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Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition [Survival Today - an On going Thread #3]
Frugal Dad .com ^ | July 23, 2009 | Frugal Dad

Posted on 07/24/2009 3:37:21 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny

Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition Category: Roundups | Comments(15)

Did you hear about the guy that lives on nothing? No seriously, he lives on zero dollars a day. Meet Daniel Suelo, who lives in a cave outside Moab, Utah. Suelo has no mortgage, no car payment, no debt of any kind. He also has no home, no car, no television, and absolutely no “creature comforts.” But he does have a lot of creatures, as in the mice and bugs that scurry about the cave floor he’s called home for the last three years.

To us, Suelo probably sounds a little extreme. Actually, he probably sounds very extreme. After all, I suspect most of you reading this are doing so under the protection of some sort of man-made shelter, and with some amount of money on your person, and probably a few needs for money, too. And who doesn’t need money unless they have completely unplugged from the grid? Still, it’s an amusing story about a guy who rejects all forms of consumerism as we know it.

The Frugal Roundup

How to Brew Your Own Beer and Maybe Save Some Money. A fantastic introduction to home brewing, something I’ve never done myself, but always been interested in trying. (@Generation X Finance)

Contentment: A Great Financial Principle. If I had to name one required emotion for living a frugal lifestyle it would be contentment. Once you are content with your belongings and your lot in life you can ignore forces attempting to separate you from your money. (@Personal Finance by the Book)

Use Energy Star Appliances to Save On Utility Costs. I enjoyed this post because it included actual numbers, and actual total savings, from someone who upgraded to new, energy star appliances. (@The Digerati Life)

Over-Saving for Retirement? Is it possible to “over-save” for retirement? Yes, I think so. At some point I like the idea of putting some money aside in taxable investments outside of retirement funds, to be accessed prior to traditional retirement age. (@The Simple Dollar)

40 Things to Teach My Kids Before They Leave Home. A great list of both practical and philosophical lessons to teach your kids before they reach the age where they know everything. I think that now happens around 13 years-old. (@My Supercharged Life)

Index Fund Investing Overview. If you are looking for a place to invest with high diversification and relatively low fees (for broader index funds with low turnover), index funds are a great place to start. (@Money Smart Life)

5 Reasons To Line Dry Your Laundry. My wife and I may soon be installing a clothesline in our backyard. In many neighborhoods they are frowned upon - one of the reasons I don’t like living in a neighborhood. I digress. One of our neighbors recently put up a clothesline, and we might just follow his lead. (@Simple Mom)

A Few Others I Enjoyed

* 4 Quick Tips for Getting Out of a Rut * Young and Cash Rich * Embracing Simple Style * First Trading Experience With OptionsHouse * The Exponential Power of Delayed Consumption * How Much Emergency Fund is Enough? * 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind * Save Money On Car Insurance


TOPICS: Food; Gardening; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: emergencypreparation; food; frugal; frugality; garden; gf; gluten; glutenfree; granny; hunger; jm; nwarizonagranny; prep; prepper; preppers; preps; starvation; stinkbait; survival; survivalists; wcgnascarthread
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To: OB1kNOb

Is this a FR record for number of posts?


10,001 posted on 09/22/2011 9:10:08 AM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
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To: CottonBall; nw_arizona_granny

Congratulations Granny!

Between having computers crash and the everyday goings on here at the gulch, I almost forgot your thread was still ongoing! Time to rebookmark and get caught up!

How you feeling Granny?


10,002 posted on 09/22/2011 12:31:07 PM PDT by JDoutrider
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To: OB1kNOb

yeah, you got post 10K!


10,003 posted on 09/22/2011 3:44:33 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: Free Vulcan

It’s the largest thread I’ve seen so far.


10,004 posted on 09/23/2011 1:32:25 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
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To: All

Does Granny hold the “freeper world record” for threads? They have been so helpful to me and so many others.

Congrats, Granny.


10,005 posted on 09/23/2011 9:35:06 PM PDT by betsyross60
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To: All

Just had to add one thing: Granny was helping us learn to prep before prepping became “cool”. I have notebook after notebook filled with things I learned from these threads.


10,006 posted on 09/23/2011 9:39:25 PM PDT by betsyross60
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To: betsyross60
Just had to add one thing: Granny was helping us learn to prep before prepping became “cool”. I have notebook after notebook filled with things I learned from these threads.

