Comments on: Condom Soccer Balls, Not Just For Hard Times http://frugalzeitgeist.com/condom-soccer-balls-not-just-for-hard-times/ Frugal Living, News, Lifestyle and Random Thoughts From Forest and Friends Mon, 21 May 2012 09:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Forest http://frugalzeitgeist.com/condom-soccer-balls-not-just-for-hard-times/#comment-12498 Forest Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:09:46 +0000 http://frugalzeitgeist.com/?p=1074#comment-12498 Hey Khaleef, thanks for stopping by as always. I agree, people as a whole have a very short term memory! Mind you some of the people who went through the WW's still keep their frugality. Hey Khaleef, thanks for stopping by as always.

I agree, people as a whole have a very short term memory! Mind you some of the people who went through the WW’s still keep their frugality.

]]> By: Khaleef @ KNS Financial http://frugalzeitgeist.com/condom-soccer-balls-not-just-for-hard-times/#comment-12492 Khaleef @ KNS Financial Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:21:07 +0000 http://frugalzeitgeist.com/?p=1074#comment-12492 Very good points. I can remember when gas prices in the US rose by over 400% in some areas. People became very frugal and creative in the area of travel. Once the prices came down a little - only double the previous marks - people relaxed and forgot all of the great things they did to save money. Even now with this rush toward minimalism and frugality, I believe that it will only last for as long as the media tells us we are in a terrible economy. By the way, our economy is not improving in an absolute sense - it just looks better because we are comparing the numbers to 2008 and 2009! Very good points. I can remember when gas prices in the US rose by over 400% in some areas. People became very frugal and creative in the area of travel. Once the prices came down a little – only double the previous marks – people relaxed and forgot all of the great things they did to save money.

Even now with this rush toward minimalism and frugality, I believe that it will only last for as long as the media tells us we are in a terrible economy.

By the way, our economy is not improving in an absolute sense – it just looks better because we are comparing the numbers to 2008 and 2009!
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]]> By: Forest http://frugalzeitgeist.com/condom-soccer-balls-not-just-for-hard-times/#comment-11100 Forest Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:05:51 +0000 http://frugalzeitgeist.com/?p=1074#comment-11100 Absolutely Tumbleweed.... NO ONE should have to endure in this world but we have greed.... Although ingenuity does not need to come from poverty it often does out of necessity (sadly). We all have something to give. Absolutely Tumbleweed…. NO ONE should have to endure in this world but we have greed…. Although ingenuity does not need to come from poverty it often does out of necessity (sadly).

We all have something to give.

]]> By: tumbleweed http://frugalzeitgeist.com/condom-soccer-balls-not-just-for-hard-times/#comment-11082 tumbleweed Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:47:24 +0000 http://frugalzeitgeist.com/?p=1074#comment-11082 that is a sad video. Americans think they have hard time...oh my a housewife has to use less ingredients....i would rather be able to give that young lad a soccer ball...share the wealth america...share the wealth we are wealthy compared to the rest of the world...and we bitch and moan we need more... ingenuity comes from creativity. you dont have to be desperate to be creative.... and no one should have to go through starvation, and hustling on the streets when others feast...its greed...you have more than enough to share...even when you think you dont. that is a sad video. Americans think they have hard time…oh my a housewife has to use less ingredients….i would rather be able to give that young lad a soccer ball…share the wealth america…share the wealth we are wealthy compared to the rest of the world…and we bitch and moan we need more…

ingenuity comes from creativity. you dont have to be desperate to be creative….

and no one should have to go through starvation, and hustling on the streets when others feast…its greed…you have more than enough to share…even when you think you dont.

]]> By: Forest http://frugalzeitgeist.com/condom-soccer-balls-not-just-for-hard-times/#comment-10969 Forest Thu, 27 May 2010 10:32:54 +0000 http://frugalzeitgeist.com/?p=1074#comment-10969 I guess owning is better in some places and not others as you said. It's aslo a responsibility thing for me, I like my freedom :), also my landlady arranges all fixing here. I think you announce in comments you are joining, then you write a post on your blog announcing it and linking back to that post and I think that is it. Sam should contact you and get you involved in everything else. I have no idea what yakezie means :) I guess owning is better in some places and not others as you said. It’s aslo a responsibility thing for me, I like my freedom :) , also my landlady arranges all fixing here.

I think you announce in comments you are joining, then you write a post on your blog announcing it and linking back to that post and I think that is it. Sam should contact you and get you involved in everything else.

