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Don Barzini: Post your itemized Monthly Budget.

I want to see how you live so cheaply.
Bisexual spectacular forum
  03/29/06
it doesn't sound like he goes out to eat, drinking, partying...
floppy den black woman
  03/29/06
yeah, seriously. no tv, no phone, no bedsheets.
Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat
  03/29/06
no girl
Bisexual spectacular forum
  03/29/06
yah but there's that $10/mo bigcuties.com subscription
Rose Temple
  03/29/06
porn3d.
Appetizing charcoal preventive strike
  03/29/06
you know his non-itemized monthly budget?
trip black laser beams
  03/29/06
he said he lives on about 8k a year. I want him to break it ...
Bisexual spectacular forum
  03/29/06
8K for all his expenses? hmm.
Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat
  03/29/06
He must live with Mom or at the YMCA
laughsome mother ape
  03/29/06
no, he has an apartment in a pretty nice area. i think he...
Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat
  03/29/06
He spends a total of $666 a month and has an apartment in a ...
laughsome mother ape
  03/29/06
that's what he said. he takes public transport and doesn'...
Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat
  03/29/06
Does he live with 25 illegals in a shared 1 bedroom or somet...
laughsome mother ape
  03/29/06
oh, he also doesn't pay for internet service. leeches off h...
Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat
  03/29/06
wow
Bisexual spectacular forum
  03/30/06
Do you think he has electricity?
cocky flushed pisswyrm
  03/30/06
in wisconsin dude
azure lay fanboi
  03/29/06
That could be doable in Madison. It's probably not a plush ...
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/29/06
that still doesn't leave much for other expenses. like... f...
Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat
  03/29/06
I didn't do the math and realize that was the minimum he cou...
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/29/06
that's probably because they are all asian students and they...
azure lay fanboi
  03/29/06
Would that be the nicest area in town, though? Even well-of...
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/29/06
college towns don't have a rich neighborhood usually
azure lay fanboi
  03/29/06
Madison does.
exciting bawdyhouse
  03/30/06
Though it is hard for me to believe that he lives in any of ...
exciting bawdyhouse
  03/30/06
i dont live in shorewood. i live in university heights.
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
Where is that? I can't think offhand. Is that the area that...
exciting bawdyhouse
  03/30/06
it's a 500 studio. fancy neighborhood but no one speaks engl...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
He spends 6$/day on food. He only eats lunch, if I recall c...
Bonkers State
  03/30/06
No way. Apartments in Madison are expensive, especially in ...
exciting bawdyhouse
  03/30/06
Yeah, I read wrong. I was thinking $666 for an *apartment*....
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/30/06
When my boyfriend lived in an okay but not elite neighborhoo...
Rambunctious domesticated church building puppy
  03/30/06
He thinks furniture is a luxury item.
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/30/06
This is one of the keys: http://www.fedexfurniture.com/pictu...
cocky flushed pisswyrm
  03/30/06
God that was a funny conversation yesterday. Also remember ...
Bonkers State
  03/30/06
maybe don's living in whatyoudreamof's world.
sickened whorehouse travel guidebook
  03/30/06
Right, just like bathing and air.
Rambunctious domesticated church building puppy
  03/30/06
of biloxi?
trip black laser beams
  03/29/06
i lived on about 10k/year in college.
floppy den black woman
  03/29/06
jesus. that's substantially less than my housing budget.
trip black laser beams
  03/29/06
it's about mine.
Appetizing charcoal preventive strike
  03/29/06
V
Bisexual spectacular forum
  03/29/06
8k a year =/=kill self
Mind-boggling cuckold
  03/29/06
wow. I am embarassed to say that I spend that in a month.
slippery silver school marketing idea
  03/29/06
hot damn. itemize yours for us?
trip black laser beams
  03/29/06
2,500 rent 1,000 car payment 250 for parking spot 550 for...
slippery silver school marketing idea
  03/30/06
You go on 12 trips per year?
cocky flushed pisswyrm
  03/30/06
no, but some cost more than 1k
slippery silver school marketing idea
  03/30/06
you spend 96k a year on living expenses? Or you mean you li...
Misanthropic aphrodisiac old irish cottage
  03/30/06
My wife and I spend about 90k a year, give or take.
slippery silver school marketing idea
  03/30/06
can you answer this don, i wouldn't mind some pointers on sa...
well-lubricated cheese-eating stock car area
  03/30/06
God what a miserable existence. I also hate myself for li...
Cruel-hearted Soul-stirring Circlehead
  03/30/06
Yeah, I'm terrible. I spent more than that on living expens...
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/30/06
more than 30K in Minn? My rent is about $18K a year, and ...
Cruel-hearted Soul-stirring Circlehead
  03/30/06
No, no, but more than the $8,000 don spends as a working adu...
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/30/06
I may have a chance to jump on a rent controlled 1 bedroom (...
Cruel-hearted Soul-stirring Circlehead
  03/30/06
If you don't want it, I'll take it.
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/30/06
Ill take it too. And I dont even live in NY
Bonkers State
  03/30/06
What do you put on your credit card? That seems like a lot ...
cocky flushed pisswyrm
  03/30/06
I put everything on my credit card. I go out twice a week...
Cruel-hearted Soul-stirring Circlehead
  03/30/06
I think it must be the booze that gets you that high. I s...
cocky flushed pisswyrm
  03/30/06
$1000/mo beyond your rent isn't horrible, if you're includin...
poppy slimy alpha jew
  03/30/06
My wife and I live on $14K/yr, mostly because we do shopping...
amethyst arrogant chapel antidepressant drug
  03/30/06
Where do you live in South Bend that you can get by for 2 pe...
poppy slimy alpha jew
  03/30/06
We rarely eat meat, have one car, one cell phone, no cable, ...
amethyst arrogant chapel antidepressant drug
  03/30/06
depressing. what does she do all day?
Bonkers State
  03/30/06
I love aldi!
exciting bawdyhouse
  03/30/06
What's great about this thread is that it's already big and ...
diverse vermilion azn dog poop
  03/30/06
any thread relating to me or that i make seems to hit 100 at...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
rent: 500 food and misc. purchases (like soap or whatever...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
Bus passes? Electricity? Shampoo and toothpaste?
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/30/06
ohhh yeah bus passes adds another 600 yearly. electricity...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
what about heating?
Bonkers State
  03/30/06
included in rent :)
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
Sorry, I read that as electronics for some reason. I'm ta...
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/30/06
no, i eat out all the time. i never cook. but i dont eat any...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
You're telling me that a big guy like you could eat a $5 Chi...
ebony address
  03/30/06
yep. i dont require much food really. i think i have a low m...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
i call shenanigans. a pizza or chipotle is gonna run you ...
Rose Temple
  03/30/06
i eat 1 meal a day, always.
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
How do you manage to eat out everyday for almost every meal ...
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/30/06
no entertainment at all? no movies, no sports tickets, no c...
Bonkers State
  03/30/06
movies are such a ripoff. i'm not really interested in sp...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
what exactly do you do all day?
Rose Temple
  03/30/06
work, go out to eat and read my paper (subscription is alway...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
food and misc. 220 combined. Holy crap.
topaz histrionic coffee pot new version
  03/30/06
I do that in a week. Easily.
comical lime hospital
  08/17/06
you eat $50 in food a week? That can't be healthy. Do you ...
slippery silver school marketing idea
  03/30/06
i always eat out. i just do it only once a day and at fairly...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
Don what do you do on the weekends?
diverse vermilion azn dog poop
  03/30/06
not a ton. i sleep a lot cuz i am tired from work. i take wa...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
Don doesn't have any hobbies, interests, or friends. This ...
Disrespectful university
  03/30/06
he sounds like the most useless human being ever born. D...
Supple Saffron Mood
  03/30/06
and you're so amazingly indispensable? come on. practically ...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
This is unfortunately true.
chestnut nursing home
  03/30/06
titcr
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
well i'm interested in finance so i spend a certain amount o...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
This post was sad. What do you do with all the extra mone...
Disrespectful university
  03/30/06
save and invest. for that reason, if i got sick or laid off ...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
Do you think there will ever be a point where you'll feel se...
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/30/06
probably several million dollars.
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
"unless you count going to bars as a hobby." No...
Disrespectful university
  03/30/06
Yeah, young people have hobbies. boyfriend: corporate bas...
brindle vibrant private investor
  03/30/06
haha yeah i used to play a ton of basketball. maybe i sho...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
The point is, you can learn to read music, don. And there...
Disrespectful university
  03/30/06
What a miserable life.
Tantric arousing menage
  03/30/06
spending more doesnt make me much happier. when i travel for...
pale fragrant parlor
  03/30/06
whenever you're feeling blue, just bump this thread.
Citrine ticket booth tank
  08/17/06
Man, it is truly sad reading his bewilderment that other peo...
boyish aqua idea he suggested
  08/17/06
he has a strange and distant curiosity about playing basketb...
Citrine ticket booth tank
  08/17/06
With xoxo out of his life, he's probably involved in five di...
boyish aqua idea he suggested
  08/17/06
good point. losing xoxo was probably the best thing ever hap...
Citrine ticket booth tank
  08/17/06
He's probably balls deep in all the yiddish cooter he can ha...
startled round eye
  08/17/06
ty for this
mahogany talented national
  11/23/06
He has walking.
fluffy garrison lettuce
  08/17/06
Walking actually can be fun... But god knows it's not enoug...
brindle vibrant private investor
  08/17/06
He'd also be thrilled at the prospect of free meals and no r...
Bonkers State
  08/17/06
He would probably find the prison's expenditures on two extr...
startled round eye
  08/17/06
happee t-giving don
exhilarant low-t police squad theater
  11/23/06


