tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post4373531119670088068..comments2024-03-17T04:14:44.845-05:00Comments on Frugal Scholar: Thrift Stores and the Public Sphere: Hot TopicFrugal Scholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-63967550834849134872010-06-19T14:18:57.927-05:002010-06-19T14:18:57.927-05:00@hostess--It's been in the 90s. Because of the...@hostess--It's been in the 90s. Because of the high humidity, it doesn't really cool down... EVER. <br /><br />@Funny--Deserts have some advantages.<br /><br />@metscan--The ones I frequent are mostly charities--they take donations. I will have to write more about why I enjoy them. It is alien to the Finnish sensibility, I realize. It can be an addiction...I suppose if I go over to the addicted state, I won't realize it. Hopefully, someone will tell me.<br /><br />@Duchesse--You are an academic manque. (I am a financial advisor manque). I agree about the coffee shops--I think they are wonderful spots to while an afternoon away with friends or by yourself.Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-2473209313433225792010-06-19T08:20:11.881-05:002010-06-19T08:20:11.881-05:00This is the kind of post I admire deeply, thank yo...This is the kind of post I admire deeply, thank you!<br /><br />The more pop term (which I'm betting you know) is "the third space", which Starbucks calls itself. However S$ also deliberately designs its stores to be not *too* hospitable to long stays- but twentysomethings are impervious and can occupy a little metal chair all day. There are no chairs in the thrifts here, people troll and get out. But we have a number of delightful indy coffee shops that are truly discursive gathering spaces.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-37993166357306978112010-06-18T08:30:40.184-05:002010-06-18T08:30:40.184-05:00I have not experienced the heat you are describing...I have not experienced the heat you are describing, but you have all my sympathy! About the thrift stores, Goodwill and likes: Something like this is so strange for me. I have brought for sale stuff ( too hasty purchases, I confess ) to a certain secondhand shop. Occasionally I get a minor sum of euros, if someone has bought my stuff. <br />Having read blogs, I have realized, that many bloggers visit thrift shops nearly on a daily basis. Why? Do we really need so much clothes and other things? Every day? Do we have to have a new outfit every single day? It is hard for me to believe, that one needs some 60 pairs of shoes, etc. Is this frugality? Has buying become a way to use your time off? What do you say FS ?mettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732534795009852825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-56737451330626757032010-06-17T22:55:41.089-05:002010-06-17T22:55:41.089-05:00Yipe! 94 with a chance of thunderstorms! That is h...Yipe! 94 with a chance of thunderstorms! That <i>is</i> hot in a place where the air is humid. It was 103 here, but clear and dry--nice day, actually. Still cooling into the 70s at night.Funny about Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188173788063351801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-15872108342931287092010-06-17T19:14:30.882-05:002010-06-17T19:14:30.882-05:00I would like to have some summer weather...I am ti...I would like to have some summer weather...I am tired of all this rain...<br />It must be very hot where you live if they have a/c in the Goodwill....in our thrift shops they throw open the doors!hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.com