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Don Barzini: Post your itemized Monthly Budget.

I want to see how you live so cheaply.
brass ticket booth
  03/29/06
it doesn't sound like he goes out to eat, drinking, partying...
Walnut Library Giraffe
  03/29/06
yeah, seriously. no tv, no phone, no bedsheets.
Razzmatazz foreskin
  03/29/06
no girl
brass ticket booth
  03/29/06
yah but there's that $10/mo bigcuties.com subscription
yellow vivacious business firm
  03/29/06
porn3d.
Passionate jet-lagged parlor sneaky criminal
  03/29/06
you know his non-itemized monthly budget?
henna generalized bond athletic conference
  03/29/06
he said he lives on about 8k a year. I want him to break it ...
brass ticket booth
  03/29/06
8K for all his expenses? hmm.
Razzmatazz foreskin
  03/29/06
He must live with Mom or at the YMCA
crimson indian lodge
  03/29/06
no, he has an apartment in a pretty nice area. i think he...
Razzmatazz foreskin
  03/29/06
He spends a total of $666 a month and has an apartment in a ...
crimson indian lodge
  03/29/06
that's what he said. he takes public transport and doesn'...
Razzmatazz foreskin
  03/29/06
Does he live with 25 illegals in a shared 1 bedroom or somet...
crimson indian lodge
  03/29/06
oh, he also doesn't pay for internet service. leeches off h...
Razzmatazz foreskin
  03/29/06
wow
brass ticket booth
  03/30/06
Do you think he has electricity?
magenta exciting hominid fanboi
  03/30/06
in wisconsin dude
arousing principal's office
  03/29/06
That could be doable in Madison. It's probably not a plush ...
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/29/06
that still doesn't leave much for other expenses. like... f...
Razzmatazz foreskin
  03/29/06
I didn't do the math and realize that was the minimum he cou...
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/29/06
that's probably because they are all asian students and they...
arousing principal's office
  03/29/06
Would that be the nicest area in town, though? Even well-of...
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/29/06
college towns don't have a rich neighborhood usually
arousing principal's office
  03/29/06
Madison does.
Cheese-eating demanding regret field
  03/30/06
Though it is hard for me to believe that he lives in any of ...
Cheese-eating demanding regret field
  03/30/06
i dont live in shorewood. i live in university heights.
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
Where is that? I can't think offhand. Is that the area that...
Cheese-eating demanding regret field
  03/30/06
it's a 500 studio. fancy neighborhood but no one speaks engl...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
He spends 6$/day on food. He only eats lunch, if I recall c...
judgmental white karate
  03/30/06
No way. Apartments in Madison are expensive, especially in ...
Cheese-eating demanding regret field
  03/30/06
Yeah, I read wrong. I was thinking $666 for an *apartment*....
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/30/06
When my boyfriend lived in an okay but not elite neighborhoo...
Shimmering haunting jew location
  03/30/06
He thinks furniture is a luxury item.
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/30/06
This is one of the keys: http://www.fedexfurniture.com/pictu...
magenta exciting hominid fanboi
  03/30/06
God that was a funny conversation yesterday. Also remember ...
judgmental white karate
  03/30/06
maybe don's living in whatyoudreamof's world.
Wonderful Greedy Idiot Round Eye
  03/30/06
Right, just like bathing and air.
Shimmering haunting jew location
  03/30/06
of biloxi?
henna generalized bond athletic conference
  03/29/06
i lived on about 10k/year in college.
Walnut Library Giraffe
  03/29/06
jesus. that's substantially less than my housing budget.
henna generalized bond athletic conference
  03/29/06
it's about mine.
Passionate jet-lagged parlor sneaky criminal
  03/29/06
V
brass ticket booth
  03/29/06
8k a year =/=kill self
Charismatic locale volcanic crater
  03/29/06
wow. I am embarassed to say that I spend that in a month.
Lascivious ladyboy
  03/29/06
hot damn. itemize yours for us?
henna generalized bond athletic conference
  03/29/06
2,500 rent 1,000 car payment 250 for parking spot 550 for...
Lascivious ladyboy
  03/30/06
You go on 12 trips per year?
magenta exciting hominid fanboi
  03/30/06
no, but some cost more than 1k
Lascivious ladyboy
  03/30/06
you spend 96k a year on living expenses? Or you mean you li...
Aggressive hell boiling water
  03/30/06
My wife and I spend about 90k a year, give or take.
Lascivious ladyboy
  03/30/06
can you answer this don, i wouldn't mind some pointers on sa...
Disturbing contagious lodge candlestick maker
  03/30/06
God what a miserable existence. I also hate myself for li...
ebony quadroon dilemma
  03/30/06
Yeah, I'm terrible. I spent more than that on living expens...
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/30/06
more than 30K in Minn? My rent is about $18K a year, and ...
ebony quadroon dilemma
  03/30/06
No, no, but more than the $8,000 don spends as a working adu...
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/30/06
I may have a chance to jump on a rent controlled 1 bedroom (...
ebony quadroon dilemma
  03/30/06
If you don't want it, I'll take it.
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/30/06
Ill take it too. And I dont even live in NY
judgmental white karate
  03/30/06
What do you put on your credit card? That seems like a lot ...
magenta exciting hominid fanboi
  03/30/06
I put everything on my credit card. I go out twice a week...
ebony quadroon dilemma
  03/30/06
