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    FREE Food grade 5 gal. buckets for food storage=IDEA

    Alot of places here no longer give them out. They do some sort of internal recycleing with them and so they have to send them back or so they say. In the past, we collected a bunch and use them to carry water, collect veggies, as nests for the chickens, possible feeders and so on. The only...
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    Sore Throats

    My mom makes us drink a VERY strong half cup of water that is boiled to a golden brown with about 5 large cloves of garlic, a handful of diced ginger, and a table spoon of honey. It burns going down and leaves your mouth on fire for at least an hour... not sure if it really makes the sore throat...
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    Financial Budgeting In Relationships - What works for you?

    I'm not married but my SO and I have a budget 1) I'd say we're equally frugal but spendy like youth tend to be. I spend alot more on little things like eatable goodies and pets, while my SO likes his big expensive quality one time purchaces. In the end it's about equal. I'm the one with the...
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    60 second rule

    Sometimes 30 seconds can be long, but I think the purpose of a post time limit is to thwart forum trolling programs from filling boards with spam.
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    How do you know if you are spoiling your kids to much?

    I'm pretty rotten and don't have kids so I don't think I'd have much good advice, but ideas rather. As for explaining why one can do something and one can't, I always over heard my parents telling my little brother he hasn't shown the responsibility yet and that once he did, he could too...
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