The Frugal Family Guide: Be like my mom and dad: buy stuff you can afford

LAST SUMMER I WAS AT MY PARENTS' CABIN IN RURAL Virginia and I noticed a dead mouse in a rusty old trap. I tossed it in the trash. Later that day I told my dad about the mouse, and he asked, "Where's the trap?" I told him it looked as though it were falling apart, and I'd th...

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Published in:Newsweek 2009-03, Vol.158 (11), p.43
Main Author: Tuttle, Steve
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Summary:LAST SUMMER I WAS AT MY PARENTS' CABIN IN RURAL Virginia and I noticed a dead mouse in a rusty old trap. I tossed it in the trash. Later that day I told my dad about the mouse, and he asked, "Where's the trap?" I told him it looked as though it were falling apart, and I'd thrown it out with the mouse still attached. He looked at me as if I'd punched him in the face. My mom chimed in: "We've had that trap since we got married!" I wasn't sure she was joking, and they got married almost 50 years ago.
ISSN:0028-9604
1069-840X