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Ways to Make Do With What You Have

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you can’t afford a car, use public transportation. If you can’t afford a gift, make or do something for the recipient. Making do was a proud tradition just a generation ago – it showed that you were smart, thrifty and responsible. What other ‘make do’ solutions do you have? .

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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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