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3catwoman3

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7. Garage sales - that is BEYOND insulting.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 02:12 PM

Jan 2019

Never mind that that it likely wouldn't raise more than enough to cover one week's groceries at best. You have an item on your table priced for 10 cents, and someone wants to give you a nickel for it. So you sell all your stuff, and then what do you do for the next week's groceries?

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