this week in preps

[Anonymous]

I got my halloween candy at my last costco run.  they had a good coupon and I figured frak it, if there's going to be a halloween this year, I'm giving the kids some candy.  I'm glad I got it when I did. 

cheap grocer had some bags of those mini-candy bars... you know they used to be like two pound bags... now they are less than a pound...about 12 ounces...maybe 12 little bars in a bag.  That made them about 20 cents a piece for a mini candy bar...ugh...I remember when full sized candy bars were a dime.  they were a dime for a long time.


My mother used to make those very things, Shadow!

[Shadow]

Really? Cool! i didn't know that recipe was that popular. 


When I was a kid, a full sized candy bar cost a quarter but this was back
when full size still meant something. We're going to pick up some candy
for Halloween too but the last few years we have seen only a handful of
trick or treaters.

Jah, I've noticed how the bags keep getting smaller and smaller... I picked up
a bag of chips to go with lunch the other day for .99 cents, it was half the size
it was six months ago.  And I swear, I think the managed to get the
same amount of air in the bag as they did with the bigger bags.

[Anonymous]

buy a rice mix or a noodle and sauce mix... those things have gone from serving 6 to serving 4 and now the packages say "serves about 2"

3/4 of the box is empty air!


Actually, my grandpa used to make those for my mom and she would make them for us

my grandpa was a printer and was one of the few people in town who did okay during the depression...in those days printers were important people and people still needed stuff printed

[Anonymous]

start checking the fine print on the food you buy

don't pick it up if it says china on it


Source: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080927/D93F1MIO0.html

[Shadow]

It's been a while since I bought any chicken noodle packets...

I'm the only one in the house that likes it. lol

And the last time I bought any they were .69 at Sav A Lot. Now.... I ain't sure I want to know.


I am hoping that the internet will have the same benefit as your grandpa's
profession did. newspapers and magazines cost a lot of money to print. A
website is cheaper to maintain. (Or at least that is what I keep telling myself)


I saw that article this morning. I've been maintaining a thread about the
Chinese melamine problem at my place.

[Anonymous]

just check them out next time your at the grocer

the cheapest cheapest brand today was 1.00 even.

as long as there's electricity and cable, the internetS are going to start booming... more people staying at home

and everywhere I visit, people are angry, hurt because they've lost alot of their money, and very mad


  I gotta get to bed, busy week-- wish someone would leak what the cowboy is going to say tomorrow before i go to bed

I'll check the news before my eyes close and see if there's any msm tv news about it

see you later gator

[beast]

night ;0 )

[Shadow]

Sweet dreams, Morgan. 

[Anonymous]

Okay, I'm tired... yes, I am kind of in a shock, but I just can't understand what is going on. I look at the faces of Paulson and his crew and I see total panic

so... all I can do is get in the hunker down mode and try to take care of those The Lords of Kobol have put in my care.

that said, I did the lady macbeth thing and screwed my courage to the sticking place and dug deep and scrounged up enough energy to do a first pour on 26 votives.  I don't know how the doc appt will go tomorrow so I might not be able to get the second pour done until later in the week, but if I can I'll finish them tomorrow and then later in the week I can start another batch.

I saw a dude on the tv last night -- I think it was CNN... a young black man who is a PhD economist-- I was too poohed to remember what his name is, but he said something important: Now is the time to get your entrepenueral skills up to par, if you can make something, even if you think it is a hobby, it could come in very handy.

I can't do much, but people tell me that  love my votives.  I pray to the Lords of Kobol that it won't come to me having to use them for bartering, but, I want to try to get my case of wax made into a useful product as soon as my life's circumstances will allow.

 

[Shadow]

I know what you mean...

I have more than a few skills that can be traded but sheesh...

Knife making, repair and maintenance and that can be extended to
a wide range of cutting tools..
Some leather working skills
Some skills at working wood and antler
Some basic mechanical skills i.e., I know how to run a screwdriver and a
hammer real good.
No small amount of experience with computer repair, people keep paying
me to fix their's so I must be halfway decent at it.
A decent cook given a chance to experiment.
And a fairly decent webmaster if that is even a remotely usable skill...


I'm just glad that I have a modest selection of "goodies" that I
can use for barter goods for a while if it came down to it.

[beast]

Okay, I'm tired... yes, I am kind of in a shock, but I just can't understand what is going on. I look at the faces of Paulson and his crew and I see total panic

so... all I can do is get in the hunker down mode and try to take care of those The Lords of Kobol have put in my care.

that said, I did the lady macbeth thing and screwed my courage to the sticking place and dug deep and scrounged up enough energy to do a first pour on 26 votives.  I don't know how the doc appt will go tomorrow so I might not be able to get the second pour done until later in the week, but if I can I'll finish them tomorrow and then later in the week I can start another batch.

I saw a dude on the tv last night -- I think it was CNN... a young black man who is a PhD economist-- I was too poohed to remember what his name is, but he said something important: Now is the time to get your entrepenueral skills up to par, if you can make something, even if you think it is a hobby, it could come in very handy.

I can't do much, but people tell me that  love my votives.  I pray to the Lords of Kobol that it won't come to me having to use them for bartering, but, I want to try to get my case of wax made into a useful product as soon as my life's circumstances will allow.

 

 i am a beast .   seriously. I think i am stronger now. in my early 50's then at any other time in my life. i use my mind to entertain myself. but if work without electricity or engines is needed i believe i would be of some value. good hard honest labor may just get some respect again.

[Anonymous]

i use my mind to entertain myself.

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