Living Well on Practically Nothing: Revised and Updated Edition

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Summary: redneck vs millionaire econonics
Review: I love this book. The author just died this year 2003, the day after Easter. I wish I could have met him.

Every page is filled with neat ideas. I especially love his "redneck vs millionaire economics."

He describes how his son started a business recycling used pallets and built it into a million dollar business.

One chapter is "How to save $37,500 and live on $12,000 a year."

This book does not have the typical frugal ideas of turning down the thermostat and collecting coupons. There are plenty of other books to describe those ideas.

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Summary: For anyone who must accustom themselves to thrift
Review: Now in a newly revised and updated edition, Living Well On Practically Nothing by Edward Romney is a straightforward and highly utilitarian guide for anyone who needs to learn to live on a lot less money. Chapters cover how to save money on food, clothing, shelter, utilities, transportation, health and medical care and much more. An ideal guide for anyone who must accustom themselves to a thriftier standard of living, Living Well On Practically Nothing is strongly recommended for personal and community library money management and economical life-style reading lists and reference collections.

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Summary: Don't Steal This Book!
Review: Should you buy a book based on its title in hopes that it will magically solve all your problems? Probably not, although I did. Upon receiving this book in the mail, I immedeatly read it from cover to cover the first night. At first I was somewhat disappointed out of my own desperation (first lesson: never wait so long that you are in desperate need to make a change). After all, I had just exchanged the very thing I couldn't afford to lose for-well, the very thing I was hoping to get out of this transaction.

I soon relaxed, however, sinking into the book realizing how knowledgeable this author was on this subject. He talks in-depth about all the different places he and his family have lived, for example; how each state and/or town differ socially, politically, and economically. He also tells the story of how his son turned used, wooden pallets into a full-fledged company complete with a fleet of trucks and a huge warehouse! The book really began showing much more promise than I had originally given it credit for. But it also gives practical methoods to all the madness as well such as eating cheap (the one thing I disagree with), and ways to make money in desperation (just what I wanted-and it's all legal, or most of it).

So this book is worth the-well, exchange. (This was the best price too!) It's a very smart book that will get your practical and creative juices flowing without telling you which slug fits into the parking meter and that you shouldn't give-in to the establishment. So, give the author his due and BUY THIS BOOK. After all, he's earned it!