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Quote: Originally Posted by cschin4 Me too. I no longer buy stuff just for the sake of buying something. Gag gifts are a waste and nobody needs another candle, chia pet or any of that. So, I only buy for my kids and that's it. If people don't like it, too bad. I am just not going to participate in that nonsense of buying useless junk. I agree. We also stopped mailing holiday cards several years ago. I know some people like them, but...

So if the economy needs me, I'm very sorry but I won't be helping much at all. Me too. I no longer buy stuff just for the sake of buying something. Gag gifts are a waste and nobody needs another candle, chia pet or any of that. So, I only buy for my kids and that's it. If people don't like it, too bad. I am just not going to participate in that nonsense of buying useless junk.

Scanner: Your thoughts aren't neccesarily sociolistic. This mother is going with a system that rewards bad behavior. I guarantee that she knows many other single mothers that feed off the system. Why serve food when you can just get a free check sent every month. Believe me, this ain't an original concept. She can't imagine actually going out and doing gruelling physical labor and why even seek work when you can bitch and...

Quote: Originally Posted by disneysteve Actually, I think you are young and your financial situation is quite good and this might be an opportunity you would later regret passing up. Sure, it is great to be 41 with a paid off home and lots of money in the bank, but unless your goal is to retire very early (which is sounds like it is not), I wouldn't see a problem with you doing this. Personally, I'd sell the existing home assuming...

Gardener here. I would use seed money to grow butternut squash (a pumpkin-like winter squash). One hill of vines can yield about 21 pounds of squash. It takes six seeds for me to plant one hill. By planting seed from a fresh store bought squash, I can get 60 seeds (scooped out before cooking the squash) to plant. The squash will cost me about $1 per pound and the squash might weigh 3 pounds, so the 60 seeds within will have cost me $3. Those...

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My daughters do all my shopping, I just earn the money. We just got 8 inches of snow, so getting out was not worth it.

Quote: Originally Posted by disneysteve And lottery tickets, of course. yep. Every time I go to the local corner store there's at least one guy buying lotto. One fellow I see regularly spends $12/week on lottery tix. The $624 he could save annually is probably more than any payout he's gotten. My only wish is that we send those that can work back to work and support themselves and help the ones that actually need help. Then I think...

Yeah, it certainly sucks. Keep your chin up though. They MAY have just gotten lost in the shuffle.

I think it's funny, almost like a game of retail chicken -- stores want to be more careful to preserve their profits, but shoppers don't want to spend as heavily as in previous years. Now it's basically a question of who blinks first. Will prices be lowered, or will shoppers give in and buy anyway? I went out yesterday actually hoping to find a couple clothing items I've been looking for for a while, but to little avail......