It’s been a busy discussion week, what with Solyndra, Fast & Furious, Occupy {insert location here}, etc. Let’s take a break and discuss something else.
Some of the sites I peruse are frugal sites, and I get ideas on how to stretch a dollar. I don’t think I’m quite to the dumpster diving level yet, though I have been know to pick up an occasional item from the road side. I’ve made my own yogurt (not as difficult as you think, it’s actually quite easy), shop at thrift shops and garage sales (recently have been scoring BIG), do ad pricing and couponing (not as much as I should), and try to reuse all my leftovers (leftover chicken tacos, yum!).
Here are a few reduce, reuse, and recyle items I’ve found in my travels through cyberspace. Some are good, some are, well, “interesting”.
What do you do when you close your business?
I guess if you drink the wine first, you won’t care what these look like.
These ideas are a little better.
Make lotsa stuff yourself.
I’m thinking number six could get you into trouble these days. The others are, well, hmmm, uh…I guess I could find something to do.
Not just for hats anymore.
This guy has really good advice.
So I hope I’ve managed to lighten your day.
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Comments from the linkie in #114 Sean’s Daddy, Arthur was a Submitted by Milkshaker on Sat, 10/15/2011 – 2:46am. Sean’s Daddy, Arthur was a blacklisted Red. A confirmed member of the Communist Party. It’s easy to see where Sean gets his anger from. It’s a pity, I like him as an actor, but as people I think him and his… Read more »
Sean Penn Calls Tea Party the ‘Get the N-Word Out of the White House Party’ Which Wants to ‘Lynch’ Obama. N-Word contest: Let’s see how many N words (excluding the one SP was referring to) we can come up with that could describe the foul “O”: 1) Numbnuts 2) Numbskull 3) NannyStater 4) Nihilist 5) Nuclear political opportunist 6) Neophite… Read more »
The Thomas Fordham Institute released the results of a study September 19, entitled “Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude? Performance Trends of Top Students.” This is among the first studies to examine the performance of America’s highest achieving children over time and at the individual student level. Produced in partnership with the Northwest Evaluation Association, this study’s results indicate that… Read more »
Obama Appeals Judge’s Decision that Visitor Logs Are Subject to FOIA
The Obama administration’s transparency is transparantly not transpartent.
Simple;’
#s 1-2 = Funny.
#3 = Spot on!
109 Darren, 1. If the steak speaks in Japanese or Texan; then send it back. It is not done. 2. The matrix of atrocities between Asian peoples would have you serving saltine crackers and cans of Cheeze-Whiz. No Heiniken for Netanyaho. He gets the cheapest Mogan-David that I can find. 3. Personally, I would have served American cusine. Chicago-Style Baby… Read more »
Heh!
Texanadian;
The best fo luck to you, sir.
For the last several years a company called “The Freedom Group” has been buying up American gun and ammunition manufacturers. Some people worry that Freedom Group is going to control most of the firearms companies in the United States. Of course, If you control the manufacturers you can decide not to sell to civilians, or, you can raise the prices… Read more »
101 Been too busy to pay much attention, but I thought I would get over the 100 hump so the discussion could continue. Y’all are welcome. Start new job tomorrow and expect to be real busy for a while. Out for now.
Should have refreshed … sigh 🙁
HERE’S one more for Tedtam.
THIS too.
Tedtam;
THIS is for you.
That is why you fail. You must unlearn what you have learned. Then speak like Yoday you will. 😉
Dan Weldon has died from his injuries in Las Vegas at the final indy car race of the year.
RIP Dan Weldon
hunert
Simple 92, We saw the bridge from the riverside and took picutres. Being in Florence reminded me of the Broadway musical Kiss Me Kate, based on The Taming of The Shrew. Gucci will never get a penny from me or from many other owners of Arabian horses. A decade or more ago the @&%!!# waste of oxygen bought a lot… Read more »
Is their a renaissance fair in Autsin County?
Adee #65;
If I were in the campaign I sure would.
My father’s side is from Italy, my mother’s from Italy. I’ve always gravitated toward my Italian side, though I see more of the other side of the family here in the states.
I also was amazed by the work ethic (or lack thereof) in southern Italy, especially Sicily. Too many things to list.
92 Adee Did you go to the Ponto Vecchia (Covered bridge across the Arno) and Gucci’s #1 down the street? You can keep Rome, but Florence and the cities of the north I loved. Stay long enough and you will note a difference in the attitudes and work ethic between the north and the south. Italians are always friendly toward… Read more »
#83 Boney, I see the trees and the forest just fine. I never claimed I thought the CRA was a good thing. I simply put the evidence out there that it had virtually nothing to do with the financial meltdown of 2008, contrary to the unsubstantiated claims of many right-wing mouthpieces since then. I have my own opinions of Democrats.… Read more »
Hubby’s never seen Star Wars in any form. I’m watching it, and I’m still amazed at how iconic this film has become, and how much of it has permeated our lives still today. The music, the references, the images…
#87 Simple, The ship’s stop at the port of Livorno offered bus tours inland. We took one to Florence and Pisa, pretty much an all-day outing and got a wonderful view of the Tuscan countryside as well as the art and architecture sights in Florence. Stopped at a wonderful leathergoods company, The Leather Guild, and bought a small purse and… Read more »
Speaking of Yoda, I wish I COULD speak like Yoda. I have several friends who can mimic that odd sentence structure Yoda used. I can’t do it, though.
