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Don Barzini: Post your itemized Monthly Budget.

I want to see how you live so cheaply.
avocado sanctuary mad cow disease
  03/29/06
it doesn't sound like he goes out to eat, drinking, partying...
Heady bat shit crazy point
  03/29/06
yeah, seriously. no tv, no phone, no bedsheets.
Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop
  03/29/06
no girl
avocado sanctuary mad cow disease
  03/29/06
yah but there's that $10/mo bigcuties.com subscription
Electric Azure Dopamine
  03/29/06
porn3d.
passionate nursing home
  03/29/06
you know his non-itemized monthly budget?
irate mind-boggling persian
  03/29/06
he said he lives on about 8k a year. I want him to break it ...
avocado sanctuary mad cow disease
  03/29/06
8K for all his expenses? hmm.
Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop
  03/29/06
He must live with Mom or at the YMCA
Duck-like macaca
  03/29/06
no, he has an apartment in a pretty nice area. i think he...
Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop
  03/29/06
He spends a total of $666 a month and has an apartment in a ...
Duck-like macaca
  03/29/06
that's what he said. he takes public transport and doesn'...
Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop
  03/29/06
Does he live with 25 illegals in a shared 1 bedroom or somet...
Duck-like macaca
  03/29/06
oh, he also doesn't pay for internet service. leeches off h...
Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop
  03/29/06
wow
avocado sanctuary mad cow disease
  03/30/06
Do you think he has electricity?
bright nubile sound barrier principal's office
  03/30/06
in wisconsin dude
razzle pale theater stage kitty cat
  03/29/06
That could be doable in Madison. It's probably not a plush ...
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/29/06
that still doesn't leave much for other expenses. like... f...
Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop
  03/29/06
I didn't do the math and realize that was the minimum he cou...
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/29/06
that's probably because they are all asian students and they...
razzle pale theater stage kitty cat
  03/29/06
Would that be the nicest area in town, though? Even well-of...
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/29/06
college towns don't have a rich neighborhood usually
razzle pale theater stage kitty cat
  03/29/06
Madison does.
Brindle wagecucks azn
  03/30/06
Though it is hard for me to believe that he lives in any of ...
Brindle wagecucks azn
  03/30/06
i dont live in shorewood. i live in university heights.
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
Where is that? I can't think offhand. Is that the area that...
Brindle wagecucks azn
  03/30/06
it's a 500 studio. fancy neighborhood but no one speaks engl...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
He spends 6$/day on food. He only eats lunch, if I recall c...
bipolar giraffe church
  03/30/06
No way. Apartments in Madison are expensive, especially in ...
Brindle wagecucks azn
  03/30/06
Yeah, I read wrong. I was thinking $666 for an *apartment*....
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/30/06
When my boyfriend lived in an okay but not elite neighborhoo...
Costumed Wrinkle Casino
  03/30/06
He thinks furniture is a luxury item.
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/30/06
This is one of the keys: http://www.fedexfurniture.com/pictu...
bright nubile sound barrier principal's office
  03/30/06
God that was a funny conversation yesterday. Also remember ...
bipolar giraffe church
  03/30/06
maybe don's living in whatyoudreamof's world.
Turquoise domesticated affirmative action
  03/30/06
Right, just like bathing and air.
Costumed Wrinkle Casino
  03/30/06
of biloxi?
irate mind-boggling persian
  03/29/06
i lived on about 10k/year in college.
Heady bat shit crazy point
  03/29/06
jesus. that's substantially less than my housing budget.
irate mind-boggling persian
  03/29/06
it's about mine.
passionate nursing home
  03/29/06
V
avocado sanctuary mad cow disease
  03/29/06
8k a year =/=kill self
stirring confused garrison jap
  03/29/06
wow. I am embarassed to say that I spend that in a month.
sable wonderful theatre
  03/29/06
hot damn. itemize yours for us?
irate mind-boggling persian
  03/29/06
2,500 rent 1,000 car payment 250 for parking spot 550 for...
sable wonderful theatre
  03/30/06
You go on 12 trips per year?
bright nubile sound barrier principal's office
  03/30/06
no, but some cost more than 1k
sable wonderful theatre
  03/30/06
you spend 96k a year on living expenses? Or you mean you li...
Talking toilet seat crotch
  03/30/06
My wife and I spend about 90k a year, give or take.
sable wonderful theatre
  03/30/06
can you answer this don, i wouldn't mind some pointers on sa...
Filthy ocher hospital
  03/30/06
God what a miserable existence. I also hate myself for li...
territorial field boistinker
  03/30/06
Yeah, I'm terrible. I spent more than that on living expens...
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/30/06
more than 30K in Minn? My rent is about $18K a year, and ...
territorial field boistinker
  03/30/06
No, no, but more than the $8,000 don spends as a working adu...
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/30/06
I may have a chance to jump on a rent controlled 1 bedroom (...
territorial field boistinker
  03/30/06
If you don't want it, I'll take it.
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/30/06
Ill take it too. And I dont even live in NY
bipolar giraffe church
  03/30/06
What do you put on your credit card? That seems like a lot ...
bright nubile sound barrier principal's office
  03/30/06
