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Needs vs. Wants

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

What was a want or a luxury to parents or grandparents may have actually become something most of us consider a need. Here are things that most in my generation would now consider a need, but that most of our parents didn’t have when we boomers were growing up in their households. A TV in every room. 200+ TV channels.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ours was smaller (about 700 square feet) – 2 bedrooms (my brother and I shared one and my parents the other), a kitchen and a living room, No basement or garage. On Halloween we did a trick for our treat inside of a neighbors house, without our parents around and got homemade goodies to eat as a treat. Entertainment.

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Have Movie Night with the Epson MegaPlex MG-50 Easy Home Theater LCD Projector

Nicoles Nickels

I remember as a kid watching home movies on a large screen at my parents and wanting to watch a regular movie on it like in the theater. The MegaPlex MG-50 projector makes it easy to deliver big screen entertainment virtually anywhere – whether inside for a movie-like setting or even outdoors.

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6 Reasons Why You Need Amazon Prime & How to Get It FREE

Saving With Shellie

This means that you will save a ton of money on books and entertainment as well. Stream videos on Kindle Fire HD, as well as iPad, PS3, Xbox, Wii, Wii U, Roku, on hundreds of TVs, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, and on the Web. We watched favorite TV show series like Downton Abbey and Breaking Bad.

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