Comments on: In The Future, We’ll All Be Wearing Granny Panties http://www.askdrding.com/2009/11/09/in-the-future-well-all-be-wearing-granny-panties/ Gently Administering Therapeutic Beatdowns Since 1991... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:03:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mira http://www.askdrding.com/2009/11/09/in-the-future-well-all-be-wearing-granny-panties/comment-page-1/#comment-12773 Mira Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:19:34 +0000 http://www.askdrding.com/?p=1063#comment-12773 If only you could lecture my young'uns on throwing perfectly good food on the floor after mommy made it with her own two hands. Or rather microwaved it, but you know what I mean? Bad children. And I didn't plan for a recession when having these three at once. Although I didn't really plan on having three at once either. Sigh. I'm screwed. My lifestyle will always exceed our possible income from here on out... If only you could lecture my young’uns on throwing perfectly good food on the floor after mommy made it with her own two hands. Or rather microwaved it, but you know what I mean? Bad children. And I didn’t plan for a recession when having these three at once. Although I didn’t really plan on having three at once either. Sigh.

I’m screwed. My lifestyle will always exceed our possible income from here on out…

]]> By: epiphenita http://www.askdrding.com/2009/11/09/in-the-future-well-all-be-wearing-granny-panties/comment-page-1/#comment-12643 epiphenita Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:00:11 +0000 http://www.askdrding.com/?p=1063#comment-12643 Oh, you are singing my song, JU are (a little initialized Puerto Rican pun for you). I am a Renaissance woman's woman. Churning my own butter, cobbling my own shoes. Well, actually, I do draw the line there. I will DIY the hell out of most things but I will not re-sew shoes. Re-glue a time or two, but no sewing. Aren't you proud? I'm also a firm believer in cooking at home. My Food Trifecta is: Healthy, Cheap, Simple. Anytime I can get the first two at the expense of the third, I'm pretty happy. All three and I'm a grinning idiot. I'm also a big believer in the farmer's market. And not the Elite-Escarole-Endive-Edamame market, baby. I'm talking the pesticide-sprinkled, whatever-is-in-season, hauled-in-by-actual-farm-workers market. Aside from that, these times demand entertaining at home and finding free stuff to do. Or just staying home where, it seems, I am stupidly happy. Miss you and the Mr. Oh, you are singing my song, JU are (a little initialized Puerto Rican pun for you).

I am a Renaissance woman’s woman. Churning my own butter, cobbling my own shoes.
Well, actually, I do draw the line there. I will DIY the hell out of most things but I will not re-sew shoes. Re-glue a time or two, but no sewing. Aren’t you proud?

I’m also a firm believer in cooking at home. My Food Trifecta is: Healthy, Cheap, Simple. Anytime I can get the first two at the expense of the third, I’m pretty happy. All three and I’m a grinning idiot. I’m also a big believer in the farmer’s market. And not the Elite-Escarole-Endive-Edamame market, baby. I’m talking the pesticide-sprinkled, whatever-is-in-season, hauled-in-by-actual-farm-workers market.

Aside from that, these times demand entertaining at home and finding free stuff to do. Or just staying home where, it seems, I am stupidly happy.

Miss you and the Mr.

]]> By: drmiggy http://www.askdrding.com/2009/11/09/in-the-future-well-all-be-wearing-granny-panties/comment-page-1/#comment-12570 drmiggy Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:49:45 +0000 http://www.askdrding.com/?p=1063#comment-12570 Right on, Ding. The most useful things I learned in grad school had nothing to do with the lab. Learning to be frugal is a true life skill, like telling people to fuck off in a way that makes them feel warm and fuzzy. In grad school our vacays consisted of a few extra days in the city of a conference we were attending. The airfare was paid for by the school and we just had to spring for the additional nights accommodations. I still do this with work trips, not because I don't have the cash but because scraping all the value out of everything is second nature to me. I also rarely threw out food, even if it was questionably edible. It probably made me fartier than my fellow lab mates, but I had the most lab bench space out of everyone. One of the things I love about THE RECESSION is that I can be as cheap as I like and it makes me look smart, not just cheap. That's right, I live in an efficiency, drive a Hyundai and carry a Target purse. You jealous? Right on, Ding. The most useful things I learned in grad school had nothing to do with the lab. Learning to be frugal is a true life skill, like telling people to fuck off in a way that makes them feel warm and fuzzy.

