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Ways to Make Do With What You Have

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Instead of paying for telephone, use free services over the internet (Skype and Google both have them – but note that there may be privacy issues in their use). Making do was a proud tradition just a generation ago – it showed that you were smart, thrifty and responsible.

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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. Dad grew up on his parent’s farm with a wood stove, an outhouse and kerosene lamps. Plus, it can be really inconvenient to “make do or do without!”

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