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Don Barzini: Post your itemized Monthly Budget.

I want to see how you live so cheaply.
Startling gaped organic girlfriend center
  03/29/06
it doesn't sound like he goes out to eat, drinking, partying...
Magical station
  03/29/06
yeah, seriously. no tv, no phone, no bedsheets.
Talking Rigor
  03/29/06
no girl
Startling gaped organic girlfriend center
  03/29/06
yah but there's that $10/mo bigcuties.com subscription
mind-boggling drab bawdyhouse hominid
  03/29/06
porn3d.
Chest-beating Cuckoldry Travel Guidebook
  03/29/06
you know his non-itemized monthly budget?
stimulating shrine
  03/29/06
he said he lives on about 8k a year. I want him to break it ...
Startling gaped organic girlfriend center
  03/29/06
8K for all his expenses? hmm.
Talking Rigor
  03/29/06
He must live with Mom or at the YMCA
Jet fear-inspiring lay toaster
  03/29/06
no, he has an apartment in a pretty nice area. i think he...
Talking Rigor
  03/29/06
He spends a total of $666 a month and has an apartment in a ...
Jet fear-inspiring lay toaster
  03/29/06
that's what he said. he takes public transport and doesn'...
Talking Rigor
  03/29/06
Does he live with 25 illegals in a shared 1 bedroom or somet...
Jet fear-inspiring lay toaster
  03/29/06
oh, he also doesn't pay for internet service. leeches off h...
Talking Rigor
  03/29/06
wow
Startling gaped organic girlfriend center
  03/30/06
Do you think he has electricity?
Violet adventurous space mother
  03/30/06
in wisconsin dude
azure chapel immigrant
  03/29/06
That could be doable in Madison. It's probably not a plush ...
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/29/06
that still doesn't leave much for other expenses. like... f...
Talking Rigor
  03/29/06
I didn't do the math and realize that was the minimum he cou...
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/29/06
that's probably because they are all asian students and they...
azure chapel immigrant
  03/29/06
Would that be the nicest area in town, though? Even well-of...
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/29/06
college towns don't have a rich neighborhood usually
azure chapel immigrant
  03/29/06
Madison does.
Dashing range death wish
  03/30/06
Though it is hard for me to believe that he lives in any of ...
Dashing range death wish
  03/30/06
i dont live in shorewood. i live in university heights.
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
Where is that? I can't think offhand. Is that the area that...
Dashing range death wish
  03/30/06
it's a 500 studio. fancy neighborhood but no one speaks engl...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
He spends 6$/day on food. He only eats lunch, if I recall c...
Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena
  03/30/06
No way. Apartments in Madison are expensive, especially in ...
Dashing range death wish
  03/30/06
Yeah, I read wrong. I was thinking $666 for an *apartment*....
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/30/06
When my boyfriend lived in an okay but not elite neighborhoo...
Comical regret double fault
  03/30/06
He thinks furniture is a luxury item.
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/30/06
This is one of the keys: http://www.fedexfurniture.com/pictu...
Violet adventurous space mother
  03/30/06
God that was a funny conversation yesterday. Also remember ...
Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena
  03/30/06
maybe don's living in whatyoudreamof's world.
Peach Friendly Grandma Forum
  03/30/06
Right, just like bathing and air.
Comical regret double fault
  03/30/06
of biloxi?
stimulating shrine
  03/29/06
i lived on about 10k/year in college.
Magical station
  03/29/06
jesus. that's substantially less than my housing budget.
stimulating shrine
  03/29/06
it's about mine.
Chest-beating Cuckoldry Travel Guidebook
  03/29/06
V
Startling gaped organic girlfriend center
  03/29/06
8k a year =/=kill self
orchid hairraiser garrison scourge upon the earth
  03/29/06
wow. I am embarassed to say that I spend that in a month.
crimson passionate stock car
  03/29/06
hot damn. itemize yours for us?
stimulating shrine
  03/29/06
2,500 rent 1,000 car payment 250 for parking spot 550 for...
crimson passionate stock car
  03/30/06
You go on 12 trips per year?
Violet adventurous space mother
  03/30/06
no, but some cost more than 1k
crimson passionate stock car
  03/30/06
you spend 96k a year on living expenses? Or you mean you li...
Irradiated shitlib stag film
  03/30/06
My wife and I spend about 90k a year, give or take.
crimson passionate stock car
  03/30/06
can you answer this don, i wouldn't mind some pointers on sa...
Doobsian keepsake machete
  03/30/06
God what a miserable existence. I also hate myself for li...
blathering theatre
  03/30/06
Yeah, I'm terrible. I spent more than that on living expens...
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/30/06
more than 30K in Minn? My rent is about $18K a year, and ...
blathering theatre
  03/30/06
No, no, but more than the $8,000 don spends as a working adu...
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/30/06
I may have a chance to jump on a rent controlled 1 bedroom (...
blathering theatre
  03/30/06
If you don't want it, I'll take it.
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/30/06
Ill take it too. And I dont even live in NY
Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena
  03/30/06
What do you put on your credit card? That seems like a lot ...
Violet adventurous space mother
  03/30/06
I put everything on my credit card. I go out twice a week...
blathering theatre
  03/30/06
I think it must be the booze that gets you that high. I s...
Violet adventurous space mother
