Zorcy, what strength wash are you running through,and how are you monitoring it? just rule of thumb stuff (ie. 2 pound of sugar to a gallon will yield 10%) , or are you measuring it with a hydrometer, ( a reading of 1.08 indicates a potential 10%, etc)?I've been hitting a 15% fermentation every time using 2 and half pound of white sugarto the gallon, plus a small tin of molasses dissolved into as well, as extra nutrients for the yeast.I got a cheap aquarium heater for $15 to suspend in it and keep it at around 75 degrees, ( its actually marked in celsius, so it says 25 degrees on the control). Ferments completely from start to finish in a week.
I definitely agree with the comments that say to notice the brand names associated with the sizes. Anyone going through my drawer will find everything from a D to an EE. They all fit, they're just all cut differently in ways that might not be obvious to the casual observer.
Great link about cooking burnout! I make larger meals on the weekend and stock my freezer for moments when I feel like calling my husband to bring home take out.
Always have a Contingency plan, you have to know what your plan B is. If you have a plan B ready to go, you can absorb a big hit faster. Chance favors a prepared mind! And who knows, that plan B might just become your plan A.
What a good idea. Having done a lot of hitch hiking in my wayward youth, I remember very clearly the generosity of many who gave me a lift and offered a room and meal for the night. Will definitely give this some serious thought.
wow... this is really something, it touched the inner me especially the last part. I'd like to know my passion which I think I knew but I'm still in doubt. Your post is really helpful, I may have to try this. Thanks.
This is some good stuff. I like to encourage parents to help their children avoid recessions all together. Way too much debt by the time college is done.
In women's clothing sizes vary considerably from brand to brand, so if you are looking at the tags to get size info, I would advise writing down the brand it corresponds to at the very least. There may still be fit issues within the same brand due to differences in the cut of different items.
Also, I see Victoria's Secret mentioned in comments, which brings up the issue of padding (so much of their stuff has a really absurd amount of 'lining'). Unless you are 100% certain she will not be offended by it, I would say avoid giving anything suggesting that your significant other needs help filling out her bra.
So, according to your argument, all that deregulation that happened in the financial industry in the 80s should have resulted in something other than the meltdown that occurred, yes? So, why didn't it?
The free market ideology is gorgeous on paper. Unfortunately, its adherents seem to forget that there is a human element involved and that the market is not a separate entity unaffected by human involvement (why did this notion ever develop in the first place? The odd fallacy that markets will always correct themselves?). Greed is real and dangerous, as we have all experienced and continue to endure.
Although I agree with you to some extent. The government shouldn't always step in. Sometimes, the sky just needs to fall.
Kristina, this is a bit of propoganda utilized frequently by unethical businesses: "Something no one is willing to admit is that people in developing countries are happy to have the jobs that make this cheap stuff. We may get on our high horses and complain about how these poor people are being abused, but in reality, these jobs are frequently a boon to the communities they are in."
Like any other low-wage structure, exploitative business practices are a boon to the sociopaths at the upper ranks (yes, I just used an ad hominem attack), not those using ashes to brush their teeth because they can't afford basic hygiene care.
It is a fallacy that exploitative practices are a boon to those forced to work in heinous conditions. Again, "high horses" is not the issue here (what is it with Americans and that knee-jerk response? This isn't an attack on your right to shop), human rights is the issue at hand.
Boons are frequently attributed to an increase in consumptive practices without regard to the health of communities or quality of life. Being able to buy televisions and more plastic toys isn't an indicator of financial, personal or community health. This is why so many economists are asking to use the GPI over the GDP to determine a more accurate financial picture.
As someone raised in poverty who grew up to work in the non-profit sector to help other poor families, I must make an earnest request: Please, please, please stop painting low-income families as helpless victims. It is a damaging stereotype that disempowers and serves no one.
Also, labeling an article about socially-responsible spending as "high horse" is inaccurate. It's a knee-jerk response (usually motivated by guilt, from my experience). Not once did the author lay judgment at the feet of those who make different choices. He simply provided a context in which to view our spending patterns.
Can all of us make the "right" choices across the board at all times? Of course not. But all of us can make choices. I have worked with clients who stopped using toxic household cleaners in favor of using vinegar and water, stopped eating conveniece foods in favor of cooking, etc. who then used the money saved to purchase more socially-responsible items they could not previously afford. Shifts can be made in any budget to make sounder choices.
