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Having vehicle repairs done "out", especially on older cars can sure nickel and dime you to death! I know next to nothing about them, but fortunately DH is really good with them. I love his approach...when there's a problem, he considers the things it could be...and fixes the easiest/cheapest...

A few generations ago, most of us lived pretty much the same way, nok. Then with the industrial boom and increased wages and plentiful everything, we became a nation of consumers and disposers. I think what most of us are working toward with this thread is to find our way back to some of those...

LOL! Trust me, if anything comes out of that pressure cooker I can't break by hand, it won't be going in the processor! Hadn't thought about rib bones though...that might well be an option!

We're starting to make our own bone meal...little bits at a time. I haven't tried it with other kinds of bones, but when I make chicken stock, I throw everything in the pressure cooker and once it's done, the chicken bones are quite crumbly. I let them dry and toss 'em in a bag. When I have...

I recently tried a little experiment: I put a 5 gallon bucket in each of our showers with strict instructions that when running the water to warm and when lathering, to direct the spray into the bucket. I was totally amazed...it averages 2 gallons of perfectly clean, unused water goes down the...

There's a lot of conflicting information out there, Dennis. The latest I've seen is that eggs are NOT the big bugaboo they've been touted to be vis a vis cholesterol...neither is butter for that matter. Plus the fact that these are natural, unrefined, unprocessed foods goes a long way...our...

I'm probably the last to find it but I came across an amazing site today for all things frugal...recipes, crafts, reuse.. It's huge and I've already spent a couple hours looking around and barely scratched the surface. www.budget101.com

Our van is a 1999, so it's nothing fancy either, LOL. We're WAY more into function than form. But the ones messed with were newer ones...still nothing fancy, and nothing on the vehicles broken...they were unlocked, so it was just a matter of them opening the doors. I had a friend who lived in a...

LOL...I worry more about vandals (aka kids with nothing better to do) than actual thieves. We did have two incidents, nothing major. Once, someone got in the car (we lock 'em now) and went through the glovebox...stole the part pack of cigarettes I had in there. The other was a bit of a...

Our three bark at anyone who walks down the street, leaves blowing across the yard...and lots of other things that remain a mystery to us. One of 'em is big enough that it just might make someone think twice, but the other 2 are ankle biters and would only make a would-be thief laugh at the...

OMGosh, Scott...that's just too darn funny! I have such a mental picture in my head! I didn't realize how fortunate we are to live where we are. We may not be zoned for goats and may not have as much property as we'd like, but we can leave our house unlocked and unattended, and nobody ever...

That's awesome! Congrats on that first egg...it's so exciting, isn't it?? :) Glad to hear you have your dog...our 3 are more likely to lick someone to death rather than guard, LOL

You're right luluann...and even if it's true, it can be a LONG way from lifting a radio for instance to taking live chickens! I'm kinda thinking the sort of person who'd take the one wouldn't really be interested in the other. I can't really imagine why anyone would want to steal...

Wood is something we pretty much never get rid of unless it's so tiny as to be useless for anything, LOL. We keep an eye on Craig's List and the curb when driving...we "scavenge" whatever we think we can use. Great deal you got on the cameras...sure hope they do the trick and you can catch...

I hear ya, Scott. My aunt still likes perked coffee better than the drip variety. She did move to an electric perk rather than the stovetop one, though. I confess, I don't like mine real strong, but not like dishwater either, LOL, and I prefer the drip variety. The main reason we had to get...

That's awesome! I use a few, but since the stores in this area never double, most of the time I can get generic or store brands for less the the name brands even with a coupon. There are a few brand names I'm loyal to and will always use a coupon for them, but it just seems that 99.9% of the...

We recently bought a single cup coffee maker. It was originally designed for use with those K cups, but who can afford those?? Besides, we're pretty basic in our coffee preference...we like Columbian, black, in a cup. LOL The reason we went with the one we did was that it also allows you to...

Congrats, and good for you, MS!! We did that a couple of years ago, and I did miss a few shows...for a little bit. But as you said, we have the internet. We also went with Netflix for $10/mo which let us order CD's and watch lots of stuff on the computer. My brother moved in with us a few...

Note to self: do NOT order calamari ever again! Checked with the zoning laws this afternoon...we can NOT have a goat :( I even asked the very nice lady if we could have one if it were a certified service animal, LOL No go. Where we are, goats are deemed "livestock" and we aren't allowed...

LOL, Scott, you crack me up! I've seen some awesome prices for way cool critters at auctions and on CL for a while now...if I get some, can we come live with you?? What's piqued my interest here lately is...a goat. We're going to the county building on Wed to see if we can't get a copy of the...