  03/30/06
$1000/mo beyond your rent isn't horrible, if you're includin...
Exhilarant fluffy market
  03/30/06
My wife and I live on $14K/yr, mostly because we do shopping...
deep public bath queen of the night
  03/30/06
Where do you live in South Bend that you can get by for 2 pe...
Exhilarant fluffy market
  03/30/06
We rarely eat meat, have one car, one cell phone, no cable, ...
deep public bath queen of the night
  03/30/06
depressing. what does she do all day?
Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena
  03/30/06
I love aldi!
Dashing range death wish
  03/30/06
What's great about this thread is that it's already big and ...
curious silver resort quadroon
  03/30/06
any thread relating to me or that i make seems to hit 100 at...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
rent: 500 food and misc. purchases (like soap or whatever...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
Bus passes? Electricity? Shampoo and toothpaste?
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/30/06
ohhh yeah bus passes adds another 600 yearly. electricity...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
what about heating?
Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena
  03/30/06
included in rent :)
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
Sorry, I read that as electronics for some reason. I'm ta...
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/30/06
no, i eat out all the time. i never cook. but i dont eat any...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
You're telling me that a big guy like you could eat a $5 Chi...
Fiercely-loyal meetinghouse feces
  03/30/06
yep. i dont require much food really. i think i have a low m...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
i call shenanigans. a pizza or chipotle is gonna run you ...
mind-boggling drab bawdyhouse hominid
  03/30/06
i eat 1 meal a day, always.
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
How do you manage to eat out everyday for almost every meal ...
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/30/06
no entertainment at all? no movies, no sports tickets, no c...
Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena
  03/30/06
movies are such a ripoff. i'm not really interested in sp...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
what exactly do you do all day?
mind-boggling drab bawdyhouse hominid
  03/30/06
work, go out to eat and read my paper (subscription is alway...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
food and misc. 220 combined. Holy crap.
Offensive Pit
  03/30/06
I do that in a week. Easily.
chestnut appetizing dilemma
  08/17/06
you eat $50 in food a week? That can't be healthy. Do you ...
crimson passionate stock car
  03/30/06
i always eat out. i just do it only once a day and at fairly...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
Don what do you do on the weekends?
curious silver resort quadroon
  03/30/06
not a ton. i sleep a lot cuz i am tired from work. i take wa...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
Don doesn't have any hobbies, interests, or friends. This ...
Purple stage hissy fit
  03/30/06
he sounds like the most useless human being ever born. D...
cheese-eating massive trailer park personal credit line
  03/30/06
and you're so amazingly indispensable? come on. practically ...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
This is unfortunately true.
Irate legend
  03/30/06
titcr
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
well i'm interested in finance so i spend a certain amount o...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
This post was sad. What do you do with all the extra mone...
Purple stage hissy fit
  03/30/06
save and invest. for that reason, if i got sick or laid off ...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
Do you think there will ever be a point where you'll feel se...
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/30/06
probably several million dollars.
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
"unless you count going to bars as a hobby." No...
Purple stage hissy fit
  03/30/06
Yeah, young people have hobbies. boyfriend: corporate bas...
vigorous office hairy legs
  03/30/06
haha yeah i used to play a ton of basketball. maybe i sho...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
The point is, you can learn to read music, don. And there...
Purple stage hissy fit
  03/30/06
What a miserable life.
Puce Hell
  03/30/06
spending more doesnt make me much happier. when i travel for...
jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate
  03/30/06
whenever you're feeling blue, just bump this thread.
rusted national
  08/17/06
Man, it is truly sad reading his bewilderment that other peo...
effete principal's office
  08/17/06
he has a strange and distant curiosity about playing basketb...
rusted national
  08/17/06
With xoxo out of his life, he's probably involved in five di...
effete principal's office
  08/17/06
good point. losing xoxo was probably the best thing ever hap...
rusted national
  08/17/06
He's probably balls deep in all the yiddish cooter he can ha...
garnet exciting filthpig
  08/17/06
ty for this
sapphire brethren senate
  11/23/06
He has walking.
translucent corn cake affirmative action
  08/17/06
Walking actually can be fun... But god knows it's not enoug...
vigorous office hairy legs
  08/17/06
He'd also be thrilled at the prospect of free meals and no r...
Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena
  08/17/06
He would probably find the prison's expenditures on two extr...
garnet exciting filthpig
  08/17/06
happee t-giving don
Arousing chartreuse crotch sweet tailpipe
  11/23/06


