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Post by WVsnowflake on Feb 15, 2009 20:59:30 GMT -6
 Shoot we been doin this fer years !!! I think its a hoot when they post how to save money and we already do most of the things or dont buy what they tell you not to so you can save more IE the 6.00 cup of coffee everyday from Starbucks !!  My Crock-Pot: Mean, green, $30 recession-fighting machine By Jeff Yeager Posted Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:34am PST What if I told you that I have a special Recession-Fighting Machine and that it cost me less than $30? In fact, you can probably find one at a local thrift store for a lot less than that, or the odds are pretty good that you may already have one hidden away in your kitchen cupboard. If the status-appliance of the last decade was a $10,000 Viking gas range, then the good old-fashioned Crock-Pot — AKA "slow cooker" — is the kitchen appliance du jour for today's tight economy. My mom still has — and recently drafted back into active duty — the avocado green one with the funky paisley designs that I fondly remember her serving up a myriad of lentil concoctions from in the 1970s. I guess those were relatively lean times too, at least for our family, but I'd be hard-pressed to name a time in my life when I was any happier. Maybe I'm just waxing nostalgic, but that Crock-Pot is no small part of the slow-cooked memories from that simpler time in my life that I still cherish to this day. Save Energy green.yahoo.com/blog/daily_green_cheapskate/2/my-crock-pot-mean-green-30-recession-fighting-machine.html
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Post by naturelovr on Feb 15, 2009 22:35:33 GMT -6
yup, snowflake, that is the small appliance i use the very most...after the coffee maker, of course........ i agree, it's kinda' funny to read about all the earth-shaking discoveries everyone is now makin' on livin' well for lots less....geez....  .... wonder if it'll be the stove that gets discovered next?.....figure it'll read something like this: "did you know you can save a lot of money when you cook a whole meal on that stove-thingie in the kitchen using a method called "from scratch"?! and did you know that the oven is capable of doin' more than storing pots and pans? there is a type of cooking called "baking" that will save you a lot of money....." along with recollections of vague memories of grandma cookin' and bakin' years ago.....along with links to "cooking/baking for dummies" type recipe sites... then i wonder when we'll get to start readin' 'bout the wonders and practicalities of overalls for everyday wear?...... |
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Post by WVsnowflake on Feb 16, 2009 13:41:58 GMT -6
My uncle never used his stove it was used to store things in and his dishwasher was used for storing bills. when he got one he would throw it in the dishwasher. Then his wife would have to go through the dish washer to find them. He even said sometimes he would turn the machine on ... My other aunt used the oven to hide dirty dishes ... until she had none clean and had to dig them out and wash them.... |
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Post by naturelovr on Feb 16, 2009 14:03:50 GMT -6
geez, wonder if your uncle was kin to a friend who used his oven to store phone books and motor manuals?.........
and the dishwasher method gives a whole new meaning to takin' care of the bills.........
dirty dishes in the oven...heard of that when company drops in, but never for sorta' long term storage............
no wonder you're so creative!!!!...you come from a line of creative types!!!....
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Post by WVsnowflake on Feb 16, 2009 18:42:48 GMT -6
Yup you learn all kind of neat tricks !!!
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Post by karolinakitty on Feb 16, 2009 21:17:49 GMT -6
I have to sorta laugh at all these "new" ideas now that the economy has fallen apart...
From the looks of posts and our comments, i do believe that most of us were raised in, well, "lower income" families where we conserved, scratched and saved to make ends meet.
Cheffie and i have had many discussions recently about the sate of the economy and figure that most of our "middle class" associates will crumble at the possibility they have less money to spend at starbucks, McDonanlds and etc. The thought of not being able to afford to stop home after work and pick up a ready made dinner is going to put them in a tizzie. How do i feed my family? I don't know how to cook anything that is not already started for me.........
