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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:58 PM Original message |
Sheer Curiosity: Did any of you stock up or "horde" on food, water, clothing, essentials, etc., |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hoard for when the hordes come to pillage. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. The Viking hordes? Are you hoarding boards? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I am a serf, and this is my board. Therefore, this is a ..... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #48 |
65. My BIL hoards only outdated computer equipment and books. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #65 |
82. These last two were the worst tongue-twisters I've ever seen |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
86. Don't forget the "whores." Who's hoarding the hordes of whores? |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. I think it was |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Just make sure you keep your hoards |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. nope |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes.. |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm working on paying off my debt |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. I bought a small patch of land in the middle of nowhere |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I want to buy some land and |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. not in the way you are suggesting |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Cashmere sweaters. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. I'm Glad to See *Some* People Have Their Priorities In Order |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #37 |
64. I need soft things. |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. and they are warmer than others, too |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
81. LOL... |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. I always keep a pantry full of non-perishables. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. I have not stocked up |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
58. 2032? isn't it? |
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Dave_Fl_50 (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have a gun. When things get REALLY bad I'll shoot and eat my neighbors |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Yack. I wouldn't wanna eat that pug next door.... He'd make me puke. |
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Dave_Fl_50 (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. I live in Florida. They're old, stringy and probably not a good source |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Ackety, poor birdies doggies kittens n lizards. I can't believe we are joking about this. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Please make sure that they are the very, |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Oh, hopefully the "rich ones" will be gone, anyhow |
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Dave_Fl_50 (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Will they leave BMWs behind? this could be fun. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Oh, there will be plenty |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Cool...in that case we can have all of their |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
91. Gold? Bah! |
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oldtime dfl_er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Not really |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
59. buy water purification tablets |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. yes.. buy lots of sale foods.. saves gas/money ..less trips |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. no. But am trying to drive monthly costs down |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. Anybody gets hungry they can come to my house until I run out. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. During this past year, |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. how do you do it.. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. The trick is to combine a coupon... |
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AnotherMother4Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Good info - Thanks! Some stores double coupons, so $1.00 turns to $2.00 and if |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Yes, I live in the land of no double coupons... |
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ekelly (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
54. I've been shopping that way for over a year now ..... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
83. Awesome! |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #83 |
93. is this a full time job for you? |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
60. and don't forget Winn Dixie has B1/G1 all the time lately |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Everytime I go to Aldi's, I buy |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've only been hoarding one thing... |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. seriously? |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. Can't say as I have |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. Storing food is tricky.. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. "You all have to be right every day, I only have to be right once'."... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Well, I lived in the same neighborhood |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #55 |
61. I remember those hurricanes..... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
85. You're joking right? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #50 |
79. Uh.. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #79 |
94. Go squawk to someone else, Chicken Little. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. The one thing I don't have is a gun. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. Nah. I'm not a big believer in chicken little end-days-ism.... |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. No |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. We have some, we will continue to build our supplies. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. I always keep extra food on hand, because I'm self-employed, and there is |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
87. Same here; self employed with occational dry spells |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. All we have done is cut down on everything |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. The problem with stockpiling food at my house |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. When I see posts like this |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. ammo? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. nope. and you illustrate exactly why i haven't/don't/won't succumb to hysterical doomsday thinking- |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. Why should I? I know where your house is. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
44. I have six months |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
62. where do you get a solar freezer??? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #62 |
68. This is the one I got |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. thanks. never heard of one before.... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. Are you kidding me? I have three near-grown kids in this house. |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. I have always kept enough food for a week |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
47. Nope, but I remember cleaning out |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #47 |
63. ha, I remember hoarding gas in the 70's too.... |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. Earthquake supplies |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #52 |
67. pretty much the same thing here |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
57. Gosh, I have enough of a time hoarding when the hurricanes come |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #57 |
70. Starts June 1, doesn't it? Beginning of 'cane season. n/t |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. yes and |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. For a moment I thought you were saying the tax-free week would last through Nov |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. gee, I'd take it when Charlie Crist joins McCain..... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I don't see why not |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. and they probably still have a supply of |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
69. I own too much crap as it is. nt |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
77. I'll start an artist's commune and we'll all learn to farm. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
78. Doing what I've always done - living frugally |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
80. No. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
84. Hording is short term thinking. Start a garden. Get rain barrels. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
88. Because of DU, I've known this storm was brewing for years now. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
89. I'm always stocked up in case of earthquake |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
90. I spent yesterday throwing out expired stuff |
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