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Date: March 29th, 2006 6:24 PM
Author: Startling gaped organic girlfriend center

I want to see how you live so cheaply.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5458618)





Date: March 29th, 2006 6:25 PM
Author: Magical station

it doesn't sound like he goes out to eat, drinking, partying, etc...

that makes up about 1/3 of my monthly budget, seriously. if i never went out i would have a ton more $$$

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5458626)





Date: March 29th, 2006 6:25 PM
Author: Talking Rigor

yeah, seriously.

no tv, no phone, no bedsheets.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5458627)





Date: March 29th, 2006 6:27 PM
Author: Startling gaped organic girlfriend center

no girl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5458644)





Date: March 29th, 2006 6:36 PM
Author: mind-boggling drab bawdyhouse hominid

yah but there's that $10/mo bigcuties.com subscription

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5458748)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:53 PM
Author: Chest-beating Cuckoldry Travel Guidebook

porn3d.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459645)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:43 PM
Author: stimulating shrine

you know his non-itemized monthly budget?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459540)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:44 PM
Author: Startling gaped organic girlfriend center

he said he lives on about 8k a year. I want him to break it down into categories.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459556)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:47 PM
Author: Talking Rigor

8K for all his expenses?

hmm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459583)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:48 PM
Author: Jet fear-inspiring lay toaster

He must live with Mom or at the YMCA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459590)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:48 PM
Author: Talking Rigor

no, he has an apartment in a pretty nice area.

i think he's just cheap as hell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459600)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:49 PM
Author: Jet fear-inspiring lay toaster

He spends a total of $666 a month and has an apartment in a nice area?

That seems unlikely.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459612)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:51 PM
Author: Talking Rigor

that's what he said.

he takes public transport and doesn't pay for cable or phone service.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459623)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:53 PM
Author: Jet fear-inspiring lay toaster

Does he live with 25 illegals in a shared 1 bedroom or something?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459641)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:54 PM
Author: Talking Rigor

oh, he also doesn't pay for internet service. leeches off his neighbor's weak wireless.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459655)





Date: March 30th, 2006 7:47 AM
Author: Startling gaped organic girlfriend center

wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464162)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:37 AM
Author: Violet adventurous space mother

Do you think he has electricity?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464354)





Date: March 29th, 2006 8:13 PM
Author: azure chapel immigrant

in wisconsin dude

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459812)





Date: March 29th, 2006 8:18 PM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

That could be doable in Madison. It's probably not a plush two-bedroom, but you can find non-dumpy places for that kind of money in the midwest. I paid $550 for a one-bedroom in a below-average area when I lived in Minneapolis, which I suspect has higher housing prices.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459877)





Date: March 29th, 2006 8:22 PM
Author: Talking Rigor

that still doesn't leave much for other expenses. like... food.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459918)





Date: March 29th, 2006 8:27 PM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

I didn't do the math and realize that was the minimum he could spend.

