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  1. Stockpiling
    i have been checking exprity dates on what we've been buying and then i've been writing the month and year on the product. it's been good for me to have to reallhy think about how much of a product we are going to use and how much we need. i've noticed that some things don't seem to have...
  2. Preparedness and Survival
    Do iodine swabs expire? I know there are expiration dates on the packages...just wondering if that is something that really expires or if the company is just covering their rear? They are the swabs that they use in hospital settings if that has anything to do with anything. Also, I have a...
  3. Drugstore & Grocery Store Deals/Product Reviews
    Publix changed their sale dates. Now instead of running from Thursday morning until Wed night they are running from Monday morning until the second Wed. So a week and a half. Guessing maybe saving on sales ads? Went in to get a couple more jars of pickles at the BOGO before going off sale...
  4. Question and Answer
    My husband is having a problem with the problem I have with expiration dates.. He says I throw things away to soon.. We just went through the spice cabinet and he found some spices missing, I said they expired.. Well, he had a problem with that.. I got informed "When I was a kid, my mom didn't...
  5. Food challenges
    I've seen the following on various food items: Packaged on date Sell by date Best before date Use before date There seems to be no legal requirement for any of these labels on food in general in the USA. In the UK there's government discussion on changing what's legally required. Does anyone...
  6. Just Tips
    ~I just posted this on a thread but I thought it was worth mentioning here too. Earlier this month I heard a CVS employee talking about being so short staffed that they couldn't keep up with rotating products to remove expireds and that they were getting complaints. I wondered if that was true...
  7. Preparedness and Survival
    Hi..I am new here, but have lurked a long time. Will post later on the welcome area, but I have a question for this group. I live in earthquake central..Southern California and have had some food and supplies stockpiled for years, probably about 2 weeks worth. But, I am feeling like starting...
  8. Home Environment
    It's been quite awhile since I've gone through my grocery stockpile so tonight... after Big Brother (wink, wink)... I'm gonna go through all my can goods, boxed food, etc. and weed out the expired ones.
  9. Debt Reduction & Money Management
    Every bill comes due for me at the same time of the month, within the first week or so. We only get 2 paychecks a month, so it's kind of annoying that everything comes out of the first paycheck. If I were smart, I'd save the money from one paycheck to carryover to the other... but that so...
  10. Debt Reduction & Money Management
    Has anyone ever called the cell phone or utilities to have them switch the due dates? DH retired and I am trying to get a once a month budget going with his pension check. We do our banking online and I like to set things to "go" when they are due(actually 2 days prior to due date). If I could...
  11. Question and Answer
    ~I need to buy some watch-type batteries for one of my dd's toys and I found a great deal on the ones I need. BUT they expire Jan 08. Are they just gonna die after 10 minutes of use? Does anyone else use nearly expired or past expiration batteries?~
  12. Frugal Living
    Yesterday was the Post Office's big food drive collection. People were supposed to leave a bag of food for their mail carrier to collect. Our church is a food pantry and there were alot of bags of food to be sorted. As our Sunday School space was taken up by the sorting, I decided to pitch in...
  13. Leisure & Media Arts
    Do YOU like Pina Coladas? http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/news/wwn/20051209/113414040002.html Does anyone else think this whole story seems slightly bogus? Because if it is real, it is just plain poorly written.
  14. Education
    Here are the links I've found while planning the calendar for my nursing home residents.  I thought some of you might like them for your homeschooling lessons. GENERAL FEBRUARY LINKS: http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/feb/febhol.htm This site is my favorite-- I use it every month...
  15. Homesteading and gardening
    spring plating dates for vegetables http://www.heirloomseeds.com/schedule.htm
  16. Freebies
    Does anyone happen to know KMarts Christmas Clearance Dates?
  17. Christmas
    Target Christmas Clearance Dates For those of you who want to hit the after Christmas sales here is the Target Christmas clearance dates. Dec 26- Jan1 50% Jan 2- Jan 6 75% Jan 7 90%
  18. General Chat
    Today I found out the dates for my five internal radiotherapy treatments. I have to go on Tuesday and Friday next week then on Tuesday and Friday the following week. That's Christmas Eve! :( Then the last one is on the following Wednesday, the 29th December. I'll be glad to get them out of the...
  19. General Chat
    This is a list of tax free dates for back to school things. I'm glad I looked at it bacause Michael is planningon buying a computer and we now know to do it on this time frame. State Sales tax 2004 tax-free dates Tax-exempt items Connecticut(1) 6% Aug. 15-21 Clothing and footwear...
  20. Holidays-Special Occasions-Celebrations
    I've been working on theme days to use with my nursing home residents during the month of May.  Our big celebration is National Nursing Home Week, which starts on Mother's Day.  Here are some of the other fun days we'll be celebrating: The first week of May is National Postcard Week! (see my...
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