Apparently we are "froogles"!

crawley_girl

chocaholic110 wrote:

think froogles is a word play on frugal - I didn't just mis-spell it, honestly!!

Reading through the article I was quite pleased to be a frugal. So what if I don't have the latest clothes, home accessories etc - lots of my friends do and they are no happier than I am.

One friend even wanted to know WHY I wanted to be debt free. her logic was you just keep [putting it on your credit cards and when you make a repyament just spend that much again and you never have to pay it off. Hmmm not sure it works like that.

I directed her here but she's not interested.

You can't help those that don't wanna be helped! Her loss in more ways that one!

moozie_2

chocaholic110 wrote:

I directed her here but she's not interested.

I think people have to be ready to ask/receive help. It's a matter of being at the right time at the right place. If I had found the site a year before I did, I doubt I would have taken everything on board as mush as I have.

crawley_girl

Froogles - sounds like something from Fraggle Rock!

cathybird

In't the spelling of "froogle" to do with Google's search facility for getting things at the best price (which is called "Froogle"???)

agree with Sammz, thrifty living is hardly a new thing in America - goes back to the Tightwad Gazette newsletter (which was early 1990s, I think) and, I'm sure, beyond. Sounds like Eve magazine has only just caught up!! (If they were sniffy about Freecycle, what did they make of skip diving/freeganism?????)

GingerSte

It does sound as though it should be a children's show!

I have noticed that the tide is starting to turn away from the spend spend spend culture of the last few years. I hope it is because of this site and others like it (that are probably not as good), but I have a sneaking suspicion that quite a bit of it is due to all those chickens coming home to roost and people not being able to spend as much as they used to.

Donedoingdebt

evie451 wrote:

Consumer debt in the US is over a Trillion Dollars I think (i dont even know how much that is actually). Maybe they will cut that down a bit if they try a few Froogle things!:rotfl:

I believe that debt figure is a British one, in pounds obviously. I'd imagine the USA personal debt figure to be a lot higher.

GingerSte

cathybird wrote:

(If they were sniffy about Freecycle, what did they make of skip diving/freeganism?????)

If you're just going to make up words I'm going to make up:

FREEGASM: The elation from having not spent any money in a day.

cathybird

GingerSte wrote:

If you're just going to make up words I'm going to make up:

FREEGASM: The elation from having not spent any money in a day.

absolutely!!!!!:rotfl: :rotfl:

not making it up though, honest Mum:

Skip diving: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_diving
Freeganism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeganism

Pobby

James240 wrote:

Totally agree, the big spending spree is coming to an end, and i for one (just me own view here lol) can see something spectacular happening i.e. house market crash, inflation going wild, etc

im not sure what but if more and more people are getting into debt and then struggling something has to give. Thats my opinion on it any hows

Hey James,welcome to the club!!!!!!!!We are not the only ones who feel something``spetacular``is about to happen.Even friends from across the Atlantic agree with me.Like you none of us can predict very clearly what will happen.The fact is that here in the U.K and U.S.A personal borrowing has never been higher,housing in the main is now way out of kilter to earnings.We are fighting 2 wars which may go the same way as Vietnam.The U.S.A has kindly set it self up as the policeman of the world.

All this is tremendously expensive.History teaches us many things and I would draw comparisons with the rise and fall of the Roman empire with what is happening with America today.Expand and rule and then through political and economic forces the ruling state crumbles from within.

Regardless of media hype there is a backlash on the West from Islamic extremist forces who would take any measure to put their point over.Two cultures at fundimental odds.

As part of Europe our boarders are down.My guess is that some people are concerned of the rising tide of immigration.I will take the risk that you may think me rascist however from an economical and social aspect the new comers are putting a further strain on our failing resources.

Wow,once again I am well off topic so will shut up.I could go further with this post but just realised what I`m saying is hardly dfw¬----lol.

dudleyboy

GingerSte wrote:

It does sound as though it should be a children's show!

Haha! You know, this conversation has just reminded me of Martin's blog entry here:

http://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/?p=369

"For me the crucial information is educating kids how to think and act as consumers and (when they’re a bit older) how debts work."

Hmm... "The Froogles", a family of MoneySavingExperts. Martin, have you ever considered writing children's books?