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Herman Munster
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:24 PM Original message |
Surviving (and thriving) on $12,000 a year |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. A K a month? |
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liberaldemocrat7
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Sat Jan-13-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
86. Look for freecycle. They run mailing lists where you can get free items too. |
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twilight_sailing
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh great, |
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Herman Munster
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. the woman in the article |
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twilight_sailing
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. My mistake then. |
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twilight_sailing
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. but I gotta say |
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kevinbgoode
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. I'm went back to school at around her age. .. |
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twilight_sailing
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Your turn, Herman. |
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Herman Munster
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. my turn for what? |
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twilight_sailing
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Me too, buddy. |
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twilight_sailing
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. And more honest. |
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twilight_sailing
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. and more brave. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Right. |
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Warpy
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. I lived that way for the last 3 years |
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twilight_sailing
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I am just a BIG Warpy fan. |
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stevedeshazer
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Warpy, you just said it |
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JeffR
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Deserves its own thread, Warpy |
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liberaldemocrat7
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Sat Jan-13-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
88. Where did that picture come from. It would look great on a bumper sticker. LOL. |
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JeffR
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Sat Jan-13-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Feel free |
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liberaldemocrat7
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Sat Jan-13-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Thank you. |
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kevinbgoode
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
67. I really admire you. . . |
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Warpy
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Sat Jan-13-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
79. Thanks, but one thing to remember about thrift shops |
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The Flaming Red Head
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Sat Jan-13-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #79 |
92. Thrift stores have nice clothes too |
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tandot
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. $525 for rent a month? She must not live in California |
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Herman Munster
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. she lives in Seattle |
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eridani
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. If she's in Seattle, that's what just the basics cost for car insurance costs |
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Jacobin
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. maybe she doesn't have collision coverage |
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tandot
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. Well, $1200 a year seems quite a lot |
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kevinbgoode
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
65. Wow...I'm in a small Illinois college town. . . |
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karlrschneider
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. My car insurance is $11 a month. Seriously. |
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tandot
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Fri Jan-12-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. $11 a month??? |
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karlrschneider
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I don't know, I just signed up with the company and that's what they charge. |
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tandot
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. That is a great deal. |
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liberaldemocrat7
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Sat Jan-13-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
89. My insurance for my electric motorcycle costs $80 a year. |
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OnionPatch
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Fri Jan-12-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. Maybe she's had a speeding ticket |
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tandot
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. I am 42 and I never even got a parking ticket |
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OnionPatch
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Sat Jan-13-07 01:40 AM Response to Reply #60 |
69. My car is bright red |
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Frank Cannon
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. That's great, comrade! Life is terrific in the new Soviet Union! |
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Art_from_Ark
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Sun Jan-14-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
97. That certainly wasn't the case in Northwest Arkansas in the 1960s |
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Frank Cannon
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Sun Jan-14-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #97 |
100. Sure, it wasn't true everywhere |
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Gormy Cuss
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was with her until she talked about food. |
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Pithlet
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. I would give her the benefit of the doubt, but |
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Gormy Cuss
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Fri Jan-12-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I agree, |
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Pithlet
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Fri Jan-12-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I admit I didn't read her comments. |
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fishwax
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Sat Jan-13-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
90. glad to hear another who was irked by that book |
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hfojvt
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Sat Jan-13-07 02:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
74. she gives $20 a month to a church? |
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Gormy Cuss
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Sat Jan-13-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Technically, she probably qualifies for the food bank on an income basis. |
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Delphinus
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Sun Jan-14-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #75 |
101. Some food banks also make you earn credits |
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Rosemary2205
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think this is Repug propaganda. |
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sandnsea
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Don't be sorry |
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electprogdems
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. i am with you rosemary |
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Warren Stupidity
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Fri Jan-12-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. I agree. |
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sweetheart
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Sun Jan-14-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
