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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:22 PM Original message |
Food Stamp Diet: If you think you can eat well on $5-7/day, could you do so without a car? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. You're right. It's interesting how everything gets ignored, as if humans magically could get meals |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bulk ramen noodles - shop on your bike |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. i don't know any college student that only ate ramen noodles |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Let's see your reasoning here... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. you're the one who said college students live exclusively on ramen "all the time" |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Oh dear. |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. One of my Air Force team members did this all the time when we went TDY |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Two things: at any time he could have changed his eating habits because he had the means, |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. not always so easy |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I walk to the store and hand-carry everything I eat home with me |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. 'Not balanced, not nutritious, not good' - so, not 'well' |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. True, as I noted, the food is not eating "well" |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Don't blame me for posts/words you regret --I asked if you could eat well and you said "Easy" |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. *PLONK* |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. "they're for staving off starvation".. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I could do nutritious and filling |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. You mean, college students who can run to the Bank of Mom & Dad when all else fails? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. That shit catches up with you if you try to do it years on end. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. excellent |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. i could probably pull it off if i carefully plan and then load up my car |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Maybe do-able if you live in a heavily concentrated area |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. And if that car's brakes go, then what? |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. < $5/day is my food budget and I don't have a car. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. I couldn't do it without transportation. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm on social security, and oddly that IS my food budget...$5.00...and I don't have a car |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. I suspect that most people with 'all the answers' wouldn't last long. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's a good point. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. And it's a health/fitness question as well. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. I have a back yard full of food |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. People who have no experience with poverty misunderstand the negative synergies involved. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. that was what I was getting at |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. The people with all the answers should try it with food allergies or medical diet needs. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Notice all the carbs being suggested in reference to a population that often suffers more diabetes? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Wouldn't most people on food stamps qualify for medical aid? |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. I can't eat well on $5-7 per day. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. You bring up a lot of good points, but I don't know what the solution would be. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Solution? I don't think there is a solution except to have a proper safety net preventing poverty |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Living on a sustainance diet starves children's brains... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-11 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
40. Having a car isn't the only thing that enables me to be able to do that |
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