Luke Skywalker…meet Yoda.
I’m watching Star Wars while barbecuing a brisket and catching up on some work. I’d forgotten what Harrison Ford looked like when he was young.
Like Richard Dean Anderson (in SG1), he has aged well.
#84 Simple: I did ok the last time at the range a week or 2 ago with my M4 and I was shooting left. My m4 has a deflector so the brass is not a problem and I never got the burning powder in my face. I was shooting open sights at the 25 yard range and most were in… Read more »
80 Adee, I lived in Florence in the late seventies while I went to school there. The conditions you describe are almost identical to the one that I witnessed. The Lira prices in the shop windows looked more like social security numbers than prices and the prices changed daily. Italian workers would spend their entire checks on payday. They did… Read more »
#83 Dooooooooooooooode: Back away from the tree a little and you may start to see the forest. I did not say that the CRA was the direct and only cause and effect of the financial meltdown, I said it set the principle in motion; it was the first step. Did Muddy Waters use her influence to pressure banks to make… Read more »
heh heh heh
He said “boner”
76 Boner, It is difficult if not impossible for a left handed shooter to use most automatic weapons. Very few are built for lefties and the LH Shooter always gets a blast of hot powder in the face after every shot. Almost every LH Shooter went UNQ (unquallified) in Marine Corps Basic Marksmanship Training, which is the finest basic marksmanship… Read more »
The sound banking (and community building) practices were abandoned to make it easier for those who could not pay for a loan acquire one, all in the name of fairness, and the right to own a home. But again Boney: But the largest players in the subprime market were private sector firms that were not subject to the CRA’s rules… Read more »
Big time D billionaire, Mort Zuckerman dumps on O. ‘It’s as if he doesn’t like people,” says real-estate mogul and New York Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman of the president of the United States. Barack Obama doesn’t seem to care for individuals, elaborates Mr. Zuckerman, though the president enjoys addressing millions of them on television. /snip A longtime supporter of… Read more »
#78 JBB: Long time no hear from. Great article, this is the first I have heard of it. I am not at all surprised that the current Justice Department would be fighting against something that clearly upholds the law and using race to incite hysteria in the process. I have to wonder how long it will be before charges are… Read more »
Good morning Hamsters. Yea for another day starting at 57 at 6 and having windows open all night and up to right now. Will have to close them before noon I’m sure. Bring on that cold front Tuesday. Now for some grim observations regarding the riots in Rome and Spain over their pending and seriously not far off economic disaster,… Read more »
#76 Bonecrusher, I have a 1970 Belgium made Auto 5 “Light 12″ 28” modified (non vent rib), it costs $211 in 70, that would be $1232 in today’s dollars. This gun fits me perfectly it always shhots were I look so if I miss, I didn’t lead enough. For south paws Browning makes a copy of the great Ithaca Pump,… Read more »
Not sure if anyone has mentioned the DoJ holding up the Voter ID law that was passed last spring.From Ft Bend Tea Party
Brain dead, non thinking, slaves to political correctness fire a man for wearing a US Flag lapel pin.
#73 SD: From your linkie: Suggested retail prices start at $1399.99 That is pretty wissin steep for a shotgun. It won’t take that b@st@rd 3 1/2″ shell and the article did not say if it could be had in a left hand model. I use a 35 yr old Remington 1100 lightweight 2 3/4″ modified choke on a 28″ bbl… Read more »
#67 Dooooooooode: Let’s try to conceptualize it a little differently. The CRA was the camel’s nose under the tent. That act, by not being fought vigorously and defeated, said that the gov’t could tell private lending institutions to whom they must loan money without standard risk return considerations. That act institutionalized discrimination in favor of those who were not sound… Read more »
Oh, since I’ve been too busy to post I wanted to say that I really enjoy Ms Adee’s trip details. If I live long enough, I’d like to go to Europe, England & Ireland.
This is interesting; Browning Reintroduces the Auto-5 Humpback. You have to wonder though if it’ll be as good as the original. The old Auto-5’s receiver was machined out of a solid block of steel and was expen$ive to make. When Browning introduced their gas operated shotgun in the 80’s, they dropped the A-5 out of the line up but they… Read more »
I heard on home-improvement-talk-radio yesterday that the next droughty thing to worry about is weakened trees taking out power lines as they lose branches or get uprooted during even mild wind storms.
Good morning, Hamsters.
Was not the consequence of CRA the bundling of loans involving the entire banking system, globally as well? Honest question, I don’t know. As far as the effects of CRA taking so long, it’s not hard for me to see. From the dot com boom to the outrageous housing market, the economy was just covering itself. We all watched the… Read more »
#67
You’re making this very difficult, I like things very neat and tidy. 😀
Yabut, was there lots of skin?
#66 Shannon
“Fashion” and “Austin County Fair” are mutually exclusive.
#59 Boney, that doesn’t connect any dots at all. Read this link (it’s pretty short) but here’s the thrust of the evidence of why CRA had very little to do with the 2008 meltdown: First, with respect to the CRA, the main culprits in the crisis were private sector financial institutions that were not subject to the requirements of the… Read more »
Fashion Report:
Ridiculous.