98. Yep, getting the masses used to poverty... be thankful |
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sandnsea
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Try that with a job |
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LSK
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. Health Insurance costs??? |
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Herman Munster
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Fri Jan-12-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. she probably gets cheap student subsidized health insurance |
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twilight_sailing
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Yeah, take the word of a guy |
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WiseButAngrySara
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Sat Jan-13-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
83. What is your problem? Munster needs to use the new ignore |
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uppityperson
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Sat Jan-13-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
87. what is your problem? Continued snarking at each post is not a good idea |
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sandnsea
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. School insurance |
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SoCalDem
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. Hey kids, it's our old pal Ann Ecdotal again |
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The Rock2111
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Fri Jan-12-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. Who is Ann Ecdotal ? |
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Pithlet
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Fri Jan-12-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. Exactly. Big difference between college student poor |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sat Jan-13-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
80. I lived on the cheap as a grad student, but health insurance was |
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uppityperson
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Sat Jan-13-07 01:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
73. Link to Bumbershoot, but don't need to work 20hr/wk for foodstamps |
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KG
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. i 've lived on that kind of money before. i damn sure wasn't 'thriving', |
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kineneb
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Fri Jan-12-07 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. Surviving (and and not thriving) on $14,000 a year |
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silverlib
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Fri Jan-12-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
63. and it really makes me angry |
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SoCalDem
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Sat Jan-13-07 01:47 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Yep.. it's NOT a "game", and I think that the person who wrote it |
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Sun Jan-14-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #63 |
96. Damn right. Eating rice + bouillion cubes for weeks on end is no fun at all. |
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Midlodemocrat
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Sat Jan-13-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #29 |
77. Wow. I am so humbled by your post. |
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catnhatnh
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. And the unspoken part.... |
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etherealtruth
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Sat Jan-13-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
84. "she is a parasite" |
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countingbluecars
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. If she can do it ... |
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eridani
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. Social capital is a good replacement for money |
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hyphenate
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm in the same boat |
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Wiley50
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Fri Jan-12-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. I'm In A Boat, Literally |
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SmokingJacket
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. I lived comfortably on $6,000 ten years ago. |
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. how is someone "thriving" when they have to ask for free food? |
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buddysmellgood
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Attitude. |
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PuraVidaDreamin
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. You are a hero to me! |
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Warren Stupidity
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Fri Jan-12-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. The OP overquoted an essay by some woman. |
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Selah
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Fri Jan-12-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. Tommy? |
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Selah
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Fri Jan-12-07 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. $20.00/mo is not tithing - it is an offering. |
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twilight_sailing
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Fri Jan-12-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
44. 7 votes fof the Greatest Page? LOL. |
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NMDemDist2
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Fri Jan-12-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. exactly right in 1999 we made over $100,000, 2006? we'll be lucky to |
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eridani
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Fri Jan-12-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. You have a huge amount of stored capital |
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NMDemDist2
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Fri Jan-12-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. well that sounds good but |
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eridani
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Fri Jan-12-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. That's what I mean by prior capital |
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LeftyMom
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Fri Jan-12-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yawn. |
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Dastard Stepchild
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Sat Jan-13-07 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
68. $12000 a year would just about pay my yearly rent bill... |
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Hidden Stillness
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Sat Jan-13-07 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
70. What a Goddamned Delusion |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sat Jan-13-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. Exactly--my determination to get out of debt has been continually |
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Sat Jan-13-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #70 |
91. yep, it's the unforeseen expenses |
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Sun Jan-14-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #70 |
95. You about summed up what I think...this was written by someone |
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uppityperson
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Sat Jan-13-07 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
71. $500/month rent? SInce when (or where) do you need to work 20 hr/wk for foodstamps? |
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Sat Jan-13-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
76. Its all relative |
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seabeyond
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Sat Jan-13-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
78. i lived that way for a decade. the better i got, i was able to buy |
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Sat Jan-13-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
81. Have you heard of freecycle? |
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StrictlyRockers
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Sat Jan-13-07 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
85. Me too Herman. |
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Sun Jan-14-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
99. Gag. |
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