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[Rob <becidawa AT hctc.com>]

At  12/17/2004 10:30 AM, Gene wrote:

> I recently asked friends who live much like we intend to live--a couple 
> who live frugally and carefully, who have zero debt, who have a big garden 
> each year, can or freeze lots of their food, use a hoop house to help feed 
> them through the winter, who keep chickens, who heat with wood they cut 
> from their woods, who drive a modest compact pickup truck, who live in our 
> area of very low property taxes, who keep very careful records of every 
> expenditure, who have the most detailed budget--how much cash they need 
> each month for those things that only cash can cover. Their number is $960.

That seems like a lot of money for no debt, growing own food, etc...
They didn't happen to say where that $960 went did they?


Rob
becidawa AT hctc.com

Merry Christmas everyone!