I wouldnt substitute anything for my morning coffee. I mean drinking the coffee is the part of the overall enjoyment, No Doz isnt going to do that for me.
I believe you may be looking at this from the wrong angle. The ultimate point of recycling is not to simply keep churning the same mass of waste out and through the system, but to reduce(!) the amount generated as waste in the first place.
Here's what I mean. We eat a lot of yogurt and the #5 tubs *can* be recycled at a place near us, but we have been trying to eliminate as much packaging plastic from our purchases as reasonably possible. So,instead of getting the commercial yogurt, we buy organic milk and make our own (using recycled glass peanut butter jars as containers). We now only have the milk carton to dispose of.
We liked the commercial yogurt just fine, but made the choice to do it this way so there would be that much less that needs to BE recycled. We use this approach as much as possible to everything we must purchase. If there is a (good) choice between a product that is more sustainably produced/packaged than another, that is the item we will buy. If everyone thought about the end use/disposal at the beginning, we would begin to have less to dispose of.
6pm is my very favorite. I have gotten some amazing finds at 70% off there. I love getting to list the sales in the daily deals because I never miss anything. Which can be bad in a way too LOL. Boot sales are especially hard for me to say no to!
I wasn't sure if I had to get to 100, since I didn't read the rest of the blog! I will add 'read all of directions before hand' to my list! I did get to 69 items, and if I hadn't purposefully omitted school related items, I would have probably gotten all the way to 100!
Love these tips. For Broccoli and Cauliflower stems, these are wonderful grated into broc-cauly slaw to mix into salads. I use a food processor grate blade.
For Squash seeds, I saute in sesame oil, then put a splash of Bragg's Amino Acids and cover quickly to steam for a moment. Delicious, delicious--and healthy too.
Then, of course, i compost every scrap and uneaten leftover. My trees, shrubs, and plants--indoor and outdoor--benefit from not wasting this *food* for them.
Now don't blame me if this goes wrong for you, but after trying most if not all of the above tips on a badly clogged bathroom sink, and resenting the payment of $150-250 for a plumber, I watched several videos on You-Tube about clearing and/or replacing sink traps and did it myself, slowly and carefully. It was startlingly easy. The trap was pretty stuffed, but there was also a fair amount of gunk in the pipe into the wall, which I could never have reached without removing the trap. The trap was fine, so I just reinstalled it. The clog was gone, there were no leaks, and the whole thing, including watching the videos, took about an hour and a half. I could have easily wasted a full morning or afternoon waiting for a plumber, so I not only saved money but time.
OK, when I needed to replace my water heater, I called a plumber (and learned from him how to check the expansion tank and drain sediment), but I've tackled several other plumbing problems in the last three years successfully, using You-Tube 'tutorials' to guide me.
Have any readers ever had bad social media experiences at work?
I was listening to a radio interview a couple of days ago where they were talking about employers who make job interviewees sign into their Facebook accounts during the interviews to make there isn't anything bad that they've hidden from public view. Creepy!
Ebay needs to make changes in this economy. Since paypal is owned by them and sellers are required to have it (no more accepting of checks and money orders), I calculated the fees to the seller to be 20%. That's insane. I don't sell there much anymore. It's not worth it.
I took a far different path 5 years ago when I purchased my Jeep Wrangler. If I've left it in the car you can have it if you really want it, though I ask you leave my kids' booster seats behind. Granted my vehicle doesn't frequent bad neighborhoods but it does spend it's nights in a carport, not a garage.
I never lock it even if the softop is up. Sure it's a tad inconvient occasionally taking my laptop into the grocery store on the way home from work but I have little fear of stuff getting stolen and I have no annoying alarm. Quite liberating. During the summer the top is always down and I don't even need to change my habbits. Heck, this summer I may even get around to taking the doors off.
If your dream job requires a degree, then it will be worth it. I'm a certified sign language interpreter. The national Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf recently implemented degree requirements for interpreters ... currently a minimum of an associate's degree before taking the certification tests, but starting next year, a bachelor's degree will be required.
It is true that there are interpreters without a degree who can teach some of us a thing or two.
I think we should have more apprenticeship training opportunities.
