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• 12.23.08
  Frugal Guide to Taking A Minute and One Half Shower Frugality | (0)

  Step 0 (Optional but highly recommended) - Exercise vigorously for 30-45 minutes. Step 1 - Get into the bathroom, get naked, get into the shower. Step 2 - Turn on the shower as hot as you can. Step 3 - Wet hair once the water is warm enough. (40 seconds) Step 4 - Once hair is wet, turn off shower. Step 5 - Shampoo. Step 6 - Turn on shower to rinse hands off - make sure the rest of your body is sufficiently wet. (5 seconds) Step 7 - Turn off shower. Step 8 - Lather with soap - bar or liquid works fine. Step 9 - Turn ...
• 11.11.08
  1000 Miles Bike Commuting Celebration Frugality | (7)

  This morning on my way to work I pedaled my 1000th mile bike commuting.  According to my official numbers (which are probably a few miles below actual) I have ridden 1005.2 miles since I started my journey toward extreme fuel efficiency.  Not all those miles have been easy for me, and riding these miles has taught me a thing or two about cycling and life. The first: if you stick with it, things will get better if you work on them.  I remember distinctly traveling one 3.8 mile stretch early on in my bike commuting days and my legs where sore, ...
• 10.24.08
  Bike Commuting and Frugality: An Update Frugality | (2)

  As of writing this post, I have been bike commuting exclusively now since the beginning of September.  I have not been able to ride every day during that time frame because I was sick for about a week in early October (and my wife made me drive) and we house sat for friends who live much farther away from my work than we do on two separate occasions in September, but I would say that I have ridden to work 8 out of every 10 working days in the past two months.  For me that means I have commuted by ...
• 10.13.08
  Skills, Infrastructure, and Experiments in Subsistence Farming Frugality | (8)

  Developing skills and infrastructure that will help my family live well is an important part of my job as a husband and father.  Skills are important because I can leverage them for wages or for meeting my family's needs directly. ((An example might be the skill of cooking, I can cook for someone who pays me for my services or I can cook for my family.))  Similarly, by developing a robust infrastructure I will be able to assist my family in the daily business of living - helping maintain an adequate supply of food, shelter, clothing, and technology. This is ...

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