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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:00 PM Original message |
How hard up is anyone here for money? |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. I am trying to save up an extra 5% of my income on top of other savings |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh wonderful! At least you get to keep your job.. |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. My wife works for a non-profit |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. edit |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Beets out of a can? I don't know...tell me more |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. beets are great as a digestive marker |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. My status is unchanged |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. In years past I always spent 100.00 on groceries a week |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Same here ........... |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Today I noticed... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. I can't get over how high grocery prices have gotten. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. In fact, |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Been going to Costco more and more and the grocery store less and less. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. If grocery prices keep going up like they have, I'm going to be in trouble. |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. . |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. you had to pawn your DISHES?!!! |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. Foodstamps, two foodbanks, SSDI |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. I eat soup more.... lot more. n/t |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm sorry. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Struggling. |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. oh I dunno, I think I'd rather have a can of beets than a |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Brewers yeast? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. About 5 bucks to the bill. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I got a little spoiled with the food stamps. |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Down to one meal a day |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. I'm eating through my 401k because public assistance isn't |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. How long have you been waiting for the SSDI? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. 6 months. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That's actually quick if it goes through that fast. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
26. Vas iss dis 'Mooney' ting yoo are talkking about? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
27. Unemployment keeps me in beer |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 03:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Aren't you getting wrinkled? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. It's not the wrinkling that makes you want to get out, it's that eventually |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
29. It's harder than it's been in a while. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
31. A nanometer better |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
32. I work at a Walmart...how do you think? |
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annonymous (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
36. I buy most groceries at Aldi and Costco |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
37. this thread has saddened me |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
38. I'm scraping by from month to month |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I only bought 4 plants. The rest I'm starting from seed |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Sign on to FreeCycle in your area |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm alrighti right now |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. Thank good I am no longer living on 16k a year like last year.... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. Eating normally, but not what we used to eat. |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
45. My truck just died, can't afford to fix it |
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peacefreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I'm right there with you. |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
46. My truck just died, can't afford to fix it |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
48. We're OK. Thanks for asking. |
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