The Art of Frugality

[idris]

The Art of Frugality is attained through several precepts. ‎The First of these is in Responding, rather than Reacting; the ‎Second is to Refuse to use what one has no need of; the Third is, ‎when one can no longer Reuse it, find a new home for it, where it ‎does have a use; the Fourth lies in that one can Repair, Restore, or ‎Recycle a thing; the Fifth in that one Reduce his actual needs; the ‎Sixth in that one Refrain from such matters as are of no ‎immediate affect; the Seventh is to share around from your ‎excess; the Eighth is to avoid wasteful persons, whom might do ‎better if not feeding off or hindering you. Another course is to ‎learn the Art of Preserving Food-stuffs. Also, there is the matter ‎of Replacing things before they fall apart. If one succeeds ‎moderately in this course; he ought to find that the immoderate ‎difficulties of Life will find elsewhere to roost; God willing.‎

Tried to get rid of the funny stuff, sorry.
PS I wrote this up on Word, and this is how it copied onto this screen. Nothing to see in the original Document. Probably something to do with the settings,

[Buck]

"‎" What's up with this stuff? :-/

[kmccune]

???Yes please what does it mean?-Kevin

[Global_Gal]

Sometimes when you cut and then paste a article when you post it you get the "funny stuff". Don't know why it just happens now and then.

[tufhelp]

I found this in reference to this gobeldegook on google:


MS. Windows XP IE can't recognize Arabic Encoding.‎
Asked by tell-me in Miscellaneous Software
Tags: arabic, encoding, hotmail
Dear Experts,

I can't read the Arabic letters received in my inbox. The letters appear as junk.

I made these changes to solve this problem:

1) Supplemental language support installed (control panel \ regional settings)
2) In IE, View menu / Encoding / Auto Select selected.
3) In IE, Tools menu / Internet option / Languages Arabic moved to upper.

But still I have problem to read Arabic letters. I need to manually select Arabic encoding for every Arabic letters. I am using Windows XP- sp2

Please send a solution immediately. I don’t have any problem when I receive the same letter in gmail account. Besides this I tried Netscape 7.2, Netscape 8 (beta) and Mozill Firefox 1.0.4 browsers but all browsers are displaying same. So I think it is not problem related to IE. what U think ? Moreover I don't have any problem when I navigate through Arabic web sites.

My question is this: Why IE doesn't recognize Arabic encoding (automatically) when I read my hotmail mails.

I upgraded my Manager's PC (98 to Win xp-sp2.). After this this reading problem started. He was able to read his Arabic mails from his good old 98(SE.)

So what is wrong now?

[leera]

The Art of Frugality eh?

Been practicing that art for years! I should have a doctorate in cheapskate!

I like to make a game of my cheapness......

How low can I get the grocery total?
Can I find a better deal?
Is there a free option?

I absolutely refuse to pay full price for anything,unless there are no other options.......

There are few tools one needs to be a chepskate.
It's simple and anyone can do it.

Self control,a strong urge to hang onto your hard earned cash,some creativity,and an eye for sorting useless junk from reusable parts.

Throw in a bit of packratism and having no shame in rescuing items from the curbside,and you're good to go..... ;D

[kittencaboodle]

We have been poor for so long that practicing frugality comes easy to us now. I think the last time I paid full price for clothing was 3 years ago, when I needed a pair of maternity jeans. Otherwise, I buy everything off the clearance racks at Walmart or from goodwill and Salvation Army. You find things there with tags still on them!

[Anon001]

All my winter flannel shirts come from the thrift stores.

[kittencaboodle]

Another thing we do that helps with our budget is buy food from Angel Food Ministries.

[anna]

Frugality is truly an art. You have to know prices to be able to determine what is a good buy. Also, you have to be strong enough to pass up a bargain that you really don't need.

You have to be wise enough to spend when necessary to purchase good toolsbecause, whether for the kitchen, the garden or for your job, quality is more important than price. A cheap tool is false economy because you will have to buy it over and over. A quality tool well cared for will last a life time. We are gardening with a spading fork that is at least 40 years old. My dh is a stickler on cleaning tools immediately and putting them away. No one leaves a spade or hoe outside at our house!!

Another part of frugality is knowing how to do things, lots and lots of things. Learning how to fix your plumbing, replace a window, cook from scratch, garden, canning, sewing are all skills that aid frugal living. Simple skills like mending whether clothing, a screen, or a vehicle are necessary to succeed at frugal living. And those skills can be learned from library books.

Thinking outside the box is also necessary. Being able to see a new purpose for an item or figure a new way to do a project or a unique way to save another $1 are all needed to be truly frugal.

