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Old 06-19-2007, 09:58 AM   #1
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"What's the deal with the dryer sheets?!?"

This question resurfaces occasionally so I'll sticky it next to the forum acronyms thread.

I haven't searched each & every thread containing the phrase, but I believe we should award credit to Fire5Soon for the first mention of dryer sheets in a Jan 2004 post
http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...6&postcount=40 as a reference to frugality:
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Personally, I could live on less than $15k/year including the mortgage... but I'm to the extreme on many issues I'm afraid. I've considered trying to grow some of my own food to reduce grocery costs. I cut my dryer sheets in half to make the box last longer (although I could line dry my clothes...).
It's a frugality reference. Of course it's also been touted in other threads as a flag, a symbol of the forum, and an inside joke... subsequently added by the admins to poster ratings.
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