I repair almost all of our electric items; you wouldn't believe how easy it is. Listen, it's already broken - what's it gonna hurt if you take the cover off? (here's some helpful advice I received AFTER I replaced the refrigerator motor - unplug it first) It's frequently just a blown fuse
I've fixed our stereo, oven, VCR, washing machine, portable CD player, coffee maker, microwave and the aforementioned refrigerator just to name a few and for less than a couple of dollars in most cases.
There is a wonderful website www.repairclinic.com for parts and installation instructions on major appliances.
So before you throw it out, look under the hood!

I hate shopping with a passion; it's unbearably boring. I'd rather clean toilets. Almost everything I buy comes from the thrift store and I have to be forced by circumstance to go. Even my pets are used.
I've managed to stop hanging on to everything 'just in case', but I'm OCD about recycling and it physically pains me to have to throw anything away.
Our household's trash fills one half of a (biodegradable) kitchen bag a week and it boggles my mind that most city people I know fill a bag a day, mostly with processed food containers.

"Less is More"

Okay, last post on the subject -
You can turn your adding machine tape over and reuse the backside of the whole roll.   : )

Excellent video that shows how we are being manipulated into
consuming our planet and oursleves.

Stuff asserts that the government is supposed to take care of us.  This is antithetical to the message of Ron Paul which asserts people should not look to government for answers or to take care of us. To me - government as caretaker of the people is repugnant.  What we need is less government and more personal responsibility.  

We do definitely consume much more than we need; however, no one forces us to buy anything.  We have a free will; we must use it. Stop blaming everyone/everything else and take responsibility for yourself and your family.

Hmmm.. Very bizarre. -))) Maybe , this is Y all of our friends think that me and my girlfriend R crazy or something, because they just simply dont get that, Y we dont but anything ever other then raw organic foods, and that,s it! They think we are some primitive people, ( if so, then we R! ) 'cos we dont even by any packaged food, nor new shoes every month. -))) And then they keep complaining to us that they cant afford to shop at a health food store because they cant afford it. Of course not!

they have DEBT to pay! Because new car is more important then pure food and water. And yet these very people call us cheap, because we dont get excited about their new shiny car, or new whatever.

I remember a few days ago 1 of our friends asked my girlfriend that 'where we use to shop at as far as clothing?'

my girlfriend replied: 'nowhere, we don't shop, and we don't go out to eat either to any restaurants .

You should have seen their face! That was funny, at least for us. These people have like 15 pairs of shoes lined up in a row , and yet they keep buying a pair every month, ( along with a lot of other bulls**t ) just because the neighbor has the newest Nike model.

Or, I know people who 'get sick' if they don't have a 1 size bigger, or newer or better of something then his friends do. Is this disease called greed or they just screwed by nature?? -))) Or both? And when I tell them 'no, thanx, we dont need stuff', we have got everything we need, then we are called and labeled 'negativ' This is a strange World we living in today, and according to Weston A. Price DDS, there might be just a few more generation to come before We will all totally physically degenerate and mutate. But that is a whole another issue to discuss.

So in the meantime, Have A Nice Shopping!

( it was a beautiful story we just shared, wasn't it? ) -)))))

I'm not sure you can put Ron Paul in the same sentence as non-polluting. His platform says he believes in no gov. regulation; that property rights should rule the day. That if you pollute my property, I can sue you to stop. It does not seem wise to me to trust the corporations to do the "right thing." Besides, air isn't owned by anyone, it's a public domain, hence clean air and water regulation are going to have to be managed by government and we are going to have to PREVENT!! the pollution, not be in litigation for years while the pollution continues. I think his written stand on the environment leaves a lot to be desired. I don't like regulation, but I don't see any other way to protect the environment from greedy, short sighted interests.

Here's a diagram that shows where the tax dollars are spent in the US. She was a little wrong on the military spending; too low, in fact if this image is correct.

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Interesting video. It took a long time to load and some of it was choppy. I have a different take on global preservation. Man can only go so far to preserve and maintain this earth. If you are looking at this subject from a Biblical standpoint like I am, we are living in a "fallen" and "deteriorating" physical environment. While man should be prudent about his resources he has been blessed with, we can't turn back time or reverse the damage done. It is only a matter of time and according to the Bible this earth and mankind will be done for. I agree with several other postings that this video content was politically slanted. There was a huge emphasis that the U.S. should be blamed for the majority of our global woes. What about other wasteful nations? OH!  They don't have any $$$$ so we'll just ignore their waste and polution.  That's why they get a pass.  It's not about the environment - really - instead it's about taking money from whereever they can get it. America has money so we'll just blame everything on them and try to guilt them into paying for everyone else. I, for one, have had enough.