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Working Poor

w0nderer

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16. forgot to say

Reply to PatrickforO (Reply #14)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 11:18 PM

Oct 2015

i'd rather have policies in place too, but that's long term (bernie hopefully)
this group is...get past the next paycheck in some cases ya know, so dig back into memories for those tricks please

and i'm glad you got out

i was middle but 3 waterheater failures plus a landlord default on house...
yeah i'm wp now

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This may sound weird [View all] w0nderer Oct 2015 OP

I found this to be true for me as well Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #1

Cricket Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #2

5 meg or 5 gig? w0nderer Oct 2015 #9

:-)) so glad i'm not only one w0nderer Oct 2015 #3

It's a nice thought, but instead I'm thinking that PatrickforO Oct 2015 #4

Wish I could rec this post. malokvale77 Oct 2015 #8

i fully support 15/h and bernie and more i support working living wage (which is more than 15/h) w0nderer Oct 2015 #11

No, not working poor. Was, but not now, thankfully. PatrickforO Oct 2015 #14

Sorry w0nderer Oct 2015 #15

forgot to say w0nderer Oct 2015 #16

I'm currently working poor Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #17

Yeah, I probably ought to say that in my post to which you replied PatrickforO Oct 2015 #18

No worries nt Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #19

sad to see you with us w0nderer Oct 2015 #20

Yep! Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #21

touching on a big thing there (transport) w0nderer Oct 2015 #23

Tracfone has a bunch of cheapies. MADem Oct 2015 #5

My grandson says that after having had a cell phone for a while, he realizes that all he really djean111 Oct 2015 #6

he might want to hit a used comp store for a cheap desktop/laptop w0nderer Oct 2015 #12

I still have a landline because my "retiree" bundle of internet, phone, and TV djean111 Oct 2015 #22

:-) w0nderer Oct 2015 #25

Look into refurbished phones NV Whino Oct 2015 #7

. astral Oct 2015 #10

:-) w0nderer Oct 2015 #13

I buy an iPhone every few versions and manage to trade in the old one. But I have found that LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #24

for older ipod touch (1 2 gen) ipad (1g 2g) and iphone 2g 3g w0nderer Oct 2015 #26