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Date: March 29th, 2006 6:24 PM
Author: Bisexual spectacular forum

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: floppy den black woman

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: Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat

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: Bisexual spectacular forum

no girl

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 6:36 PM
Author: Rose Temple

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: Appetizing charcoal preventive strike

porn3d.

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:43 PM
Author: trip black laser beams

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: Bisexual spectacular forum

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: Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat

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: laughsome mother ape

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: Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat

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: laughsome mother ape

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: Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat

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: laughsome mother ape

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: Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat

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: Bisexual spectacular forum

wow

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:37 AM
Author: cocky flushed pisswyrm

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 lay fanboi

in wisconsin dude

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 8:18 PM
Author: brindle vibrant private investor

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: Passionate Soggy Indian Lodge Toilet Seat

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: brindle vibrant private investor

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 lay fanboi

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: brindle vibrant private investor

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 lay fanboi

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: exciting bawdyhouse

Madison does.

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:53 AM
Author: exciting bawdyhouse

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: exciting bawdyhouse

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: Bonkers State

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: exciting bawdyhouse

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: brindle vibrant private investor

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: Rambunctious domesticated church building puppy

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: brindle vibrant private investor

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: cocky flushed pisswyrm

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: Bonkers State

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: sickened whorehouse travel guidebook

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: Rambunctious domesticated church building puppy

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: trip black laser beams

of biloxi?

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:48 PM
Author: floppy den black woman

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: trip black laser beams

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: Appetizing charcoal preventive strike

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: Bisexual spectacular forum

V

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:48 PM
Author: Mind-boggling cuckold

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: slippery silver school marketing idea

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: trip black laser beams

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: slippery silver school marketing idea

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: cocky flushed pisswyrm

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: slippery silver school marketing idea

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: Misanthropic aphrodisiac old irish cottage

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: slippery silver school marketing idea

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: well-lubricated cheese-eating stock car area

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: Cruel-hearted Soul-stirring Circlehead

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: brindle vibrant private investor

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: Cruel-hearted Soul-stirring Circlehead

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: brindle vibrant private investor

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: Cruel-hearted Soul-stirring Circlehead

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: brindle vibrant private investor

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: Bonkers State

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: cocky flushed pisswyrm

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: Cruel-hearted Soul-stirring Circlehead

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: cocky flushed pisswyrm

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: poppy slimy alpha jew

$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: amethyst arrogant chapel antidepressant drug

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: poppy slimy alpha jew

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: amethyst arrogant chapel antidepressant drug

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: Bonkers State

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: exciting bawdyhouse

I love aldi!

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:59 AM
Author: diverse vermilion azn dog poop

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: brindle vibrant private investor

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: Bonkers State

what about heating?

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:14 PM
Author: pale fragrant parlor

included in rent :)

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:14 PM
Author: brindle vibrant private investor

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: ebony address

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: Rose Temple

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: brindle vibrant private investor

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: Bonkers State

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: Rose Temple

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: topaz histrionic coffee pot new version

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: comical lime hospital

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: slippery silver school marketing idea

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: diverse vermilion azn dog poop

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: Disrespectful university

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: Supple Saffron Mood

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: chestnut nursing home

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: pale fragrant parlor

titcr

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:26 PM
Author: pale fragrant parlor

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: Disrespectful university

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: brindle vibrant private investor

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: Disrespectful university

"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: brindle vibrant private investor

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: Disrespectful university

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: Tantric arousing menage

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: pale fragrant parlor

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: Citrine ticket booth tank

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: boyish aqua idea he suggested

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: Citrine ticket booth tank

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: boyish aqua idea he suggested

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: Citrine ticket booth tank

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: startled round eye

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: mahogany talented national

ty for this

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





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:24 PM
Author: fluffy garrison lettuce

He has walking.

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





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:30 PM
Author: brindle vibrant private investor

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: Bonkers State

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: startled round eye

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: exhilarant low-t police squad theater

happee t-giving don

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