I think it must be the booze that gets you that high. I s...
magenta exciting hominid fanboi
  03/30/06
$1000/mo beyond your rent isn't horrible, if you're includin...
low-t burgundy chad police squad
  03/30/06
My wife and I live on $14K/yr, mostly because we do shopping...
Slate Main People
  03/30/06
Where do you live in South Bend that you can get by for 2 pe...
low-t burgundy chad police squad
  03/30/06
We rarely eat meat, have one car, one cell phone, no cable, ...
Slate Main People
  03/30/06
depressing. what does she do all day?
judgmental white karate
  03/30/06
I love aldi!
Cheese-eating demanding regret field
  03/30/06
What's great about this thread is that it's already big and ...
Crystalline Mood Range
  03/30/06
any thread relating to me or that i make seems to hit 100 at...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
rent: 500 food and misc. purchases (like soap or whatever...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
Bus passes? Electricity? Shampoo and toothpaste?
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/30/06
ohhh yeah bus passes adds another 600 yearly. electricity...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
what about heating?
judgmental white karate
  03/30/06
included in rent :)
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
Sorry, I read that as electronics for some reason. I'm ta...
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/30/06
no, i eat out all the time. i never cook. but i dont eat any...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
You're telling me that a big guy like you could eat a $5 Chi...
fragrant spruce cuckold
  03/30/06
yep. i dont require much food really. i think i have a low m...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
i call shenanigans. a pizza or chipotle is gonna run you ...
yellow vivacious business firm
  03/30/06
i eat 1 meal a day, always.
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
How do you manage to eat out everyday for almost every meal ...
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/30/06
no entertainment at all? no movies, no sports tickets, no c...
judgmental white karate
  03/30/06
movies are such a ripoff. i'm not really interested in sp...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
what exactly do you do all day?
yellow vivacious business firm
  03/30/06
work, go out to eat and read my paper (subscription is alway...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
food and misc. 220 combined. Holy crap.
Obsidian bateful spot trust fund
  03/30/06
I do that in a week. Easily.
At-the-ready Senate Wagecucks
  08/17/06
you eat $50 in food a week? That can't be healthy. Do you ...
Lascivious ladyboy
  03/30/06
i always eat out. i just do it only once a day and at fairly...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
Don what do you do on the weekends?
Crystalline Mood Range
  03/30/06
not a ton. i sleep a lot cuz i am tired from work. i take wa...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
Don doesn't have any hobbies, interests, or friends. This ...
flirting rambunctious toaster tattoo
  03/30/06
he sounds like the most useless human being ever born. D...
Silver idea he suggested
  03/30/06
and you're so amazingly indispensable? come on. practically ...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
This is unfortunately true.
Heady Crackhouse
  03/30/06
titcr
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
well i'm interested in finance so i spend a certain amount o...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
This post was sad. What do you do with all the extra mone...
flirting rambunctious toaster tattoo
  03/30/06
save and invest. for that reason, if i got sick or laid off ...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
Do you think there will ever be a point where you'll feel se...
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/30/06
probably several million dollars.
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
"unless you count going to bars as a hobby." No...
flirting rambunctious toaster tattoo
  03/30/06
Yeah, young people have hobbies. boyfriend: corporate bas...
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  03/30/06
haha yeah i used to play a ton of basketball. maybe i sho...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
The point is, you can learn to read music, don. And there...
flirting rambunctious toaster tattoo
  03/30/06
What a miserable life.
multi-colored bronze roommate
  03/30/06
spending more doesnt make me much happier. when i travel for...
Electric Plaza Faggotry
  03/30/06
whenever you're feeling blue, just bump this thread.
Flickering violet corn cake
  08/17/06
Man, it is truly sad reading his bewilderment that other peo...
aphrodisiac dingle berry stag film
  08/17/06
he has a strange and distant curiosity about playing basketb...
Flickering violet corn cake
  08/17/06
With xoxo out of his life, he's probably involved in five di...
aphrodisiac dingle berry stag film
  08/17/06
good point. losing xoxo was probably the best thing ever hap...
Flickering violet corn cake
  08/17/06
He's probably balls deep in all the yiddish cooter he can ha...
Diverse Market
  08/17/06
ty for this
Fishy Rehab
  11/23/06
He has walking.
Glittery degenerate
  08/17/06
Walking actually can be fun... But god knows it's not enoug...
Big Legal Warrant Locus
  08/17/06
He'd also be thrilled at the prospect of free meals and no r...
judgmental white karate
  08/17/06
He would probably find the prison's expenditures on two extr...
Diverse Market
  08/17/06
happee t-giving don
stimulating nursing home
  11/23/06


