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02-24-2008, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Martha
I am glad I am all done with that business!
About 20-25 years ago our local Woolworths went out of business and had a huge sale. I worked only a couple of buildings down so I would periodically go in to see what the markdowns were. They finally marked down the feminine hygiene products by about 75%. I bought an entire cart full of tampons, all that remained in the store. The low price outweighed the feeling of embarrassment.
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Pun intended?
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02-24-2008, 10:35 AM
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Aren't threads supposed to drift towards politics and sex instead of casinos and menstruation?
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02-24-2008, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by TromboneAl
Aren't threads supposed to drift towards politics and sex instead of casinos and menstruation?
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Here, politics and casinos are inextricably linked. You mean they aren't elsewhere?
As for sex and menstruation, this is a good time to use this handy little emoticon.
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02-24-2008, 10:48 AM
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You're missing the link:
Casinos = Sex
Politics = Menstruation
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02-24-2008, 11:40 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Also, this IS the "cheapest thing you've ever done" thread. Being cheap isn't usually associated with either politics or sex.
In fact, many could argue there's a hugely inverse relationship.
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02-24-2008, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by MooreBonds
Also, this IS the "cheapest thing you've ever done" thread. Being cheap isn't usually associated with either politics or sex.
In fact, many could argue there's a hugely inverse relationship. 
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But just think - - the average young lady doesn't have to pay a single cent for the privilege of menstruating. All that fun for free!
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02-25-2008, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by MooreBonds
I considered the Bellagio to be more upscale (just purely from the feel I get from looking at the place...not to mention that virtually every website I look at indicates substantially higher prices for rooms there, as well). That, and the strawberry daquiri seemed to be the real thing....the version at the Luxor - while respectable for being free - wasn't anything near the version from the Bellagio.
But, don't take my word for it. In the pursuit of fairness, one would surely need a wide sampling pool from a variety of drinks to figure out which casino is truly better.  (where's the drunk emoticon when you need it? 
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i agree. the sample size (# of casinos visited) must be large enough to get good statistical representation. Urp!
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02-25-2008, 06:11 PM
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And usually not for drinks.......
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02-25-2008, 07:20 PM
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First time Ive seen a thread derail of this nature.
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04-15-2008, 05:53 PM
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$2 Reading Glasses
I don't know whether to post this here or in the discussion on correcting near vision. I wear a single contact lens currently and use one eye for distance vision and one for close vision, but in the last few years I have had trouble reading smaller font - like directions on a bottle.
I have found the dollar store reading glasses to be helpful with my contact lens, but of course both eyeglass lenses are the same prescription. Today at the dollar store I bought two pair of reading glasses with the right correction for each eye and popped out the lenses to make a single pair that is just right.
Astute readers will note that the second pair has exactly the wrong prescription in each eye. This pair can be worn upside down.
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04-15-2008, 06:27 PM
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hmm .. TWO pairs of glasses sounds like a splurge to me!
I noticed something I started doing unconsciously: used to be when it was time for dinner and I planned to use some froz. veg. I had, I'd just boil the water, take out the froz. veg., and drop it in. NOW I have started to instinctively take the froz. veg. out earlier in the day and put on the counter or in the fridge, depending on how early I take it out. Why, I've probably saved thirty-four cents in LPG this year already!!
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04-23-2008, 12:11 PM
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To save money on entertainment, I read this forum. Can anyone here beat that? That is an ultimate frugality for you.  
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04-23-2008, 02:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Martha
I am glad I am all done with that business!
About 20-25 years ago our local Woolworths went out of business and had a huge sale. I worked only a couple of buildings down so I would periodically go in to see what the markdowns were. They finally marked down the feminine hygiene products by about 75%. I bought an entire cart full of tampons, all that remained in the store. The low price outweighed the feeling of embarrassment.
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I did the same thing with replacement razor blades when the local k-mart store closed about 10 yrs ago. They had been marked down 75% as well so a 4 pack cost less than a dollar. They lasted about 8 years...
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04-23-2008, 04:10 PM
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I bought an entire cart full of tampons, all that remained in the store.
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Good thing you didn't have early menopause!
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04-23-2008, 04:29 PM
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There's always Ebay.
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04-23-2008, 05:53 PM
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YEARS ago (6? 8?) there was an early version of a dollar store in town, now long out of business (10?). Anyway, they had a bin full of Chuck Taylor Converse All Stars - many in my size - for $6/pair. I bought a dozen pair - hi-tops, low-tops, solid colors, lime green, orange, plaids, mostly weird unsaleable colors and designs, including, i kid you not, red patent leather (early adopter of Pope-peds here). Ok, I've only worn the red leather ones a couple Halloweens, but the others have made it many a year - currently wearing reddish plaid hi-tops and have loden green lowtops sitting next to my Keens for slightly more formal wear.
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04-24-2008, 07:10 AM
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I bought an entire cart full of tampons, all that remained in the store.
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Guess we'll have to call you by your new user name:
Rich in Tampons
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04-24-2008, 07:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ladelfina
I noticed something I started doing unconsciously: used to be when it was time for dinner and I planned to use some froz. veg. I had, I'd just boil the water, take out the froz. veg., and drop it in. NOW I have started to instinctively take the froz. veg. out earlier in the day and put on the counter or in the fridge, depending on how early I take it out. Why, I've probably saved thirty-four cents in LPG this year already!!
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I try to take them out of the freezer, and put them in the fridge a day before. The frozen stuff gives up its 'coldness' to the fridge, which theoretically will be running a little less.
Yeah, I can't imagine it saves more than a few pennies, but there 's no harm done, and it does make me feel better.
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04-24-2008, 08:03 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ladelfina
I noticed something I started doing unconsciously: used to be when it was time for dinner and I planned to use some froz. veg. I had, I'd just boil the water, take out the froz. veg., and drop it in. NOW I have started to instinctively take the froz. veg. out earlier in the day and put on the counter or in the fridge, depending on how early I take it out. Why, I've probably saved thirty-four cents in LPG this year already!!
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I hope you're accounting for the fact that if you're in the heating season, that your furnace had to warm the air and counter to compensate for the defrosting!
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04-24-2008, 08:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calmloki
I bought a dozen pair.
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Oh, man - I wish I had done this when Easy Spirit stopped making their run/walk shoes in my size.
And even if I wanted to get the next size down, they have lowered the CQ (cushiony quotient) and they are just not good anymore.
Hey, I helped put that company on the map - and they abandoned me and my feet!
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