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beefche


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I saw this article and was laughing at some of the sacrifices of people.  From the article:

That means the King's College junior has to cut out some entertainment. He probably won't get to join his buddies on road trips to Philadelphia Phillies games this season.

McCarthy, 43, who has started going to thrift shops, clipping coupons and buying only what's on sale at the supermarket to make ends meet.

And my favorite....

the weakening economy has forced them to cut back on their spending. Some talked of running all their errands on one trip or turning their thermostat down at home to save on energy costs.

Shouldn't we do that anyway?  Global warming and all......


I'm not necessarily without compassion, but I think as Americans, we want comfort above all.  I just think these quotes were interesting...complaining about clipping coupons, turning the thermostat down 4 degrees, looking for alternate entertainment....



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Back in my day, I had to sell my kidneys and my little brother, just so we could take car trips to Philidelphia.

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I was already doing all that. I thought that's what folks did anyway when they either were in college or had kids unless your last name was Rockafeller.

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Oh poor babies! Have they had to change to generic brand pop tarts for breakfast? Are they shopping at department stores instead of the Gap? Oh, the horror!

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There were a hundred and fifty of us living in a rolled up newspaper in the middle of the road...!

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awwww. . .

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Hey now... Someday our spoiled children will tell stories about the day the thermostat dipped below 65 degrees.


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(That was from Monty Python's Live at the Hollywood Bowl, by the way.)

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no it wasn't, I just made it up.

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She was referring to her own quote.

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palmon


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beefche wrote:

 


Shouldn't we do that anyway? Global warming and all......


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No, no, no. Now we are supposed to do all we can to create global warming!

http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60626

(how do you make the link clickable, anyway?)


-- Edited by palmon at 13:43, 2008-04-04

-- Edited by arbilad at 13:45, 2008-04-04

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You ask the moderator. Or you just select the text that you want to make clickable, then click on the icon of a chain link. A window will appear where you can enter the URL.

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palmon


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Thanks! 

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beefche


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Well, palmon, just wait until Obama is elected president.  He'll appoint Gore to straighten everyone out.  Then we'll all be more edjaumacated and won't become cannibals (as Ted Turner predicts).

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