I put everything on my credit card. I go out twice a week...
territorial field boistinker
  03/30/06
I think it must be the booze that gets you that high. I s...
bright nubile sound barrier principal's office
  03/30/06
$1000/mo beyond your rent isn't horrible, if you're includin...
Swollen striped hyena
  03/30/06
My wife and I live on $14K/yr, mostly because we do shopping...
Sinister violet space
  03/30/06
Where do you live in South Bend that you can get by for 2 pe...
Swollen striped hyena
  03/30/06
We rarely eat meat, have one car, one cell phone, no cable, ...
Sinister violet space
  03/30/06
depressing. what does she do all day?
bipolar giraffe church
  03/30/06
I love aldi!
Brindle wagecucks azn
  03/30/06
What's great about this thread is that it's already big and ...
Scarlet multi-colored library ladyboy
  03/30/06
any thread relating to me or that i make seems to hit 100 at...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
rent: 500 food and misc. purchases (like soap or whatever...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
Bus passes? Electricity? Shampoo and toothpaste?
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/30/06
ohhh yeah bus passes adds another 600 yearly. electricity...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
what about heating?
bipolar giraffe church
  03/30/06
included in rent :)
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
Sorry, I read that as electronics for some reason. I'm ta...
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/30/06
no, i eat out all the time. i never cook. but i dont eat any...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
You're telling me that a big guy like you could eat a $5 Chi...
excitant massive skinny woman
  03/30/06
yep. i dont require much food really. i think i have a low m...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
i call shenanigans. a pizza or chipotle is gonna run you ...
Electric Azure Dopamine
  03/30/06
i eat 1 meal a day, always.
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
How do you manage to eat out everyday for almost every meal ...
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/30/06
no entertainment at all? no movies, no sports tickets, no c...
bipolar giraffe church
  03/30/06
movies are such a ripoff. i'm not really interested in sp...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
what exactly do you do all day?
Electric Azure Dopamine
  03/30/06
work, go out to eat and read my paper (subscription is alway...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
food and misc. 220 combined. Holy crap.
Stimulating misunderstood area
  03/30/06
I do that in a week. Easily.
Flesh lay really tough guy
  08/17/06
you eat $50 in food a week? That can't be healthy. Do you ...
sable wonderful theatre
  03/30/06
i always eat out. i just do it only once a day and at fairly...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
Don what do you do on the weekends?
Scarlet multi-colored library ladyboy
  03/30/06
not a ton. i sleep a lot cuz i am tired from work. i take wa...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
Don doesn't have any hobbies, interests, or friends. This ...
big salmon stock car
  03/30/06
he sounds like the most useless human being ever born. D...
snowy unhinged generalized bond
  03/30/06
and you're so amazingly indispensable? come on. practically ...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
This is unfortunately true.
aromatic resort therapy
  03/30/06
titcr
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
well i'm interested in finance so i spend a certain amount o...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
This post was sad. What do you do with all the extra mone...
big salmon stock car
  03/30/06
save and invest. for that reason, if i got sick or laid off ...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
Do you think there will ever be a point where you'll feel se...
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/30/06
probably several million dollars.
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
"unless you count going to bars as a hobby." No...
big salmon stock car
  03/30/06
Yeah, young people have hobbies. boyfriend: corporate bas...
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  03/30/06
haha yeah i used to play a ton of basketball. maybe i sho...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
The point is, you can learn to read music, don. And there...
big salmon stock car
  03/30/06
What a miserable life.
transparent corner
  03/30/06
spending more doesnt make me much happier. when i travel for...
Cerise Forum
  03/30/06
whenever you're feeling blue, just bump this thread.
Arrogant Personal Credit Line
  08/17/06
Man, it is truly sad reading his bewilderment that other peo...
balding trip mexican idiot
  08/17/06
he has a strange and distant curiosity about playing basketb...
Arrogant Personal Credit Line
  08/17/06
With xoxo out of his life, he's probably involved in five di...
balding trip mexican idiot
  08/17/06
good point. losing xoxo was probably the best thing ever hap...
Arrogant Personal Credit Line
  08/17/06
He's probably balls deep in all the yiddish cooter he can ha...
Poppy love of her life
  08/17/06
ty for this
Flickering underhanded station
  11/23/06
He has walking.
beady-eyed institution
  08/17/06
Walking actually can be fun... But god knows it's not enoug...
razzle-dazzle cruise ship
  08/17/06
He'd also be thrilled at the prospect of free meals and no r...
bipolar giraffe church
  08/17/06
He would probably find the prison's expenditures on two extr...
Poppy love of her life
  08/17/06
happee t-giving don
motley rehab
  11/23/06


