welcome,  be glad to hear your opinions 

[quote user="Pat"]I've actually daydreamed about that. Next time you get bored, try it.[/quote]Pat, in my biggest daydreams ,  I wouldn't survive. [at least, very long]

[quote user="Pat"]We don't know how to cut costs, how to live with a little less, how to make do. We only pretend to know[/quote]That put a picture in my head with us all using our computers, talking about clotheslines, canning, etc.   Take us and drop us in a hut, no running water,  one change of clothes, few grains ...

I know this is fantasy------but wouldnt it be nice if the food stamps were measured out according to your family members with so much for dairy, so much for produce, etc.  With all the computerized systems, you would think this would be possible.  Of course, then the public would have to be educated to what was what,  which ...

I had one of these about 30 yrs ago.  Haven't seen one since.  I loaned it to my sil and she loaned it to her sil and it came back to me with the brush attachments stripped.  Didn't evenhave enough respect  to tell me .  I couldnt find replacement , so had to buy another shampooer.  

[quote user="mamasjob"]guess these people never sat down with their spouse/SO and talked about "what if." [/quote] Sometimes, people just do not want to face up to the "what if" .   They either don't know how to even start or too ashamed to try.  They go into denial and try to keep on trying to ...

no,  it doesnt affect me as we both have our own source and have been that way for years.  I spend my way and he spends his way.  Better that way for us.

For the last 5 years that I was working,  I had a Nokia Trac Phone for the very purpose that you were talking about.  You can get the phone for about $10.  You buy a phone card that was 24.99 about 6 mts ago.  It lasts about 3 months.  Then when your time is gone, you just renew by getting another card or going online ...

up .15 cents here.  2.75 as of yest.  havent been out today.

i dont know how i would cook without my pressure cooker.  i have used one for years.  the newer cookers are not as sturdy as the old ones, but i dont have any problem.  i cooked a roast yest. and it took 25 minutes and otherwise if i didnt have cooker , it would have been a couple hours.   Just make sure you read ...