Poor Man
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A Digest of Urban Survival Resources
A Comfortable Mess
Granny Crabapple: Ban
bratty kids from public shopping!
Whiny little street urchins interrupted my
thrift store adventure this week because their mom let them run loose like it
was a playground…the manager yelled at the mother three times to mind her
brats. Didn’t happen so he called the
cops and they dragged her sorry brood out the door while she screamed some
nasties in border Mexican (I think they call it Spanglish).
Too much inbreeding and it
taxes my patience. I couldn’t find anything at the Target Reject store so I
left and went to eat out at a fancy restaurant. It was a Sunday and guess what? A family parked their fat ass in the corner
with two brats who whined and cried the entire time. I finally left. If they can afford the kind of restaurant I
was in, they can afford a babysitter or they can head over to the Golden Arches
for a kids meal!
We need some kid-free zones
since so many parents don’t know how to discipline their kids!
Speaking of taxes, how in hell does the
government get away with taxing the sales of used, donated goods AGAIN at the
thrift shop? Double dipping bastards need
to be coated in oil and cooked slowly over an open pit.
I don’t really need anything
from a thrift shop or anywhere else in my home.
My home is already a cluttered, comfortable mess. Decorated in early attic and always filled
with stuff I haven’t gotten around to figuring out what to do with yet. The only time I clean is when company is
coming for a visit. My mother, the
original neat freak would not be proud.
She always cleaned as if the President were dropping for a cup of tea
and some of her homemade apple pie (although no President ever visited, they
would have been happy to have a slice along with some of her motherly advice on
how to run the country more efficiently).
Mother grew up during the
Great Depression when folks were truly poor…no 50-inch flat screen TVs, if they
had a phone it was a shared party line and all her clothes were hand-me-downs
which had been repaired a dozen times.
No such thing as fancy designer labels made in 3rd world
countries back then!
>>Paper
Towels are an expensive waste! I
bought a case of them three years ago and still have six rolls. Why?
Because I use rags which are washable and reusable and more
environmentally friendly AND they do a better job for most clean up jobs. I save the paper towels for cleaning windows
and glass (I don’t like using newspapers).
>>Making a boxed cake mix better and last
longer…
Grab a box of cake mix, say one for spice
cake. Mix the ingredients as indicated
and add some raisins and nuts and some extract like Rum for added flavor. Bake in two round cake pans. Freeze one for future use and eat the other
that night. Enjoy that dinner out but
save this for dessert at home with a cup of joe or tea. Make your own frosting and add some extract
to that as well for more flavor [the extract can be added to store bought
frosting too – just mix it in well].
A little health hint before I go. When I cooked for the Roman Legions a few
centuries back, they paid me in bags of salt.
My grandmother preserved all her fish, fowl and game with salt. Today,
food companies put salt into everything, too much of a good thing will kill
you. Did you know your really should not
take in more than 1500 grams per day!
Stay
tuned for future penny pinching insights from Granny Crabapple…Meanwhile, take
a peek at all these wonderful gems I’ve gathered for you!
What's $100 Worth in Your State?
Because the costs of various essential things vary from
state, your dollars can be worth more in certain states than others. In
Mississippi, for example, your money is worth 40% more than in Washington, DC. See
how the states compare.
How
to Build an Underground Root Cellar
Your
garden has come in and the bounty of it has been dispersed to family and
friends. However, you still have more produce than you can consume. What to do?
You can process some of it in a pressure canner or freeze it. Some vegetables,
though, and a few fruits do not do well canned or frozen. Perhaps it is time to
build an underground root cellar.
Store Water And Keep It Safe »
If you store nothing else for potential emergencies, store water. Without water, you will die. Period. It's that plain and that simple. So spend a little money and a little bit of time now ensuring that you will have water in the future, come what may. More »
If you store nothing else for potential emergencies, store water. Without water, you will die. Period. It's that plain and that simple. So spend a little money and a little bit of time now ensuring that you will have water in the future, come what may. More »
Shampoo for Less
You can buy a gallon of concentrated shampoo online for
less than $6 and the shipping costs about $10. You mix one part shampoo to nine
parts of water. For about $16, you will have ten gallons of shampoo, which
makes it only $1.60 per gallon of shampoo.
Additional useful gems for making life better…
24 Easy Ways To
Make Money On The Internet (Life Hack)
Find DIY and Homemade ideas here:
Yours in freedom,
Bruce ‘the Poor Man’
A Shallow Planet Production
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