Bestwifeever
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Or make their own clothes out of meat (wear now, dine on later):
Nationwide Casting for Most Frugal Folks
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Or make their own clothes out of meat (wear now, dine on later):
MasterBlaster
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Free To Canoe
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Give 'em hell, Jacob!
I would never suggest that the woodworkers among our retirees (and you ham radio folks) should skip the craft and buy something at a yard sale instead (or get their news from the 'net).
I also love the idea that you rebuild and repair older bikes, by the way. Making do with things and creating my own implements and inventions is a peculiarly satisfying practice.
+1 Well said.
I have to admit though, meat lady is pretty funny.
JamieCarroll
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I just wanted to thank you guys for your amazing responses, both on the boards and via email. I have read through such amazing stories and truly I am so inspired by your commitment to living frugally and valuing your time over things. Thank you for sharing and for suggesting folks to contact! Have a great weekend!
Texas Proud
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Do I detect some rake-envy here? Yes, it took at long time to make, but fact is, I can make rake. I'm self-reliant. I can make stuff. I don't have to buy things whenever there's a problem. But I'm not doing this to save a buck, I'm doing it to prove a point. Next, I'm gonna make a bleedin' wheelbarrow.
Incidentally, all-wood rakes sell for $40+. As they have no metal heads, they're lighter than metal-head rakes, not heavier. They're stiffer than plastic, they don't bite into the ground like metal, and they don't jump and skip like plastic. The handle can be shaped to conform to one's grip with a block plane, so there. Overall, this rake blows your $1 yard sale plastic iron rake out of the water.
DIY 1 - Sensible Consumerism 0
Anyway ...
I actually declined that show because I don't have any particularly bizarre frugal habits like saving the ketchup out of fast food packets or knitting sweaters out of shoelaces or whatever...
ERE is more of a Pareto approach that concentrates on the biggest expenses like housing, transportation, food, and finance charges. This doesn't make for good TV.
Also, I knew I'd have to contend with people focusing on dramatic but irrelevant things like the rake above or some other idiosyncratic detail of my life thus easily losing the overall message.
No rake envy.... I would rather spend my time doing something else unless it really saved me a lot... heck, the rake you made is not that hard to do.... I have been fixing our sprinkler system and moving some head around because the wife wants the water in a different place... but I make my son do the digging or he would be on the Xbox... so I do use free labor...
Are you making the wheel barrow out of wood
Again, I would not waste my time on doing that.... I got one free from someone who wanted to get rid of one... and it is a nice construction quality one ....
PS... We don't rake.... the leaves get picked up with the lawn mower...
unclemick
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Ya do know the fundamental problem with frugal or 'Cheap SOB' to use her words is that after a period of time the you have to ' retire from frugal' and spend the money.
heh heh heh - unless someone has figured out how to take it with you.
packrat44
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You been reading my mail? I was just ready to post virtually the same thing. Even the word "freak" came to mind. Th OP is trolling in the wrong fishing hole.
Didn't you see her response? She got some nibbles here! Why so many comments about this not being a forum for finding frugals? Seems to be a recurring topic of convo in the threads. And to Travelover, you united "freak" and dumpster diving" in the same thought, so to that I say rut roh...
rescueme
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I agree.
Additionally, I don't want my "life story" to be used by another, to get renumeration.
These "trolls" looking for information should be banned from this (and other) boards.
I guess you understand my feelings on the subject
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Bestwifeever
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Someone like this, who has a blog (and presumably would like traffic to it), is probably a good candidate--even we here discussed her methods! http://www.early-retirement.org/for...ear-2nd-hand-clothes-57111-3.html#post1093246
[mod hat on]Rescueme, the OP first asked the owner of e-r.org for permission to post this thread and after discussion it was allowed. The membership here might be a source of inspiration or material, but the responses to a thread like this are typically as or more entertaining than any resulting article could be [/mod hat off]
I agree.
Additionally, I don't want my "life story" to be used by another, to get renumeration.
These "trolls" looking for information should be banned from this (and other) boards.
I guess you understand my feelings on the subject
[mod hat on]Rescueme, the OP first asked the owner of e-r.org for permission to post this thread and after discussion it was allowed. The membership here might be a source of inspiration or material, but the responses to a thread like this are typically as or more entertaining than any resulting article could be
[/mod hat off]ERD50
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
[mod hat on]Rescueme, the OP first asked the owner of e-r.org for permission to post this thread and after discussion it was allowed. The membership here might be a source of inspiration or material, but the responses to a thread like this are typically as or more entertaining than any resulting article could be
It did provide some entertainment value. And I personally have no problem with the mods allowing this. After all, the OP asked for input, if you don't want to provide it (I did not), you just move on, make some pop corn, and watch the game if you want.
Where's the harm in that?
-ERD50
