Thursday, August 25, 2016

Digest for misc.consumers.frugal-living@googlegroups.com - 14 updates in 2 topics

hchickpea@hotmail.com: Aug 24 09:41PM -0500

I have to say that the mix of people who made up this group from 1995 on, for
close to a decade, made for the brightest and most free group I have ever run
across. I'm on forums, and recently poked my head into facebook again, and they
simply are not the same. The range of topics gets limited, and more adventurous
posters either abandon quickly or get kicked out. Other forums are less forums
than filtered sounding boards for the viewpoints of some rigid moderators.
 
If the group could somehow make it into a forum type setting where cancelbots
and trolls were excluded, I would love it. I recognize though that it is
unlikely.
 
 
A toast to absent friends.
The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Aug 24 08:49PM -0700


> If the group could somehow make it into a forum type setting where cancelbots
> and trolls were excluded, I would love it. I recognize though that it is
> unlikely.
 
Having participated in starting a moderated newsgroup (and moderating it
for a while) I can heartily NOT recommend either the process or the
result. The moderation software is NOT user-friendly, and ultimately
something stopped working such that even the truly-computer-savvy people
involvedcouldn't get it working again. Even before that, there was very
little traffic. Apparently it was more fun to carry on the squabble
that started in 1999 than to get back to the way the group was back in
the dark ages when everybody was decent and helpful.
 
RS seems to have moved elsewhere, operates similarly, and is just as
annoying.
 
> A toast to absent friends.
 
Too many. Perhaps they're still subscribed, but don't bother looking
unless there are posts. A possible solution suggests itself...
 
ObFrugal -- Costco seems to be the most economical place to go for
glasses/contacts. Certainly better than any of the chain optometrists.
Can anyone suggest a better option?
 
--
Cheers, Bev
"No matter how cynical I get, it's just never enough to keep up."
--Lily Tomlin
hchickpea@hotmail.com: Aug 25 01:11AM -0500


>ObFrugal -- Costco seems to be the most economical place to go for
>glasses/contacts. Certainly better than any of the chain optometrists.
> Can anyone suggest a better option?
 
 
An ObFrugal! As Obi wan said, "I have not heard that name..."
 
I need to get some Stetson frames. I've come to realize that the larger lens
size is much more what I am comfortable with. Do they have those? Although...
I now have a detached vitreous humor in one eye, and the eye doctor I used who
has her practice at Walmart guided me through at no charge, with repeated visits
to make sure the retina was ok. She is simply dedicated and when a regular
customer has an issue and she knows the insurance company is going to be a
problem, she works on her terms. No way will I walk away from that.
 
Now if I could only find some bell-bottoms. :-) (An aside - a friend who loved
his embroidered peasant shirt from the late '60s, early 70s has decided to
attempt to make his own replacement from scratch. He just made a couple of
outstanding quilts, and I expect him to be successful in the making. He may or
may not decide to wear the resultant product, that is up to him.
 
If the group gets traffic, I fully expect the return of the sith.
The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Aug 25 12:07AM -0700

>>glasses/contacts. Certainly better than any of the chain optometrists.
>> Can anyone suggest a better option?
 
> An ObFrugal! As Obi wan said, "I have not heard that name..."
 
Sure you have!
 
> I need to get some Stetson frames. I've come to realize that the larger lens
> size is much more what I am comfortable with. Do they have those?
 
Not a clue. Maybe Zenni or Goggles4U have them, although they seem to
carry only styles that are fairly current.
 
> to make sure the retina was ok. She is simply dedicated and when a regular
> customer has an issue and she knows the insurance company is going to be a
> problem, she works on her terms. No way will I walk away from that.
 
I think that can be fixed -- eye surgery is amazing, but I don't want to
think about the details.
 
I'm considering getting my nose reamed out so I can actually use it for
breathing. Anybody here had it done?
 
> Now if I could only find some bell-bottoms. :-)
 
Every once in a while Old Navy has them -- for women, at least. Would
those work?
 
