pb4uski
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+1 I tried it too... jury is out but it seems to work.
I may try that. Then again, I already save on my blades............'coz I only shave a couple of times a week.+1 I tried it too... jury is out but it seems to work.
When I first read this I thought.... "Why would he not drink water at home?"1. Wife and I only drink water when we go out to Resturants.
5. I've actually walked into Brooks Brothers (before a date) purchased a shirt or tie - and after the date - took it back and got my money back.
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9. When staying at a hotel or work, I will take the toilet paper. Some people take towels and soaps. I try to get a roll of toilet paper for each day of my stays.
No coffee filters for me. No pods either.
For those living in the desert S.W. one should use the "if it's yellow let it mellow"process ........
"and, if it's brown, flush it down."
My SO absolutely would not stand for that... she would get upset if I used the bathroom overnight and waited until the morning to flush.
Maybe it is regional; I have no idea.
They aren't going to knock on your door and ask you to come to dinner. But local mom'n'pop neighborhood restaurants that serve good, home cooked, nutritious food just do not seem to exist where you live no matter how long you search, and you have actually put some genuine work into asking around among your friends, relatives, and online, researching, and trying to find a place that that doesn't cost an arm and a leg for a cup of soup or side salad or half a sandwich with water to drink, then I guess that's a problem. If you are eating more than that when you eat lunch out, then your concept of "meal" vs "feast" differs from ours. If you aren't, then your location might present a great opportunity for a young, ambitious cook.
Lunch here in a middle of the road place easily will run $15-$25 dollars with tax and tip, for such things as a burger and fries, tuna melt, salad, etc. Same with breakfast, even in a "greasy spoon." We could only do fast food for $7-8. So I think the area of the country means a lot in thinking about these prices.
So, get the chef salad and split it with one of your pals. Get water to drink. Your bill would be $3.48 plus tax, say maybe $3.80. Add a $2 tip (>50%), and you're out of there for a total of $5.80. I don't see what the problem is, except that you are eating and drinking several times as much as we do. Right now, you are spending more on three beers when you go there, than we would spend for our entire lunch. As you point out, shooting the bull is the whole point, not stuffing yourself, and you can converse for free for as long as you like.I go to lunch once a week with some other retired buddies. We frequent local places, with good food and inexpensive beer (Hey, it's just once a week). At one local tavern I can get a really good burger for $2.75, and I can add a side for $2 if I am really hungry. And $2 beers (costs more than water, but the same price as a soda). They also have a great chef salad for $6.95.
You could get out here with a burger, side, and a beer for the price of many "meal deals" at the fast food places. (Well maybe the tip adds a little more)
Lunch, 2-3 beers, tax and a (generous) tip $15-20.
Three hours of shooting the bull with your buddies: Priceless
And then there was the time DW took the leftover deodorant bits and melted them in the microwave to reload the stick!
Fear not, you can retire and still afford deodorant.posts like this make me want to keep w*rking
So, get the chef salad and split it with one of your pals. Get water to drink. Your bill would be $3.48 plus tax, say maybe $3.80. Add a $2 tip (>50%), and you're out of there for a total of $5.80. I don't see what the problem is, except that you are eating and drinking several times as much as we do. Right now, you are spending more on three beers when you go there, than we would spend for our entire lunch. As you point out, shooting the bull is the whole point, not stuffing yourself, and you can converse for free for as long as you like.
There's a difference between "living" and "surviving".
There's a difference between "living" and "surviving".
We don't feel we need to feast every single day to be living. That would be so depressing!
Instead, we just eat lunch. And take a lot of criticism for doing so, by people who think it's impossible to eat without ordering everything on the menu.
Most restaurants serve over twice what a person needs, because they make more money that way. We simply circumvent that by sharing, or by taking half home.
.....I meant the beer part.
Makes sense to me...Am I cheap or frugal? Whenever I pick up a burger to eat at home, I get it without cheese and add the cheese when I get home. Of course I can afford the 50 cents extra for cheese, but I just don't like paying for it when there are cheese slices that I already paid 15 cents for in my fridge...
This discussion has moved into the "Twilight Zone ".
Okay , Her is my LBYM's . I recently purchased a red and brown coach bag for $160.00 instead of buying one for $450.00. It was such a great purchase that I bought my daughter one also so I saved $580 .00. Talk about LBYM .
Okay , Her is my LBYM's . I recently purchased a red and brown coach bag for $160.00 instead of buying one for $450.00. It was such a great purchase that I bought my daughter one also so I saved $580 .00. Talk about LBYM .