Spending less money

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Prices are rising and making it difficult to pay for food, gas and utilities. Recession, stagflation or an economic depression? Regardless, many "working class" people are responding to these challenging times by cutting luxuries and delaying major purchases and travel.

Polaroid extinct

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Instant photography is too slow in the digital age. If another company fails to step up and licensce Polaroids technology the stock of film will likely run out in 2009.