Comments on: “Bahumbug”, or Rather “Throw it Over the Fence”: My Grandfather Scrooge http://www.frugalconfessions.com/a-frugal-story/%e2%80%9cbahumbug%e2%80%9d-or-rather-%e2%80%9cthrow-it-over-the-fence%e2%80%9d-my-grandfather-scrooge.php Living in Frugal Decadence Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:29:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: FruGal http://www.frugalconfessions.com/a-frugal-story/%e2%80%9cbahumbug%e2%80%9d-or-rather-%e2%80%9cthrow-it-over-the-fence%e2%80%9d-my-grandfather-scrooge.php/comment-page-1#comment-498 FruGal Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:21:16 +0000 http://www.frugalconfessions.com/a-frugal-story/%e2%80%9cbahumbug%e2%80%9d-or-rather-%e2%80%9cthrow-it-over-the-fence%e2%80%9d-my-grandfather-scrooge.php#comment-498 NullPoint: Thanks for the comment. I am sure we were living beyond our means, but I was a child, so that was out of my control. Unfortunately, I just got to live in what resulted! NullPoint: Thanks for the comment. I am sure we were living beyond our means, but I was a child, so that was out of my control. Unfortunately, I just got to live in what resulted!

]]> By: NullPoint http://www.frugalconfessions.com/a-frugal-story/%e2%80%9cbahumbug%e2%80%9d-or-rather-%e2%80%9cthrow-it-over-the-fence%e2%80%9d-my-grandfather-scrooge.php/comment-page-1#comment-497 NullPoint Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:57:47 +0000 http://www.frugalconfessions.com/a-frugal-story/%e2%80%9cbahumbug%e2%80%9d-or-rather-%e2%80%9cthrow-it-over-the-fence%e2%80%9d-my-grandfather-scrooge.php#comment-497 "Even though both sets of my parents declared bankruptcy during my childhood and we lived the stereotypical penny-less farmer’s life, Pop-pop was mainly appalled by our extravagances. ... This included our Nintendo system, bicycles, horse saddle, grill, and ponytail holders." You were obviously living beyond your means if your family had to declare bankruptcy twice yet still thought you were entitled to a nintendo etc. Seriously people... you are not born entitled to anything. Stop buying things you can't afford and acting like it isn't your fault when you go broke. “Even though both sets of my parents declared bankruptcy during my childhood and we lived the stereotypical penny-less farmer’s life, Pop-pop was mainly appalled by our extravagances. … This included our Nintendo system, bicycles, horse saddle, grill, and ponytail holders.”

You were obviously living beyond your means if your family had to declare bankruptcy twice yet still thought you were entitled to a nintendo etc.

Seriously people… you are not born entitled to anything. Stop buying things you can’t afford and acting like it isn’t your fault when you go broke.

]]> By: BluSky http://www.frugalconfessions.com/a-frugal-story/%e2%80%9cbahumbug%e2%80%9d-or-rather-%e2%80%9cthrow-it-over-the-fence%e2%80%9d-my-grandfather-scrooge.php/comment-page-1#comment-422 BluSky Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:50:33 +0000 http://www.frugalconfessions.com/a-frugal-story/%e2%80%9cbahumbug%e2%80%9d-or-rather-%e2%80%9cthrow-it-over-the-fence%e2%80%9d-my-grandfather-scrooge.php#comment-422 My grandmother was a little girl during the depression and it affected her greatly as well. Though she was very frugal and very nose to the grindstone, she never once uttered a word anything like that "throw it over the fence" business. Old men find themselves with a lot of time on their hands and unfortunately some of them pick grouchiness as their new hobby :) My grandmother was a little girl during the depression and it affected her greatly as well. Though she was very frugal and very nose to the grindstone, she never once uttered a word anything like that “throw it over the fence” business. Old men find themselves with a lot of time on their hands and unfortunately some of them pick grouchiness as their new hobby :)

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