My guess? The apartment in a nice area is a $400 studio. And I'm a little suspicious of the nice area part, since I remember he said that almost none of the girls in his building speak English. He probably spends the rest of the money on food and bus passes - he apparently doesn't have any entertainment costs, and I don't see him being a clothing fanatic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459988)





Date: March 29th, 2006 8:38 PM
Author: azure chapel immigrant

that's probably because they are all asian students and they have rich families in asia.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5460113)





Date: March 29th, 2006 8:42 PM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

Would that be the nicest area in town, though? Even well-off students tend to live more in college neighborhoods than fancy ones.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5460153)





Date: March 29th, 2006 8:44 PM
Author: azure chapel immigrant

college towns don't have a rich neighborhood usually

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5460173)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:42 AM
Author: Dashing range death wish

Madison does.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464372)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:53 AM
Author: Dashing range death wish

Though it is hard for me to believe that he lives in any of the REALLY nice, expensive neighborhoods in an efficiency apartment. My guess is that he lives near Shorewood, but I doubt that they actually have too many apartments in Shorewood itself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464435)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:11 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

i dont live in shorewood. i live in university heights.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465852)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:32 PM
Author: Dashing range death wish

Where is that? I can't think offhand. Is that the area that you said you love near Edgewood?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5466040)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:09 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

it's a 500 studio. fancy neighborhood but no one speaks english in this building cuz they're all Asian PhD or MD students.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465839)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:03 AM
Author: Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena

He spends 6$/day on food. He only eats lunch, if I recall correctly. so ~ 180/month on food.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464242)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:42 AM
Author: Dashing range death wish

No way. Apartments in Madison are expensive, especially in nice areas. Most people have roommates to make it more affordable.

edit: I guess he might be able to get an efficiency for around $400/mo as Rowan suggests.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464367)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:51 AM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

Yeah, I read wrong. I was thinking $666 for an *apartment*. Anything that leaves money for food and other items would have to be very small, I think.

Though it's certainly possible that don is underestimating how much money he spends.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464420)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:57 AM
Author: Comical regret double fault

When my boyfriend lived in an okay but not elite neighborhood, he was paying $675 for a one bedroom.

I don't see how he spends so little - I spend about $1500 a month including rent and I thought I was really frugal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464458)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:58 AM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

He thinks furniture is a luxury item.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464460)





Date: March 30th, 2006 10:01 AM
Author: Violet adventurous space mother

This is one of the keys: http://www.fedexfurniture.com/pictures.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464473)





Date: March 30th, 2006 10:02 AM
Author: Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena

God that was a funny conversation yesterday. Also remember the one where he thought he spent more money than most people on food? BT was like "you realize most people eat three meals a day"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464478)





Date: March 30th, 2006 10:06 AM
Author: Peach Friendly Grandma Forum

maybe don's living in whatyoudreamof's world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464495)





Date: March 30th, 2006 12:55 PM
Author: Comical regret double fault

Right, just like bathing and air.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465739)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:51 PM
Author: stimulating shrine

of biloxi?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459627)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:48 PM
Author: Magical station

i lived on about 10k/year in college.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459595)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:50 PM
Author: stimulating shrine

jesus. that's substantially less than my housing budget.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459621)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:54 PM
Author: Chest-beating Cuckoldry Travel Guidebook

it's about mine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459651)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:21 PM
Author: Startling gaped organic girlfriend center

V

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459278)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:48 PM
Author: orchid hairraiser garrison scourge upon the earth

8k a year =/=kill self

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459597)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:50 PM
Author: crimson passionate stock car

wow. I am embarassed to say that I spend that in a month.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459616)





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:54 PM
Author: stimulating shrine

hot damn. itemize yours for us?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5459656)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:18 PM
Author: crimson passionate stock car