Big box stores may provide jobs, but those jobs are generally low-wage and ultimately depress wages throughout a region. My city has been deeply damaged by chain hotels, restaurants and big boxes that moved into the downtown area, promising ample employment and tourist dollars but whose wage structures, in addition to tourist dollars being funneled to their corporate executives instead of locally-owned businesses, resulted in depressing the wage structure and housing values of the *entire city.*
Additionally, big box stores keep their prices low primarily through exploitative labor practices, be it their own employees (e.g., Wal-Mart using state welfare programs to provide health benefits to their low-paid workforce) or suppliers at home and abroad (e.g., mega stores locking farmers into contracts where they must take a loss for major crops. Again, a Wal-Mart example).
Is it smarter to support an unethical business in favor of saving a few dollars to give as charity? Not from my experience in the NPO field or the research I've done. Investment is more helpful than charitable giving. It's like Kathy Griffith's crazy clothing line--made my exploited child labor whose profits then go to help abused children. Stopping abuse at its source negates the need for charity.
It's important to note that when people speak of socially-responsible financial behaviors, it is not an attack on your lifestyle or choices. It is simply a matter of stating the true cost of a particular product or service. How you choose to respond to the facts, when you have adequately researched them, of course, is matter of personal preference. However, I find it hard to believe that most people would continue to consume in the same fashion that they currently do if they were fully aware of the impact of their choices. Yes, even poor folks with limited incomes. In fact, I've found that poor folks empathize most with those forced to work in slave labor conditions, resulting in dramatic changes in how they choose to spend.
Hello,
Please contact me about your virgin hair. I am looking for new suppiers and as hoping to order from you. Where is your hair from? What forum of payment o you take. Could I see pics of hair? Thank you
I hope to order
UNLESS...you have actually been told she really needs two more (blank) to put in the rotation, so she doesn't have to do so much handwashing. Listening is the best gift.
@Staci great idea to keep smaller bills on hand instead of larger ones.
One idea for safely storing money at home is to cut a small slit in a tennis ball and fold some cash into it. Keep it with other tennis balls and sports gear and you're set.
Just remember which one to grab if you have to leave quickly!
I think the whole thing is a scam. We have been in touch with the HOPE network and after a year they have still not been directly involved with any assistance!! The bank has not done anything for our situation after two applications and 2 special forebearances!! The bottom line is that the bank does not want to lose any money no matter what!!! If you know a legitimate form of assistance PLEASE let me know! I am tired of living with the fear, guilt, lack of caring, greed,etc!!!!!
I'm sorry but I just don't agree with this. Like another poster, I have the things I have because I don't like the feel of anything else.
And for those men whose women are a little bustier, a bra from someplace like VS is just absolutely worthless. Buy something that will last and provide some support.
Oooh... I winced when I read the paragraph on size. DO NOT JUST LOOK IN HER LINGERIE DRAWER! I have some very lovely pieces in there... from 5, 10, and yes, 15 pounds ago (I swear, I'll lose the weight some day). If the Dear Hubby just went in there, I can guarantee he'd probably get something that doesn't fit.
The best thing would be to look at what she's wearing for the past two weeks. That's the size she currently is, not the size she was when you got married, or two kids ago. It's also safe to say that's a brand she enjoys. Look at the label, google it to figure out where it's sold, then go with God.
It's also important to note that a Medium at Kohl's won't translate to a Medium at Victoria's Secret, or a Medium at any department store. However, a medium in a cotton nighty will probably translate to a medium of some scandalously lacey nighty if the brand is the same.
While I generally agree with CARD act and find it to be useful in protecting consumers, I can't help but wonder why we need this in the first place. How are Americans so woefully undereducated in finance? Most parents don't understand the basic concepts themselves, so it's not like they can even teach their children. What's worse is some parents teach their kids the wrong thing--that credit cards and debt are a normal part of American life.
Zorcy, what strength wash are you running through,and how are you monitoring it? just rule of thumb stuff (ie. 2 pound of sugar to a gallon will yield 10%) , or are you measuring it with a hydrometer, ( a reading of 1.08 indicates a potential 10%, etc)?I've been hitting a 15% fermentation every time using 2 and half pound of white sugarto the gallon, plus a small tin of molasses dissolved into as well, as extra nutrients for the yeast.I got a cheap aquarium heater for $15 to suspend in it and keep it at around 75 degrees, ( its actually marked in celsius, so it says 25 degrees on the control). Ferments completely from start to finish in a week.
