Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> In article > ,
> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
>
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/business/15spam.html
> >
> > November 15, 2008
> >
> > Spam Turns Serious and Hormel Turns Out More
> > </>
>
> LOL! I just posted the link and one to the Strib a few minutes ago,
> before looking at the group.


It's one of those "times are tough" food articles, Barb, along the lines of
the articles that tell us consumers to make a grocery budget, buy victuals
on sale, make stuff from scratch, eschew expensive processed junk foods, and
use coupons, etc...IOW simply use some common sense. Most of us have always
done that...

In today's paper there's an article about a young couple budgeting. Their
idea of "cutting back" includes having the dog walker in only *three* times
per week, dropping their house cleaning service, making *some* meals at home
instead of eating out nightly, and not dropping $250.00 per week for their
weekly bar tab...all real hardships, I'm practically sure.

"Kids these days", I'm tellin' ya...some are gonna be in for a *real* hard
"landing".

;-|

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Best
Greg