Posted by admin on February 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
With financial times being hard and more and more people becoming unemployed , things are looking a little grim. For some they are really struggling, however there are some people out there who are just cutting back and keeping their fingers crossed. In any case, no matter who you are or what type of life you are living, there obviously have to be some changes with prices rising and less and less companies and people being able to keep their heads above water. Well, I have just come across some very good ideas for getting things and and giving them away for nothing. I have found a web site called freecycle.org, and this site does listings for people just giving things away. The things that people are getting rid of vary from home furnishings to bags of old newspapers, and the most amazing thing is that pretty much everything goes. There is also a way to put on what you are looking for, however you are only encouraged to put a wanted ad up about once a week. This site is really for those looking to unload. Some things are old, but some are in excellent shape and the best thing they are all absolutely free for the picking up. The groups on this site are divided up into areas and so you choose an area close to where you live, so that you can easily exchange with others in your area. It is incredible. I have only been a member for a few days, and there are lots of good things that have been listed just in that short a period.
This site is not meant to barter or trade, it is solely for those looking to give away stuff, or get stuff for free. Some of the best items I have i got for free and that was even before joining this site. For instance a friend of mine was getting rid of the stuff in her father’s house for him, and I got a chest freezer for free and had it delivered and put in place for nothing also. I also got a couch for nothing, a dining room set for free, and got a foosball table in exchange for some massage chairs one time. There are lots of opportunities available, and this site helps put them all together. So be sure to tell your family and friends to get online and check it out.
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Posted by admin on September 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Financially we are all thinking, what will happen next week or next month. Things in the economy seem to be declining quickly and we find ourselves helpless to do little more than watch our lives spiral downward with no end in sight, but what about the long term.
I can’t imagine a world without banks and credit cards, but maybe that wouldn’t be so bad. I guess we could barter, and return to a world where we actually had human relationships and where people had to be decent to each other in order to get the things they need. What about all the others, the people who are completely unwilling to give up their lives of complete selfishness and greed. Will they just steal to get what they want? Will they be able to survive this way, or will their greed just eat them up and spit them out? Will we? I don’t really claim to know how all this mess is going to pan out, but I do know that we can’t just continue to bail out companies and pretend like everything is okay. They keep talking about a recession if they don’t bail out these companies, but isn’t this just a way of prolonging the inevitable and making things worse. They say that we need to do this now, but what they aren’t saying is what will come of this debt down the road. In my mind it is kind of the equivalent of floating a check or paying one credit card bill with another credit card. The debt isn’t going away, it is just being transferred and it will eventually catch up with us and most likely when it does the results will be way worse than they will be if they let this catastrophe happen right now.
Pretending like everything is fine, will not and does not make everything fine. These problems are not going away anytime soon, either way. I am not sure what comes next but I am sure that we must be prepared for some major lifestyle changes or we will not survive it, of this I am almost certain.
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