Posted on 11/21/2011 7:22:27 PM PST by Kartographer
Wanda Bridgeforth was hit hardest on the home front as a child, when her parents couldn't afford to keep her with them. At one point she lived with 19 people—in a six room house. It was in these situations that she learned to conserve what she had, and reuse what she found.
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I agree with you. The 60s were terrible, awful. My parents and almost everybody’s parents got into “psychology” or “EST” or “Transactional Analysis” and then got a divorce. People stopped going to church.
It was a major disaster what happened with the drugs and selfishness. The US never recovered.
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I’ve been thinking the same thing.
I remember my grandmother’s obsession with money.
It wasn’t like today’s obsessions with McMansions, cars, gadgets, etc....
She was someone who never threw away cool whip containers or bread bags. They could always be used again!
She skimped on eggs in her cake recipes.
She ALWAYS shopped at the Salvation Army.
Since she was frugal, she accumulated a comfortable sum of money for her old age.
Her habits were so deeply ingrained in her, she never really enjoyed the money herself.
The most frivolous thing she ever did?
In her will she set aside a sizeable amount for her family to have an “irish wake” at a local establishment.
She loved parties, and she wanted her loved ones to live it up.
Bills? What bills? Declare bankruptcy after maxing out your cards and let someone else pay for that new wide screen. Camp out in your apartment for 6 months or longer rent free because the landlord can't kick you out because of renters' laws. Work just long enough until you can collect unemployment for a year. Bring in all the nieces and nephews to get more AFDC and food stamps. Let the government buy you a new computer and pay for your cell phone. If the government doesn't give you free medical, no problem just stiff the hosptial. Steal someone's credit card and buy some new bling. Heck, change your name to Jose and pretend you're an illegal. The only ones depressed these days are the taxpayers.
If it wasn’t for SNAP (food stamps) we’d be having 45+ million standing in soup lines today. Government give-a-way programs just hide the evidence of what’s all around us so that people don’t recognize it for what it is.When the government props fall out from under this mess we’re in, folks will get a stark wake up slap in the face as to just how bad circumstances are in reality. When the gubmint checks stop coming, watch out.
Me, too. You could skimp when large eggs were actually large. Today's large eggs are yesterday's small ones. I have some pasanki eggs I made about 20 years ago from HEB store bought large eggs. They is a significant size difference compared to the HEB large eggs today. Back then they sold small, medium, large and extra large. We don't have those various sizes today because they've labeled the smaller ones as large. Same as tuna cans have shrunk by a third and the tp has to be changed every couple days, etc. but that's another soap box.
Lesson number 11:
When there are not enough jobs:
STOP SENDING JOBS OVERSEAS.
Wake up people.
Eggsactly! The next civil war/class war will be due to the fact that we DO NOT have the moral and religious sense of duty as we did in the 30s.
The entitlement class will actlike amoral, feral animals when they "git dissed" by the .gov.
Hold on to your hats and BLOAT!
A 22 yr old can stand a watch...
“A 22 year old can stand a watch”
What on earth are you trying to say? Just say it. I mean, what language are you speaking?
You obviously have a job or a business and don’t work for a psychopath. Congratulations. However, watch out because you have a hard heart as well as a hard head. God has a way of teaching you what you need to know.
bingo
You are not doing him any favors. A grown man being somebody else's dependent is not a good thing.
They can also get a job and become self-sustaining.
You know what genius? A lot of kids are living at home these days. MYOB
“Prepper” talk...
in a collapse situation, you as a single person can’t remain awake at all hours to keep watch for those who might come along to take advantage of the preps that you have bought and stored.
You need several able-bodied individuals to take turns being on watch.
during the depression she raised chickens and sold eggs, and that was considered “her” money.
Grandpa was working the family farm after losing his job in Philly installing wood floors for rich folks.
She always had a thing about eggs...the less you use in the kitchen, the more money you could bring home selling them.
Well, it is very comforting ..........he is an eagle eye
Really, there is nothing wrong with a son who hasn’t started his own family, staying at home and helping support his parents, especially if they are up in years...
that is, as long as he’s not just moochin’ the free room and board and spending money.
The elites are already acting as you describe
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