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Skriven 2013-11-30 18:19:00 av Nancy Backus (1:229/452)
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
Ärende: Re: Budget
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 29-Nov-2013 09:31 <=-

 NB>> Makes sense, if one can do it.  :)  I guess I tend to just mentally
 NB>> earmark a certain part of the regular grocery allowance to allow for
 NB>> grabbing sales, since that helps out other weeks...

 DD> My life-style is substantially different from most others way of doing
 DD> things. I stock non-perishable staples (mostly) and buy consumables as
 DD> I need them. I have two decent source within walking distance and
 DD> several others on my regular routes - so it's no problem to dash in and
 DD> grab something for supper.

Except for not wanting (usually) to hit the store more than once a week,
I don't think there's a lot of difference there from me...  
 
 NB>  DD> Plus Con-Agra has a code on each box, which, when entered
 NB>  DD> on-line is supposed to provide a meal for 1 person in a third
 NB>  DD> world country. I have no idea if that is, in fact, true. But,
 NB>  DD> it makes me feel better about myself.
 NB>> I noticed that the code is identical from one box to another... I
 NB>> wonder if they do the donation per code or per entry online of the
 NB>> code... yeah, I know, some days I can get right cynical...  :)

 DD> The ones which are eligible for the "Chile Hunger Ends Here" program
 DD> (which ended for this year on 31 October) have a push-pin looking logo
 DD> on the box with the words "Child Hunger Ends Here". And, in my
 DD> experience each code is unique. Not to mention that the Con-Agra web
 DD> site parses them .... I have gotten a "Sorry, that code was entered
 DD> previously. Please check your entry." a couple of times when I fat-
 DD> fingered the numbers.

Those are the ones that I was referring to...  And I was rather taken
aback to be looking at two boxes being used at the same time, having
identical codes...  I think that Richard ran into that same response the
one time he did try to enter numbers from our boxes.  Ours were from
some Marie Callendar meals, don't remember now specifics, but they were
the same meal...

 DD> Oh, and I was mistook when I said it benefited third world countries.
 DD> The program benefits American chirrun. http://tinyurl.com/HUNGER-ENDS
 DD> will take you to the web site and give you a peek at the push-pin logo
 DD> I mentioned.

Right... that's the program I'm familiar with...

ttyl       neb

... I just need enough to tide me over until I need more.

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