Thanks Daniel! To answer your question on the bank accounts, several years ago when interest rates were decent and a lot of the online banks were trying to get a foothold competing against ING Direct it seemed like everyone was offering an account opening bonus, a super high interest rate (HSBC was at 6% for a while), or both. We'd open accounts for the bonuses and move the money around when someone offered one of the high rates. Most of the accounts had no fees so the only cost of leaving it open was the administrative burden of keeping up with the account. After several years of doing this I've come to realize it got way out of hand and have been trying to kill a bunch of these inactive accounts and pool cash in one spot. These days hardly anyone is offering account bonuses and most of the online banks are offering about the same rate anyway, so no reason to keep them open. The next step is killing credit card accounts that were opened for similar reasons, although because of credit scoring impacts has to be done much more carefully.
To reply to guest on the issue of cash, it is nearly impossible to track if you never let it hit your bank account. If it is a large amount an astute auditor could detect that your lifestyle couldn't possibly be supported by your reported income and documented assets, but you are right that babysitting cash will be virtually invisible to the IRS.
Philip, don't you agree, though, that Laszewski's whole argument may be specious if the supposed change in distribution of income is a mere artifact of changes in the tax code re: income averaging and/or inflation's effect on nominal income? Or if most members of the 'highest-income' 5% are only there rarely over the course of their lives, who consume that rare high-income in subsequent years?
A "living wage" is very hard to put a number on, but can anyone REALLY live on minimum wage? The arguments that only younger people that don't need to make so much money get this wage is just not true. The types of jobs that pay low wages are essential to the operations of our country, think about the janitors, school aides, gas station attendents, food servers, laundry personel, dishwashers, maids, nursing home aides, this country could not operate without these people but they are put down and paid substandard wages. The other argument is that education will get you a good paying job, not in this economy! The only thing a college education will guarantee you now is student loans!!
Welfare has become a subsidy progam for businessess!! The govt. has created a program that allows these low paying businesses a source of cheap labor. And I know these businesses have many excuses why they pay low wages, but it really comes down to greed and lack of respect. There is a saying "The the Lord gave us enough to go around, but it is our job to distribute it."
I wouldnt substitute anything for my morning coffee. I mean drinking the coffee is the part of the overall enjoyment, No Doz isnt going to do that for me.
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I couldn't agree more! Pretty good and inspiring thought. The way we consume is the real problem: we use more then we need, we buy more then we need.
This article is way too dangerous, Brooke. I just looked at the time and realized I spent the last 20 minutes browsing shoes.
I'd also throw Overstock into the mix -- I've gotten great boots there at a pretty substantial discount.
I believe you may be looking at this from the wrong angle. The ultimate point of recycling is not to simply keep churning the same mass of waste out and through the system, but to reduce(!) the amount generated as waste in the first place.
Here's what I mean. We eat a lot of yogurt and the #5 tubs *can* be recycled at a place near us, but we have been trying to eliminate as much packaging plastic from our purchases as reasonably possible. So,instead of getting the commercial yogurt, we buy organic milk and make our own (using recycled glass peanut butter jars as containers). We now only have the milk carton to dispose of.
We liked the commercial yogurt just fine, but made the choice to do it this way so there would be that much less that needs to BE recycled. We use this approach as much as possible to everything we must purchase. If there is a (good) choice between a product that is more sustainably produced/packaged than another, that is the item we will buy. If everyone thought about the end use/disposal at the beginning, we would begin to have less to dispose of.
6pm is my very favorite. I have gotten some amazing finds at 70% off there. I love getting to list the sales in the daily deals because I never miss anything. Which can be bad in a way too LOL. Boot sales are especially hard for me to say no to!
I'm not familiar with Gilt, I'll check it out.
Great suggestions! Ruelala sometimes has codes that will give you $10 credits to their site. Definitely another winner - thanks.
I wasn't sure if I had to get to 100, since I didn't read the rest of the blog! I will add 'read all of directions before hand' to my list! I did get to 69 items, and if I hadn't purposefully omitted school related items, I would have probably gotten all the way to 100!
Love these tips. For Broccoli and Cauliflower stems, these are wonderful grated into broc-cauly slaw to mix into salads. I use a food processor grate blade.
For Squash seeds, I saute in sesame oil, then put a splash of Bragg's Amino Acids and cover quickly to steam for a moment. Delicious, delicious--and healthy too.
Then, of course, i compost every scrap and uneaten leftover. My trees, shrubs, and plants--indoor and outdoor--benefit from not wasting this *food* for them.
