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JNelson6563

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47. I'm finding the opposite to be true lately.

Mon May 27, 2013, 11:36 AM

May 2013

Of course with summer coming fruit& veggies will go down in price but still...I am one of the working poor and you wouldn't believe how little money I have to grocery shop with.

I buy rice & pasta, oatmeal, as much produce as I can, yogurt, bread & juice. Of course buying what's on sale helps too. I somehow buy enough so that we don't go hungry. I look at the processed stuff everyone else has overflowing carts of and can't believe those prices!

My money goes so much further buying real food than the processed, just-pop-it-in-the-microwave stuff.

I'm not convinced the poor have to buy the processed shit because in my experience it is more expensive. I can buy a bag of apples for about the same price as a bag of chips. I see many more bags of chips getting bought than bags of apples.

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Obesity, chervilant May 2013 #19

congratulations to you. timdog44 May 2013 #21

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Antectodal evidence is not cause and effect. jimlup May 2013 #25

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From my shoes jimlup May 2013 #34

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I find it disgraceful timdog44 May 2013 #71

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The truth is timdog44 May 2013 #92

I also agree with everything you've posted in this thread. closeupready May 2013 #150

Exactly the way timdog44 May 2013 #152

Glad to hear it. :-) closeupready May 2013 #155

Interesting about putting weight on timdog44 May 2013 #156

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On TV last week, on one of the talk shows, Cleita May 2013 #39

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