We had to evacuate for hurricane rita. You are suppose to turn the electricity off before you leave. So we did…we were gone for 3 days and all the food in the fridge and deep freeze was lost. I figure the value at around $300. I put this down when I e-filed my return. If it is not acceptable will it slow down my refund?
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I seen a news blurb a short time ago about the travels of some boys who were part of a group that escaped the Darfur region of the Sudan. Never say running water, electricity, finished floors etc personally. Never knew when their next meal would come and often went days between meals. They came here via a relief agancy. Here they will exp. things. When they see how much food is wasted at weddings, BBQ, parties and other gatherings, seeing nearly whole platters or bowls of food, thrown away because not much was ate and people were too lazy to wrap it up and preserve it for later or someone who could use it. What would they think? And to go to a buffet? To see the fat parents waddling their equally fat plump kids to the food trough where they stack their plate high with food again and again. To see people here waste what to them in their nation would mean the difference from surviving one more day or digging another grave. Would they be shocked, awed, or appalled?
Tagged blurb, Bowls, darfur, electricity, food, food trough, food waste, gatherings, group, news, parents, part, platters, region, running water, short time, sudan, time, travels, waste, water, weddings
Are you able to survive? Do you have the survival skills it takes to live without bargain stores, shopping malls, washers and dryers?
Can you make your own clothing?
Crochet your own blanket?
Can you start a fire without a lighter? (you can’t buy them anymore.)
Can you cook over a fire instead of a microwave?
Do you even know how to plant a tomato?
Can you sustain yourself without depending on the “big man”?
Or will you die with the other 70% of the population within the next three months?
Michael’s wasted life, that video is blocked in my country
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Tagged bargain, bargain stores, electricity, money, shopping, shopping malls, survival, survival skills, value, value of money, washers and dryers, world
I was wondering if there is a general consensus world wide about which inventions and or discoveries have had the MOST favorable impact on human life from it’s start (I don’t care what you believe as far as evolution -vs- creationism) to the present day. Looking at all aspects, here are my choices, in chronological order. 1. Fire, the ability to make at will and control. I think this opened up countless options for humans, from cooking food to seeing at night, defense against animals, etc. 2. Alphabet/writing. All the knowledge gained by the previous generation would be useless without a way to pass on and preserve long term. Not just English but all writing forms (cuneiform,hieroglyphics,Cryillic) If you are reading this now give thanks to the Phoenicians. 3. Electricity. Honestly, just how f**ked would the entire world be without it, from what you are doing on the computer now to heating your house. I know I left out a lot, but I was going after the most far ranging choices. What do you think?
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3.Imagine you are still on a deserted island and need food. Fortunately, the surrounding ocean contains lots of fish though several days often pass between your catches. Although you have matches, you have no means of refrigeration or electricity.
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