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stopdiggin

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1. well said

Reply to FirstLight (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:25 PM

Jun 15

and there is a running joke shared around amongst my siblings ...
"And I am NOT a hoarder! ..... There's just lots of good stuff .... "

The generation preceding us had the excuse of having seen real scarcity ....
We're not exactly sure what the hell our excuse is ....
But - there's thrifty - and then there's ....

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Father's Day moment, that made me giggle [View all] FirstLight Jun 15 OP

well said stopdiggin Jun 15 #1

yeah, my folks were depression babies, so they definitely had that tendency. FirstLight Jun 15 #2

Yeah me too Figarosmom Jun 15 #3