Para?noid on 20/10/2006 at 13:41
ALSO GET BUCKET
SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE BUCKET AT ALL TIMES. BUCKET GOOD. BUCKET SAVE LIVES
lord_vader on 20/10/2006 at 14:07
Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer
I spend around $200AU a week on groceries. Do I win a prize?
Yep, as do I. We also have a garden for all the vegetables and still manage 200 AUD a week. Eat well, fools.
henke on 20/10/2006 at 16:57
Quote Posted by Para?noid
ALSO GET BUCKET
Yeah if nothing else you can kick it when things get real bad.
The Alchemist on 20/10/2006 at 18:48
I disagree about the credit card thing though. I dont know about other places but in the States if you dont have good credit you might as well be broke as far as merchants are concerned. Get a credit card, just know when and how to use it. Dont spend it like some invisible flow of cash, never spend more than you make, infact try not to use it for big purchases. Use it for small every day things like groceries so that you build credit, and just pay it in time so that it doesnt accrue interest. More over, you can transfer your balance to a new credit card, so sign up for one of those 0% APR for the first 6 months dealies then transfer your balance to another 0% APR deal when the time runs out.
ilweran on 20/10/2006 at 20:06
Quote Posted by TheGreatGodPan
I hear in Italy the norm is to live at home until you're about thirty or something.
It's getting that way in the UK.
If it makes anyone feel better I'm 29 and me & my boyfriend live with my parents. Used to pay rent but my parents said we should save it instead as we're hoping to move out next year.
I do know how to do laundry, can cook the important things- pasta and stir-fries- and can manage money reasonably well.
Nicker on 21/10/2006 at 01:45
True enough Alchemist. I was going for the sound bite and, predictably, missed the nuance.
And the bucket. I was profoundly neglegent to have missed that too... sigh.
AR Master on 21/10/2006 at 02:32
Keep a handgun under your pillow or near your bed. Then you can use it if someone breaks in to steal your 1980's chinaware or dirty fork, you can use the butt of the gun to drive tacks in the wall to hang up THROBBING GRISTLE posters, or it's always there if the cops are on to you/life's not worth living any more.
Turtle on 21/10/2006 at 04:05
Sypha's MIA.
I think he got lost trying to find a copy of the Apartment Guide and then died of a papercut when he finally found it.
Sypha Nadon on 21/10/2006 at 04:35
Not MIA... I got what I needed to get from the first two pages of this thread, and I have nothing left to add to the subject at the moment.
aguywhoplaysthief on 21/10/2006 at 05:09
Except answer my question.
