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potatoducks posted:Nothing wrong with that. Money exists to be spent. Have a good time. B-but, that's like three weeks of savings!!! Actually, that makes me feel a lot better.
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Don't feel too bad. The wife just bought a $270 pair of Steve Maddens today.
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spwrozek posted:Don't feel too bad. The wife just bought a $270 pair of Steve Maddens today. Don't they sell Maddens in Target? How is that even possible?
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For the last two months my diet has been overwhelmingly brown rice, canned chickpeas, canned black beans, canned peas, and protein powder. My savings are up and my weight is down. It is crazy how much money I've saved.
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:For the last two months my diet has been overwhelmingly brown rice, canned chickpeas, canned black beans, canned peas, and protein powder. ...And that's how I got the scurvy. No room in the budget for costly limes 
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:For the last two months my diet has been overwhelmingly brown rice, canned chickpeas, canned black beans, canned peas, and protein powder. I'm on board with this, but drop 20 cents a day on a good multivitamin.
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Mar 9, 2015 13:29
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Eat a piece of fruit every once in awhile, bro! Bananas are cheap.
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Not just scurvy, scurvy AND osteoporosis.
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Taco Box posted:...And that's how I got the scurvy. No room in the budget for costly limes a real money saver would be using lemons, since lime prices are way up due to cartel shakedowns of lime producers in mexico.
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No Butt Stuff posted:a real money saver would be using lemons, since lime prices are way up due to cartel shakedowns of lime producers in mexico. Actually the best saver is making tea from pine needles. That's how some of the original native americans helped the original immigrants get over scurvy. Super high in Vitamin C.
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poopinmymouth posted:Actually the best saver is making tea from pine needles. That's how some of the original native americans helped the original immigrants get over scurvy. Super high in Vitamin C. brb, telling my wife to remove lemons from the shopping list. supplements are probably cheaper than lemons too. the entire lemon marketing scheme is a ruse.
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Some kinds of pine can abort fetuses when consumed so maybe do some research before grabbing a handful of needles. Pine tea is a good thing tho, just some kinds of conifer will hurt you. 100 HOGS AGREE fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Mar 9, 2015 |
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100 HOGS AGREE posted:Some kinds of pine can abort fetuses when consumed so maybe do some research before grabbing a handful of needles. Sounds good with money to me.
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Pine Needles? Love it. Time to take this diet to the next level: Freeganism
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Dessert Rose posted:Sounds good with money to me. Pulling out and holistic abortions: a BFC success story
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I'd like to set up a little bonsai tree at my desk that I can occasionally take bites out of. Any recommendations re. self-sustaining al desko nutrition (particularly tasty barks to consider, etc)?
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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spincube posted:I'd like to set up a little bonsai tree at my desk that I can occasionally take bites out of. Any recommendations re. self-sustaining al desko nutrition (particularly tasty barks to consider, etc)? Look at this scrub. Feed the ascorbic vegetation with a fish tank full of sardines, pumping the clean water back to the sardines. Then eat the sardines whole and raw for their protein and B-12. Just dunk your hand in whenever you need a snack.
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I feel super dumb saying this and I almost posted in the "bad with money" thread instead, but here goes... So, I started a job at a new restaurant about four months ago. I make pretty good money for the service industry, because I have a lot of experience and I live in the Bay Area. Without disclosing too much, I am an unmarried woman with no dependents. I happened to take a closer look at my paystub and I'm paying ~37% of my net income in taxes at the moment. I don't object to paying taxes. I love libraries, roads, schools, etc. but I feel like that at that percentage of my income, I ought to be living in some fantastic socialist utopia rather than just existing in SF. Without any special payouts or circumstances and making what I do, that seems like an absurdly high proportion of my income to be paying? Am I incorrect? Or just out of touch? E: I suppose a ballpark income is necessary... I make ~48k at my primary job on average (guaranteed 2 days a week, usually work 3 or 4) plus extra side jobs, (i'm also in school for 14 units) but I'm just going off this one paycheck for my main job. Not trying to hide income or do anything sketchy but nearly 40% seems really high. MAKE NO BABBYS fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Mar 10, 2015 |
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Make sure your withholdings are correct, I guess? That sounds high to me and I am also from CA.
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:I feel super dumb saying this and I almost posted in the "bad with money" thread instead, but here goes...
