Additional Tips on Showering at a Friend’s House

1. Offer to run a wash to show your appreciation for the use of their towels. Then once in their laundry room,  throw in a few of your own items.
2.  If your friend or neighbor offers to join you in the shower, go with it, depending on how attractive they are and how soon their spouse [...]

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“Oh no, it’s the Feldman’s”

 It is going to happen, sooner or later, someone is going to drop by and mooch off of you, you can’t blame them really they are just looking for some free food. Which leads us to the topic of …snacks, whether eating or serving them, can be a real strain on the budget.  Nearly every day [...]

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Fine Dining Minus the Fine Spending

 We all enjoy a nice meal out and in the coming recession we will no longer be able to afford one.  But that’s no reason to give up on fine dining altogether.  All you have to do is make a reservation for two at three fancy restaurants, staggered about a half hour apart.  Arrive at [...]

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Residual Benefits of Saving Money on Your Kids

Many of the techniques we’ve developed for saving money in the coming recession have residual benefits.  (That’s not a coincidence, by the way. We work very hard to give our readers the highest BPW (Benefit Per Word) in the business.  Go check for yourself. While Lewis Black and Steven Colbert languish at around three BPHW (Benefits Per Hundred [...]

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How to Save Money on Your Kids

One way to save money on your kids is to pull the entitlement rug right out from under them.  Let’s face it, kids today feel that they have an undeniable right to everything they see or hear about (we would include “read about” in that list, but unless it’s a post on Facebook, there’s not [...]

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More Ways to Save Money on Your Kids

We stated earlier that to save money on your kids, you must first convince them they are not really worthy of having or getting anything.  If whittling away at their self esteem doesn’t work, however, try making them believe that everything bad in the world is somehow their fault.  At first, they will resist and [...]

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Recycling Has Become Just So Al Gore

As we approach the coming recession, we need some dynamic new, and radically cheaper ways to save money on paper.  The first step, of course, is to write less.  Use shorter words.  Omit punctuation.  Consolidate three of your thoughts in one really good one.  The trend has already begun with texting but why not extend [...]

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