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| My folks were not cheap. We did with what we had mostly but if it was $20 to get by this year or a good one that would last a lifetime for $100, they found a way for the good one
I worked out enough to see many folks that were cheap.
Other folks wouldn't change oil or spend money for fertilizer. I could see that cost them in the end.
I can tell you that store bought groceries were on sale and only certain items. Anything to make cookies was never on the list, but if I bought them, no one complained.
Pretty much just sugar, salt, flour and canning supplies.
Mom made cheese, bread, cottage cheese, soap and clothes. We had chickens, milk cows, hogs, rabbits, goats and a big garden. We generally ate well.
I do remember eating soybean casserole and soybean meal used to stretch the meat.
I they gave up eating the soybean meal and soybeans after a few times. I think we did have to use up the bag of meal.
I will say, I didn't know they sold new lumber, new bolts or new nails, until I started working off the farm.
Farmers are frugal and are known for that.
I remember watching electrical contractors dropping new connectors and other parts and not picking them up.
When I asked about if I could pick them up they figured I was a farmer.
I also remember unloading on a cold day and a young gal was wearing 2 left handed gloves. Yep, she was raised on a ranch!
Edited by IADAVE 3/18/2025 23:09
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Any one else’s dad as cheap as mine?
