Posted on 07/24/2009 3:37:21 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny
Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition Category: Roundups | Comments(15)
Did you hear about the guy that lives on nothing? No seriously, he lives on zero dollars a day. Meet Daniel Suelo, who lives in a cave outside Moab, Utah. Suelo has no mortgage, no car payment, no debt of any kind. He also has no home, no car, no television, and absolutely no “creature comforts.” But he does have a lot of creatures, as in the mice and bugs that scurry about the cave floor he’s called home for the last three years.
To us, Suelo probably sounds a little extreme. Actually, he probably sounds very extreme. After all, I suspect most of you reading this are doing so under the protection of some sort of man-made shelter, and with some amount of money on your person, and probably a few needs for money, too. And who doesn’t need money unless they have completely unplugged from the grid? Still, it’s an amusing story about a guy who rejects all forms of consumerism as we know it.
The Frugal Roundup
How to Brew Your Own Beer and Maybe Save Some Money. A fantastic introduction to home brewing, something I’ve never done myself, but always been interested in trying. (@Generation X Finance)
Contentment: A Great Financial Principle. If I had to name one required emotion for living a frugal lifestyle it would be contentment. Once you are content with your belongings and your lot in life you can ignore forces attempting to separate you from your money. (@Personal Finance by the Book)
Use Energy Star Appliances to Save On Utility Costs. I enjoyed this post because it included actual numbers, and actual total savings, from someone who upgraded to new, energy star appliances. (@The Digerati Life)
Over-Saving for Retirement? Is it possible to “over-save” for retirement? Yes, I think so. At some point I like the idea of putting some money aside in taxable investments outside of retirement funds, to be accessed prior to traditional retirement age. (@The Simple Dollar)
40 Things to Teach My Kids Before They Leave Home. A great list of both practical and philosophical lessons to teach your kids before they reach the age where they know everything. I think that now happens around 13 years-old. (@My Supercharged Life)
Index Fund Investing Overview. If you are looking for a place to invest with high diversification and relatively low fees (for broader index funds with low turnover), index funds are a great place to start. (@Money Smart Life)
5 Reasons To Line Dry Your Laundry. My wife and I may soon be installing a clothesline in our backyard. In many neighborhoods they are frowned upon - one of the reasons I don’t like living in a neighborhood. I digress. One of our neighbors recently put up a clothesline, and we might just follow his lead. (@Simple Mom)
A Few Others I Enjoyed
* 4 Quick Tips for Getting Out of a Rut * Young and Cash Rich * Embracing Simple Style * First Trading Experience With OptionsHouse * The Exponential Power of Delayed Consumption * How Much Emergency Fund is Enough? * 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind * Save Money On Car Insurance
Sorry to post to you so very late..
I just found my place.
Line drying in winter does not contribute to holes in clothing.
They are freeze dried.
Mom used to smack them on the table to make them loosen up for folding..
That's so very visual, I can see her! Long live Purr Baby, may all your days be filled with warmth, comfort and cheese...(both of you!)
>>>I found it interesting that the people went to such lengths to bring out the servants and to find them a place to begin in America, and did not just flee in the age old “I am safe, take care of yourself style”.<<<
Servants were viewed much more as part of the family than as servants. Vast majority were live-ins and became part of everyday family life and were included along with them in everything they did. The servants almost always referred to the family as ‘My Family’ too. I have long wished the Castro brothers would get out so maybe I could go back and visit some of the many places I remember, even though I am sure they are very changed now.
>>>I had the same experience with some tomatoes that you had with your squash. <<<
The really strange part was that I had pumpkins and butternut squash that did fantastically.... Just the Acorn squash (Hmmm, maybe 0’s Acorns corrupted everything Acorn /s)
Just made two pumpkin pies today from one of them, and the butternuts were thicker than hair on a dogs back - which suits me just fine as we would eat them 2 or 3 times a week very happily.
Oh, on the truckers choice corn, I measured a couple stalks today - 14’6” - Still can’t get over reaching way up to pick corn. Just wish that windstorm hadn’t lodged about half of it.
Always planted buttercup as we all like a “dry” squash but last year, my daughter served butternut at Thanksgiving and I was impressed with the flavor and texture, not real dry but “just right” as baby bear would say, so planted some this year. They did very well and I will have plenty to preserve and share. As I have stated before, corn is my very favorite garden veggie, both fresh and frozen, so I am always interested in different kinds. I don’t think your extra tall variety would be successful here as we usually have damage every year from high winds at some point during the growing season.
