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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Flaxbee

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2. Most of the posters are old, pro-wartime effort stuff (if you click the Treehugger link, it

Reply to cbayer (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:52 AM

Oct 2012

sends you to some more fun posters)

So I think a lot of this was conserve food/help the troops stuff.

But relevant today.... though perhaps not the wheat advice so much.

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Frugal ideas: don't waste food. Don't buy junk food, either. [View all] Flaxbee Sep 2012 OP

Great advice, except I don't get the wheat part. cbayer Oct 2012 #1

Most of the posters are old, pro-wartime effort stuff (if you click the Treehugger link, it Flaxbee Oct 2012 #2

It seems so current otherwise. cbayer Oct 2012 #3

thanks. Treehugger.com has interesting recipes, ideas about frugal use of food, power, etc. Flaxbee Oct 2012 #4

Nice site. cbayer Oct 2012 #5

well, it's harder with a blender, especially if you use harder veggies like carrots, beets, etc. Flaxbee Oct 2012 #6

As you can imagine, I have very limited storage space. cbayer Oct 2012 #7

Large numbers of people are actually allergic to wheat abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #13

I wish that people would start to think about this again. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #8

I know -- don't think about it, or just get pissed off if you suggest that they be more thoughtful Flaxbee Oct 2012 #9

We will never get through to everyone, Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #10

I'd be happy if we just could reduce the amount of meat consumed in this country Flaxbee Oct 2012 #11

Your last statement is profound. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #12