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    5 Thrifty Lessons From Post-Apocalyptic Novel "The Road"

    I'm in the middle of reading The Road, and couldn't help draw 5 lessons about frugality from Cormac McCarthy's tale of a father and son scrapping out their survival in the middle of post-Apocalyptic America.

    1. Use what you do have creatively
    You have no shoes. Yet, you have a suit jacket, a box cutter, and the lining in the suit jacket. Combine them and you have serviceable foot coverings. Similarly, a metal pipe fitted with a length of chain makes an excellent truncheon. More »

    3:01 PM on Wed Jun 11 2008
    By Ben Popken
    19,985 views, 82 comments

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