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
I’m thinking it must have more to do with the insides of the bean, than the skin. Boiling does a job on the skin pretty quickly, but what takes a long time is getting the beans cooked all the way to the center, and this seems to be where baking soda makes a huge difference. Whatever it’s doing, I think it’s doing it long before the beans are put to boil.
Don’t know about your area, but on the scanner here we are having a whale of a Friday night! Heard about a wreck (head-on) just ahead of us as we were coming back from doctor’s office... Trooper Medic (helicopter), 2 ambulances who all transported - and ever since then, ALL ambulances and paramedics in both counties are non-stop...
One exchange a few minutes ago went like - A85 respond to XXX Front Street for an unconscious subject - Kent center be advised we are 45 miles out returning from Christiana - A85 you are the closest available unit I have that’s available. - Delta Response! 10-4 (with the siren starting in the background).
They even are running our volunteer paramedics full throttle even though they called in off duty paramedics and have put them in ambulances.
Call after call - non-stop...
Sure glad wife no longer works in the ER intake processing as she did for over 12 years.
Quite a change from when I was in Texas when I used to drive part time to help my ex father-in-law... Wrecker was usually first on scene until the Highway Patrol and the Undertaker got there... Yep, they used the hearses for ambulances. Wrecker served as rescue unit (pulled apart car with winch so patients could be extracted)Highway Patrol had first aid kits and backboards, and the Undertakers had been trained in first aid. LOL I have seen quite a few absolutely refuse a ride in the hearse - a couple even wanted to go to the hospital riding in the wrecker instead... Making statements like “I’m only going to make ONE ride in a hearse - and it ain’t gonna be now.” were common. It was amazing how much better people would feel when the choice was to ride the stretcher in the hearse or sit in the wrecker for a ride to the hospital. Aches and pains melted away pretty quickly.
“You can over-winter geraniums that you have in your garden by bringing them indoors.”
I have been bringing my geraniums in for several years. It’s nice to have something blooming during the winter. I’ve also taken cuttings to start new plants for spring.
I'm sure they are correct; however, one must be careful to NOT take acidophilus capsules with either garlic or with beans.
Take a few acidophilus/bifidus/etc capsules one day; eat bean soup the next. Never on the same day!
Over time, the difference is HUGE. Anyway, there was a real study done somewhere that came up with the same results I haphazardly had occur, but didn't initially understand why.
And like you say, if you stop eating beans at least twice a week, the digestive enzymes necessary tend to disappear.
871,037 ILI/ARI Cases
39,603 Hospitalized
135 Deaths
The above numbers from the latest update from Ukraine (see map) continue to alarm. More than half of the Oblasts and cities listed exceed the epidemic threshold, including Kiev and Kiev Oblast, raising concerns that the increase in case numbers will accelerate. Moreover, hospitalization of 39,603 raises concerns that the number of deaths will also accelerate, since 11% of hospitalized cases in California died.
Although WHO has suggested that these alarming number may reflect sub-standard medical and housing conditions, the numbers remain alarming. Mill Hill indicated that at least 15 samples were H1N1 positive, indicating they now have a small database of Ukraine sequences. Although initial reports indicated there were no "major" changes, which presumably referred to reassortment, and no Tamiflu/Peramivir resistance, further analysis was required to rule out significant changes which were presumably linked to SNPs....
My husband has been finding the food grade 5 gal. buckets at Menards, but we also bought some at Lowes. I would guess Home Depot would have them as well. He’s been paying about $2.50 for a pail and $1.00 for the lids at Menards.
Where did you buy your mylar bags? Are they necessary to use or can you just put the food in the pails? The only thing I have in my pails so far is wheat - no mylar, just the pail.
Why didn’t I just ping you directly, DW ;) I will next time, though. Thanks for the info.
I swear, you really remind me of the PhD I worked with that had degrees in agriculture and biology. There was nothing he didn’t know about growing things! Nicest grandpa you’d ever want to meet too. And the school we taught in decided they didn’t like him! It was a weird school. Based on who was buddies with who - not who was competent. Sad parents were wasting their tuition money on that place. Caveat Emptor when it comes to private schools!
Snagged & Sharing .... those with the Ninja, Magic Bullet or even just a blender/smoothie machin, thought some of you might be interested in this..... if wanting to make this into a frozen drink, why not freeze strawberries first ..... enjoy!
msclassylady717/cj in fla
Strawberry Coolers
2 cups chilled orange juice
1 1/2 cups hulled strawberries
1 tablespoon sugar, or to taste
1 1/2 cups chilled ginger ale
Combine orange juice, strawberries and sugar in a blender; blend until the
berries are pureed.
Place the berry puree in a large pitcher. Add ginger ale; stir to combine.
Serve over ice.
