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07-05-2006, 11:33 AM #1Registered User
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If you had to give up 5 convenience items today - what would they be?
Mine
1. Dishwasher - don't use it that much anymore - all my dishes need to be dirty to fill it.
2. Kettle - I could boil water on the stove.
3. Microwave - again don't use it that much and I've lived without one before.
4. Prepackaged rice and noodle dishes (Lipton sides) - I could make something similar if I needed to.
5. Individually wrapped snacks for DS's lunches - cheese sticks, granola bars etc...again I could make these myself and wrap in plastic wrap or baggie (I actually do when I make homemade granola bars).
Your turn.
Kim
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07-05-2006, 12:22 PM #2Registered User
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microwave
dryer
store bought jams/jellies
store bought bread
store bought snacks
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07-05-2006, 12:27 PM #3Registered User
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1. Dishwasher
2. Dryer
3. Prepackaged, over-priced snack foods
4. Coke products; would live off of water
5. Bread maker, prefer bread from the oven~*Michelle*~
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07-05-2006, 01:07 PM #4Master Dollar Stretcher aka DixieBob
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Um, I'm pretty spoiled and lazy, I'll have to get back with you on this one.
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07-05-2006, 01:11 PM #5Registered User
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hair dryer/curling irons etc, never bother to use em
dryer, i have a clothes line
pre-packaged snack foods, we could have fruit instead
the car, we could walk...~~ Missy ~~
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07-05-2006, 01:38 PM #6Registered User
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I don't know what I would beable to give up......
I need my dryer....... other wise my clothes would smell like cat $%^&. I could give up a hair dryer, curling iron
FernYes I'm out of my mind. It's a dark and scary place in there.
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07-05-2006, 02:09 PM #7Master Dollar Stretcher aka DixieBob
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yikes, still having problems with your neighbors cats? That would drive me crazy!
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07-05-2006, 03:04 PM #8Registered User
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Hmmmm... If I HAD to give stuff up...
1. Microwave. I only use it to reheat things. I can use the oven or stove for that.
2. Cell phone. I rarely use it anyway.
3. Dryer (but I don't want to! I use it for most of my laundry!)
4. Convenience foods, like cookies. I can always make my own.
5. Store-bought bread. I actually enjoy making my own once in a while. I could make it for all the time if I had to.
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07-05-2006, 03:47 PM #9Registered User
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microwave
kettle
dishwasher - oh yeah! I did! lol we moved into a house with no dishwasher - I had only lived with one for a couple years any way and it was a little 18inch thing.
packaged side dishes noodles, rice, etc....
cell phone
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07-05-2006, 04:07 PM #10Registered User
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1. Hair Dryer (I use it once every few months, can go without)
2. Clothes Dryer (I start hang-dry my clothes, and love it)
3. Home Phone (I rarely use it, Use my cell phone 95% of the time)
4. Dish-washer
5. Pre-packaged snack foods
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07-05-2006, 04:24 PM #11Registered User
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Originally Posted by Dixie
“When you get to the end of all the light you know
and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown,
faith is knowing that one of two things will happen:
you will be given something solid to stand on,
or you will be taught how to fly.” - Edward Teller
“Our Earth is degenerate in these later days;
there are signs that the world is speedily
coming to an end;
bribery and corruption are common; children no
longer obey their parents;
every man wants to write a book and the
end of the world is evidently approaching.”
— From a translation of an inscription on
an Assyrian clay tablet, circa 2800 B.C.E.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
aho mitakuye oyasin
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07-05-2006, 04:35 PM #12Registered User
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Prepackaged snacks.
Juice boxes - when we buy them, they disappear quick, so I usually force myself to fill bottles for the kids.
Drive-thrus. Usually takes just as long as making a pb&j from home.
Dryer in the summertime.
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07-05-2006, 05:01 PM #13Registered User
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I've gotten rid of most of my convenience items already, and I think it's cheating to put a list of stuff I dont' have anyway.... HOWEVER...... I think I could live without...
a clothes washer. I'd whine more, but I could do it.
a vacuum cleaner. Again... the whining might get a little overpowering.. 3 dogs, 3 cats....
soap.... I s'pose I could make my own....
conditioner. My vanity would have to live without....
hair dye.... my vanity would scream and holler, but I could do it if I *had* to.
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07-05-2006, 05:14 PM #14Registered User
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Anything to do with hair and make-up......no one to impress but the kids and the cows....MOOOO!!!
Wet wipes,
Cable tv
Crystal Lite
EBAY
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Hmmm...
This is a hard one.
1. I'm ok with giving up pre-package foods.
2. microwave
3. dryer it would be harder in the winter but I could do it
4. cell phone but I really like having it
5. t.v I think I'd actually enjoy this one
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