Stateside traveling without reservations could leave you without a place to stay at all. Some cities will fill to capacity or the only places left involve 3am gunfire.
We have found a couple of options for hotel savings in the US, you can get some of the same deals in major European cities. Hotwire or Priceline coupled with sites like BetterBidding. Those sites use other travelers data to figure out what hotels the mystery hotels are so you know exactly what your bidding on or at least a good idea of maybe 2 hotels. We have gotten $300+ dollar rooms for just over $100. Another option that fell into our laps involved staying in Kenosha WI for the weekend. In order to get a sane rate on the room ($90 a night) on the lake we had to stay 3 days. Otherwise the room would have been $280 a night. So we took the Metra train into Chicago on the $5 weekend pass.
No tolls, no expensive parking. We did hop cabs a few times because we could not find the bus stops, our printed maps were too vague. So I suggest having a data plan on your phone at least for your vacation so you can map streets wherever you are. Some major cities have a google maps integrated transit tool.
We probably spent less than $150 for 4 people to spend the day in Chicago, go to a museum, eat dinner and do some shopping, have coffee etc.
While I have no problem asking a business for a free trial, to do so repeatedly without ever intending to pay for their service seems dishonest to me. A free trial is a contract: "Try our product, and if you like it, please consider a long-term arrangement." If you're not willing to do the latter, you shouldn't do the former, IMO.
***You need to use the hose sprayer as directed.***
If you use a pump sprayer, you're only coating the grass leaves with the solution rather than getting the solution into the soil, where the grass plant can use it. Plus, you're sparing it on full strength, I assume, which will only serve to burn the grass.
A 10 gallon hose sprayer is designed to distribute 32 oz. of chemical with 10 gallons of water, or 3.2 oz per gallon. This is a fairly dilute solution that is designed to soak into the ground and reach the thatch and root layers of your lawn to do it's work. Since many of us will likely find an Ortho Dial-a-Spray (R) hose sprayer, you'll need to set the dial to either "3 oz" or "4 oz" per gallon (there is no 3.2 oz) to get that ratio approximately correct.
Now, in terms of coverage, I've seen similar recipes that call for a 20 gallon sprayer to cover 2,000 square feet (e.g. Jerry Baker's tonics). Since this recipe calls for a 10 gallon sprayer, you could interpolate that this recipe will cover approximately 4,000 square feet.
However, I prefer to use the equivalent of a 20 gallon sprayer on 2,000 sf of lawn area to get more water in solution and help it soak in better. Plus, I reduce the chances of burning the lawn with too strong a concentrate. That's especially important here in Central Florida where the sun can scorch a lawn pretty quickly. I'm sure this would help your situation.
In fact, if I were you, I just apply water at that rate to help rinse off your lawn and get that solution into the ground before any more damage occurs.
I use the Dial-a-Sprayer (since that's what's commonly available at the Walmart/Target/etc) to approximate a 20 gallon sprayer. To get the right ratio of solution to water, I fill the Dial-a-Sprayer to the top with 32oz. of solution, then set the dial to either "1 1/2Oz." or "2 Oz." If you want to approximate a 10 gallon sprayer as in this recipe, set it to either "3 oz" or "4 oz" as I mentioned above.
Now, to fix what you've done, water your lawn well and rinse that stuff off the leaves and get it into the ground where it's needed. Do this before any more damage occurs.
I find it funny because I was born, bred and raised in the United States. Living in NY most of my life, I never had a car and walked everywhere. Even though I was overweight, the walks never caused me any discomfort.
Around 11 years ago I moved to the Midwest and drive everywhere. I would even drive to the McDonald's and it was only 2 blocks away!
I never realized how important walking was until my husband I visited the UK for 17 days. Within 3 days our pants were falling down because of all the walking we were doing around London. As we continued our travels up through Ft. William, Inverness and finally Edinburgh, we were healthier and had tons more energy. In that 17 days, we not only walked everywhere but ate real homemade foods - no fast food restaurants and I didn't even have my normal daily Starbucks until my last day there.
That amazing experience has taught us the importance of walking and how easy it really is when you don't think about it.
Thanks for this tip, I wouldn't have thought to do this. I think there should be free Wi-Fi everywhere, but since there isn't, this is a good work-around.
This was a great tip, I wish I knew this when I used to travel back and forth during my consulting days.