Yield: 4 servings
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Back when there were concerns of Bird Flu spreading globally, I did
some research about deadly flu strains with similar symptoms. I
discovered an interesting treatment that worked for the deadly flu
epidemic of 1918. It’s an herbal flu remedy that you can get at your
local health food store, called “Lomatium”. With all the talk about
Swine Flu right now, I think it’s worth taking a look at this
interesting plant extract:
NaturalNews) A powerful antiviral plant
used by Native Americans to survive the 1918 influenza epidemic may
prove to be a strong modern-day cold and flu remedy, according to a
report from the University of California.
The root — called
Lomatium Dissectum, Biscuit Root or Indian Consumption Plant — was
eaten by the Washoe Indians to battle viral illnesses such as
influenza. During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, not a single Washoe
tribe member died from influenza or its complications. However, other
tribes living in Nevada in areas where the plant did not grow
experienced a number of deaths, according to Dr. Ernst T. Krebs, a
Nevada physician writing in the Bulletin of the Nevada State Board of
Health.
The plant, a member of the parsley family, is
wildcrafted, and grows in dry, sandy climates. Krebs says it acts as a
bronchial, intestinal and urinary antiseptic, and is also a diaphoretic
(causes perspiration) and diuretic. It is usually prepared by cutting
up the root and boiling it in water, then skimming off the top and
consuming large doses of the broth to treat cold, flu and even
pneumonia. [...]”
http://chasblogspot.blogspot.com/2009/04/s...atium-root.html
[this url did not work for me, use the next one, he has a nice blog, may/or could be a Freeper...granny]
http://chasblogspot.blogspot.com/
EXCLUSIVE : Rare virus poses new threat to troops
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379832/posts
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Take a good look at this one, for Pro-Med-Mail has a report every couple weeks on an out break of it, some place I read it has been played with as a bioweapon.
Take a look at the names they tested for weapons:
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What makes the use of biological agents so attractive to the terrorist? ... Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses: Ebola, Marburg, Lassa Fever, Argentine and Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses, Hantavirus, Congo-Crimean Virus, Rift Valley Fever ...
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Here’s a pic of AMBER BAHR, young hero who didn’t realize she was shot & bleeding until well after she’d saved other soldiers’ lives.
http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?afid=1&aid=33717790
Thank you for drawing attention to these heroes, for few know about them.
I could strangle the SOB on behalf of the fallen soldiers’ families. My baby has him as is CIC - and that makes me nauceious. (And unable to spell correctly)<<<
I feel the same as you do....
The only starting point I can think of off-hand is that it’s alkaline. Must be reacting with the beans in some way that causes water to be pulled in due to a sort of domino-effect of the reaction.<<<
Could be.
Glad to see you posting here, welcome to the thread.
Stronger alkali solutions (lye) are routinely used for peeling potatoes and carrots commercially.<<<
You keep releasing real information, and we will all feel the need to can or starve to death.
I knew the lye was used on field corn to make hominy, but
did not know it was used on fresh vegetables.
I am suddenly hearing a lot of rape cases, child and mature men and women.
There were a lot of passed out people on the streets, no not drunks, for they don’t call an ambulance for the drunks.
Lots of gun fire, even cops were reporting it ....
Tonight we all froze, when a cop yelled “code red, we put them on the ground, and the [mumbled] pulled a gun on us!!!”
No sound of gun fire and no cop said for the record “shots fired”....
Fool on the ground, deserved to be shot, for he intended to shoot, or he would not have pulled him gun.....
They did have a call for a riot earlier.
And there shall be no parked cars on the streets “for no reason”, they are afraid of car bombs, I think.
At times, I get almost shocked at the numbers of bullets that get fired in a 24 hour period, this morning, they were chasing cars that were having a running gun battle.
And this is America today.
I have been bringing my geraniums in for several years. It’s nice to have something blooming during the winter. I’ve also taken cuttings to start new plants for spring.<<<
Yes, even the most common of them, make me feel good, when they bloom.
As my sister says about flowers “soul food”.
I think of them as jewels that are God’s gifts to us.
And like you say, if you stop eating beans at least twice a week, the digestive enzymes necessary tend to disappear.<<<
As a kid, we were served buttermilk with beans, and I did for many years, thought of it as the ‘southern way’, now I would look at the enzymes.
Yogurt would work too and we did eat bowls of clabber, or sour mild that was firm like yogurt.
For years, with my beans, I would take a peppermint and papaya pill that I bought for all kinds of stomach problems and they worked.
Many headaches will stop, with the peppermint / papaya pill.
The company went out of business and it is hard to find them without other chemicals, which to my way of thinking lessen the effect of the pills with only the 2 ingredients.
Although initial reports indicated there were no “major” changes, which presumably referred to reassortment, and no Tamiflu/Peramivir resistance, further analysis was required to rule out significant changes which were presumably linked to SNPs....<<<
It will be good luck if this stays true.
I sent some of the Ukraine info to a friend who has spent time there and is now in an adjoining country, he said that he did not know what to think, that he was seeing people in the town where he is visiting wearing masks and being careful.
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