Comments on: Entertain Yourself Without Spending A Fortune

By: A Fan

A Fan — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:54:17 +0000

Good suggestions, David.
Personally, I would much rather pick up a book than to turn the TV on! Those commercials are getting longer and longer, plus they are sillier now than ever before and they never fail but to come on three times as loud as your normal volume is set.
Annnnnywaaaaays! LOL! Lord, don’t get me started!
I would like to suggest that your readers check out http://www.paperbackswap.com It is a great place to get all kinds of FREE books!
Reading is much healthier for the mind than TV ANY DAY!

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:55:02 +0000

I have a terrific local park, where I can go to watch the water go over a small dam and under a footbridge and over rocks… and laugh at any fishermen. They have an old-fashioned merry-go-round, a huge timber and ropes things for kids (or people who are kids at heart) to climb on and paddle boats in the shapes of ducks and swans and even a dragon.

My town is famous for a Lincoln/Douglas debate and has a statue commemorating it… right next to a great ice cream place. LOL

Plus there are a lot of places that are just a day trip away — wineries, a fort, Mineral Point (an old mining town that’s all artists and really cool!), New Glarius (a Swiss town), Mt. Horeb (trolls), Monroe Wisconsin which has the neatest square with an unbelievable chocolate(all handmade)/coffee/tea shop. All kinds of cool places to go and do things!

Plus, I have to admit, generally my problem isn’t what to do but the time to do everything I want to! And most of it is pretty inexpensive, simple stuff.

By: snshijuptr

snshijuptr — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:09:24 +0000

I agree with rob! I love to check out what travel guides say about my area especially “shoestring” type guides.

By: athenabyron75

athenabyron75 — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:06:35 +0000

visiting the library is a great one, I live in a small town, but the library still has great resources, and I save a ton of money. I get magazines, dvds, books, audio books, all for free, plus when I’m done, I don’t have the clutter or have to worry about recycling the magazines or newspapers.

By: rob62521

rob62521 — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:50:37 +0000

Another way would be to visit a tourist spot in your town. We have a Civil War memorial in one our local parks I didn’t realize was there until one day to get out of the house, we explored the park. It was free and made us appreciate our park so much more.