^^^LOL, shit homie. if only it was that easy.
the US is alot different from other spots like england, scotland, aus. from what i read on here.
they expect people to live on min. wage and unless you live in a very low rent area (not ghetto i mean low cost of living, the cost of living is higher in the ghetto in many places actually) its damn near impossible if not literally impossible to live on.
take NYC for example. aint no minimun wage livin goin on there. straight up you cant do it. the cheapest shittiest most disgusting beat-ass cockroach-ass apartment can be 1,000 a month if not more. the only way you get a real cheap rent is if you live in the projects and you cant just up and go live there you need to get placed there by rental assistance, the apts. aint open to just anybody.
if you go to upper new york state like binghamton or newburgh or fuckin Nebraska or some shit where a 3-family home is still 100,000 dollars then you get the good rents. but basically on the north east coast and the west coast, say your prayers if you wanna try and find somewhere truly affordable and also have enough left over for anything else but necessities.
ya know what? it dont kill you. its just a hard ass life sometimes and eventually you SHOULD be able to move on, you dont wanna get stuck in the "is that all there is?" trap. eat sleep work eat sleep work.
Anyways, back to the listing
lacey k said:
10] put in those special long lasting lightbulbs, the floursecent ones, they use alot less power and still give you good light. it looks funky but ay its cheaper and more efficient.
Originally posted by fizzygirl
Replace your incandescent lights with compact flourescents. Yes, they cost a little more upfront but they will save you money. They don't conert 80% or so of the input energy into heat like incandescents (warming your house a little bit if you have a lot on), and draw less power. A compact flouro that puts out as much light as a 60Watt incandescent will draw something like 15Watts of power. Thats a big difference.
Word! see you know whats up.
I got another idea for you that is what helped my family get thru
this is a GOOD ONE so if you apss any of my suggestions just make sure you dont pass up this one.
I dont know where you can find one of these but around me there is discount bread stores.
What they do is, on day of the expiration date, they take the bread , rolls, and baked goods like cookies, LIttle Debbies, pound cakes, etc, out of the regular store and bring it to the discount store. Since its expired, they only charge half price on everything
And usualyl its only a day or two expired, or a week. sometimes its stale but you can still eat it fine, if you got a problem with that, then youre gonna have a hard time adjusting lol.
also, you might be thinking this is gross but when i was a kid we would just cut the mold off the bread and then toast it if it was too stale.
some people toss that shit as soon as they see a green spot but we just cut it off, you gotta do that sometiems. if you aint done that before you might be like "this is fucked up" but thats how we always did shit, once you live that way for a while its normal. you just do what you gotta do.
Anyways see if theres a discount bread store by you. Its usualyl called "bakery outlet" or some shit like that but thats where the real deals are at.
--Also peep this. theres alot of diffrent kinds of supermarkets. Real nice ones, th eones with those little hot food sections with the roasted chickens and shit, and the salad bar. and the little section with pre made sushi. Those are expensive.
but then theres the regular ones like food basics, weis, i dont know where you live at so the chains are gonna vary. but they all got a kinda limited selection, instead of 8 brands of butter they got 3, oh well, whatever. but the prices are usually like 1/3 less, sometimes even cheaper than that, than the nicer stores.
A good way to find a cheap grocery store is if they got the "WIC" or "we accept food stamps" sticker in the window. even if you aint recieving from those programs, look for that. their prices are always lower. thats is how you determine the difference bewteen a place where richer people are goin to shop and somewhere that has to keep its prices low to cater to the people who are shoppin there who need foodstamps and good savings otherwise theyll lose customers.
--Get GOYA brand foods. canned chicken broth, crackers, noodles, etc. it is always like half the price of the regular brands. they make crackers just like ritz crackers but like 99 cents a box.
--dont have a house phone. if you got a celly you dont need a house phone. why have 2, thats jus extra money. thats also good because nobody can look you up and only people who you want to have your number will be able to call you.
--get TV from a pawn shop if you gotta have TV.
--always be lookin on the side of teh curb for shit people are throwin out. i got a vinyl recliner chair for free out of the garbage. tables, chairs and shit, sometimes people even be throwin away TVs that still work. oh and bicycles too. i got one from the trash a oldschool 10 speed, its phat.
--get shit from the dollar store. you need toothpaste? they got it there. fuck Crest. toothbrushes, get em there. shampoo, youre a guy, you dotn give a fuck if its 99 cent shampoo that aint got super conditioning, shine restoring pro vitamin complex in it, LOL.
they also sell food at the dollar stores by me, some of the shit there is good, try it out.
BUT
whatever you do, DONT get dollar store condoms. cuz in the long run, if one of thsoe crappy shits breaks and you-know-what happens, thats gonna be the exact OPPOSITE of savin you money. 8) LOL.
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so watch your ass and consider that if you gonna think about serving.
