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    Laws for selling eggs in California

    Good to hear! I was afraid I might get in trouble being a scofflaw. But for neighborhood backyard operations, it seems the paperwork and regulations are silly. I know people buy and sell on craigslist and garage sales all the time and don't worry about business permits or sales tax, so I think...
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    Can we compost leaves with mildew?

    Powdery mildew is the curse of my backyard garden, and is always causing me headaches with my green beans! I've found spraying diluted milk on the leaves can stop it for a few days, but it keeps coming back. I've also read that you need to treat the infected dead leaves and plants like toxic...
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    Laws for selling eggs in California

    I'm not sure on the law, but this is a great time to start selling eggs in California! My wife was just telling me that a dozen at our local "fancy" supermarket costs $7! According to this news story, it's a combination of the new cage-free law and the bird flu... I remember selling home-baked...
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    Getting new glasses can be complicated

    Wow. Nobody is perfect, but there is no excuse for that kind of mistake. I hope he didn't charge you for the surgery. I would be MAD! I had hernia surgery a few years ago. Before I was put under, the doc came in and used a permanent marker to write on my right side that this was the side to do...
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    Coop now a fort

    I agree that you've got to enjoy kids while you can, because they grow up fast. And your coop does look like the perfect fort for a 6 year old! Can you post an update. Is it still a fort, or have you been allowed to convert it to a coop yet?
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    Getting new glasses can be complicated

    I'm confused. He said you should get bifocals, and then he said you shouldn't??? I would change doctors. I go to Costco, where the pricing can't be beat. I like one of the doctors there, I don't like the other. So it really depends on the doctor that works there... Also, most people don't...
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Wow! One of the best personal stories I've read in a long time.
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    I can't disagree with you. It really depends on your situation. It sounds like for you, you are doing everything right, and one thing is just to live more frugally so your money goes farther. Also, you are right, you will be able to do things in your 60's that you probably can't in your 70's or...
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    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    While you can start collecting social security at 62, you won't get as much. If you wait until 65, you get the full amount, or if you wait even longer, you get a bit more. Of course if you start at 62, you get the amount from 62 to 65. I think the break even point is something like 75, where you...
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    ♫♫♫ I believe I can fly ...

    Wow! Is this for real? And is that momma chicken looking at baby chicken? Too cute!
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    Nerd Thread!

    My kids were talking about elementary school algebra the other day and I impressed them by telling them pi was 3.1415926535 879502 but based on your answer it looks like I got the last part wrong. Of course, one can just make it up after about 3.141592653 and very few people would be the wiser...
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    Memorial to my favorite bird

    What a beautiful eulogy. You have a great talent with words. I'm sorry for your loss. I don't know much about chickens (yet). Did Lenny live a "full" (i.e. regular) lifespan?
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    our kids demand chickens!

    Thanks! I'm not sure though that it will be my kids who will be raising them, even it the chickens supposedly belong to them and are their responsibility. I'm just basing that on the fish my kids have, and who actually remembers to feed them (feed the fish, that is). But I did try to explain to...
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    our kids demand chickens!

    We took care of our neighbor-down-the-street's chickens for a few days, and now my kids want chickens too. I thought the chickens were cool, and enjoyed the fresh eggs, so I agreed to "consider it". I'm not sure what I'm getting myself into. :)
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