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re: Frugal-useful gift ideas

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re: Please stop asking me if I've found a job yet.

garne2t — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:06:26 GMT

Does it bother you when people ask you "How are you" every time they see you? After all, shouldn't they know you're just fine? Why do they just keep asking over and over again? Of course, I'm being a tad facetious.

When a job search is one of the most important things going on in your life, your friends and family are going to be very interested. The day they stop being concerned is the day you should start getting upset. How about simply understanding their interest in your life and answering their question? Yes, every time they ask. As LAM said so eloquently, count your blessings and encourage everyone who asks about your job search to spread the word that you're looking for a job. Turn each interaction about your job search into an opportunity to further your job search.

I suspect that a bit of denial might be the issue and you may not be working as hard as you could at your job search effort. If you were searching as hard as you can, you should be confident in knowing that's all you can do. When the reaction to the question about your job search is immediately to avoid discussing it, it points to sweeping the issue under the rug and not giving all the focus it deserves.

Just tell your friends you've been working hard and still no results. Vent your frustrations at your lack of success with them. Not at them. That might help you feel better rather than taking our your frustrations on those who care most about you.

Then ask them, anything you can do to help me?

re: Do you care about being tracked?

catsears — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:26:25 GMT

Hi Anne, yep, with ya all the way! I hate husband even telling mother-in-law anything we're doing (and she's nosy too).

dont know if it's really "private" but I got Logitech's keyboard and mouse - the one that the keyboard is secure, where no one can track your keystrokes. that too, is a big thing - companies/hackers/whomever will track keystrokes on the keyboards and then have access to everything - passwords, user ids, etc.

might be one answer. if you come up with more, let me know -

catsears

re: Using up food

joie de vivre — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:24:38 GMT

I have found that we eat some foods mostly in the winter, and others in the summer, so I do a spring clear-out to finish the last of the dry beans, rolled oats, bread-making flour, and other winter staples which I generally buy at the bulk store. The bulk store lets us scoop out any amount, so you can buy just a tiny amount of spices, if that's all you need. There's also minimal advertising and brands at the bulk store (referring to your blog post about advertising); just generic raisins, rice, etc. I have had the same experience as you, with weird ingredients, and now I try not to do any impulse buying unless it's a few tablespoons of spice or new variety of loose tea, 25 cents worth at the bulk store.

In spring, summer, and fall, we enjoy the fresh local foods (including some that we grow) and the fridge is stuffed with seasonal produce. It's easier not to waste it, when we've had very few fresh tomatoes, watermelon, plums, etc. all winter. It seems like a huge treat to have them now.

When fall comes again, there will be baked potatoes: mmm, haven't had them since last winter!

re: Imaginary trip back in time, grocery version

haverwench — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:04:11 GMT

True, but wasn't the advertising less likely to be on store shelves and more likely to be in newspapers and magazines? There was, of course, no radio, no television, and no Internet--so there are at any rate several channels through which advertising reaches people today that weren't around then. So pervasive as the ads may have been, I don't see how they could be quite as omnipresent as they are today.

re: Imaginary trip back in time, grocery version

Cheryl — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:23:44 GMT

My guess is the authors of your novels didn't feel mentioning the advertising was organic to the plot. I've read modern novels that mention making purchases without mentioning advertising encountered. As a source of what it was like in bygone days, I'm afraid that's an inaccurate source. There absolutely were adverts, and consumers were often bombarded with them which caused some states to draft advertising laws as early (to my knowledge) as the 1860s. The usual falsehoods were claims that purchasing would save the family business and the family from financial ruin, even when they were in the black, and the most common was a promise of improved health, ailments cured, and even hair tonics that promised to remove gray hair, if only it would be used long enough. The history of advertising is an interesting topic to read about... in the non-fiction section. :)

re: On being different

Wyogirl — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:47:49 GMT

I fine the older I get the more likely I am to follow my own path. I find that I am defintely different, but don't really care. I am happy with who I am and where I am in my life. With age has come the reality that I can't be who I am not.

re: Material rewards for thrift?

kjathena — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:56:42 GMT

I dont think there is anything wrong with rewarding yourself with a WANT every now and then after you have saved for it...if you dont you start feeling deprived (or at least I do) maybe you can cut the cost by searching craigslist or ebay to find a gently used one at 25-50% off

re: On being different

Pat — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:53:50 GMT

I understand that very well. I have been different all my life, but still am surprised now and then to see just how different others think I am. Just being frugal is different, but I think (hope) the ranks are growing.