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By: Money Saving Tips for 04-13-09 « Saving Tips … on Everything!

Money Saving Tips for 04-13-09 « Saving Tips … on Everything! — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:29:40 +0000

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By: John.K

John.K — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:15:58 +0000

Of course you are right. My neurons must have been misfiring at that point…a more and more common situation of late.

By: Bert

Bert — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:00:28 +0000

Recycle that old freezer as a coffin and bury it in the back yard. Only takes a little elbow greese to dig the hole. You can even wait for additional occupants to real save money. Make sure it has a good seal if you are waiting to fill it. Lol

By: The Scavenger

The Scavenger — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:37:18 +0000

The Scavengers’ Manifesto isn’t about eating other people’s pizza crusts or plucking “maggot-infested ham” from trash cans. Our book does not really advocate dumpster diving at all, as dumpster diving has many potential health risks, is illegal in many areas, and generally goes beyond the “ick factor” of many scavengers, including myself. Instead, our book defines scavenging much more broadly: e.g., any legal means of acquiring things without paying full price — from thrift-shopping to yard-saling to swapping to bartering to Freecycling to simply bargain-hunting.

Respectfully yours,
Anneli Rufus (coauthor, The Scavengers’ Manifesto)

By: madeyoulook

madeyoulook — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:43:35 +0000

Well, you could get by with seven, if you go and dig up the right other one for March first in the leap years. And John K, the fact that 2000 was not a leap year does not make you need one less calendar, if you want to go with all 14. The very fact that there are leap years takes care of that.

Ah, geekhood: Discussing math-logic stuff with strangers over an absurdity suggested by some-guy-who-thinks-he’s-funny-but-never-awarded-me-something-from-his-house-despite-my-superior-humor. Sigh…

By: John.K

John.K — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:29:13 +0000

Except that certain years that otherwise would be leaps are not…2000 for example.

By: Andrew (not Potter or Coyne)

Andrew (not Potter or Coyne) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:27:19 +0000

Sorry to quibble, but there are actually 14 different calendars. One starting on each day of the week for 365 days years, and similarly for 366 day years.