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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:56 PM Original message |
Being Broke |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. And being broke is being invisible on M$Greedia |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow. This brought tears to my eyes, and I can't quite figure out why. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Coinstar charge 7-8% don't they? I only use the one at my Credit Union where |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. 8.9 cents on the dollar |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Jaysis! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. See post 34 |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
144. it's not that bad when you use it for pennies/nickels |
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oldtime dfl_er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
165. I've been there |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #165 |
187. The head...you has hit the nail upon it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #187 |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Being Broke is not using coinstar because of the 9% charged. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. see post 34 |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
55. I'm not broke - and I still roll my own. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
110. me too |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #55 |
128. I am with you--that percentage is usurious. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #128 |
140. I'm not really interested in getting a bunch more shows |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:00 AM Response to Reply #140 |
220. Have you gotten a digital box (or a digital TV) and antennae? |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #220 |
228. ...Sigh... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #228 |
229. You need to call the stations you're getting now--really. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #229 |
234. Already have. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
118. Yep. I'm there now. nt |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
160. I don't consider |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #160 |
216. Hey everybody, |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
170. Tolerable? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
193. Call that the supermarket poor tax on food. The payday loan places charge 390% APR |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. it's tough when it seems no one will take rolled coin anymore. but i think |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
180. The bank will take it |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
75. My bank doesn't charge me anthing for "roll my own." Took in $500.00 |
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ellisD (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:44 AM Response to Reply #75 |
231. WaMu charged me for accepting wrapped coin rolls |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
77. Some coinstars are "free" |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
161. Same here. The credit union one is free. |
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DirtyJersey (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
168. Use it at the supermarket |
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greblc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Goosebumps... |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. A couple years, we're all going to find out |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Back to the top you go. n/t |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. dear Will Pitt |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. For the sake of full disclosure... |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. hell, I was about to send you a can of chef boyardee |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Saved me from a mugging once |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. I know |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Thanks for the thought |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Being broke also means |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. A friend who read an early draft of this |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
91. the French know how to do it |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
94. Hi Will, great writing, as usual. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
169. Thank you for that comment. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
184. The screwed over public should be LIVID not ashamed |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #184 |
197. True--banks tend not to be interested in services for people without accounts |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #197 |
223. I kept a $10 savings account |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #223 |
226. Mostly not. They ding you with service charges until the account gets closed n/t |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
202. When I'm "down and out" |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I actually DO cut my own hair nowadays ... |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. My God, I really AM NOT alone ... the thing about getting mail in the dark |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
108. That's why I wrote it |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #108 |
157. No, but we'll pee test you when you try to get help anyway. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
113. No adequate words.... |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Very familiar and everyone I know is |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. " Only 911 calls can be made from this phone " |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
85. Yep. We are not alone. n/t |
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Spacemom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wow |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. You may not be the only one experiencing it BUT |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I really do not understand this. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Really? |
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Rashel (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
121. Being broke can also reveal some amazing things about people and yourself. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Millions of people can experience the very same thing |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Lucky you then. |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
76. Why does everybody jump to judgmental so fast? I misread it to mean |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
56. I disagree. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
78. Ummmm...... |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Thanks for the clarification, I thought you were demeaning the poor. That |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #79 |
93. :-) |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
114. Sorry, I meant to insert my post here.... |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #114 |
119. I take no pleasure |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #119 |
138. True words indeed, Coyote. Gratitude becomes a big part of life... |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. kr |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Almost made me cry ... So much of it is familiar to me ... |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. We still sit at the dining table (the kitchen is 8 x 8 --no table) and wrap the coins. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. OMG... a walk back in time... rolling coins. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. Wow. |
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Zoonart (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. All that loose change |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Welcome to DU |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
215. Love hanging out laundry |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. thank you |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. I am witnessing family members go under. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. Excellent. And also true. K&R n/t |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. "Poverty |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hey! I've used coinstar before. Do you have to be broke to use it? Good way to get rid of |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. I prefer to roll my own change and save the 9% fee. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
