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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Curmudgeoness

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5. Kudos for the kids. My parents were depression era

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 1, 2012, 03:47 PM

Jan 2012

so they definitely drilled it into us----and all of us kids learned well. I think it helps to get over some of the phobias about things like expiration dates or drinking the water from the tap when you were raised with all of that. I feel sorry for the people who must throw out the iodine in the medicine chest because the date on it is passed. The money wasted!

Isn't it great that "frugal" and "low footprint" work out to be the same thing??? That is what I love the most about it.

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Found a very cool site for those who have repair all sorts of household items: [View all] dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 OP

Cool Sherman A1 Jan 2012 #1

This is a great resource. Glad you posted it. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #2

We are the essence of frugal, believe me. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #4

Kudos for the kids. My parents were depression era Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #5

My G'ma raised 8 kids during the Depression dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #6

I ordered parts for my washer and dryer from RC... Phentex Jan 2012 #3

I used this site to fix my dryer and a couple other items....they have step by step video Historic NY Jan 2012 #7

oooohhhh... dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #8

Worked great saved me some bucks.... Historic NY Jan 2012 #9

Yep, it works out well. My appliances are from the early 80's and work/look RKP5637 Jan 2012 #10

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