Wednesday, July 23, 2008

AMATEURS

The Morris County Daily Record (quite possibly THE worse local paper I've encountered in my life-long newspaper addiction) gets into the frugality game with this ground-breaking advice:

Saving at the store

Some money-saving tips from panelists at the Affordable Food Summit.
• Prepare a spending plan
• Don't shop on an empty stomach
• Shop with a list, set a budget and stick to it
• Buy fruits and vegetables in season
• Pack brown-bag lunches
• Look at generic and store brands
• Consider incorporating more meatless meals, less junk food, smaller portions
"What's good for your bottom line can sometimes be good for your waistline," said Barbara O'Neill of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension.

wow. deep, man


IN OTHER DR NEWS....

Flight with 7 congressmen makes emergency landing

By CHEVEL JOHNSON
Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS -- A Continental Airlines flight carrying former presidential candidate Ron Paul and six other members of Congress to Washington, D.C., made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Tuesday after a loss in cabin pressure.

The seven congressmen, all from Texas, were trying to get back in time for a Tuesday night vote on an aviation safety bill when the flight landed without incident, a spokesman for one of the representatives said. ....


sorry. Couldn't resist.

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