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by ferncircle
Sun Aug 13, 2017 5:38 pm
Forum: Chat room
Topic: smart phone help needed
Replies: 8
Views: 5863

Re: smart phone help needed

TuneIn Radio will have a wider array of better content than iHeartRadio ... the latter is just the new name for Clear Channel.

If you're in the mood for a little bit of everything, look up KCRW Eclectic24.

BTW, 2GB is *on average* enough for about 2000 minutes of streaming radio.
by ferncircle
Sun Aug 13, 2017 5:36 pm
Forum: Chat room
Topic: Has anyone tried Mint SIM (phone svc)
Replies: 6
Views: 4949

Re: Has anyone tried Mint SIM (phone svc)

I'm currently using MintSIM and can answer questions if anyone wants. MintSIM is a MVNO (a reseller, basically) operating on T-Mobile's network. So if T-Mobile has bad reception where you are, so will MintSIM. MintSIM also doesn't have the same roaming agreements as its parent network, so when you'r...
by ferncircle
Sun Aug 13, 2017 5:27 pm
Forum: Frugal Tips
Topic: Getting pit stains out of a white shirt
Replies: 7
Views: 24233

Re: Getting pit stains out of a white shirt

I'd be worried that the fabric is getting weakened and it's hard to see when it's only happened once. Perhaps not the right spirit given that we're trying to be frugal but there is a product for this called Deo-Go which I've seen work as advertised. Me, I use the Crystal deodorant - works great and ...
by ferncircle
Sun Jul 30, 2017 6:33 pm
Forum: Challenges
Topic: Judicious July - Low / No Spend challenge
Replies: 23
Views: 20680

Re: Judicious July - Low / No Spend challenge

I had a large spend day but it was because I was out buying last year's winter weather gear (rain jacket etc) before the new stuff came in. So I spent, but I saved on things that I'd need to buy for this winter regardless.
by ferncircle
Mon Jul 24, 2017 4:57 pm
Forum: Making Money
Topic: Extra cash by doing surveys
Replies: 21
Views: 69256

Re: Extra cash by doing surveys

Is anybody doing surveys on Amazon Mechanical Turk? In one sense, if you wanted to actually do work on Turk, surveys are not a great idea (you want zero rejected submissions for your first 1000 if you're aiming to do piecework, and you're more likely to get a rejected submission for a complex survey...
by ferncircle
Sun Jul 16, 2017 4:33 pm
Forum: Recipes
Topic: 4 Ingredient Breakfast Frittata recipes
Replies: 1
Views: 3982

Re: 4 Ingredient Breakfast Frittata recipes

Thanks for these! I always found frittatas to be a good idea for frugal food, because they're good at any temperature and fresh or leftover. But they always seemed like such a challenge.