> attempt to make his own replacement from scratch. He just made a couple of
> outstanding quilts, and I expect him to be successful in the making. He may or
> may not decide to wear the resultant product, that is up to him.
 
Well, Hallowe'en is just around the corner.
 
> If the group gets traffic, I fully expect the return of the sith.
 
So I'm the only one who thinks those movies, along with Harry Potter,
are boring?
 
--
Cheers, Bev
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the
American Public." -- H.L. Mencken
root <NoEMail@home.org>: Aug 25 04:40PM

> and trolls were excluded, I would love it. I recognize though that it is
> unlikely.
 
> A toast to absent friends.
 
I am afraid that many of those absent have died.
 
If I remember correctly, Harry, you stopped active participation because
of RS. I know that kill filing isn't the whole solution. Isn't there
some way that we can all agree to just ignore his ilk?
Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>: Aug 25 01:35PM -0400

Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>: Aug 25 01:39PM -0400

Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>: Aug 25 01:40PM -0400

Dennis <dgw80@hotmail.com>: Aug 25 01:38PM -0700

On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:07:21 -0700, The Real Bev
 
>I'm considering getting my nose reamed out so I can actually use it for
>breathing. Anybody here had it done?
 
I had a nasal polyp that was blocking a sinus from draining removed
earlier this year. Seems to have done the trick, as the sinus
infection that I had been fighting on-and-off for two years prior has
not returned since. Not much fun for a few days after, but it was
pretty much healed in about two weeks. Performed out-patient by an ENT
Dr. at a local surgery center, under general anesthesia. IMHO, steep
charges for a 30-minute outpatient procedure - the bills (insurance
copays and deductibles) are still trickling in 5 months later - close
to $2K out-of-pocket so far. But worth it, I suppose.
 
Dennis (evil)
--
I'm a hands-on, footloose, knee-jerk head case. -George Carlin
Beaver_Fever@live.com: Aug 25 02:10PM -0700

On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 1:38:25 PM UTC-7, Dennis wrote:
 
> Dennis (evil)
> --
> I'm a hands-on, footloose, knee-jerk head case. -George Carlin
 
I had somehow miraculously snapped out of my near lifelong nasal spray addiction last year after a nasty bout of summertime flu. Then my roommate got another cat and it came raging back.
Beaver_Fever@live.com: Aug 25 02:12PM -0700

> and trolls were excluded, I would love it. I recognize though that it is
> unlikely.
 
> A toast to absent friends.
 
I get really depressed when I think of how awesome and fresh the internet was from 1998-2001-ish.
 
alt.support.shyness is COMPLETELY dead and alt.true-crime are almost dead.
 
Facebook - it's nice to know I have so many friends but it's also very shallow, like if I wanted to find someone to hang out with outside of local music events or something. And I have so many people hidden but it just keeps getting worse.
gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston): Aug 25 08:22PM -0500

In article <v3msrbptouhkg49hgpueevaqv73tuonitu@4ax.com>,
>and trolls were excluded, I would love it. I recognize though that it is
>unlikely.
 
>A toast to absent friends.
 
Far too many. Cheers!
 
ObFrugal: I paid off my second house last month and am now debt free.
 
Gary
gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston): Aug 25 08:36PM -0500

In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1608251335530.19944@darkstar.example.org>,
>On Thu, 25 Aug 2016, The Real Bev wrote:
 
[ ... ]
 
>good compared to new pants, though there was a sturdiness in the surplus
>pants. EIther supply has shrunk, or demand gone up, though I don't see
>people wearing it these days so I can't imagine the latter.
 
[ ... ]
 
The supply was cut off. Those helpful congress critters passed a law
prohibiting the sale of used military clothing. I have no idea what is
done with it.
 
The local surplus place has some ex-mil items from European sources;
I've seen Swiss and Italian items there.
 
Gary
Derald <derald@invalid.net>: Aug 25 10:56AM -0400

+1
--
Derald
 
"...the only traits that are passed down in your family are perversity,
ego-centrism, laziness and sociopathic tendencies."
--Lynn Barton, Filedheacht Music School, East Bridgewater, MA 2016
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