2,500 rent

1,000 car payment

250 for parking spot

550 for loans

400 for utilities

1000 for a trip somewhere

800 for groceries

500 for golf and sports

everything else misc (going out to eat, bars, cabs, clothes, etc.)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465921)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:22 PM
Author: Violet adventurous space mother

You go on 12 trips per year?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465952)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:26 PM
Author: crimson passionate stock car

no, but some cost more than 1k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465981)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:43 AM
Author: Irradiated shitlib stag film

you spend 96k a year on living expenses? Or you mean you live off what Don lives off of?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464383)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:11 PM
Author: crimson passionate stock car

My wife and I spend about 90k a year, give or take.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465857)





Date: March 30th, 2006 8:32 AM
Author: Doobsian keepsake machete

can you answer this don, i wouldn't mind some pointers on saving actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464208)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:44 AM
Author: blathering theatre

God what a miserable existence.

I also hate myself for living off of $30,000 per year, currently.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464384)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:51 AM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

Yeah, I'm terrible. I spent more than that on living expenses in college.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464423)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:55 AM
Author: blathering theatre

more than 30K in Minn?

My rent is about $18K a year, and my credit card runs about $1000-1300 a month, typically. though I am running into a lot of big budget items.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464441)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:56 AM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

No, no, but more than the $8,000 don spends as a working adult.

Though I certainly spend more than $30,000 on living expenses now. Rent alone gets me pretty close.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464449)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:58 AM
Author: blathering theatre

I may have a chance to jump on a rent controlled 1 bedroom (small but sufficient) around Astor and 3rd ave for $1500 a month.

Does that sound like a good deal? I would have preferred finding a place in October, but if I can pay $1500 instead of $2200, it may be worth it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464461)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:59 AM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

If you don't want it, I'll take it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464468)





Date: March 30th, 2006 10:01 AM
Author: Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena

Ill take it too. And I dont even live in NY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464475)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:59 AM
Author: Violet adventurous space mother

What do you put on your credit card? That seems like a lot if you're a student.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464466)





Date: March 30th, 2006 10:03 AM
Author: blathering theatre

I put everything on my credit card.

I go out twice a week and spend between $40-80 on booze. I take girls out once or twice a week which is usually around $100 a pop.

I spend 40-60 a week on groceries.

And it seems every month there is some big ticket item that costs several hundred dollars, whether its school books, a trip to the bahamas, a couple of new pairs of shoes, xmas presents, etc. you get the idea.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464487)





Date: March 30th, 2006 10:05 AM
Author: Violet adventurous space mother

I think it must be the booze that gets you that high. I spend about the same amount on groceries, but I don't drink much.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464493)





Date: March 30th, 2006 10:07 AM
Author: Exhilarant fluffy market

$1000/mo beyond your rent isn't horrible, if you're including books, vacations home, a new suit, etc, plus your utilities and meals and credit card payments. I spent $1000/mo beyond my rent too, only my rent was $600.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464497)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:56 AM
Author: deep public bath queen of the night

My wife and I live on $14K/yr, mostly because we do shopping exclusively at ALDI, God's gift to the poor.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464452)





Date: March 30th, 2006 10:05 AM
Author: Exhilarant fluffy market

Where do you live in South Bend that you can get by for 2 people on 14K? That's how much I spent on myself, during the school year alone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464490)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:14 PM
Author: deep public bath queen of the night

We rarely eat meat, have one car, one cell phone, no cable, no Internets. We keep things pretty tight.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465880)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:21 PM
Author: Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena

depressing. what does she do all day?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465938)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:31 PM
Author: Dashing range death wish

I love aldi!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5466031)





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:59 AM
Author: curious silver resort quadroon

What's great about this thread is that it's already big and Don hasn't even responded yet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5464465)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:08 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

any thread relating to me or that i make seems to hit 100 at least. dunno why.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465832)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:07 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

rent: 500

food and misc. purchases (like soap or whatever): about 220

electric: about 15

that's it

comes to about 8500 a year or so

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465824)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:10 PM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