I definitely agree with the comments that say to notice the brand names associated with the sizes. Anyone going through my drawer will find everything from a D to an EE. They all fit, they're just all cut differently in ways that might not be obvious to the casual observer.
Great link about cooking burnout! I make larger meals on the weekend and stock my freezer for moments when I feel like calling my husband to bring home take out.
Hey Linsey, thanks for putting together some great articles for us to read and for having our site on our radar!
Always have a Contingency plan, you have to know what your plan B is. If you have a plan B ready to go, you can absorb a big hit faster. Chance favors a prepared mind! And who knows, that plan B might just become your plan A.
What a good idea. Having done a lot of hitch hiking in my wayward youth, I remember very clearly the generosity of many who gave me a lift and offered a room and meal for the night. Will definitely give this some serious thought.
wow... this is really something, it touched the inner me especially the last part. I'd like to know my passion which I think I knew but I'm still in doubt. Your post is really helpful, I may have to try this. Thanks.
Happy New Year Xin. =)
This is some good stuff. I like to encourage parents to help their children avoid recessions all together. Way too much debt by the time college is done.
Teaching Kids About Money is the article I wrote on this. Hope it helps someone.
David
In women's clothing sizes vary considerably from brand to brand, so if you are looking at the tags to get size info, I would advise writing down the brand it corresponds to at the very least. There may still be fit issues within the same brand due to differences in the cut of different items.
Also, I see Victoria's Secret mentioned in comments, which brings up the issue of padding (so much of their stuff has a really absurd amount of 'lining'). Unless you are 100% certain she will not be offended by it, I would say avoid giving anything suggesting that your significant other needs help filling out her bra.
Thanks for including the Social Security update; it was especially timely for our family. Wise Bread to the rescue, again!
I am so bad about cooking burnout. If I make dinner one night, I think I'm set for the week. :) Too bad it doesn't work like that!
So, according to your argument, all that deregulation that happened in the financial industry in the 80s should have resulted in something other than the meltdown that occurred, yes? So, why didn't it?
The free market ideology is gorgeous on paper. Unfortunately, its adherents seem to forget that there is a human element involved and that the market is not a separate entity unaffected by human involvement (why did this notion ever develop in the first place? The odd fallacy that markets will always correct themselves?). Greed is real and dangerous, as we have all experienced and continue to endure.
Although I agree with you to some extent. The government shouldn't always step in. Sometimes, the sky just needs to fall.
Kristina, this is a bit of propoganda utilized frequently by unethical businesses: "Something no one is willing to admit is that people in developing countries are happy to have the jobs that make this cheap stuff. We may get on our high horses and complain about how these poor people are being abused, but in reality, these jobs are frequently a boon to the communities they are in."
Like any other low-wage structure, exploitative business practices are a boon to the sociopaths at the upper ranks (yes, I just used an ad hominem attack), not those using ashes to brush their teeth because they can't afford basic hygiene care.
It is a fallacy that exploitative practices are a boon to those forced to work in heinous conditions. Again, "high horses" is not the issue here (what is it with Americans and that knee-jerk response? This isn't an attack on your right to shop), human rights is the issue at hand.
Boons are frequently attributed to an increase in consumptive practices without regard to the health of communities or quality of life. Being able to buy televisions and more plastic toys isn't an indicator of financial, personal or community health. This is why so many economists are asking to use the GPI over the GDP to determine a more accurate financial picture.
As someone raised in poverty who grew up to work in the non-profit sector to help other poor families, I must make an earnest request: Please, please, please stop painting low-income families as helpless victims. It is a damaging stereotype that disempowers and serves no one.
Also, labeling an article about socially-responsible spending as "high horse" is inaccurate. It's a knee-jerk response (usually motivated by guilt, from my experience). Not once did the author lay judgment at the feet of those who make different choices. He simply provided a context in which to view our spending patterns.
Can all of us make the "right" choices across the board at all times? Of course not. But all of us can make choices. I have worked with clients who stopped using toxic household cleaners in favor of using vinegar and water, stopped eating conveniece foods in favor of cooking, etc. who then used the money saved to purchase more socially-responsible items they could not previously afford. Shifts can be made in any budget to make sounder choices.