I did have some tricks of my own from when I used to do consulting. Most airline reward/membership programs which offer customers lounge access also provide free wifi to the customers from within the lounge area. One of the things I constantly had good luck with was almost all the time my gate was always near one of these president's club or lounge. Sitting near these areas, I was able to pick up the free Wifi signal offered by them.
Ive had a netspend card for 3 years, its fine. Its pre-paid, each time you spend it or add money, it builds up credit for you. You have to read more about it and talk to the people at Netspend. Its been fantastic for me.
For recent grads, I think that maybe it would be better to apply to work for a temp agency to beef up your resume. That way, you can gain the experience you need and also make time to take continuing education courses that specifically apply to your field. For example, taking non-credit classes at a technical college such as Spanish or Quickbooks can give you that extra edge. And of course, it's a plus that they are so reasonable in comparison to college coursework. Good luck!
I see this one a lot, and it always makes me angry:
3: WALK on your breaks.
When I worked in an office, I got 2 15-minute breaks and one half-hour break. I used them to drink, eat (something that's just as necessary to life as exercise), answer personal email, pee, rescue my food from the fridge on cleanout day, sign birthday or going-away cards, do my banking, schedule pediatrician and dentist appointments.
Now that I work at home I use my breaks to load or unload the dishwasher, do laundry, deal with family issues, etc.
None of us are over-endowed with free time.
This idea that we're all lazy people who totally could work in an hour or two of walking (or whatever kind of exercise is being pushed) is really irritating. Haven't these people seen the stats on how many hours Americans work? And for those of us with young children - I walked about an hour and a half today but it was only two miles because I was accompanying my 4 year old on his scooter.
The obesity and resultant diabetes in this country keeps getting worse, so when I read about a company (Novo Nordisk) developing a new once-a-day drug for diabetes, I bought stock. Sadly, there will be many more people in need of these medications in the future; a drug offering once-a-day dosing should have good financial prospects. It's gone up more than 10% since I bought it earlier this year.
I think you are over reacting. Look, its a PRE-PAID a plastic card. It has NOTHING to do with your credit or stealing money from you. It cant. The only way to use this card is to call and put money on it. Its a great Idea. People gives these out as gift cards for Christmas gifts all the time. If you dont want it throw it away or give it to someone who has bad credit ans can get a card. Now days you have to have a card for reservations, tow trucks ect. It gives the credit unfortunate the same possibilities as everyone else. It was merly an advertisement that was sent to you.
This is nothing more than paying off the unions. Not only are they requiring that the dealerships junk the old tradeins but they have to drain all the fluids and run the engine until it seizes rendering it useless for the sale of used parts. So when your old clunker needs a part you won't be able to find a used one.
I suppose the next Bill will be to shut down all the after market auto parts manufacturers.
$4500 dollars trade in on a $25000 car certainly doesn't make it affordable for people who can't afford groceries right now.
What a bunch of political bull this one is!
As a disclaimer, I'm going to say that I don't mean to attack or condescend. These are my thoughts, and I'm a very to-the point kind of guy, so I don't sugar coat my words.
My parents immigrated to the US form China in the 70's. My family is not rich, but not poor either. They made enough to cover all of our needs, but not much else. My parents owned a little restaurant and put in 14 hour days, 7 days a week; they worked hard for the money. I pretty much raised myself, taking the school bus to and from school, and maybe seeing my parents once a week because I also enrolled in a Saturday School program I found. I have made my own choices since I was in middle school, and my parents did not have an education beyond elementary/slight middle school level, so not much help from them especially when I understand English better than they do. I was more educated than they were, so not much they could offer in advice on issues besides money. Both my parents lived through the Communist Revolution in China and the poverty that came with it. They clearly taught me the difference between needs and wants because they could barely afford what we needed.
Your education is what you make of it. Just because you go to a better school doesn't mean you will receive a better education and a better job automatically.
To me, universities are there to grant degrees, not an education. After all, they are in the business of selling degrees. Knowledge, skills, and contacts are a consequence of the program. How much you take from that experience depends solely on you. And it is up to you to sell yourself during an interview. If you feel defeated, then your body language and mind set will show that.
If you want to succeed, you need to work for it, you need to earn it, and if you're lucky, you will receive it. Success is not a right. Many will try, only a few will prevail. Those who try the hardest are usually the ones to succeed.
