in
>a row, gasoline prices at the pump fell significantly in Texas, keeping in
>line ...
>
>Gasoline Drops Below $3.90 a Gallon
>Consumer Affairs - Aug 1, 2008
>
>By Joe Benton The national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline
>dropped to $3.89, marking 15 consecutive days of declines. ...
>Gas prices fall in Texas
>
>El Paso Times, TX - Aug 1, 2008
>AP IRVING, Texas - Gas prices in Texas have fallen for the second week in a
>row, reflecting the recent fall in wholesale crude prices. ...
>
>-Eddie Haskell
>
Dropped another couple cents here today.
Regular BP now at $3.58 a gallon near my house.
Up the road 10 miles it's $3.53 at Murphy USA.
http://www.memphisgasprices.com/

http://www.gasbuddy.com/

'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is
big enough to take away everything you have.'

"You cannot enrich the poor by impoverishing the rich."

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TOPIC: Reviving dried-out typewriter ribbon
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/89180a8ec5f21724?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 4:45 pm
From: Jack Ricci

I have a Royal portable typewriter with an installed black ribbon and a
spare ribbon. Both ribbons have totally dried out in spite of being
packed in a plastic bag. Is there a way to bring life back to them,
especially the new one, as they cost nearly 10 dollars for the plain
black ribbon? WD40? Stamp pad ink? Rubbing alcohol? Water? Anyone has
any idea for me? I would like to be able to bring the typewriter back to
life, in case of an emergency where electricity would not be available.
Thank you for any help.

Jack

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 4 2008 4:56 pm
From: "Rod Speed"

Jack Ricci <jritch53@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have a Royal portable typewriter with an installed black ribbon and
> a spare ribbon. Both ribbons have totally dried out in spite of being
> packed in a plastic bag. Is there a way to bring life back to them,
> especially the new one, as they cost nearly 10 dollars for the plain
> black ribbon? WD40? Stamp pad ink? Rubbing alcohol? Water?
> Anyone has any idea for me?

Chuck the typewriter in the dumpster and get a printer for the PC for peanuts.

> I would like to be able to bring the typewriter back to life,
> in case of an emergency where electricity would not be available.

Just get a portable printer for the laptop.

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