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46...... Quite a lot happened in October and it was a red October . Kaizen : Looking for suggestions: I have a couple boxes of Pho Bo rice noodles I need to use up and do not anticipate using the seasoning packets that accompany them. Any cheap suggestions on how to turn these basic rice noodles int...

I tend to obsess over FI numbers, the past, and future plans which takes me out of the present moment. Something to continue working on. You have a very enjoyable journal to read. Thank you for sharing your experiences with this community. Given many forum members have a specific personality type o...

Wahl branded hair clipper
Clips his hair astrophysicist Fisker
Clipping coupons not his MO
Catching waves a boat he rows
Guiding followers on ERE Wheaton Table
They quickly cut cable
Chopping wood, carrying water
Eating lentils, saving threequarter

@7w5 I'm aware of the factors contributing to climate change. I'm simply trying to direct the solution focus to one that accepts and understands these facts: -Humans are causing the issue and realistically and historically have done very little to actually reduce total GHG emissions. -We have alread...

I do not have a fully developed understanding of climate change but it is my understanding reading numerous threads on the forums that climate change is locked in and reducing CO2 is basically a farfetched idea as developed economies do not want to reduce their standard of living (they like being wa...

7w5: The candle burning is an act in using items up: it's a couple candles burning in the center of an island in our kitchen that have sat in a box for 5-10 years. This is not a large scale operation with 40 candles going simultaneously; written and performed as an act of jest. We monitor air qualit...

@tony The book is informative, well-written and detailed. ~220 pages in and have learned quite a lot. The title describes exactly what Graeber wants to discuss. The most enjoyable part of reading this book is the breadth of subjects that are used to bring a greater picture to the process of how deb...

4622. This will become more important over time, will always go down and is an ending point. Matrix. Philosophy and surrounding topics. Kaizen. Emphasizing incremental improvements. Reckoning. An accounting of sorts on financial matters and relationships. Adaptation. Systemic and personal changes ob...

The following are thoughts that are expressed in someway. My Pa: Tells me I'm a cheap bastard. (He has lots of debt, no assets.) Close friends #1, #2: Cheaper than we are. Usually point out inadequacies in thrift as we are slightly competitive. (One retired by 50 with a vineyard to pave his retireme...

Prices have not impacted spending much. I already had a stockpile of rice, flour, meat, frozen berries etc. at the house. We were doing once per month shopping trips. Where I'm located I can still buy a dozen eggs for 69 cents, whole pork loin for $1.49/lb, loss leader produce at .99/lb etc. If pric...

I don't mind the change in technology. What I do mind is the unnecessary difficulty embedded in the newer designs. As DIY mechanics started buying the tools, the complexity of engine design rolled out. Engine compartments became smaller and more vertically layered which increased the difficulty to ...

Road cycling the last 4 days: Saturday: 23 miles 1hr45min 131 heart rate avg. Sunday: 28 miles 1hr50min 142 average. Tuesday (today): 29 miles 1hr50min 144 average. None of these are phenomenal times but the point is to be heart rate training. Going faster is not a problem, it is simply not a big pa...

In terms of usage I think it is appropriate to convert therms to kwh and then total them up. That is what I will do. When my wife and I moved to our home (2050 above grade square feet) the average bill at this address was $178.00 per month. I am unsure of actual energy usage breakdowns. We have been...

@akratic This should be the point of this pandemic discussion. Whatever your personal beliefs are regarding if the shutdown should have happened, if the old should just die already, if the young should suck it up or your job is essential/inessential etc. is PROVIDE FOR YOURSELF. Don't make excuses o...

COVID wealth distribution is happening. Both workers in this house are deemed essential employees and schools are closed so no daycare bill. What did that mean last month? Well my cash flow went up ~$4330 in the month of April---------$3400 from Donny T check, $930 from not paying daycare. I don't h...

Our hospitals are not yet over capacity in our region but I had to go to the hospital yesterday. 31 years old, non smoker, regular exerciser (2000+ miles on bike each year, plus free weight exercising 3 times a week) but a hereditary high blood pressure issue (treated). I was splitting wood yesterda...

If we're looking at pure textbook sense of "velocity of money" then spending the money at locations that provides the greatest portion to low income earners would most likely be best as they are going to spend more of their low income on essentials and increase the speed at which money is ...

@CS From what I'm gathering the misogynistic behavior is displayed from the Democratic party. There were plenty of better than Biden candidates that had an opportunity and the Democratic party and their voters just simply refused to vote for them. As an independent voter it is simply stunning that d...

Protesting could happen nationally if employment figures take a sharp negative turn. With low unemployment, wages slowly increasing and the stock market doing well many people were living high on the hog. Now that reality has hit and people who did "pick themselves up by the bootstraps" wi...

Coming from NE Wisconsin the results are varied in terms of what measures are being implemented individually. My workplace is taking this very seriously. All meetings have been cancelled or reworked to be held remotely. Social distancing is enforced and working from home went from 0% to 70% in less ...