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  1. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    I look at that diet as "Paleo" for dogs. :D Not endorsing it one way or the other it just fits.
  2. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Just to let you know, they are indeed legit. I worked for them for a time.
  3. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    I have cut out almost all gift giving except for grandchildren. Sometimes my son does get me something for my birthday anyway and sometimes I get a gift for someone on a birthday or Christmas just because it was at a wonderful price and something I know they'd just love. But no gifts for and...
  4. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    I have made this bread and it's good. It does have an artisan bread texture, i.e. firm. I want a softer bread at times and can make it either way with a traditional kneaded dough and much faster simply by altering a couple ingredients a little. Recipe is in my head. When I say faster I mean that...
  5. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Yep. Mine think I'm just poor. Well, I don't have much to spare but I'm perfectly happy with my 15 year old truck, no smart phone (did have one - don't need it), no cable, etc. I did however spend $300 on a refurb Kitchenaide to help my carpal tunnel wrists knead bread, etc. Next big purchase...
  6. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    I've seen recipes online for "Jewish Egg Bread (challa)" so maybe look it up that way? And yes in American measurements.
  7. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Personally I'd rather have every migrant worker and housewife in Texas handle my food than have it wrapped in cellophane. Often that is the cause of premature rotting from lack of air flow. Stuff washes. And/or you cook it. All I know is, I almost never get sick. I supposed it's like using hand...
  8. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    You can have just about any breed that way. Just don't look for them to get all that big or lay very many eggs. I've heard that the best at foraging for themselves are the game types. Not cornish crosses but Asil, LF real cornish, but mostly the Asian games. The tall rangy looking ones. They are...
  9. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Gosh yes. After finally deciding to try cooking dry pintos in my mom's old pressure cooker (not electric but still it's a pressure cooker, and still in great shape) I wondered why on earth I hadn't done that before. Not only a time saver but they really came out better than they do after soaking...
  10. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    I've been told many times that my Security sign is what helps more than anything. I don't have anything worth stealing and that is why I purposefully leave the blinds open in the parts of the house I don't use. My truck is 12 years old and unlocked. Someone broke in it when it was new and pulled...
  11. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    It's the same here. Yet I have no dogs, no goats, and I'm in the city in an area generally referred to has "high crime!" :lau Being an old resident with a rep for being a nice lady, plus being known for having a gun close by and having a "Brinks security" sign by my door works wonders. Not sure...
  12. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Oh I have people referencing the newest "Survivor" and all that other stuff and they are so shocked that I have no idea what they're talking about. It's garbage! I don't watch it. I like documentaries. Not the OH WOW LOOK OH HELL ones but the real ones with quiet voices and real information and...
  13. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    :thumbsup From my generation: PAYING for TV reception???? DO WHAT???? I now don't even have a functioning TV set. I do have a little USB thingie that plugs into the computer that I can watch free, over the free air waves TV on if I want to, but I never do. Even when I was young, (mumble mumble)...
  14. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    There's an old saying, Scott, "Useless as (breasts) on a boar hog (or boar shoat)." I doubt there truly is anything 100% useless on a hog too but that's just the old saying.
  15. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Bingo! Absolutely! I think we've uncovered the real way to be frugal folks. Don't be CHEAP, be SMART.
  16. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Haha I have exactly the same sort of thing for storing canned goods. It was on the curb with a back leg broken off. I put on a functional but not beautiful new leg, and the place it goes is in a corner where you can't even see it. Cut out some new shelves for it from material that was right...
  17. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Absolutely. You don't need the bells and whistles. My truck, I bought in 2001 brand spanking new. Doesn't have electric windows, which I adore, or power door locks. No tilt steering or fancy seats but it does have a radio and air conditioning. People get sticker shock looking at Chevrolet trucks...
  18. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    Though I live in the city, I largely have the same attitude towards running out and buying things. I leave my property as little as I possibly can. And make do without whatever it is just because I don't want to go out and get it. I find that whatever that crushing great need was yesterday isn't...
  19. galanie

    Just curious who else is living super frugal

    We probably do have sister feet except mine have not flat, but rather low arches, in addition to having a scar on one arch from surgery. And so even if I try on a pair the right width, the arch in a pair of good running shoes is often much too high for me. I no longer need any office wear either...
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