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Submitted by Cindy M on December 18, 2007 - 11:05.

I'm with the folks above, great if you can do the borrowing/lending thing with folks who feel exactly like you do. My own experience is that when I have agreed to lend something to a neighbor or a family member, it comes back in bad shape or not at all; I've had to walk over or call and ask for my "thing" back - good snow shovel, vacuum cleaner, lawn mower, good cookware. Tacky, tacky, tacky. To be honest, I'd personally never dream of asking anybody if I could borrow anything. I plan ahead and have one of my own or do without, period. Guess my mother is the only exception to this (she thinks like I do) but again, I would just rather have one of my own if I truly need it.

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