I have no idea what yakezie means :)

]]> By: Penniless Parenting http://frugalzeitgeist.com/condom-soccer-balls-not-just-for-hard-times/#comment-10955 Penniless Parenting Wed, 26 May 2010 12:46:00 +0000 http://frugalzeitgeist.com/?p=1074#comment-10955 An apartment is an amazing gift. It can either be a money trap or a help, depending on how much rent costs versus a mortgage (my friend was paying half of what I was paying in rent on my old apartment, on her mortgage for the exact same apartment in the same location), and if your landlord when renting actually fixes things or if you end up paying out of pocket to fix things. Our old RENTED apartment was such a money trap- the landlord refused to fix a thing and we ended up spending too much money to fix our hot water, broken doorways, leaking walls, etc. I'm glad we left that money trap. I'd read that post, i didn't know that i'd announce in the comments that I wanted to join. Am I understanding you correctly? What does Yakezie mean? An apartment is an amazing gift.
It can either be a money trap or a help, depending on how much rent costs versus a mortgage (my friend was paying half of what I was paying in rent on my old apartment, on her mortgage for the exact same apartment in the same location), and if your landlord when renting actually fixes things or if you end up paying out of pocket to fix things. Our old RENTED apartment was such a money trap- the landlord refused to fix a thing and we ended up spending too much money to fix our hot water, broken doorways, leaking walls, etc. I’m glad we left that money trap.

I’d read that post, i didn’t know that i’d announce in the comments that I wanted to join. Am I understanding you correctly?
What does Yakezie mean?

]]> By: Forest http://frugalzeitgeist.com/condom-soccer-balls-not-just-for-hard-times/#comment-10953 Forest Wed, 26 May 2010 11:59:57 +0000 http://frugalzeitgeist.com/?p=1074#comment-10953 An apartment is a pretty good gift!!! I owned an apartment in London may years ago and it became such a money trap that i actually feel financially better off renting, strange I know! If you visit this post "http://www.financialsamurai.com/2010/01/20/creating-powerful-friends-the-alexa-ranking-challenge/" it gives details, just announce you are joining basically, you will get an invite for the google group and can start interacting with us on Twitter, it has helped me immensely! An apartment is a pretty good gift!!! I owned an apartment in London may years ago and it became such a money trap that i actually feel financially better off renting, strange I know!

If you visit this post “http://www.financialsamurai.com/2010/01/20/creating-powerful-friends-the-alexa-ranking-challenge/” it gives details, just announce you are joining basically, you will get an invite for the google group and can start interacting with us on Twitter, it has helped me immensely!

]]> By: Penniless Parenting http://frugalzeitgeist.com/condom-soccer-balls-not-just-for-hard-times/#comment-10950 Penniless Parenting Wed, 26 May 2010 11:43:45 +0000 http://frugalzeitgeist.com/?p=1074#comment-10950 You're welcome. I totally agree with you about poor people having no way to climb out. Where I live, people receive apartments as wedding gifts, and the country isnt built for rentals. Renters like myself get screwed because we can't save for a down payment because rent is so high, but weren't given apartments as wedding gifts either, so we get stuck in a rut of money thrown out each month. I was wondering- how do I join the yakezie challenge and join the carnival? You’re welcome.
I totally agree with you about poor people having no way to climb out. Where I live, people receive apartments as wedding gifts, and the country isnt built for rentals. Renters like myself get screwed because we can’t save for a down payment because rent is so high, but weren’t given apartments as wedding gifts either, so we get stuck in a rut of money thrown out each month.

I was wondering- how do I join the yakezie challenge and join the carnival?

]]> By: Forest http://frugalzeitgeist.com/condom-soccer-balls-not-just-for-hard-times/#comment-10942 Forest Wed, 26 May 2010 10:42:29 +0000 http://frugalzeitgeist.com/?p=1074#comment-10942 Wow thanks so much for the compliment! That really means a lot to me! Yes you hit the nail on the head, I don't aspire to be poor but i aspire to have the ingenuity and resourcefulness of many poor people, they get my utmost respect. Especially as many poor people have no way to climb out, the class system still holds many people down! Wow thanks so much for the compliment! That really means a lot to me!

Yes you hit the nail on the head, I don’t aspire to be poor but i aspire to have the ingenuity and resourcefulness of many poor people, they get my utmost respect. Especially as many poor people have no way to climb out, the class system still holds many people down!

]]> By: Penniless Parenting http://frugalzeitgeist.com/condom-soccer-balls-not-just-for-hard-times/#comment-10939 Penniless Parenting Wed, 26 May 2010 09:24:17 +0000 http://frugalzeitgeist.com/?p=1074#comment-10939 Its been some time since I've been here, and I've begun to regret it! I love your blog and this is so inspirational. I totally agree with you that we should look to the impoverished for inspiration- necessity is the mother of invention and desperation is the mother of ingenuity. I especially love poor people recipes and have been hunting the internet for them, and recently wrote about people who are food snobs, who have issues with certain foods merely because they're "poor people food". Its a pity that there aren't more people who appreciate what there is to learn from the impoverished of the world instead of looking at them with disdain. Its been some time since I’ve been here, and I’ve begun to regret it! I love your blog and this is so inspirational. I totally agree with you that we should look to the impoverished for inspiration- necessity is the mother of invention and desperation is the mother of ingenuity. I especially love poor people recipes and have been hunting the internet for them, and recently wrote about people who are food snobs, who have issues with certain foods merely because they’re “poor people food”. Its a pity that there aren’t more people who appreciate what there is to learn from the impoverished of the world instead of looking at them with disdain.

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