One year, ten months, one week, five days, 6 hours, 43 minutes and 46 seconds. 10,234 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,335.56. Life saved: 5 weeks, 12 hours, 50 minutes.

We had a great time at the “free market” today……I am really glad I took the boys with me…..we set up our stuff in the park and so did alot of other people and then everyone browsed the stuff and took what they wanted….it was freecycle of course, so it was all free………

There was a group there representing http://www.foodnotbombs.net/  and they had plenty of free food……Rice, Black Beans, a simple vegetable soup and breads……..they serve on donated dishes, so after we ate we gave them a box of dishes we had……it was good knowing the dishes would go to help feed more people………

I’m told it has grown quite a bit as word has spread….times are tough and this is a great way for people to get things without having to spend anything……..the next one I attend I would like to share food too………

If your life before the major change is not so hot, and you learn and grow from the change, then it is possible to emerge from the other side a better, stronger person………

If anyone has problems in their life they should strive to “end the world as they know it” and get a “new life as they know it”…..this can be achieved by furthering your education, pursuing a new career, changing negative habits, leaving a negative situation or simply changing attitudes that may be holding you back………

Yep….I do believe that the end of the world as we know it can be a positive thing………..

Not only was I able to reduce my FPL bill every month through the Summer….but
I hit the lowest record this month by having a bill of ONLY $57!!!!

It took ALOT of sacrafice by keeping the AC off, (haven’t used it in 3 weeks), using ceiling and a floor fan to stay cool,  drying laundry and such by
hanging them over kitchen chairs,  limiting my hotwater use and not using the oven………….I also turned down the water heater, limited the lights I used and kept unplugged all non-essential items………

November 29th (Sunday) Holmes Park, 914 Melbourne Avenue, Melbourne. (Often
called Manatee Park) 1 to 3 pm. If you can’t make this one, it’s always the last
Sunday of every month.

The RRFM is at Holmes Park, often Called Manatee Park, in downtown Melbourne.
This time will coincide with Food Not Bombs so we can be sure we’ll be better
serving the public by having food as well as goods and skills.

At a Really Really Free Market, goods and services are available at no cost.
Yes, like a garage sale and, yes, like a Freecycle Free-for-all. But more so. If
you have nothing, that’s fine. If you have something to bring, that’s fine. But
no need to trade. it is all there for free.

Face painting, massage, basic check-ups? Why not. Surplus food? Absolutely!
Clothing and books and movies. You bet.

Garden clippings, vegetable and plant seeds and seedlings, extra pots? Bring
them on.

Bikes and boards? Wheel them in!

Haircuts? Reflexology?

Community Info?

Let’s show folks what is really meant by The Free Market.

Some folks do better than others. It is time to end the concept that wealth is
always synonymous with effort and poverty is always synonymous with lazy. Let’s
support each other, those who have and those who don’t.

With effort, everyone can have what they need.

Skills? Bring them on. Fun skills. Serious skills. Play an instrument? Bring
them. Why? Why not?

Bring everything but leave your wallet at home.

>It’s like a potluck–everyone brings something and leaves with more. We all
have skills, ideas, objects, talents, smiles, friendship, excitement,
discussions and many other things to share. If we bring them together at the
REALLY REALLY FREE MARKET, we can provide more balanced and full lives for all
of us.

Bring food, music, clothes, furniture, toys, skills and thrills and anything
else you can GIVE or SHARE.

Holmes Park, 914 Melbourne Avenue, Melbourne. 1 to 4 pm. If you can’t make this
one, it’s always the last Sunday of every month.

MAP: http://www.eventective.com/provider/map.aspx?num=112052

Yahoogroup. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRFM/

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Living on the fringe of law abiding society is the dark, sinister world of anarchy, just waiting to spring into action…………look at how quick a demonstration can become a riot or a celebration a free for all of trashing storefronts and starting fires……..

All that’s needed is the perfect catalyst to incite a few, spread to alot and it’s infectous lawlessness is ripped from that deep dark recess of our brains and before you know it…..normally mild mannered people become gun weilding thugs……….

Just like normal, law abiding citizens thrust into the aftermath of a natural disaster and then placed into a situation to obtain food or water…….the lack of law enforcement and the human instinct to survive can turn deadly when many compete for few resources…………

Yep…..like a pack of wolves lurking just outside the glow of the campfire……anarchy is always there…..just waiting for it’s chance to draw blood………

Everyone laughed when Bill Clinton answered yes, but said he didn’t inhale…….yeah right…….

I remember,  and I won’t lie about it………..it was with a cousin of mine……homegrown stuff….right out of the Blueridge Mountains……punched a few holes in a coke can because he was out of papers……yep….we got fried……..

That was my first time………..

I have a special jar in my car now that is for coins that I find lying on roads, sidewalks…..etc…..