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Last night I received a phone call from my neighbor Mrs. Hillbilly. She was fixing to put supper on the table and was out of ketchup. What a tragedy. So I told her “Sure, I have some extra ketchup, come on over…” When she arrived I had two varieties of ketchup for her to choose Read More >>
Mr. Hillbilly called the other day… Said he had something good to trade and that he was on his way over to my house. I quickly grabbed a few boxes of Hamburger Helper and waited for the door bell to ring. This my friends, is what I would consider a bartering FAIL. Note To Self: Read More >>
My neighbor Mrs. Hillbilly called me last night looking for some graham crackers… (She had decided to start her annual Christmas cheesecakes a little early this year and was a little short on one very important ingredient…graham crackers… for the crust). I told her I didn’t have any graham crackers… but I did have 2 Read More >>
To barter: to trade by exchanging one commodity for another What can I say, if you know me you know that I like to trade. Let’s just say it makes my {sometimes} boring life here in high maintenance suburbia a little more exciting. I like the fact that not everything in life has a price Read More >>
My hillbilly neighbors were about to take three shelving units to the landfill when I drove by and asked if I could have them. They were happy to get rid of them and to not pay fee to throw them away. If I didn’t want something, I ‘d either put it in the garage Read More >>
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