When I was in college, I chose courses that would help me later on. I did not take the easy way out in getting my degree and I took extra courses to reinforce what I've learned. Even in high school, I was in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. For an elective, we were given IB Psychology, but my strengths were math and science and I guessed that I would be majoring in a math/science degree, so I requested to my counselor to allow me to take IB Physics as my elective instead, so I was taking two science courses, with one being an elective. For those unfamiliar with the IB program, here's a link to the mission statement, http://www.ibo.org/facts/fastfacts/index.cfm. To me, I did not want to waste time taking a class I have no interest or use for.
When I started my senior year in college, I couldn't get a professor to sponsor my Master's degree, and I didn't want to take $50k in loans. What did I do next? I went and got a resume and applied to any and all jobs I could find related to my degree. I knew I was at a severe disadvantage because I had zero industry experience and I was searching for an engineering position, but with each rejection, I learned from my mistakes and how to sell myself better. Every company I interviewed with started off the interview with something similar to "You're the only candidate that we agreed to interview without industry experience." Did it suck knowing I was dead last in their ranking right from the start? You bet. But it also gave me motivation and drive to change their opinion of me. Even if I don't get the position, they may have another position or may contact me in the future if I leave that much of an impression.
In the end, I graduated from college with $14k in student loans because i didn't want to be a full time student and have a full time job to pay my expense. I took a calculated risk hoping that I would be able to find a job to pay for my education, something that was dwindling the longer I stayed unemployed after graduation. I made the best of it, and got a part time job. Then, 4 months after graduation, a full 13 months since the day I started search, I got an offer 30 minutes after I left the interview.
I have worked hard for what I have attained. I do not take anything I have, even my first job, for granted. For those that easily got jobs when I was still unemployed? I truly wished them luck, I had no jealousy for them, and was happy for them. I took it as my bad luck, and just need to work harder.
Why is there no empathy from those who have pulled themselves from the depths of hell? Probably because they realize how foolish they themselves were. The Declaration of Independence states that we have certain unalienable rights, one being the pursuit of happiness. It doesn't say that happiness is a right, only the pursuit of happiness, therefore happiness comes from effort and is something that is earned. The second you get a sense of entitlement, you've fallen into the trap.
The only thing you can do is do everything to pursue your dream. You have to put all your effort into improving yourself to give you the opportunities you seek.
But you say that there are tons of people who didn't have to work for it. Well, for all the people that want to complain, all I gotta say is that the world is inherently unfair, something we both have experience with.
Well, my husband and I bought lady bugs off a family that collects and raisies ladybugs for a living. They went to work eating the aphids off the rose bushes. The family goes 'ladybugging' on the weekends...
Excellent post. Walking is one of the best exercises we can choose and it requires no equipment and can be done at no expense. I recommend walking as exercise on a regular basis, especially to my patients who have diabetes and who are looking for ways to improve their blood sugar control. On my blog at www.dentistryfordiabetics.com/blog I write extensively about the importance of exercise and diet as well as dental care for improved glucose control.
Charles Martin, DDS
Founder, Dentistry for Diabetics
I thought this was going to be just another of the dozens of articles online telling me to donate plasma (or other common tips). Way to dig up some obscure ones! A website for selling cardboard boxes? Who knew?
Recenly I had a problem with my New car Mahindra Xylo. I went to their website http://www.mahindraxylo.co.in but couldn't find any place where I could register a complain. Thats when I decided to write in a physical complaint letter to the manager of Mahindra Services. Fortunately he did receive the letter and he promptly acted to get the problems in my car fixed. When you want to get yourself heard you will get heard.
actually i work at a papa murphy's we make every thing fresh every single day we grade our own cheese make our own cookie dough, make the dough, chop, and cut everything(except some of the meats of course) everything is fresh..people have no idea how fresh it all is.
I must agree, with all technology, the average individual may only walk to the grocery store. But this is why technology is here, to make things easier for human beings. Don"t suggest we slow down on the technology, but remember to use what GOD gave us and appreciate being able to walk. Not all of people have this privilege.
Stateside traveling without reservations could leave you without a place to stay at all. Some cities will fill to capacity or the only places left involve 3am gunfire.
