Need help with good spending/saving habits

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  1. Colonel Ronan

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    I would like to thank torrents, though!
     
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    Become a hermit, live in your parent's basement and have no friends, social life, or leave the house. You'll have a huge stash of money.
     
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    That is the complete foil of my personality so no. Fuck that.
     
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    Mamba The King is Back Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Ah yeah, I've torn my room apart looking for that envelope once!

    I set goals with it. $500. I'll just put a little in it and check it every once in awhile. If it is @ $500 I'll go put $400 in the bank and restart.

    And yeah, JD for the win :]
     
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    Hm, so you basically put a hundred or so in every paycheck?

    I fucking hate JD but if it's there...
     
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    Hm, as long as he isn't too down your throat with the Christianity shit I'll give it a shot.
     
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    Reminder: the more money you make, the less you have to save!

    holla.
     
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    Ey! Bitch! Get that shit outta your sig! You like my cock.

    And uh JD is no bueno to drink but a great bottle to save in.
     
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    how often do you cook for yourself? and if I may ask, what is your monthly income after taxes? Because I can't imagine if you have a legit IT job(that sounds like what you're doing) on that kind of budget, you'd be losing much money.
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    THIS! THIS IS YOUR HOLE!

    200$ a month on just lunch?!
     
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    Yes, you're right.
     
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    ehizzy3 RIP mgb

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    Stop buying condoms, they add up...just go raw dawg
     
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    A few years ago I was working insane hours at work, like 70-80 hour weeks. I'd spend about $40-50 a day on meals. Fucking crazy. Blew so much money that way. you know, fuck it, I was stressed and I needed to eat sushi for lunch instead of eating shitty lunch meat sandwhiches from home.
     
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    Does anyone keep food in their cars? I was thinking protein shakes...kind of healthy, pretty cheap....easy to use it as a meal replacement?
     
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    Not going out saves a SHITLOAD of cash. I think that's the worst part.
     
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    If you're a contractor, make sure you write everything possible off. You can write off books, magazines, clothes, gas, home office, cell phones, etc.
     
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    you don't need shitty lunch meat sandwiches, you can make extra food for dinner and have LOTS of leftovers! I'm just starting to do this, and they taste quite a bit better than tv dinners and cheaper/healthier than eating out.
     
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    I just got laid off from Sun in November. Fuck them. 12 years. If Oracle has any brains they will get rid of all the Sun management. But from what I can tell, they aren't. Which is a huge mistake. Bunch of cock suckers.
     
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    I understand you are bitter but I actually rate their management staff (that being the ones directly above me). I don't know much about the big wigs.
     
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    Yeah, I'm bitter. I outlasted 20 or so RIF's in my time there, and BAM, the last RIF before the acquisition I get cut. The management from my immediate boss all the way up to the VP of WWOPS (world wide operations - Cindy Reese) are fuck sticks. It wasn't always like this, mind you. It used to be a great place to work. I was a full time employee. They're going to the contract model. Only temps. Good luck with that. I hope Oracle can turn things around for them because I have a ton of really good friends still there and I want them to keep their jobs.
     

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