Kitchen Garden of King Louis XIV
The Potager du Roi (fr: Kitchen Garden of the King), near the Palace of Versailles,
produced fresh vegetables and fruits for the table of the court of Louis XIV. It
was created between 1678 and 1783 by Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, the director
of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens. Today it is run by the École Nationale
Supérieure du Paysage, the high state school in France for the training of landscape
architects. It is listed by the French Ministry of Culture as one of the Notable
Gardens of France.
Home food garden - Fairbanks, Alaska - circa 1910,
postcard
Title: Residence and garden, First Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Hand-colored postcard.
Smithsonian Institution has huge collection of historic seed catalogs
The Smithsonian Institution Libraries have a unique trade catalog collection that
includes about 10,000 seed and nursery catalogs dating from 1830 to the present.
Many of the trade catalogs were part of the Burpee Collection donated to the Horticulture
Services Division by Mrs. David Burpee in 1982. The collection includes both Burpee
and their competitors’ catalogs.
In An Apple Tree - 1885
In September, when the apples were red,
To Belinda I said,
“Would you like to go away
To Heaven, or stay
Here in this orchard full of trees
All your life?” And she said, “If you please
I’ll stay here - where I know,
And the flowers grow.”
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
I tried to find a purr to use as my cell phone ring, to no avail.<<<
Could you record the purr and then put it on?
Can one record to the computer direct?
LOL, are you going to make me admit that I do not know what I am talking about?
Welcome back.
You are on the ping list, there is a small problem, in that I get side tracked and rarely send it out.
We are glad to see you any time.
That’s so very visual, I can see her! Long live Purr Baby, may all your days be filled with warmth, comfort and cheese...(both of you!)<<<
She is only a couple months old and the size of a one month old baby, but she is the boss.
She now has TT afraid to eat cheese, it is all hers.
I think they are litter mates and TT is growing like crazy, will be a huge cat, while she will always be small.
Servants were viewed much more as part of the family than as servants.<<<
Yes, as the lady who brought her out, came to check on her and visit.
She brought the family photo albums, and sometimes I have trouble looking at one of the often seen photos on the internet, for I am sure it is their home.
It is a dump today, only the round fountain remains, and when they lived there it was so very beautiful.
If we do not stop the nonsense here, exactly the same is in our futures.
It helps to set the number of posts per page to 250. That’s what I do to see more posts and go through the thread faster.
“Purr Baby is sound trained, she heard the sound of me opening a package of cookies, watched me eat a couple, muttered a couple of cuss words and attacked my legs, several times.”
I wonder if she’ll come when you open a package so you can get her to come to you that way. Of course, if you have cheese, all will be fine.
Great research Granny!!
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FDA NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Sept. 17, 2009
Media Inquiries: Christopher Kelly, Christopher.Kelly@fda.hhs.gov, 301-796-4676
Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA
FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Stolen Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution and Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today advised consumers not to use certain respiratory medications purchased after Sept. 8, 2009 and manufactured by Dey L.P., a subsidiary of Mylan Inc., because the medications might have been part of a shipment being transported on a tractor-trailer stolen in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 8, 2009.
The respiratory medications, Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution, 0.02%, and Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution, 0.083%, unit-dose vials, have not been recovered and may be dangerous to use because the drugs may not have been stored and handled properly.
Dey issued an advisory on Sept. 11, 2009 regarding the theft. Although the FDA is not aware of any reports of adverse events, the agency is advising patients who use these respiratory medications to check to see if products received or purchased after Sept. 8, 2009 are from one of the following lots:
Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution (892,000 doses; all lots contain 3.0 ml vials and display the brand name “Dey”)
* Lot number 9G04, NDC # 49502-697-29
* Lot number 9FD8, NDC # 49502-697-61
* Lot number 9FD9, NDC # 49502-697-61
* Lot number 9FE1, NDC # 49502-697-61
Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution (432,000 doses; all lots contain 2.5 ml vials and display the brand name “Dey”)
* Lot number F09089, NDC # 49502-685-31
* Lot number C09119, NDC # 49502-685-62
* Lot number C09120, NDC # 49502-685-62
Do not use Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution or Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution if it is from one of these lots and was purchased or received after Sept. 8, 2009. Replace it with the same product from another lot.
Notify your health care professional of any adverse effects you may have experienced as a result of taking these medications.
Bring products from these lots back to the pharmacy where you received the medicine to exchange for products from a different lot or call Dey customer service at 800-527-4278. Contact your health care professional if you must switch to another product for any reason for possible dose adjustments.
The FDA is asking for the public’s help in reporting any information regarding the stolen Dey products to the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) by calling 800-551-3989 or by visiting the OCI Web site (http://www.fda.gov/OCI).
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Keep us posted on how the recording goes.
My old computer in the 90’s had an ear set, to use and talk over the phone through the computer, and I think this one has a place for a microphone to plug in...or maybe that isn’t its purpose.
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