tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post127218550871251521..comments2024-03-17T04:14:44.845-05:00Comments on Frugal Scholar: Clutter and Bargains: The Example of BabysittingFrugal Scholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-58239604243077828972009-10-29T16:16:10.697-05:002009-10-29T16:16:10.697-05:00@Cubicle--You're right. I remember all my clot...@Cubicle--You're right. I remember all my clothes with the ILGWU label. <br /><br />@Duchesse--Ditto--as above. <br /><br />@Funny--i remember the fabric. I'm quite sure it was synthetic!Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-56372778983929383332009-10-27T22:57:21.370-05:002009-10-27T22:57:21.370-05:00Isn't that interesting! Duchesse's point i...Isn't that interesting! Duchesse's point is well taken: back in the dark ages, clothing was made by Americans who earned a living wage.<br /><br />I recall shopping in those much-lamented bygone department stores (remember the tea rooms they had on the second or third floor, patronized exclusively by women shoppers? remember when "customer service" meant someone act like they were happy to be polite to you?). Though the blouses and shirts were often synthetic (wash-&-wear was THE big thing), it seems to me that sweaters were usually wool, skirts and slacks were wool or (rarely) linen, and pedal-pushers, shorts, and casual pants were cotton. Maybe cotton-synthetic blend...my mother used to make me do the ironing, and it seems to me almost all of it (except the shirts) was cotton.<br /><br />When my son was about 8 or 10, we stumbled upon a woman who was (hang onto your hat) an RN and chair of the department of nursing at one of the (large!) community colleges here. She babysat in her spare time, partly because she enjoyed children and partly because she earned good pay (often under the table). Come to think of it, it's not a bad idea, eh?Funny about Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188173788063351801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-6627113099641769812009-10-26T07:58:16.649-05:002009-10-26T07:58:16.649-05:00Cheap offshore labour is what makes the H&M, W...Cheap offshore labour is what makes the H&M, WalMart, Target etc clothes disposable. (your '60s clothes were likely mostly made by union US workers.)<br /><br />I often see the same "more" mentality among parents. My mother's closet was far, far sparser than mine or my friends'.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-39329588001591481062009-10-25T22:03:21.551-05:002009-10-25T22:03:21.551-05:00Very intersting thoughts. To take it another step...Very intersting thoughts. To take it another step, the people that made the clothes you bought in the 1960s probably made significantly more than the babysitter wages you were earning. Today, the people that make the clothes make significantly less than today's baby sitter wages, and probably even significantly less than those of the 60's.Over the Cubicle Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04842722161649016062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-3062443454063040612009-10-25T20:24:52.451-05:002009-10-25T20:24:52.451-05:00@FB--I wouldn't mind part-time babysitting...a...@FB--I wouldn't mind part-time babysitting...always a possibility. And don't be too hard on your 13 yo self!Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-63412410253134775562009-10-25T17:24:41.152-05:002009-10-25T17:24:41.152-05:00DAMN!
I should be a part-time babysitter LOL
Yea...DAMN!<br /><br />I should be a part-time babysitter LOL<br /><br />Yeah that sounds about right. My brother pays $10/hour for babysitting, PLUS expenses paid to take my nephews out to the cinema, etc.<br /><br />Awful.<br /><br />This line is the best <b>If Miss Em went to Target or Ross, she could buy clothing for about what I spent so many years ago. But her 4 items would only have taken 3 hours of work. <br /><br />Is it any wonder that our closets are overflowing and that the floors of most teenage rooms are dotted with clean and dirty piles of clothing?</b><br /><br />It is so true... ! If only I could have talked to my 13-year old self who had delivered newspapers for so longFB @ FabulouslyBroke.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966672580040786485noreply@blogger.com