76% of Americans Are Living Paycheck-To-Paycheck

[love_katz]

80. I grew up supposedly middle class...

actually, my parents worked their way there during their life times. They were depression era people, and taught me very well about getting by, making do, etc.

Unfortunately, due to sexism, girls were not allowed to take shop when I was growing up, and my dad's attitude to teaching me to use tools was, "you'll have a man to do that for you someday".

I am aware that places like Home Depot (dare I say that, here? ), have classes on DIY and how to use tools. I just don't have enough extra $ to buy or rent tools, nor the small fittings and extras which are often needed to make a project complete.

I keep hoping that my situation will improve. There is some truth to the idea that you can often live better with more time and less $ than you can with more $ and less time...but there is a limit to how well that works.

Thanks for the link about local people helping each other. I will check that out.