As a working mother of 3 boys and at times two or three jobs, trying to run a household, i always seemed to be able to have a homecooked meal. It was a treat or a special event to order a pizza or perhaps have the luxury of takin my kids to McDonalds. Maybe i'm old-fashioned or sound too much like my mother, but back in the day we mothers used to cook for our families, even the working ones. If i didn't cook in between the jobs of the day then i prepared meals in advance to have ready to pop in the oven and then later a microwave to have a hot meal for my family.
I think that those of us who do what we've always done to survive will not feel the pinch as bad as others. We're used to bakin homemade bread, buyin stuff in larger lots, makin a 5 gallon pot of soup or sauce to freeze, planting gardens and eliminating the "runs" to the stores, all the things that our counterparts have no clue about, we are the ones that will coast on with life not feelin it so much as others. We already know the ins and outs of "not havin" of "doin without" of "no money for that" oops need to "skip that" the whole nine yards.
I almost feel bad for those who never had to do without..... who never didn't know wether to pay the electric or the rent.... they've been missin out. 'Cause now they are losin houses and cars and jobs....losin things we've been used to.
Lots of us already know the "pain" of having to walk miles to work, because we didn't either have a car or the one we had broke down again and we couldn't afford to have it fixed. Imagine these people that live 40+ miles from their work and will have a car repo'd... the house they lost because they couldn't afford it in the first place...... all boils down to what most of us were taught or told....want or need ......
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Post by WVsnowflake on Feb 16, 2009 21:56:20 GMT -6
Yup thats us. Grew up with nothin... Like I told hubby when we met and he said he didn't have a penny to his name. I told him that it really dont matter cause money to me doesnt really matter. As long as we have a roof over our head, food in our bellies and lots of love thats all that matters !
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Post by naturelovr on Feb 17, 2009 6:33:43 GMT -6
there are those who've been livin' so large and feelin' so special compared to those of us who know about doin' without and livin' very simply, so isn't it ironic now that the economy has turned that we're in the position to feel sorta' sorry for them......and that we'll be the ones who know how to stretch out a nourishing, belly fillin' meal so there's enough to share with folks like them when the bottom falls out and they're hungry......
in readin' through all this thread and ponderin' on it, it seems quite possible that the above mentioned large livin' folks probably don't actually understand the concept of love quite like the folks who've done without.........of findin' lotsa' joy in givin' (not materially, but lots of other ways) with no expectation of gettin' and for that joy to be really and truly enough of a return to make the effort worthwhile..........does that make sense?....does to me, but i don't know that i'm sayin' it well enough to make sense to anyone else.......
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Post by karolinakitty on Feb 17, 2009 9:07:30 GMT -6
Makes sense to me .......
Joy of giving of ones self......receiving the joy of someone elses self .... all worth the effort........
It will be the true givers of themselves that will teach the others how wonderful it feels.......
not to get to preachin but it reminds of the scripture of the fool and the wise ..... the fool (me, us, the long sufferers) ... the wise (the large livers) ... we will teach them .....
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Post by WVsnowflake on Feb 17, 2009 14:43:24 GMT -6
Well I personally feel sorry for the children. Most adults are beyond help... I am just glad there are some groups out there that help teach the children how to surrvive...
