Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Backseat Driver

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8. I'm always amazed at these tips...

Fri Nov 8, 2019, 10:31 AM

Nov 2019

Stagnant wages and corporate employment churn means most families are frugal by necessity not choice. This family has battled "unemployment" episodes since the 80s. These tips are typical of authors who have no clue about how and what families sacrifice to just keep food on the table or the lights on. Most will never ever return to a time when frugal living wasn't just experiments in saving for a rainy day -- all their days are rainy -- all conveniences that break are emergencies -- all gift-giving, donating, and traveling have long since been replaced by surviving.

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5 Things Frugal People Do Not Do [View all] NeoGreen Nov 2019 OP

I got a phishing warning on this cite empedocles Nov 2019 #1

False alarm. nt Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2019 #3

How can you tell? empedocles Nov 2019 #5

Because it's not a fake site pretending to be legit asking for personal info. Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2019 #10

thank you empedocles Nov 2019 #11

On Fridays I save a ton of money and also make safeinOhio Nov 2019 #2

Or if you do use your credit card Freddie Nov 2019 #4

if you don't carry a balance you can pay the statement balance in full on the exact due date unblock Nov 2019 #7

My granddog is a Lab Freddie Nov 2019 #6

Same here, except for salads. Duppers Nov 2019 #9

I'm always amazed at these tips... Backseat Driver Nov 2019 #8