We have found a couple of options for hotel savings in the US, you can get some of the same deals in major European cities. Hotwire or Priceline coupled with sites like BetterBidding. Those sites use other travelers data to figure out what hotels the mystery hotels are so you know exactly what your bidding on or at least a good idea of maybe 2 hotels. We have gotten $300+ dollar rooms for just over $100. Another option that fell into our laps involved staying in Kenosha WI for the weekend. In order to get a sane rate on the room ($90 a night) on the lake we had to stay 3 days. Otherwise the room would have been $280 a night. So we took the Metra train into Chicago on the $5 weekend pass.
No tolls, no expensive parking. We did hop cabs a few times because we could not find the bus stops, our printed maps were too vague. So I suggest having a data plan on your phone at least for your vacation so you can map streets wherever you are. Some major cities have a google maps integrated transit tool.
We probably spent less than $150 for 4 people to spend the day in Chicago, go to a museum, eat dinner and do some shopping, have coffee etc.
This was a great tip. I hate paying for wifi.
While I have no problem asking a business for a free trial, to do so repeatedly without ever intending to pay for their service seems dishonest to me. A free trial is a contract: "Try our product, and if you like it, please consider a long-term arrangement." If you're not willing to do the latter, you shouldn't do the former, IMO.
Dissapointed,
***You need to use the hose sprayer as directed.***
If you use a pump sprayer, you're only coating the grass leaves with the solution rather than getting the solution into the soil, where the grass plant can use it. Plus, you're sparing it on full strength, I assume, which will only serve to burn the grass.
A 10 gallon hose sprayer is designed to distribute 32 oz. of chemical with 10 gallons of water, or 3.2 oz per gallon. This is a fairly dilute solution that is designed to soak into the ground and reach the thatch and root layers of your lawn to do it's work. Since many of us will likely find an Ortho Dial-a-Spray (R) hose sprayer, you'll need to set the dial to either "3 oz" or "4 oz" per gallon (there is no 3.2 oz) to get that ratio approximately correct.
Now, in terms of coverage, I've seen similar recipes that call for a 20 gallon sprayer to cover 2,000 square feet (e.g. Jerry Baker's tonics). Since this recipe calls for a 10 gallon sprayer, you could interpolate that this recipe will cover approximately 4,000 square feet.
However, I prefer to use the equivalent of a 20 gallon sprayer on 2,000 sf of lawn area to get more water in solution and help it soak in better. Plus, I reduce the chances of burning the lawn with too strong a concentrate. That's especially important here in Central Florida where the sun can scorch a lawn pretty quickly. I'm sure this would help your situation.
In fact, if I were you, I just apply water at that rate to help rinse off your lawn and get that solution into the ground before any more damage occurs.
I use the Dial-a-Sprayer (since that's what's commonly available at the Walmart/Target/etc) to approximate a 20 gallon sprayer. To get the right ratio of solution to water, I fill the Dial-a-Sprayer to the top with 32oz. of solution, then set the dial to either "1 1/2Oz." or "2 Oz." If you want to approximate a 10 gallon sprayer as in this recipe, set it to either "3 oz" or "4 oz" as I mentioned above.
Now, to fix what you've done, water your lawn well and rinse that stuff off the leaves and get it into the ground where it's needed. Do this before any more damage occurs.
I find it funny because I was born, bred and raised in the United States. Living in NY most of my life, I never had a car and walked everywhere. Even though I was overweight, the walks never caused me any discomfort.
Around 11 years ago I moved to the Midwest and drive everywhere. I would even drive to the McDonald's and it was only 2 blocks away!
I never realized how important walking was until my husband I visited the UK for 17 days. Within 3 days our pants were falling down because of all the walking we were doing around London. As we continued our travels up through Ft. William, Inverness and finally Edinburgh, we were healthier and had tons more energy. In that 17 days, we not only walked everywhere but ate real homemade foods - no fast food restaurants and I didn't even have my normal daily Starbucks until my last day there.
That amazing experience has taught us the importance of walking and how easy it really is when you don't think about it.
Thanks for this tip, I wouldn't have thought to do this. I think there should be free Wi-Fi everywhere, but since there isn't, this is a good work-around.
This was a great tip, I wish I knew this when I used to travel back and forth during my consulting days.
I did have some tricks of my own from when I used to do consulting. Most airline reward/membership programs which offer customers lounge access also provide free wifi to the customers from within the lounge area. One of the things I constantly had good luck with was almost all the time my gate was always near one of these president's club or lounge. Sitting near these areas, I was able to pick up the free Wifi signal offered by them.