You're so right, betsy. She started me thinking about prepping, long before it was the 'in' thing to do. I've always had a penchant for cooking and living simply, but it's now become less strange and more useful ;)

I also have files and files of useful information - most of it gotten from granny's 3 threads. I do need to start printing them out, just in case the computer becomes unusable at some point....
10,007 posted on 09/24/2011 10:46:59 AM PDT by CottonBall
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To: CottonBall

I congratulated Granny last night but she was not feeling well enough to post. She says she probably has enough new things on hand for another big thread! Let’s get it going!


10,008 posted on 09/24/2011 5:29:26 PM PDT by betsyross60
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To: CottonBall; nw_arizona_granny

My how the time flies...

Seems just yesterday but that was two threads of 10,000 ago.

Granny, how can we help get next thread going - the time of need is getting closer and closer.


10,009 posted on 09/25/2011 7:36:23 PM PDT by DelaWhere (Better to be prepared one year early than one day late!)
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To: DelaWhere

hey DW, good to see you again!

yes, these threads are taking on a life of their own.

How have you and yours been?


10,010 posted on 09/27/2011 11:09:19 AM PDT by CottonBall
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To: CottonBall; nw_arizona_granny

Hey CB - still preppin and similar stuff here on the right coast...

Many fewer are questioning IF - more a matter of WHEN - LOL lots are are full of HOPE that the CHANGE won’t hurt them...

Should we all say ‘Denial’???

Anyway, How’s you and your clan? Been a while since have heard any word from y’all. :)


10,011 posted on 09/28/2011 6:33:51 AM PDT by DelaWhere (Better to be prepared one year early than one day late!)
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To: DelaWhere

Guess what? Granny had a birthday last Monday, the 26th. Happy Birthday, Granny. You are loved and appreciated.


10,012 posted on 09/28/2011 6:13:22 PM PDT by betsyross60
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To: DelaWhere
Many fewer are questioning IF - more a matter of WHEN - LOL lots are are full of HOPE that the CHANGE won’t hurt them...

yup. I've seen a lot more signs of people preparing, even those who don't know what they are prepping for. Just that times are gettin' worse, no doubt.

We're good here. Hoping to go east before things get bad, but if we're stuck here - so be it. I know a few of a similar mindset here and we'll gather together in the mountains. They are highly defensible - even if snow-covered in the winter.

I'm glad you helped me back when with all the canning and storing wheat. Prices are crazy now! I do more canning when I see a good sale though - I'm almost compulsive about my fav hobby. We were looking at houses in KY in the internet and hubby found one with a 'canning room', he called it. Shelves and shelves of jars - it was a thing of beauty! (I'm sure no match for yours though ;)
10,013 posted on 09/29/2011 2:29:31 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: betsyross60; nw_arizona_granny

Happy Birthday granny!!!!!


10,014 posted on 09/29/2011 2:30:37 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: DelaWhere; CottonBall; nw_arizona_granny

Has a new thread been started yet? Is granny ok? Haven’t heard or seen anything on this front lately...


10,015 posted on 10/25/2011 12:45:38 PM PDT by JDoutrider (The democrat party has morphed into an evil institution that is hell bent on destroying America.)
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To: OB1kNOb; CottonBall; nw_arizona_granny; All

Congrats on another thread with ten thousand plus, Granny. CottonBall, I am on your ping list, correct? If not, please add me.

= = =
Excellent article on gluten and its effect on the mass population, those with celiac disease, those gluten-sensitive, and also on everyone else, too: Article says gluten is almost as difficult to digest as a rock!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1191808/index.htm


10,016 posted on 12/03/2011 8:33:47 AM PST by Joya (http://www.angelsonassignment.org/why_aoa.html)
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To: Joya

You are now!

Sorry all, I haven’t been around much and I apologize.


10,017 posted on 12/05/2011 8:46:16 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: CottonBall; nw_arizona_granny; Quix; All

Educational game, free, online.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/relief_games/USA_Map_Jigsaw_Games.htm


10,018 posted on 12/06/2011 3:15:04 AM PST by Joya (http://www.angelsonassignment.org/why_aoa.html)
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To: CottonBall; nw_arizona_granny; Quix; All

Educational game, free, online.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/relief_games/USA_Map_Jigsaw_Games.htm


10,019 posted on 12/06/2011 3:19:49 AM PST by Joya (http://www.angelsonassignment.org/why_aoa.html)
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To: Joya

This is cute.

My knowledge of geography is sketchy, so I’ll be playing this - even though you likely intended it for kids!


10,020 posted on 12/06/2011 9:19:05 AM PST by CottonBall
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