Extreme Couponing

consistency seems to be the key, and the belt was used for punishments of
the most grevious nature, but i can honestly say i had the two best parents
g*D could have provided.

Lee
"Omelet" wrote in message
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What is wrong with these people? I saw one show where the woman bought over
100 cups of yogurt. Yes, she has a husband and three kids but could they
possibly eat all that before they expire? She also bought a ton of mustard.
The person narrating the show said mustard never goes bad. I beg to differ!
This was prepared mustard. It has an expiration date on it. And I know
from experience that if it is really old it gets a watery part and a solid
part. Not good! I also know from both MIL and mother's cupboards that
really old dry mustard hasn't got much flavor. So I would think the
prepared would lose its flavor after time too. Oh and the husband had to
remind her that he doesn't even LIKE mustard. She just laughed.

On another show a woman bought 35 bottles of Maalox tabs. Even when I was
using them on a regular basis for GERD and daughter was sometimes taking
them too, we maybe went through 6 bottles a year, if that!

One man donated a ton of cereal to a food bank. I think that's great! But
most of them don't seem to do that. They are hoarding the food in their
homes. One lady said she had enough chips to feed 800 people. Seriously?
Chips do go bad.

I think saving money is great. And I think it is necessary to keep a stock
of some non-perishable items. Particularly in the winter if you are likely
to be snowed in. Or if you live in an area where roads might be flooded and
you can't get out.

What is wrong with these people?
 
"Miche" wrote in message
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It would be for me. I can tell you if I ever got yogurt in my mouth, I
would scream. I can't stand the stuff.
 
On Apr 7, 1:23?am, "Paul M. Cook" wrote:

Grey Poupon is SO good. My wife eats a great number of turkey
sandwiches, so we go through it like crazy, and buy the huge jars too.

--Bryan
 
Julie Bove wrote:

For most folks with a middle eastern background, yogurt is a staple
item. Yoghourt is essentially a way to preserve milk without
refrigeration after all, and indeed some areas commonly dry the yoghourt
and reconstitute it when needed.
 
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[email protected] says...

Duck eggs are fantastic for baking; they are a bit larger than hen eggs
so for a big cake you may need to slightly adjust the recipe quantities;
and they taste eggier. Haven't tried turkey eggs.

Janet
 
On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 21:44:34 -0700, "Julie Bove" wrote:



Mustard DOES NOT expire, and I've never seen an expiration date on mine.

I shake my bottle every time I use it, as it does separate,
NOT AN Fing problem!
 
"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
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The opener cover won't pry off. My husband thinks there is a screw at the
top but it is up so high we can't reach it to see.


I have those grab it thingies in every room. They are necessary for me.


Yeah.
 
Boogiemeister wrote:


"HATE" is the most offensive four letter word in the English
language... indicative of those with the lowest IQs and the least
education... the only other word indicative of a lower IQ and a lower
level of education is "I".
 
"Julie Bove" ha scritto nel messaggio


What a statement. Do you think we are a bunch of clueless rubes with no
lives away from here? I am not, nor do I think Felice and Dave are. We
might be those folks at the next table whose dinner has just been ruined.

What we have been is parents. Parents are grownups who help small people
learn how to live in the real world. The real world requires that you
behave in what is called a civilized manner unless you want to miss out on a
lot of opportunities.
Sometimes being a parent means being tough, sometimes it means feeling awful
about having to discipline a child and sometimes it means being proud of how
well said child carries off what he has learned.
Someday your child has the chance of reacting on the job the way she acts
towards you. Why wouldn't she? It works. On the job it will not work.
People will not be willing to put up with the selfishness and dramatics you
describe. So, socially it is likely not to work.
We have nothing to go on but what you report. That's what it sounds like to
us. I remain shocked that you expose your child so innocently and think
this behavior, both hers and yours, is OK.
 
> "Nunya Bidnits" wrote:

Prepared mustard does indeed expire (as in die) as does mustard
powder... only whole mustard seed doesn't expire.
 
On 4/11/2011 8:13 PM, [email protected] wrote:

I'm surprised by both of you. I don't think Julie is playing any game.
I think she just writes what she's thinking. I don't agree with
disclosing so much, but I've written on Usenet more than I should.
Should I be subject to what Julie is getting from you all? NO! Or
should I?
 
"Giusi" wrote in message
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And it surprises me that you bunch thing *your* behavior is okay. But then
I guess I know some people are just judgmental. *shrugs*

You act like you think I'm a young person. I'm not. I worked. I'm
retired. My behavior suited me then and suits me now just fine.
 
Nancy2 wrote:


I think it's a regional type of thing, if some stores do it, they all
have to. Of course, if you don't coupon, you are likely paying higher
prices in general to pay for the program.

nancy
 
"Dave Smith" wrote in message
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I'm glad you all have perfect children in your part of the world. They're
not like that here. My friend has a grandson who is my daughter's age and
she and the mother are having extreme troubles with him. It is a difficult
age.
 
On Apr 11, 12:59?am, "Julie Bove" wrote:

I was never spanked. But I knew they would have had I done anything
that warranted it. At that time, anyway, I was pretty sure. 40 years
later with the hindsight of an adult, I realize Mom and Dad probably
wouldn't have spanked me. But I didn't know that then! And the threat
of being spanked was enough to keep me in line! I certainly wasn't
going to test those waters and see if it was an idle threat or not!
 
On Apr 9, 9:41?am, zxcvbob wrote:

The reason so many coupons are for 2 items instead of 1 is because the
manufacturer wants you to be well stocked with THEIR product until
their next promotion, and skip their competitor's promos. If you have
sufficient Wishbone salad dressing or Kelloggs cereal in the house,
the average person won't be tempted to use that coupon next week for
Kraft salad dressing and General Mills cereals.

A lot of marketing research goes into figuring out the "lifecycle" of
consumer packaged goods. If It takes the average family x number of
weeks to use up 2 boxes of cereal or bottles of salad dressing, then
the CPG company knows to run that coupon every x number of weeks.

And you can best believe, it's no accident that Wishbone goes on sale
2/$4 the very same week there's a coupon in the Sunday paper for $1
off two! It's a well-planned strategy to keep Wishbone salad dressing
users from buying Kraft salad dressing.
 
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