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Date: March 29th, 2006 6:24 PM
Author: avocado sanctuary mad cow disease

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: Heady bat shit crazy point

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: Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop

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: avocado sanctuary mad cow disease

no girl

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 6:36 PM
Author: Electric Azure Dopamine

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: passionate nursing home

porn3d.

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:43 PM
Author: irate mind-boggling persian

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: avocado sanctuary mad cow disease

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: Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop

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: Duck-like macaca

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: Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop

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: Duck-like macaca

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: Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop

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: Duck-like macaca

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: Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop

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: avocado sanctuary mad cow disease

wow

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:37 AM
Author: bright nubile sound barrier principal's office

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: razzle pale theater stage kitty cat

in wisconsin dude

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 8:18 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: Dun Cruel-hearted Background Story Dog Poop

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: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: razzle pale theater stage kitty cat

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: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: razzle pale theater stage kitty cat

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: Brindle wagecucks azn

Madison does.

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:53 AM
Author: Brindle wagecucks azn

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: Cerise Forum

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: Brindle wagecucks azn

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: Cerise Forum

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: bipolar giraffe church

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: Brindle wagecucks azn

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: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: Costumed Wrinkle Casino

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: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: bright nubile sound barrier principal's office

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: bipolar giraffe church

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: Turquoise domesticated affirmative action

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: Costumed Wrinkle Casino

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: irate mind-boggling persian

of biloxi?

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:48 PM
Author: Heady bat shit crazy point

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: irate mind-boggling persian

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: passionate nursing home

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: avocado sanctuary mad cow disease

V

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:48 PM
Author: stirring confused garrison jap

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: sable wonderful theatre

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: irate mind-boggling persian

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: sable wonderful theatre

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: bright nubile sound barrier principal's office

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: sable wonderful theatre

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: Talking toilet seat crotch

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: sable wonderful theatre

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: Filthy ocher hospital

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: territorial field boistinker

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: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: territorial field boistinker

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: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: territorial field boistinker

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: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: bipolar giraffe church

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: bright nubile sound barrier principal's office

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: territorial field boistinker

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: bright nubile sound barrier principal's office

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: Swollen striped hyena

$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: Sinister violet space

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: Swollen striped hyena

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: Sinister violet space

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: bipolar giraffe church

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: Brindle wagecucks azn

I love aldi!

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:59 AM
Author: Scarlet multi-colored library ladyboy

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: Cerise Forum

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: Cerise Forum

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: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: Cerise Forum

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: bipolar giraffe church

what about heating?

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:14 PM
Author: Cerise Forum

included in rent :)

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:14 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: Cerise Forum

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: excitant massive skinny woman

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: Cerise Forum

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: Electric Azure Dopamine

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: Cerise Forum

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: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: bipolar giraffe church

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: Cerise Forum

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: Electric Azure Dopamine

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: Cerise Forum

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: Stimulating misunderstood area

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: Flesh lay really tough guy

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: sable wonderful theatre

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: Cerise Forum

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: Scarlet multi-colored library ladyboy

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: Cerise Forum

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: big salmon stock car

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: snowy unhinged generalized bond

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: Cerise Forum

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: aromatic resort therapy

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: Cerise Forum

titcr

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:26 PM
Author: Cerise Forum

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: big salmon stock car

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: Cerise Forum

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: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: Cerise Forum

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: big salmon stock car

"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: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: Cerise Forum

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: big salmon stock car

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: transparent corner

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: Cerise Forum

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: Arrogant Personal Credit Line

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: balding trip mexican idiot

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: Arrogant Personal Credit Line

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: balding trip mexican idiot

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: Arrogant Personal Credit Line

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: Poppy love of her life

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: Flickering underhanded station

ty for this

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





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:24 PM
Author: beady-eyed institution

He has walking.

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





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:30 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: bipolar giraffe church

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: Poppy love of her life

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: motley rehab

happee t-giving don

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