Big box stores may provide jobs, but those jobs are generally low-wage and ultimately depress wages throughout a region. My city has been deeply damaged by chain hotels, restaurants and big boxes that moved into the downtown area, promising ample employment and tourist dollars but whose wage structures, in addition to tourist dollars being funneled to their corporate executives instead of locally-owned businesses, resulted in depressing the wage structure and housing values of the *entire city.*
Additionally, big box stores keep their prices low primarily through exploitative labor practices, be it their own employees (e.g., Wal-Mart using state welfare programs to provide health benefits to their low-paid workforce) or suppliers at home and abroad (e.g., mega stores locking farmers into contracts where they must take a loss for major crops. Again, a Wal-Mart example).
Is it smarter to support an unethical business in favor of saving a few dollars to give as charity? Not from my experience in the NPO field or the research I've done. Investment is more helpful than charitable giving. It's like Kathy Griffith's crazy clothing line--made my exploited child labor whose profits then go to help abused children. Stopping abuse at its source negates the need for charity.
It's important to note that when people speak of socially-responsible financial behaviors, it is not an attack on your lifestyle or choices. It is simply a matter of stating the true cost of a particular product or service. How you choose to respond to the facts, when you have adequately researched them, of course, is matter of personal preference. However, I find it hard to believe that most people would continue to consume in the same fashion that they currently do if they were fully aware of the impact of their choices. Yes, even poor folks with limited incomes. In fact, I've found that poor folks empathize most with those forced to work in slave labor conditions, resulting in dramatic changes in how they choose to spend.
Hello,
Please contact me about your virgin hair. I am looking for new suppiers and as hoping to order from you. Where is your hair from? What forum of payment o you take. Could I see pics of hair? Thank you
I hope to order
I think this is great advice! I'm printing it, and leaving it out where SOMEONE can find it...
What do you mean, nothing crotcheless or vinyl? Thought you said he should get me things that ARE my style!
Really.
UNLESS...you have actually been told she really needs two more (blank) to put in the rotation, so she doesn't have to do so much handwashing. Listening is the best gift.
p.s. Thongs are never a next logical step.
@Staci great idea to keep smaller bills on hand instead of larger ones.
One idea for safely storing money at home is to cut a small slit in a tennis ball and fold some cash into it. Keep it with other tennis balls and sports gear and you're set.
Just remember which one to grab if you have to leave quickly!
I think the whole thing is a scam. We have been in touch with the HOPE network and after a year they have still not been directly involved with any assistance!! The bank has not done anything for our situation after two applications and 2 special forebearances!! The bottom line is that the bank does not want to lose any money no matter what!!! If you know a legitimate form of assistance PLEASE let me know! I am tired of living with the fear, guilt, lack of caring, greed,etc!!!!!
I'm sorry but I just don't agree with this. Like another poster, I have the things I have because I don't like the feel of anything else.
And for those men whose women are a little bustier, a bra from someplace like VS is just absolutely worthless. Buy something that will last and provide some support.
Oooh... I winced when I read the paragraph on size. DO NOT JUST LOOK IN HER LINGERIE DRAWER! I have some very lovely pieces in there... from 5, 10, and yes, 15 pounds ago (I swear, I'll lose the weight some day). If the Dear Hubby just went in there, I can guarantee he'd probably get something that doesn't fit.
The best thing would be to look at what she's wearing for the past two weeks. That's the size she currently is, not the size she was when you got married, or two kids ago. It's also safe to say that's a brand she enjoys. Look at the label, google it to figure out where it's sold, then go with God.
It's also important to note that a Medium at Kohl's won't translate to a Medium at Victoria's Secret, or a Medium at any department store. However, a medium in a cotton nighty will probably translate to a medium of some scandalously lacey nighty if the brand is the same.
It really is amazing what you can do from you phone these days. Great informative post.
While I generally agree with CARD act and find it to be useful in protecting consumers, I can't help but wonder why we need this in the first place. How are Americans so woefully undereducated in finance? Most parents don't understand the basic concepts themselves, so it's not like they can even teach their children. What's worse is some parents teach their kids the wrong thing--that credit cards and debt are a normal part of American life.