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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Cameras had to have actual film and pictures had to be developed after the whole roll of film was ‘exposed’ Research was done at a library using the Dewey decimal system, not a search engine. You researched in the library and wrote to the state’s to get information to plan a trip. Weather prediction was terrible.

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5 Ways to Lower Your Monthly Bills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If I can’t get the item online, then I check with my local library to see if they have it for sign out. Long distance telephone services, mortgages, insurance, and utility costs can all be reduced. Instead, I have singed up to receive them online and in my email inbox. Stop paying for cable. You just have to shop around.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Today a poor person in America probably has access to electricity, telephones, food, indoor plumbing, central heat and public transportation. Until, that is, she went out to the ‘library’ with her book one day, sat on the outdoor privy and got stung on the bottom by a bee!

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