Bus passes? Electricity? Shampoo and toothpaste?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465847)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:12 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

ohhh yeah bus passes adds another 600 yearly.

electricity i have covered. see above.

shampoo and all that is covered in the food budget. i lump all that together. so are any trips to starbucks or anything like that. i lump it together cuz it all goes on the credit card, and 220 is about my average monthly CC bill.

all told, along with the occassional splurge like an mp3 player, it probably comes out to just under 9k.

i wish it were lower. there is no need to spend 9000 dollars, which is a lot of money, just to support one person. but i am lazy and never cook. i could save a fortune if i cooked myself.

also my rent is kinda high. but it's about the cheapest i could find that wasn't in the ghetto.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465859)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:13 PM
Author: Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena

what about heating?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465869)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:14 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

included in rent :)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465886)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:14 PM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

Sorry, I read that as electronics for some reason.

I'm taking it you don't eat out at all?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465879)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:15 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

no, i eat out all the time. i never cook. but i dont eat anywhere expensive. like a pizza place or Chipotle or whatever.

i actually hardly ever eat @ mcdonalds though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465894)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:17 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal meetinghouse feces

You're telling me that a big guy like you could eat a $5 Chipotle burrito and last the whole day?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465907)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:18 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

yep. i dont require much food really. i think i have a low metabolism.

although i drink free milk/juice and eat popcorn and stuff at work during the day. so that adds calories. but doesnt cost anything.

it's a good thing i dont eat anymore than i do or i would be a lot fatter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465922)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:17 PM
Author: mind-boggling drab bawdyhouse hominid

i call shenanigans.

a pizza or chipotle is gonna run you a minimum $5. if you eat two meals a day, you're talking $300 on food alone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465914)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:19 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

i eat 1 meal a day, always.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465926)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:18 PM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

How do you manage to eat out everyday for almost every meal with a budget of <$7 per day? Like what did you eat yesterday?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465919)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:12 PM
Author: Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena

no entertainment at all? no movies, no sports tickets, no concert tickets?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465860)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:17 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

movies are such a ripoff.

i'm not really interested in sports or concerts. and if i were, i could go to free music on the UW campus any time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465906)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:13 PM
Author: mind-boggling drab bawdyhouse hominid

what exactly do you do all day?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465867)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:21 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

work, go out to eat and read my paper (subscription is always a gift from my grandma, every christmas). come home. watch TV shows on my laptop or surf the net. possibly go out and do something with a friend (not often though). read a book maybe (from the library). go to bed. get up, go to work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465935)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:13 PM
Author: Offensive Pit

food and misc. 220 combined. Holy crap.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465871)





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:47 PM
Author: chestnut appetizing dilemma

I do that in a week. Easily.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#6456177)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:19 PM
Author: crimson passionate stock car

you eat $50 in food a week? That can't be healthy. Do you ever go out?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465930)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:22 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

i always eat out. i just do it only once a day and at fairly cheap places like a pizza joint.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465945)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:14 PM
Author: curious silver resort quadroon

Don what do you do on the weekends?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465887)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:23 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

not a ton. i sleep a lot cuz i am tired from work. i take walks (lots of nice places to go here, plus i live by a big lake). i eat out. i read. etc. etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465961)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:23 PM
Author: Purple stage hissy fit

Don doesn't have any hobbies, interests, or friends. This doesn't come as a surprise to me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465965)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:26 PM
Author: cheese-eating massive trailer park personal credit line

he sounds like the most useless human being ever born.

Don, kill yourself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465983)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:27 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

and you're so amazingly indispensable? come on. practically all humans are useless.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465994)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:28 PM
Author: Irate legend

This is unfortunately true.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465999)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:30 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

titcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5466022)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:26 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

well i'm interested in finance so i spend a certain amount of time reading and looking at data about that. but otherwise, aside from reading and taking walks, no, i dont really have any other hobbies. but do young people really have hobbies? i mean, i dont know any young people that have model trains (which would prolly be fun actually) or do arts and crafts or whatever. that's kind of an old person's thing. young people have work.

i have a couple of friends but i dont see them a ton these days. now and then.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465987)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:27 PM
Author: Purple stage hissy fit

This post was sad.