However, I think the most important frugal strength is the ability to see frugality as an exciting challenge rather than never ending, overwhelming poverty. If you feel poor you are poor. Me I prefer to think of myself as a winner at the challenge of frugal living.

[leera]

Being frugal is not being poor.Being frugal is an attitude and a life style.

I choose to be frugal and spend my money wisely,rather than living on those little plastic cards,and going on vacations that take two years to pay for....

Knowing how to do things yourself gives you a sense of pride and sense of accomplishment,as well as saving some more cash.

The less money you need to live on and be comfortable,the less money you need to worry about earning.....

I need a house,I don't need a 3000 square foot house....I need transportation,I don't need a 50K car......that sort of stuff.

[Country_Mike]

Another thing we do that helps with our budget is buy food from Angel Food Ministries. *

Me and the missus tried that once but it seemed to be a bit heavy on processed food and we are trying to get away from that. Or it could have just been that local group. It was fairly inexpensive though.

[idris]

I found this in reference to this gobeldegook on google:


MS. Windows XP IE can't recognize Arabic Encoding.‎
Asked by tell-me in Miscellaneous Software
Tags: arabic, encoding, hotmail
Dear Experts,

I can't read the Arabic letters received in my inbox. The letters appear as junk.

I made these changes to solve this problem:

1) Supplemental language support installed (control panel \ regional settings)
2) In IE, View menu / Encoding / Auto Select selected.
3) In IE, Tools menu / Internet option / Languages Arabic moved to upper.

But still I have problem to read Arabic letters. I need to manually select Arabic encoding for every Arabic letters. I am using Windows XP- sp2

Please send a solution immediately. I don’t have any problem when I receive the same letter in gmail account. Besides this I tried Netscape 7.2, Netscape 8 (beta) and Mozill Firefox 1.0.4 browsers but all browsers are displaying same. So I think it is not problem related to IE. what U think ? Moreover I don't have any problem when I navigate through Arabic web sites.

My question is this: Why IE doesn't recognize Arabic encoding (automatically) when I read my hotmail mails.

I upgraded my Manager's PC (98 to Win xp-sp2.). After this this reading problem started. He was able to read his Arabic mails from his good old 98(SE.)

So what is wrong now?

May be they want us to buy software to fix it? Built in marketing device. :o

[Alise]

I live a frugal life. It does not please me to spend money when I can have an item for less which is just as suitable.

I'm not poor and one reason is because I am frugal. My brother is a spendthrift and he wishes to live like a king. I'm so thankful I don't need to do that. My philosophy is similar to Leeras... what she posted upthread.

[Southerngirl]

We spend our money on the items we need to make things easier, cheaper for us in the long run. Right now the majority of the money is going to our garden, right now I have to get fencing to keep out or new neighbors (tons of rabbits). We just bought a cheap sprinkler system for it. We are planting trees to shade the west side of the house, lower cooling cost. We are planting edible bushes, fruit trees, stocking up on canning supplies when we can find a good deal.
Some items you just can't "skimp" on, but if you buy good quality at the cheapest you can, then it will pay for itself in the long run.
Like the upcoming week of camping at the lake for an entire week, very cheaply done, we will come ahead by bringing home 100-200 lbs. of fish for the freezer, more if we get more lines out this year! (and if the fish are biting well) :)
That's just my 2 cents, well let's make it a 1 cent so I can be more frugal, in what we are doing to make things stretch.
Southerngirl

[GoodDaughter]

I sometimes go to the coast to spend a day or two. I don't sunbathe on the beach but rather fish. Get a cheap fold up lawn chair and sit with my feet in the water. Stand up and cast (large rod, big sinker!) and sit down and slowly reel it in. Or fish for flounder off the jetties certian times of the year. IF morons will leave you in peace. (Heard the army corps of engineers is filling in Rollover Pass--hard to believe so I'll have to take a drive down soon and see). Come home with a bunch of fish and yeah, you can definitely make a trip pay for itself plus a little more. Once I picked up a few trash bags full of kelp (ick ick ick) for my garden, rinsed it and tilled it in as best I could--awesome garden but it was a LOT of work).

[walls0stone]

What I find very intresting is that this sort of thing is the new fad. I saw it come'n on with the well to do, but now it's the new L.L.bean. Allmost like what they call, Slumming it..rich kids going to the getto to hang.

Now the rich go do the cheep getaways as much as the rest of us.

[firegirl969]

We spend our money on preps as well. Whether it be garden, animals, fruit trees and bushes, canning supplies, ammo, clothing, it is all for the future and putting us in a more self-sustainable situation. So far this year, we have added 7 fruit trees, asparagus, and garlic. We also added numerous OP seeds which are planted and we will save for next year, in a much larger garden I might add. We have a pig and a cow that we are feeding by slops and pasture. We made what we consider wise investments for the future.