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Tips For Keeping Home Plumbing Repair Costs At A Minimum

Saving Cents With Sense

Another example is to start buying monthly public transportation passes instead of paying to fill up the gas tank of your car. Finally, one excellent way to lower your monthly bills is to be proactive about keeping your home plumbing repair costs at a minimum. Cost Saving Suggestion #2 – Pick up a few basic plumbing skills.

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I Am Rich Because….

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Faster transportation. Our cars easily travel more than 70 miles an hour over smooth, well marked road systems. Indoor plumbing. We are taller, healthier (in spite of being way too fat), better educated and remain active longer into our elder years. We can fly coast to coast in less than 6 hours.

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Is Self-Sufficiency Possible in the 21st Century?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Many families remember a time, not too far gone, when their ancestors lived in a rural community without the benefit of electricity, running water, indoor plumbing, central heat or air conditioning. Instead they had a well, an outhouse, a wood burning stove for heat and another for cooking. But, what if there is a disaster.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

As an IT consultant, you’d more than likely be able to offer remote services as well as on-site assistance, giving you freedom and flexibility while working in a field that’s in high demand. Everyone could use a well-designed website, online materials, email campaigns, physical print work and more.

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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

That was true for me as well, but I also think that poverty is a very relative concept. Today a poor person in America probably has access to electricity, telephones, food, indoor plumbing, central heat and public transportation. In my Grandparents time, none of the neighbors had electricity, indoor plumbing or central heat.

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7 Ways Preparing for Emergency Survival can be Green

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

They had a well, with a hand pump. They did not have indoor plumbing – using a bucket with water drawn from the well with a dipper for drinking water, and an outhouse by the shed when nature called (kids got a chamber pot at night, thank heavens). They did have electricity, but only used it for lights and radio.

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