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Squeaking by Retirement
This is a group for those of us that find ourselves reaching retirement without buckets of cash for high living and limited or non-existant medical coverage. Many of us may have been self employed much of our lives. Most of us will have lived pretty frugally just to get here...and when we spend money, it is for what we know we want. But we have fun and manage to have a good life, too!
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The three word game 1.0
found this on another site...looked interesting...All you do is add a reply of three words. It goes on and on and gets pretty dang funny.
For instance I might type something like:
All I did...And the next person continues it with three words.....and so forth.
So jump in and here goes......
All I did
For instance I might type something like:
All I did...And the next person continues it with three words.....and so forth.
So jump in and here goes......
All I did
How to watch free TV
At my house, basic digital cable TV cost over $69 per month (plus taxes) and we watch maybe 10 of the 150 channels that they provide to us, meaning that we pay for many channels that we have no interest in. While the price of just about everything headed skyward, paid cable and satellite TV is sometimes one of the first things to go from someone’s budget - there are a lot of people who have taken the big step of getting rid of paid TV in their house and reverting back to antennas or no TV at all.
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Welcome New Members
I see we have been steadily growing here. Maybe the new members could post a little about youself (if you haven't already) and let us know what is your challenge for Squeaking right now.
Save Your Clothes
From Dollar Stretcher...
"I learned years ago quite by accident just how much dryers
wear out clothing. The boss's wife came into the office
wearing the same outfit I had on that day. Her outfit was
badly faded and mine still looked great. I drip-dried mine on the shower rod. She dried her outfit in the clothes dryer. Her outfit looked years older. We bought them at the same store around the same time.
If you need to use the dryer, be sure to add a small, clean,
dry towel to your load. I have one of those cheaper small bath towels set aside for just this purpose. This saves a lot of drying time. Before I started using this method, I had to put extra money in our apartment house dryers in order for my cotton socks and undies to get completely dry. Now I save that extra 75 cents a load and have saved a lot of money with this method."
Boy - I never heard of the towel thing. Did you?
"I learned years ago quite by accident just how much dryers
wear out clothing. The boss's wife came into the office
wearing the same outfit I had on that day. Her outfit was
badly faded and mine still looked great. I drip-dried mine on the shower rod. She dried her outfit in the clothes dryer. Her outfit looked years older. We bought them at the same store around the same time.
If you need to use the dryer, be sure to add a small, clean,
dry towel to your load. I have one of those cheaper small bath towels set aside for just this purpose. This saves a lot of drying time. Before I started using this method, I had to put extra money in our apartment house dryers in order for my cotton socks and undies to get completely dry. Now I save that extra 75 cents a load and have saved a lot of money with this method."
Boy - I never heard of the towel thing. Did you?
80 How-To Sites Worth Bookmarking
Here is a site with great resources...I have bookmarked several...actually, added them to my RSS feeder...so i will get new info as it is updated
don't let the tag 'hack' make you shy away...the original hackers, now considered white hat hackers, are good guys...other terms would be kit-bashers, hot-rodders, customizers, jerry-riggers...these people take less and make more...improve, create
these are great references with many areas of interest
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go get um'
steve
(I yell because I care)
don't let the tag 'hack' make you shy away...the original hackers, now considered white hat hackers, are good guys...other terms would be kit-bashers, hot-rodders, customizers, jerry-riggers...these people take less and make more...improve, create
these are great references with many areas of interest
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go get um'
steve
(I yell because I care)
Joke du jour
If I offend anyone - I apologize in advance...it is not a true story.
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A nun, badly needing to use the restroom, walked into a local Hooters. The place was hopping with music and loud conversation and every once in a while 'the lights would turn off.'
Each time the lights would go out, the place would erupt into cheers. However, when the revelers saw the nun, the room went dead silent.
She walked up to the bartender, and asked, 'May I please use the restroom? The bartender replied, 'OK, but I should warn you that there is a statue of a naked man in there wearing only a fig leaf.'
'Well, in that case, I'll just look the other way,' said the nun.
So the bartender showed the nun to the back of the restaurant.
After a few minutes, she came back out , and the whole place stopped just long enough to give the nun a loud round of applause! She went to the bartender and said,
'Sir, I don't understand. Why did they applaud for me just because I went to the restroom?' 'Well, now they know you're one of us,' said the bartender, 'Would you like a drink?'
'No thank you, but, I still don't understand,' said the puzzled nun.
'You see,' laughed the bartender, 'every time someone lifts the fig leaf on that statue, the lights go out.
Now, how about that drink?
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A nun, badly needing to use the restroom, walked into a local Hooters. The place was hopping with music and loud conversation and every once in a while 'the lights would turn off.'
Each time the lights would go out, the place would erupt into cheers. However, when the revelers saw the nun, the room went dead silent.
She walked up to the bartender, and asked, 'May I please use the restroom? The bartender replied, 'OK, but I should warn you that there is a statue of a naked man in there wearing only a fig leaf.'
'Well, in that case, I'll just look the other way,' said the nun.
So the bartender showed the nun to the back of the restaurant.
After a few minutes, she came back out , and the whole place stopped just long enough to give the nun a loud round of applause! She went to the bartender and said,
'Sir, I don't understand. Why did they applaud for me just because I went to the restroom?' 'Well, now they know you're one of us,' said the bartender, 'Would you like a drink?'
'No thank you, but, I still don't understand,' said the puzzled nun.
'You see,' laughed the bartender, 'every time someone lifts the fig leaf on that statue, the lights go out.
Now, how about that drink?
GROW BAGS: Urban Gardening hits London
interesting concept
from the article:
- The re-branded London Festival of Architecture is now in its second week of it's calendar of over 600 events. The Grow Bags: Urban Allotments installation, produced by What If Projects, showcases a 'formerly inaccessible and run-down plot of housing estate land transformed into a beautiful oasis of green. Seventy 1/2 tonne bags of soil have been arranged to become a space for growing food, socializing, picnics and BBQs.'
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steve
(I get plenty of exercise...jumping to conclusions, pushing my luck, dodging deadlines)
from the article:
- The re-branded London Festival of Architecture is now in its second week of it's calendar of over 600 events. The Grow Bags: Urban Allotments installation, produced by What If Projects, showcases a 'formerly inaccessible and run-down plot of housing estate land transformed into a beautiful oasis of green. Seventy 1/2 tonne bags of soil have been arranged to become a space for growing food, socializing, picnics and BBQs.'
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steve
(I get plenty of exercise...jumping to conclusions, pushing my luck, dodging deadlines)
We are Squeakers
Welcome to all the new members and I just thought I would acknowledge that we are at 300 now. I think it may be time for another contest...what do you think?
Sflattem and hippiemama - are we up for it? I know Steve is moving so we can't have it be complicated like the last one.
I have a couple ideas...
Sflattem and hippiemama - are we up for it? I know Steve is moving so we can't have it be complicated like the last one.
I have a couple ideas...
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My newphew owns an ISP service and sent this to me...or all you techno-rats
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