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moana posted:Make sure your withholdings are correct, I guess? That sounds high to me and I am also from CA. I just filled out the standard form (W4?) for a single woman with no dependents, I can ask at work to adjust but I'm not really sure what grounds I'd have to do so... Genuinely, my employer is fantastic and I don't think they're doing anything weird with my hours or pay. I just happened to spend some time looking at the deductions and it seemed really, really high.
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No Butt Stuff posted:brb, telling my wife to remove lemons from the shopping list. Supplements aren't regulated (in the US) and oftentimes don't even contain the poo poo they have written on the bottle. If they do have the poo poo written on the bottle there's no guarantee it's in a bioavailable form and you may just end up pissing it all out unused. You're way better off browsing the produce section for whatever fruits and veg are dirt cheap that week - I routinely get fruit for well under $1.00/lb and veg for as low as $0.20/lb. You just have to be open to trying/cooking new things every week, which is good because a varied diet is the best anyway. Organic is pretty much all bullshit from a health perspective and it's not clear how helpful it is from an enviornmental perspective, so feel free to ignore it and get the dirt cheap produce. There's a whole thread on cheap eating in GWS that will keep your wallet light and keep you healthy, it starts off a bit slow because the op is just a question but it's well worth your time to read through it for money saving ideas.
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:40% tax question I think the taxation varies by state, maybe a server or bartender from CA would have a better idea.
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:I just filled out the standard form (W4?) for a single woman with no dependents, I can ask at work to adjust but I'm not really sure what grounds I'd have to do so... Genuinely, my employer is fantastic and I don't think they're doing anything weird with my hours or pay. I just happened to spend some time looking at the deductions and it seemed really, really high.
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Has Mint been sucking for anyone else lately? It takes forever to update and it can't recognize my mortgage as a mortgage for some reason...
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Sephiroth_IRA posted:Has Mint been sucking for anyone else lately? It takes forever to update and it can't recognize my mortgage as a mortgage for some reason... Mint has actually been amazing for me lately. I have a lot of accounts added and only one has caused me any issues in recent memory - one that I never use so I don't even care. The rest have been flawless. Including right now.
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:Without any special payouts or circumstances and making what I do, that seems like an absurdly high proportion of my income to be paying? Am I incorrect? Or just out of touch? I itemized almost a thousand dollars of goods / charitable donations last year and it was like woah You'll probably get a lot back at tax time, as was said those numbers sound really high. Bhodi fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Mar 10, 2015 |
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BossRighteous posted:Don't they sell Maddens in Target? How is that even possible? Not positive but I am guessing the Target versions are not real leather and hand stitched or whatever else.
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BossRighteous posted:Don't they sell Maddens in Target? How is that even possible? There's multiple Madden brands at different price points. I've seen three different brands just at DSW with Madden Girl as the cheapest.
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Been in management for about 16 months, just got promoted from project management (five people) to department management (three direct reports, two of whom are managers, and another eight people under them). I'm pretty good at managing regular employees, but I dunno anything about managing managers. Tips for avoiding becoming the dreaded lovely middle-manager?
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My new Citi Doublecash credit card showed up today so I immediately bought a TON of stuff I've always wanted because I gotta get those rewards! Just kidding I only transferred all my recurring payments to it and then put it in my wallet. it's so shiny
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153190864139878 I'd probably move.
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Juanito posted:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153190864139878 Reading the context that's even cruddier than the form letter lets on at first blush. It sounds like she does have some legal recourse, at least. I'm kinda agog at someone spending $25k/year just on rent, but that's the San Francisco area* for you. *I get irrationally annoyed at people calling it "the Bay Area" outside of SF. You guys aren't the only bay with a metro area, get over yourselves.
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Mar 16, 2015 03:18
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I should've gotten a Republic Wireless plan a long time ago.
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Juanito posted:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153190864139878 This is just a ploy to get them to move out right? right?
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Juanito posted:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153190864139878 That's illegal isn't it? Or did they find some way to get around the 60 days notice for any price hikes above 10%? The stuff the owners did doesn't seem like it would circumvent that. .Z. fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Mar 16, 2015 |
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.Z. posted:That's illegal isn't it? Or did they find some way to get around the 60 days notice for any price hikes above 10%? The stuff the owners did doesn't seem like it would circumvent that.
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If any state has a provision that prohibits "unconscionable" rent increase, I would think California is it, and that amount would certainly exceed any sane judge's threshold, notice period be damned.
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