Sunday, March 29, 2020

Digest for misc.consumers.frugal-living@googlegroups.com - 6 updates in 3 topics

Beaver_Fever@live.com: Mar 29 04:06PM -0700

Things have taken a turn for the worse here. I am barely hanging on.
ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Mar 29 04:46PM -0700


> Things have taken a turn for the worse here. I am barely hanging on.
 
Why are you just barely hanging on? No food, water, no place to sleep,
no liquor?
Beaver_Fever@live.com: Mar 29 05:42PM -0700

On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 4:46:57 PM UTC-7, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote:
 
> > Things have taken a turn for the worse here. I am barely hanging on.
 
> Why are you just barely hanging on? No food, water, no place to sleep,
> no liquor?
 
Being cooped up with my roommate much longer and I am going to flip the fuck out.
 
Also after 5 years of frenetic activity and too busy to even think, I forgot what it was like to dwell on things.
Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com>: Mar 30 01:49AM +0200

In the last year or so in the Midwest we had a new brand of Hot Dog
come our way. The brand was Bar S Classic Franks. In the beginning the
12 oz. package cost a $1.25. It was a pretty good frank as 'chicken'
franks go. However, after being on the market for some months, we
started noticing that they followed the rest of the industry and began
filling their franks with water. One had to drain the water out of the
package after opening. That was bad enough, but the last batch I
bought about a week ago seemed even stranger. The hot dog when held at
one end would hang downwards like a limp dick. I also noticed it
didn't take much chewing. I checked the package. Guess what? Pink
Slime (Mechanically Separated meat). They had turned the product into
junk. Also, instead of each having 8 grams of protein as they did in
the beginning, the protein content is now 3 grams.
 
rbowman <bowman@montana.com>: Mar 28 10:37AM -0600

On 03/28/2020 10:18 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
 
> Bernie's secret money-orchard, of course. They tried to delay the
> harvest for a few days to allow more ripening, but careful picking will
> allow the not-yet-fully-ripe money to be picked later on.
 
Based on the published criteria I'll be lucky to get $10. That isn't a
problem particularly if it turns out like the last giveaway -- an
advance on your tax refund.
rbowman <bowman@montana.com>: Mar 29 12:06PM -0600

On 03/28/2020 12:31 PM, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote:
 
> I've already gotten my tax refund, it went to pay 8 car notes. If and when
> I get this stimulus check it will be used to pay the home owners insurance
> premium. There will be a little left over to squirrel away.
 
Next year's refund. That's how it worked with one of the giveaways,
Bush's iirc. I don't know how it works this time around.
 
It's ironic. When Yang was pushing his $1000 UBI it was an off the wall
proposal by a dirty commie rat. Two months later...
 
I'm more concerned that what should be short term interest free loans to
businesses to cover current expenses turns into a complete giveaway.
Even that needs finer granularity. Mom's Diner is never going to make up
for being down for a month or more. Something like refrigerator sales,
for example, will take a temporary hit, but ultimately the product will
be purchased in the future.
 
Unfortunately, the lauded transition to a service economy means more
businesses will be in the first category. In one of those weird thoughts
that enter your mind in the middle of the night I wondered if barber
shops are an essential service. Will shaggy become fashionable? This
isn't a personal concern, having not been in one in decades. Nail
parlors? Now there is a non-essential industry in mnsho.
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