I am going to ask my housemate for more money to help w/ the utilities. He is on SSDI too. He doesn't have it either, but the electric, gas heat, water and phone costs are going up. Hard times

but i wasn't as active as i was hoping to be

hard times :-/

since I lost my job in June 2015 but one of the ways I cut costs was to get a magic jack for telephone. It's not as good as regular telephone but it is okay and was only $40 per year rather than $40 per month.

then the group needs a new moderator

i lost my 'fulltime'
was told to train someone before 14 day vacation...came back after...called up and asked when i was scheduled...'oh we'll call you'
called again 2 days later 'we'll call you'
called again a week later 'we'll call you'
got a paycheck with 'final paycheck' stamped on it mailed to me

too bad about the $2500+ in bicycle parts i had stored IN the store

fortunately i can sorta get by on my second job

Loosing ones job does not disqualify you
it makes you just as welcome as always
you are a 'temporarily disadvantaged nonworking but soon working poor and hopefully not poor either'

magic jack is pretty cool

i have to maintain a cellphone w dataplan anyway so for me...no benefit to speak of
but i know it helps a lot of people

Reduce what I can..Life gets simpler not necessarily better