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Date: March 29th, 2006 6:24 PM
Author: brass ticket booth

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: Walnut Library Giraffe

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: Razzmatazz foreskin

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: brass ticket booth

no girl

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 6:36 PM
Author: yellow vivacious business firm

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 jet-lagged parlor sneaky criminal

porn3d.

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:43 PM
Author: henna generalized bond athletic conference

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: brass ticket booth

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: Razzmatazz foreskin

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: crimson indian lodge

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: Razzmatazz foreskin

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: crimson indian lodge

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: Razzmatazz foreskin

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: crimson indian lodge

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: Razzmatazz foreskin

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: brass ticket booth

wow

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:37 AM
Author: magenta exciting hominid fanboi

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: arousing principal's office

in wisconsin dude

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 8:18 PM
Author: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: Razzmatazz foreskin

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: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: arousing principal's office

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: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: arousing principal's office

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: Cheese-eating demanding regret field

Madison does.

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:53 AM
Author: Cheese-eating demanding regret field

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: Cheese-eating demanding regret field

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: judgmental white karate

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: Cheese-eating demanding regret field

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: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: Shimmering haunting jew location

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: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: magenta exciting hominid fanboi

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: judgmental white karate

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: Wonderful Greedy Idiot Round Eye

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: Shimmering haunting jew location

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: henna generalized bond athletic conference

of biloxi?

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:48 PM
Author: Walnut Library Giraffe

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: henna generalized bond athletic conference

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 jet-lagged parlor sneaky criminal

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: brass ticket booth

V

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





Date: March 29th, 2006 7:48 PM
Author: Charismatic locale volcanic crater

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: Lascivious ladyboy

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: henna generalized bond athletic conference

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: Lascivious ladyboy

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: magenta exciting hominid fanboi

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: Lascivious ladyboy

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: Aggressive hell boiling water

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: Lascivious ladyboy

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: Disturbing contagious lodge candlestick maker

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: ebony quadroon dilemma

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: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: ebony quadroon dilemma

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: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: ebony quadroon dilemma

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: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: judgmental white karate

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: magenta exciting hominid fanboi

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: ebony quadroon dilemma

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: magenta exciting hominid fanboi

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: low-t burgundy chad police squad

$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: Slate Main People

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: low-t burgundy chad police squad

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: Slate Main People

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: judgmental white karate

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: Cheese-eating demanding regret field

I love aldi!

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 9:59 AM
Author: Crystalline Mood Range

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: judgmental white karate

what about heating?

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:14 PM
Author: Electric Plaza Faggotry

included in rent :)

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:14 PM
Author: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: fragrant spruce cuckold

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: yellow vivacious business firm

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: judgmental white karate

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: yellow vivacious business firm

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: Obsidian bateful spot trust fund

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: At-the-ready Senate Wagecucks

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: Lascivious ladyboy

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: Crystalline Mood Range

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: flirting rambunctious toaster tattoo

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: Silver idea he suggested

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: Heady Crackhouse

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

titcr

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





Date: March 30th, 2006 1:26 PM
Author: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: flirting rambunctious toaster tattoo

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: flirting rambunctious toaster tattoo

"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: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: flirting rambunctious toaster tattoo

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: multi-colored bronze roommate

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: Electric Plaza Faggotry

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: Flickering violet corn cake

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: aphrodisiac dingle berry stag film

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: Flickering violet corn cake

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: aphrodisiac dingle berry stag film

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: Flickering violet corn cake

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: Diverse Market

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: Fishy Rehab

ty for this

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





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:24 PM
Author: Glittery degenerate

He has walking.

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





Date: August 17th, 2006 1:30 PM
Author: Big Legal Warrant Locus

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: judgmental white karate

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: Diverse Market

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: stimulating nursing home

happee t-giving don

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