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Poverty

Warpy

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1. My mother had two:

Reply to ymetca (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 11:40 AM

Jul 2014

"It's not a bargain unless you need it."

and "The people who have money are the people who know how to hang onto it," something her side of the family was incapable of during the Depression, although my granny was quite comfortable by the time she died in the 50s.

Those statements kept me saving and avoiding debt and that eventually saved my butt when I had no income for 3 years.

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Things my Grandmother used to say about money [View all] ymetca Jul 2014 OP

My mother had two: Warpy Jul 2014 #1

Wow. Gram sounds awesome. Wish I had met her. merrily Jul 2014 #2