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Okay, riddle me this...

March 23rd, 2006 at 05:22 am

Why is it that average, ordinary people around the world as they quietly and successfully save money year after year are considered hick goobers, yet...

Four twenty somethings from San Francisco form a "compact" on January 2006, blog a little bit...

Text is http://sfcompact.blogspot.com/ and Link is
http://sfcompact.blogspot.com/

...are picked up by CBS News as a hot new trend? Sigh. Now it's not enough to be frugal, apparently you have to have a press agent to be "cool" doing so.

Just thought I'd get that off my chest - thanks!

7 Responses to “Okay, riddle me this...”

  1. cercis Says:
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    Probably the same reason knitting is now "yuppie". If it's done by cute, stylish, witty people instantly it goes from quiet (dare I say "nerdy") pasttime to the best event ever.

  2. baselle Says:
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    Yep. I remember those "stitch and bitch"es from grad school. We were witty, but not cute and stylish. I always had more fun on the bitch side. Smile This too shall pass, I guess, but you can't make money by following the crowd.

  3. Nina's Mom Says:
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    I liked the guidelines down further about how only renewals of magazines and newpapers, "no new subscriptions". Huh? How about only reading them at the library?

    Nina's mom

  4. Very good site. Thanks for author! Says:
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