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Post by naturelovr on Feb 18, 2009 16:19:09 GMT -6
Tough clothes for tough times at NY Fashion Week By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL, AP Fashion Writer Samantha Critchell, Ap Fashion Writer – Wed Feb 18, 11:51 am ET NEW YORK – When the going gets tough, the clothes get tougher. .....an urban warrior theme that featured exposed zipper details, "camouflage lace" and heavily hardwared belts that looked like they were holding bullets. ....Tough-as-nails dresses heavy on black and metallics were on the runways...... ....The overall tone of the fall collection was more somber.....There was a lot of black and little beading....... ....A heavily embellished gown might seem inappropriate now...... ....urban warrior theme carried through every look..... Add scrunchy socks and high-top sneakers to the list of '80s styles making a comeback. .....cozy jumpsuits, colorful stripes and schoolgirl plaids. .... news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fashion_week_day5;_ylt=Akq4yi5bxVlEkuRcgXDK4osFO7gFwell, dad gum it, they didn't mention overalls......maybe next year's fashion show......... |
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Post by buzzard on Feb 18, 2009 18:02:39 GMT -6
My boys were raised mostly when we didn't have a lot of money, single parent thing happening there, and no support from their dad. They both learned the "fine are" of crockpot or rice cooker one pots meals and making 1/2 lb of meat stretch for the 3 of us. They grew up with little fast food meals, etc. and going out to the movies and to eat was a big deal. Even then, except for birthdays, we ended up at Denny's and like restaurants. My oldest boy has forgotten what he learned growing up, his wife is wasteful, extravagant, spends money they don't have trying to keep up with the Joneses and only knows what her stove looks like, has no idea how to use it. Her idea of a "home-cooked" meal is Carl's Jr or Taco Bell. Now that I'm not there, I'm sure they eat that a lot, unless my son is doing all the cooking. My grandson told me on his birthday last year, after I left there, he got an "authentic Italian" spaghetti dinner for his birthday, made with Classico bottled spaghetti sauce (over $4 a bottle at the store), and frozen meatballs (over $8/bag of about 30). His cake was "homemade" too, purchased at Savemart and mom came home and put two decorations and 8 candles on it.
I had two crockpots, a big one and a little one. My youngest son recently said he would like to have a crockpot for him and his girlfriend, so I let him choose the one he wanted, he took the little one. LOL, he's turned in to a real crock-potter. He's asked if we can swap crockpots, he would like to have the 6 quart one now, and I said sure, all I need is the little one for just me. He and his girlfriend cook together and hardly ever eat out, only for real special occasions, and eat fast food about once every 4 months, maybe. And they don't waste their money either.
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Post by getter on Aug 29, 2009 4:15:48 GMT -6
this might not be the place to post this story but, this is about useing a stove really costing a lot of money.
This is a true story
A friend of mine that used to live across the street from me his wife was going to surprise her mom for her birthday and either bake her a cake or roast a duck (not sure)any way the older woman lived by herself in a bad neighborhood in Chicago.
The daughter went to her moms house while her sister had her mom out shopping.
She lit the oven to preheat and went about preparing what ever it was (duck or cake)
she smelt something burning and thinking it was grease or something didn't really pay to much attention, but after a few minutes the smoke was pouring out of the oven.
She turned off the oven and pulled what she thought was old letters or something like it form the broiler part. Any way she threw the ashes in the trash and continued baking or roasting whatever it was she was making. When the mom came home she was all excited about the surprise and all and then found out about the fire in the broiler. She wasn't very excited anymore, she used to hide her money in the broiler and thats what had caught fire and burnt.
Somewhere around $500.00 is what I was told not to tell anybody about. I'm sorry but that was over 30 years ago and I don't think she would mind me tellen on her now. My buddie the husband of the daughter always said that was the most expensive duck they ever had.
Kinda funny and then again not.
just thought I'd share it.
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Post by WVsnowflake on Aug 29, 2009 9:23:40 GMT -6
Thanks fer sharin! My granny grew up during the depression and when we moved her from Baltimore to cumberland MD we had to pull back carpets, look in clothes, under mattresses, EVERYWHERE !!! for the money she had hid there over 45 years. All total we found over 15 thousand in cash !! We know we didn't find it all cause she forgot lots of her hiding spots....
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Post by buzzard on Aug 29, 2009 15:46:00 GMT -6
My grandma had money hidden all over her house to when she passed on. Made us laugh during a sad time the places we were finding it.
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Shoot we been doin this fer years !!! I think its a hoot when they post how to save money and we already do most of the things or dont buy what they tell you not to so you can save more IE the 6.00 cup of coffee everyday from Starbucks !! 
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