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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:33 PM Original message |
U.S. consumers say spending habits changed for good |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. They need to remember to spend a little on Fluffy, because the neglect |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I recently moved to some land the family has up in the foothills |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Wish my family had land... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Right. Until the good times come again. I find this laughable. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. The "Me Generation" suddenly finds themselves with the chance of |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. "Me" Generation? You mean the Boomers? |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. yes ... of which I have to admit I am one ... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Actually, that makes you an early Gen-Xer sociologically. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I find a large difference between those born in 1943 or earlier and those born just a year or two |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yep. It's because they were too old to be drafted and were just old enough to have.... |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I find a large difference between those "boomers" born in North America or W. Europe |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Speak for yourself. nt |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. "Repugnicons"? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. No more flatscreen TV's? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. No. No more 70 inch flatscreens. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No.... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. The irony is that they couldn't afford to turn their living rooms into home theaters prior to this. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. baloney. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. It's such a great thing |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Not a comment on people owning items so much |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. I don't know if the issue of this thread is who or what caused this meltdown, as much as it is |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. I certainly didn't change my spending habits. . . |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I do the same |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. nonsense! the entire great recession was ALL YOUR FAULT! |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. If Journeyman is partly responsible for the collapse... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. sure, there's no limit if he bribed, er, contributed a lot to a corrupt politician. |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Yes, and I am very grateful |
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st8grad93 (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I haven't changed either, but then again ... |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Anyone who's managed to kick any addiction......... |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Its too bad our government & Wall Street dont understand why this is |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You would think..wouldn't you? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Looks like that to me as well |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. unintended consequence of bankruptcy "reform" |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. savings rate |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Are retirement accounts included in the savings rates? |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. thx |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. gov´t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. I've always been an anti-consumerist penny-pincher. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
32. What about this guy?` |
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Rapier09 (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
40. It was the best of times |
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