Ive had a netspend card for 3 years, its fine. Its pre-paid, each time you spend it or add money, it builds up credit for you. You have to read more about it and talk to the people at Netspend. Its been fantastic for me.
hi there i have a LG DVD/VCR Combi Receiver MODEL: LH-CX247 and i want to change it to all region plz help thanks
Really works....worked for me,really really nice
For recent grads, I think that maybe it would be better to apply to work for a temp agency to beef up your resume. That way, you can gain the experience you need and also make time to take continuing education courses that specifically apply to your field. For example, taking non-credit classes at a technical college such as Spanish or Quickbooks can give you that extra edge. And of course, it's a plus that they are so reasonable in comparison to college coursework. Good luck!
I see this one a lot, and it always makes me angry:
3: WALK on your breaks.
When I worked in an office, I got 2 15-minute breaks and one half-hour break. I used them to drink, eat (something that's just as necessary to life as exercise), answer personal email, pee, rescue my food from the fridge on cleanout day, sign birthday or going-away cards, do my banking, schedule pediatrician and dentist appointments.
Now that I work at home I use my breaks to load or unload the dishwasher, do laundry, deal with family issues, etc.
None of us are over-endowed with free time.
This idea that we're all lazy people who totally could work in an hour or two of walking (or whatever kind of exercise is being pushed) is really irritating. Haven't these people seen the stats on how many hours Americans work? And for those of us with young children - I walked about an hour and a half today but it was only two miles because I was accompanying my 4 year old on his scooter.
The obesity and resultant diabetes in this country keeps getting worse, so when I read about a company (Novo Nordisk) developing a new once-a-day drug for diabetes, I bought stock. Sadly, there will be many more people in need of these medications in the future; a drug offering once-a-day dosing should have good financial prospects. It's gone up more than 10% since I bought it earlier this year.
I think you are over reacting. Look, its a PRE-PAID a plastic card. It has NOTHING to do with your credit or stealing money from you. It cant. The only way to use this card is to call and put money on it. Its a great Idea. People gives these out as gift cards for Christmas gifts all the time. If you dont want it throw it away or give it to someone who has bad credit ans can get a card. Now days you have to have a card for reservations, tow trucks ect. It gives the credit unfortunate the same possibilities as everyone else. It was merly an advertisement that was sent to you.
This is nothing more than paying off the unions. Not only are they requiring that the dealerships junk the old tradeins but they have to drain all the fluids and run the engine until it seizes rendering it useless for the sale of used parts. So when your old clunker needs a part you won't be able to find a used one.
I suppose the next Bill will be to shut down all the after market auto parts manufacturers.
$4500 dollars trade in on a $25000 car certainly doesn't make it affordable for people who can't afford groceries right now.
What a bunch of political bull this one is!
As a disclaimer, I'm going to say that I don't mean to attack or condescend. These are my thoughts, and I'm a very to-the point kind of guy, so I don't sugar coat my words.
My parents immigrated to the US form China in the 70's. My family is not rich, but not poor either. They made enough to cover all of our needs, but not much else. My parents owned a little restaurant and put in 14 hour days, 7 days a week; they worked hard for the money. I pretty much raised myself, taking the school bus to and from school, and maybe seeing my parents once a week because I also enrolled in a Saturday School program I found. I have made my own choices since I was in middle school, and my parents did not have an education beyond elementary/slight middle school level, so not much help from them especially when I understand English better than they do. I was more educated than they were, so not much they could offer in advice on issues besides money. Both my parents lived through the Communist Revolution in China and the poverty that came with it. They clearly taught me the difference between needs and wants because they could barely afford what we needed.
Your education is what you make of it. Just because you go to a better school doesn't mean you will receive a better education and a better job automatically.
To me, universities are there to grant degrees, not an education. After all, they are in the business of selling degrees. Knowledge, skills, and contacts are a consequence of the program. How much you take from that experience depends solely on you. And it is up to you to sell yourself during an interview. If you feel defeated, then your body language and mind set will show that.
If you want to succeed, you need to work for it, you need to earn it, and if you're lucky, you will receive it. Success is not a right. Many will try, only a few will prevail. Those who try the hardest are usually the ones to succeed.