Now don't blame me if this goes wrong for you, but after trying most if not all of the above tips on a badly clogged bathroom sink, and resenting the payment of $150-250 for a plumber, I watched several videos on You-Tube about clearing and/or replacing sink traps and did it myself, slowly and carefully. It was startlingly easy. The trap was pretty stuffed, but there was also a fair amount of gunk in the pipe into the wall, which I could never have reached without removing the trap. The trap was fine, so I just reinstalled it. The clog was gone, there were no leaks, and the whole thing, including watching the videos, took about an hour and a half. I could have easily wasted a full morning or afternoon waiting for a plumber, so I not only saved money but time.
OK, when I needed to replace my water heater, I called a plumber (and learned from him how to check the expansion tank and drain sediment), but I've tackled several other plumbing problems in the last three years successfully, using You-Tube 'tutorials' to guide me.
Have any readers ever had bad social media experiences at work?
I was listening to a radio interview a couple of days ago where they were talking about employers who make job interviewees sign into their Facebook accounts during the interviews to make there isn't anything bad that they've hidden from public view. Creepy!
Ebay needs to make changes in this economy. Since paypal is owned by them and sellers are required to have it (no more accepting of checks and money orders), I calculated the fees to the seller to be 20%. That's insane. I don't sell there much anymore. It's not worth it.
Thanks, and I agree that could be the smartest strategy. I will be watching the situation closely to see how it develops!
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I took a far different path 5 years ago when I purchased my Jeep Wrangler. If I've left it in the car you can have it if you really want it, though I ask you leave my kids' booster seats behind. Granted my vehicle doesn't frequent bad neighborhoods but it does spend it's nights in a carport, not a garage.
I never lock it even if the softop is up. Sure it's a tad inconvient occasionally taking my laptop into the grocery store on the way home from work but I have little fear of stuff getting stolen and I have no annoying alarm. Quite liberating. During the summer the top is always down and I don't even need to change my habbits. Heck, this summer I may even get around to taking the doors off.
If your dream job requires a degree, then it will be worth it. I'm a certified sign language interpreter. The national Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf recently implemented degree requirements for interpreters ... currently a minimum of an associate's degree before taking the certification tests, but starting next year, a bachelor's degree will be required.
It is true that there are interpreters without a degree who can teach some of us a thing or two.
I think we should have more apprenticeship training opportunities.
you can spread positivity by simply holding the elevator or the door, saying Hi with a smile to a stranger.....simple things can go a long way.
Thanks for the link love!
I am in love with 6pm.com. IN LOVE.
I <3 Tetley Tea. Seriously. I just tried it last month and have been so happy - not going back to Lipton, ever.
Thanks Daniel! To answer your question on the bank accounts, several years ago when interest rates were decent and a lot of the online banks were trying to get a foothold competing against ING Direct it seemed like everyone was offering an account opening bonus, a super high interest rate (HSBC was at 6% for a while), or both. We'd open accounts for the bonuses and move the money around when someone offered one of the high rates. Most of the accounts had no fees so the only cost of leaving it open was the administrative burden of keeping up with the account. After several years of doing this I've come to realize it got way out of hand and have been trying to kill a bunch of these inactive accounts and pool cash in one spot. These days hardly anyone is offering account bonuses and most of the online banks are offering about the same rate anyway, so no reason to keep them open. The next step is killing credit card accounts that were opened for similar reasons, although because of credit scoring impacts has to be done much more carefully.
To reply to guest on the issue of cash, it is nearly impossible to track if you never let it hit your bank account. If it is a large amount an astute auditor could detect that your lifestyle couldn't possibly be supported by your reported income and documented assets, but you are right that babysitting cash will be virtually invisible to the IRS.
Philip, don't you agree, though, that Laszewski's whole argument may be specious if the supposed change in distribution of income is a mere artifact of changes in the tax code re: income averaging and/or inflation's effect on nominal income? Or if most members of the 'highest-income' 5% are only there rarely over the course of their lives, who consume that rare high-income in subsequent years?
A "living wage" is very hard to put a number on, but can anyone REALLY live on minimum wage? The arguments that only younger people that don't need to make so much money get this wage is just not true. The types of jobs that pay low wages are essential to the operations of our country, think about the janitors, school aides, gas station attendents, food servers, laundry personel, dishwashers, maids, nursing home aides, this country could not operate without these people but they are put down and paid substandard wages. The other argument is that education will get you a good paying job, not in this economy! The only thing a college education will guarantee you now is student loans!!
Welfare has become a subsidy progam for businessess!! The govt. has created a program that allows these low paying businesses a source of cheap labor. And I know these businesses have many excuses why they pay low wages, but it really comes down to greed and lack of respect. There is a saying "The the Lord gave us enough to go around, but it is our job to distribute it."