In grad school our vacays consisted of a few extra days in the city of a conference we were attending. The airfare was paid for by the school and we just had to spring for the additional nights accommodations. I still do this with work trips, not because I don’t have the cash but because scraping all the value out of everything is second nature to me. I also rarely threw out food, even if it was questionably edible. It probably made me fartier than my fellow lab mates, but I had the most lab bench space out of everyone.

One of the things I love about THE RECESSION is that I can be as cheap as I like and it makes me look smart, not just cheap. That’s right, I live in an efficiency, drive a Hyundai and carry a Target purse. You jealous?

]]> By: JJ Lassberg http://www.askdrding.com/2009/11/09/in-the-future-well-all-be-wearing-granny-panties/comment-page-1/#comment-12569 JJ Lassberg Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:49:28 +0000 http://www.askdrding.com/?p=1063#comment-12569 Perfecting timed post! I have been watching my raised in the Depression Era Mother'n'Law these days and gone are the sarcastic, OMG! She is going to save that... in that... thought bubbles. Now I find myself thinking... ooo, that's a great way to save a few pennies. Here is one I working into my kitchen routine... buy a whole chicken... like really the whole thing - all put together with the skin on... and cook it, and eat it... and make broth from the bones for soup. The one thing I won't skrimp on? My kids school pictures... I buy the full blown give me everything you got package - no matter the cost. Perfecting timed post!

I have been watching my raised in the Depression Era Mother’n'Law these days and gone are the sarcastic, OMG! She is going to save that… in that… thought bubbles. Now I find myself thinking… ooo, that’s a great way to save a few pennies.

Here is one I working into my kitchen routine… buy a whole chicken… like really the whole thing – all put together with the skin on… and cook it, and eat it… and make broth from the bones for soup.

The one thing I won’t skrimp on? My kids school pictures… I buy the full blown give me everything you got package – no matter the cost.

]]> By: ndbeasle http://www.askdrding.com/2009/11/09/in-the-future-well-all-be-wearing-granny-panties/comment-page-1/#comment-12568 ndbeasle Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:09:42 +0000 http://www.askdrding.com/?p=1063#comment-12568 Scabies. We once volunteered at a shelter and were told not to go in a certain room, because the resident had scabies and they were in the bedding. Scabies. We once volunteered at a shelter and were told not to go in a certain room, because the resident had scabies and they were in the bedding.

]]> By: Vikki http://www.askdrding.com/2009/11/09/in-the-future-well-all-be-wearing-granny-panties/comment-page-1/#comment-12567 Vikki Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:01:13 +0000 http://www.askdrding.com/?p=1063#comment-12567 Regarding #6: Dried pee is nothing. Bedbugs, my friend. BED EFFIN' BUGS. Regarding #6: Dried pee is nothing. Bedbugs, my friend. BED EFFIN’ BUGS.

]]> By: askdrding http://www.askdrding.com/2009/11/09/in-the-future-well-all-be-wearing-granny-panties/comment-page-1/#comment-12566 askdrding Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:27:56 +0000 http://www.askdrding.com/?p=1063#comment-12566 Amen, ndbeasle. You got it figured right re the cleavage/perfume dialectic. I had to reread your comment about Ned Motherfuckin but then I got it. Hoo! Yer on yer game, fella! Amen, ndbeasle. You got it figured right re the cleavage/perfume dialectic.

I had to reread your comment about Ned Motherfuckin but then I got it. Hoo! Yer on yer game, fella!

]]> By: ndbeasle http://www.askdrding.com/2009/11/09/in-the-future-well-all-be-wearing-granny-panties/comment-page-1/#comment-12565 ndbeasle Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:15:39 +0000 http://www.askdrding.com/?p=1063#comment-12565 Good cleavage and pretty smellin'. Those of us with dingle-dangles must agree that those are priorities. They can be distractive enough to allay concerns with the rest. I appreciate these hot tips as the time is coming where child-support and maintenance will be sucking me dry. I see 50 lb. bags of rice from Costco in my future. (I'm impressed that you knew that Laura Ingalls was married for a short time to Ned Motherfuckin before marrying Almanzo Wilder.) ndb Good cleavage and pretty smellin’. Those of us with dingle-dangles must agree that those are priorities. They can be distractive enough to allay concerns with the rest.

I appreciate these hot tips as the time is coming where child-support and maintenance will be sucking me dry. I see 50 lb. bags of rice from Costco in my future.

(I’m impressed that you knew that Laura Ingalls was married for a short time to Ned Motherfuckin before marrying Almanzo Wilder.)

ndb

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