When I was in college, I chose courses that would help me later on. I did not take the easy way out in getting my degree and I took extra courses to reinforce what I've learned. Even in high school, I was in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. For an elective, we were given IB Psychology, but my strengths were math and science and I guessed that I would be majoring in a math/science degree, so I requested to my counselor to allow me to take IB Physics as my elective instead, so I was taking two science courses, with one being an elective. For those unfamiliar with the IB program, here's a link to the mission statement, http://www.ibo.org/facts/fastfacts/index.cfm. To me, I did not want to waste time taking a class I have no interest or use for.
When I started my senior year in college, I couldn't get a professor to sponsor my Master's degree, and I didn't want to take $50k in loans. What did I do next? I went and got a resume and applied to any and all jobs I could find related to my degree. I knew I was at a severe disadvantage because I had zero industry experience and I was searching for an engineering position, but with each rejection, I learned from my mistakes and how to sell myself better. Every company I interviewed with started off the interview with something similar to "You're the only candidate that we agreed to interview without industry experience." Did it suck knowing I was dead last in their ranking right from the start? You bet. But it also gave me motivation and drive to change their opinion of me. Even if I don't get the position, they may have another position or may contact me in the future if I leave that much of an impression.
In the end, I graduated from college with $14k in student loans because i didn't want to be a full time student and have a full time job to pay my expense. I took a calculated risk hoping that I would be able to find a job to pay for my education, something that was dwindling the longer I stayed unemployed after graduation. I made the best of it, and got a part time job. Then, 4 months after graduation, a full 13 months since the day I started search, I got an offer 30 minutes after I left the interview.
I have worked hard for what I have attained. I do not take anything I have, even my first job, for granted. For those that easily got jobs when I was still unemployed? I truly wished them luck, I had no jealousy for them, and was happy for them. I took it as my bad luck, and just need to work harder.
Why is there no empathy from those who have pulled themselves from the depths of hell? Probably because they realize how foolish they themselves were. The Declaration of Independence states that we have certain unalienable rights, one being the pursuit of happiness. It doesn't say that happiness is a right, only the pursuit of happiness, therefore happiness comes from effort and is something that is earned. The second you get a sense of entitlement, you've fallen into the trap.
The only thing you can do is do everything to pursue your dream. You have to put all your effort into improving yourself to give you the opportunities you seek.
But you say that there are tons of people who didn't have to work for it. Well, for all the people that want to complain, all I gotta say is that the world is inherently unfair, something we both have experience with.
Well, my husband and I bought lady bugs off a family that collects and raisies ladybugs for a living. They went to work eating the aphids off the rose bushes. The family goes 'ladybugging' on the weekends...
Margaret Garcia-Couoh
I agree with Dave, recycling your electronics with gazelle is a great option.
Excellent post. Walking is one of the best exercises we can choose and it requires no equipment and can be done at no expense. I recommend walking as exercise on a regular basis, especially to my patients who have diabetes and who are looking for ways to improve their blood sugar control. On my blog at www.dentistryfordiabetics.com/blog I write extensively about the importance of exercise and diet as well as dental care for improved glucose control.
Charles Martin, DDS
Founder, Dentistry for Diabetics
It's just that North Americans don't know how to cook them or eat them.
Not the best part of the pig (in my opinion bacon is the best part of any pig), but their ears are still edible. :)
They love 'em in Europe or so I've been told by Top Chef. I'm still searching for a place that sells them in a dish.
I thought this was going to be just another of the dozens of articles online telling me to donate plasma (or other common tips). Way to dig up some obscure ones! A website for selling cardboard boxes? Who knew?
Recenly I had a problem with my New car Mahindra Xylo. I went to their website http://www.mahindraxylo.co.in but couldn't find any place where I could register a complain. Thats when I decided to write in a physical complaint letter to the manager of Mahindra Services. Fortunately he did receive the letter and he promptly acted to get the problems in my car fixed. When you want to get yourself heard you will get heard.
nice tips - although travelling without reservations would cause me no end of stress - i'd be constantly worrying about where i'd be sleeping
actually i work at a papa murphy's we make every thing fresh every single day we grade our own cheese make our own cookie dough, make the dough, chop, and cut everything(except some of the meats of course) everything is fresh..people have no idea how fresh it all is.
I must agree, with all technology, the average individual may only walk to the grocery store. But this is why technology is here, to make things easier for human beings. Don"t suggest we slow down on the technology, but remember to use what GOD gave us and appreciate being able to walk. Not all of people have this privilege.