81. I use mine in the self-checkout machine |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #81 |
98. I take it you're not doing the weekly shopping for a family of four? |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #98 |
104. I don't accumulate it in huge jars like a lot of folks do |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. I'm guilty of that. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:56 AM Response to Reply #104 |
137. Not exactly wasteful but |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
171. Coinstar charges a ton. Chase doesn't charge and doesn't require rolled coins. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. Coinstar is one of the major lobbyists preventing the US Mint from ditching... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. interesting tidbit of information. DU is like that sometimes. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I found that out in, I think, an issue of The Smithsonian a few months ago... |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
181. I disagree - we should not only keep the penny... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #181 |
199. I've found a number of occasions when I've been grateful for those pennies... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #181 |
203. And then it will cost even MORE to manufacture... |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #203 |
222. We have adults back in charge on Capitol Hill - they can do something about this |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
217. That may be so, but |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yep. |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. Add 'being in a wheelchair' & you've written my biography |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. They key is knowing HOW to be poor. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. It IS 'freedom' in the truest sense of the word. I agree. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
71. i think you've got something there |
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DollyM (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
86. That's kind of where we are at . . . |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. excellent post and article |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. I refuse to pay 8-10% to Coinstar. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
96. me too...used to be the bank would sort your money,I remember the cool machine. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #96 |
172. Chase still does. At least in Chicago. I've gone to two different branches to do |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #172 |
224. Oh thanks for that info |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
149. I look at Coinstar's 10% cut as a extravagance |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
45. This reminds me of the essay written by John Scalzi after Katrina |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
102. that was .... very insightful |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:25 AM Response to Reply #45 |
142. I was going to post that as well |
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peacefreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
47. Being broke |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
188. this is my friend's story |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
51. Being broke leads to one thing... |
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pmorlan1 (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. Great Piece |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
54. A plastic 96 Fluid Ounce Welch's Grape Juice bottle holds about $400 in assorted silver |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
57. k&r |
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yy4me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
58. Great post and so true. I might add, being poor is: Being alone |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. I am so sorry for your losses, yy4me. Aging is something none of us can |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #58 |
221. I am sorry. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
59. good work |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
63. My son in law's grandmother is 86 |
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Brucie Kibbutz (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
64. Just about every time I try to use Coinstar, these days, |
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pmorlan1 (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
65. Being Broke Also Means |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
90. I've been rolling my own for about a week |
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pmorlan1 (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Rolling Your Own |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #90 |
107. I RYO myself. Do you know that big Fed taxes will start on RYO tobacco on April 1st this year? |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:49 AM Response to Reply #65 |
136. ..learning how do it without folding the toilet paper. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
195. I understand |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
67. Have you read Ruby Payne? |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
68. It's worse if you're a teenager or a child. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #68 |
111. And if the child has ADHD, how to pay for meds? |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
69. But Chuck Todd wonders if we're sacrificing enough! |
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Justpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
70. I just used one last week. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
72. Honesty like this cuts me to the bone |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
73. Being broke (or poor) |
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NEOhiodemocrat (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #73 |
151. years ago I had to apply for food stamps |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #73 |
196. You nailed it. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
74. I had a hellish relationship with my parents, the last ten years of their lives. |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
80. Thank you for this post. |
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mackerel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Thank you William Pitt you covered it all. |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #80 |
103. Yup. |
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Brucie Kibbutz (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #80 |
116. selling plasma for grocery money |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
83. Excellent piece of writing ... |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
84. Great post |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
87. Being broke does leave you feeling broken down and beaten. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
88. Ah Will, still the master at keeping it real. nt just applause |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
89. Electricity shutoff two days ago |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #89 |
99. Do you have the ability to buy/borrow a small generator? |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #99 |
112. Actually it isn't too cold here, in the 50s during the day now |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #89 |
126. These stories need to be told |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
95. Loved that Obama referred to "Reagan's Homeless" last night in his speech . . .!!! |
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Brucie Kibbutz (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #95 |
117. Ever thought about running for office? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Yes -- |
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Brucie Kibbutz (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #120 |
125. thanks for the info |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #120 |
148. Excellent PS. nt |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #120 |
183. Actually, Welfare Rights Organizations used to exist |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #95 |
146. Obama should be careful about that |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #95 |
213. President Obama mentioned Reagan and homelessness? |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