What do you do with all the extra money lying around? Just save it up?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465996)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:30 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

save and invest. for that reason, if i got sick or laid off and couldnt work, i could last for many years. that makes me a lot happier and helps me sleep at night.

what hobbies do young people have? unless you count going to bars as a hobby.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5466015)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:33 PM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

Do you think there will ever be a point where you'll feel secure enough that earning more money won't make you much more secure?

See below for some hobbies of people I know.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5466045)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:38 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

probably several million dollars.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5466082)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:45 PM
Author: Purple stage hissy fit

"unless you count going to bars as a hobby."

No, I would count that as hanging out with friends.

I would say movies, sports, music, and video games qualify as hobbies though or at least interests, and most young people are into those.

Most people have some kind of own unique hobby though - like they're in a band or they take kung fu or something.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5466142)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:31 PM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

Yeah, young people have hobbies.

boyfriend: corporate basketball, golf, learning to play guitar

friend 1: yoga, taking a class to brush up her spanish

friend 2: cooking, making jewelry

me: ok...I really need to get some hobbies besides drinking and going to the movies and reading, but still, other people have them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5466027)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:40 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

haha

yeah i used to play a ton of basketball. maybe i should get back into that. it's fun and very good for the body. now would be a good time too cuz it's starting to stay light later. i used to meet a lotta friends that way too. and you never have to ask them "so, what do you want to do?" :)

i could never do yoga because i am a big yeti with no flexibility! music, i have no ability re. that. i cant even read music.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5466099)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:47 PM
Author: Purple stage hissy fit

The point is, you can learn to read music, don.

And there's plenty of inexpensive hobbies out there if you're concerned about money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5466149)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:25 PM
Author: Puce Hell

What a miserable life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5465976)





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:28 PM
Author: jet-lagged charcoal school cafeteria karate

spending more doesnt make me much happier. when i travel for work i'm in a nice hotel with cable and internet. i spend more on food and stuff than i can imagine. 100 bucks a day sometimes.

it doesnt make me a whole lot happier. it's sorta cool but the novelty wears off after a while.

i can buy anything i want, short of like a Rolls Royce. that's no problem. i just don't want a whole lot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#5466002)





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:10 PM
Author: rusted national

whenever you're feeling blue, just bump this thread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#6455961)





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:14 PM
Author: effete principal's office

Man, it is truly sad reading his bewilderment that other people have hobbies and interests.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#6455980)





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:17 PM
Author: rusted national

he has a strange and distant curiosity about playing basketball again. but the way he describes it, it's obvious he'll never do it. this makes me cry.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#6455998)





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:19 PM
Author: effete principal's office

With xoxo out of his life, he's probably involved in five different YMCA basketball leagues.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#6456009)





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:22 PM
Author: rusted national

good point. losing xoxo was probably the best thing ever happened to him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#6456027)





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:34 PM
Author: garnet exciting filthpig

He's probably balls deep in all the yiddish cooter he can handle too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#6456090)





Date: November 23rd, 2006 12:21 PM
Author: sapphire brethren senate

ty for this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#7054431)





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:24 PM
Author: translucent corn cake affirmative action

He has walking.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#6456035)





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:30 PM
Author: vigorous office hairy legs

Walking actually can be fun... But god knows it's not enough to fill a life, especially when you're not working long hours.

Don is one of the few people I know who really seems to lack the capacity to appreciate life. You could probably put the guy in a jail cell and and he'd be content, as long as he could think about the interest accruing on his bank deposits.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#6456065)





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:34 PM
Author: Spectacular Amethyst Orchestra Pit Striped Hyena

He'd also be thrilled at the prospect of free meals and no rent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#6456095)





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:35 PM
Author: garnet exciting filthpig

He would probably find the prison's expenditures on two extra meals a day, weights, and shampoo for the showers wasteful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#6456100)





Date: November 23rd, 2006 12:03 PM
Author: Arousing chartreuse crotch sweet tailpipe

happee t-giving don

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389685&forum_id=2#7054404)