97. lump in my throat... |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
100. TD Bank is open 7 days a week and they |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
101. My mom was born in 1928 |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
105. I had to sell all my albums (the old 12" LP records) and heirlooms once |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
109. Its not bad ideas to blame...it's the ones that KNEW |
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nvme (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
115. did you notice |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
122. I've been in the habit of saving spare change since the '80s. |
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Oldtimeralso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
123. Being Broke Means ...can't make the car payment |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
124. It also means your teeth hurt... nt |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
127. Being broke is |
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mb7588a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
129. Thanks for the reminder. not. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
130. becoming broke = becoming invisible |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
131. Another one into the upper deck, Mr. Pitt. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
132. Thank you, Will |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #132 |
190. Insightful. n/t |
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griz2008 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
133. Been broke, broke again... |
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Amelie (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
134. No offense, but |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #134 |
139. So tell us Amelie. |
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Amelie (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #139 |
154. Thank god, I don't know directly |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #154 |
186. Being poor is having someone pass judgement on you |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #186 |
192. Gotta love it. |
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Amelie (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #192 |
211. Pockets stopped jinglin? |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #186 |
208. Reminds me of an obscure old movie from the '60's |
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Amelie (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:07 PM Original message |
Four Yorkshiremen |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
212. That's hysterical! |
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Amelie (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #186 |
209. Oh good grief |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #134 |
141. As someone who has never been poor, |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
135. Being broke is discovering |
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bethdoc (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
143. My Grandmother who lived during the Great Depression... |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #143 |
173. That's how my grandma got her kids through, too. |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
145. The teenager keeps cleaning out the home bank account.... |
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iwillalwayswonderwhy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
147. The eighties were like this for me |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
150. Outstanding |
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shagsak (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
152. I used to be broke |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
153. My new bank offers a coin counter with no service charge |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #153 |
156. My bank gives away high quality different flavored coffees and hot chocolate now |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #156 |
158. Yes |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
155. Being broke means never using coin star |
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shesaidshesaid (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #155 |
178. LOL- I have been going back and forth about using Coinstar...(I have a checking account |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
159. I remember what it was like to be broke in the 70s |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
162. Good piece, Will. Our salvation has been learning how to barter. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #162 |
194. Yes it's time to get creative |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
163. Being broke means giving your 2 young sons to your employed ex-husband |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
164. Well done, Will. n/t |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
166. When my husband and I were younger and newly married, we went |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
167. Thank you for this Will |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
174. Thank you |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
175. Excellent post, Will. Thanks so much for sharing it. n/t |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
176. Coinstar Rocks. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
177. coinstar is a ripoff |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #177 |
204. See post 34 |
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Klukie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
179. Being broke quickly breaks the spirit.......... |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
182. I am right in line with you - Had to go to coin machine 3 times now in 6 mos. & filed bankruptcy. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
185. I used to know people who threw away change. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
189. You should forward this to Chuck "Santelli" Todd. |
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Ticonderoga (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
191. Being broke is being afraid to pass a little gas |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
198. Damn good article, Will |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
200. My sister is doing some work |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
201. These days, when I find a paycheck in the mail |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
205. thought about you last week. I was in Connecticut at the shore |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
206. Thanks for the essay... we are not alone |
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missingthebigdog (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
207. What you can do to soften the blow. . . . |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
210. It can also lead to contempt for others... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
214. i always take my change to the bank, and i've never had to put it in sleeves, either... |
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Ticonderoga (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #214 |
225. So, in reality |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #225 |
227. if someone lost their job, why would they no longer have a bank account...? |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
219. Being broke also reminds you that your general election vote.... |
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Ellipsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
230. " Being broke means knowing where all the gas stations are..." |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
232. uh . . . coinstar machines are in the FRONT of the store |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
233. Burning eyes here. Beautifully written Will. |
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lgartzma (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
235. Being Broke |
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bonnieS (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #235 |
237. Depression |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
236. I've been poor. You know what sticks with me? |
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In_The_Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
238. Being broke (Bernard Madoff stole our money) means relying on HEEP |
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