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So... did anyone make any recent purchases they'd like to discuss?

I went out and bought the following today:

Let it Die - Feist (CD)
On Liberty/The Subjection of Women - John Stuart Mill
Antic Hay - Aldous Huxley
A Modern Utopia - H.G. Wells

I also got roped into donating $30 a month to Amnesty International...

...all of which I can barely afford.

Jebus I could buy a whole small pizza for that.

I bought two slices of cheese & sausage pizza and a medium Coke at the downtown (Nashville) Sbarro for lunch.

Total bill (including tax):

$9.39


Bringing back half of a slice and turning down a hungry (nemesis) coworker who wanted to eat said half-slice:

Priceless.

That seems pretty steep for two slices of pizza.

I bought two slices of cheese & sausage pizza and a medium Coke at the downtown (Nashville) Sbarro for lunch.

Total bill (including tax):

$9.39


Bringing back half of a slice and turning down a hungry (nemesis) coworker who wanted to eat said half-slice:

Priceless.

Jebus I could buy a whole small pizza for that.
Yeah, those are some expensive pizza slices... there's a place around here that sells a large 4 topping pizza for $9.99.

Although due to time-warping, your comment makes little sense if read in the thread order :P

I plan to purchase a soda to sneak into the movie tonight......if I can talk my 4 year old down on the interest, she wants to loan me $2 for 2 days and charge $1 interest.
Seriously?! Wow. My parents (well, mostly my mom) used to just take money from my allowence jar and replace it with IOUs.

I plan to purchase a soda to sneak into the movie tonight......if I can talk my 4 year old down on the interest, she wants to loan me $2 for 2 days and charge $1 interest.

You don't have to sneak it in. Just buy a soda that they don't sell at the movie theater, then complain loudly when they stop you. Works every time.

My parents just bought a new car, which means that soon I'll get the old one. :)

I plan to purchase a soda to sneak into the movie tonight......if I can talk my 4 year old down on the interest, she wants to loan me $2 for 2 days and charge $1 interest.

So... did anyone make any recent purchases they'd like to discuss?

I went out and bought the following today:

Let it Die - Feist (CD)
On Liberty/The Subjection of Women - John Stuart Mill
Antic Hay - Aldous Huxley
A Modern Utopia - H.G. Wells

I also got roped into donating $30 a month to Amnesty International...

...all of which I can barely afford.

Latest purchases...

err... yeah... a couple of *ahem* dvd's... porn
Two Playstation 2 games
Godzilla Final Wars
Police Academy
a $30 digital Camera for work...

I plan to purchase a soda to sneak into the movie tonight......if I can talk my 4 year old down on the interest, she wants to loan me $2 for 2 days and charge $1 interest.

She's savvy. Which is probably either really cute or incredibly frustrating.

You don't have to sneak it in. Just buy a soda that they don't sell at the movie theater, then complain loudly when they stop you. Works every time.

I just carry it in my backpack. no need to explain anything.

Same with the snacks.

I plan to purchase a soda to sneak into the movie tonight......if I can talk my 4 year old down on the interest, she wants to loan me $2 for 2 days and charge $1 interest.

Once again your kids prove their awesomeness.
I just bought the new Gogol Bordello album, and am debating buying a load of hiking gear with my enormous staff discount. *daydreams*

I get all my books and movies at the library, so no expense there. I save hundreds doing that. :)

My recent purchases have just been food. Eggs, milk ($3.99/g - crazy) and canned fish is what I bought yesterday.

Seriously?! Wow. My parents (well, mostly my mom) used to just take money from my allowence jar and replace it with IOUs.

that's wrong.

they're large slices

$3.39 apiece

the soda was $1.79

Sales tax here is about 10%

Good grief, I can get an 11" Pizza for £1.50 - about $3.

My total non-necessity expenditures for the past three months amounted to a magazine subscription to The Economist, a contribution to Ron Paul's campaign, and 2 PC games. I never buy food that is already prepared; it is more expensive and I don't trust snotty teenagers to handle it properly.

That seems pretty steep for two slices of pizza.

they're large slices

$3.39 apiece

the soda was $1.79

Sales tax here is about 10%

Yeah, tell me about it. It's like I got punished for being the only kid in the family who could save up her money. I'm pretty sure that by the end of high school they owed me close to $200 between stuff like that and backed allowence payments.

I'm sure I've got you beat on that. My savings account now has about three dollars and 27 cents in it. Ask me how much went in.

that's wrong.
Yeah, tell me about it. It's like I got punished for being the only kid in the family who could save up her money. I'm pretty sure that by the end of high school they owed me close to $200 between stuff like that and backed allowence payments.

I'm sure I've got you beat on that. My savings account now has about three dollars and 27 cents in it. Ask me how much went in.
How much went in?

they're large slices

$3.39 apiece

the soda was $1.79

Sales tax here is about 10%

holy christ tahts high.... its high as shit here in hennipen county is 6.25% and by the start of next year itll be 9.25%.... fucking liberals.... fucking twins stadium.... fucking gophers stadium......

So... did anyone make any recent purchases they'd like to discuss?

I went out and bought the following today:

Let it Die - Feist (CD)
On Liberty/The Subjection of Women - John Stuart Mill
Antic Hay - Aldous Huxley
A Modern Utopia - H.G. Wells

I also got roped into donating $30 a month to Amnesty International...

...all of which I can barely afford.

I usually never have any money, but my biggest purchase (10 bucks) was Mob Rules by Black Sabbath.

So... did anyone make any recent purchases they'd like to discuss?

I went out and bought the following today:

Let it Die - Feist (CD)
On Liberty/The Subjection of Women - John Stuart Mill
Antic Hay - Aldous Huxley
A Modern Utopia - H.G. Wells

I also got roped into donating $30 a month to Amnesty International...

...all of which I can barely afford.

Water aid got me for £20 ($40) a month due to me being on a pub crawl at the time those sneaky bastards

My latest purchases

Meddle and Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd-12 dollars each.

Magic Cards- 85 dollars

I bought the Dread-Camry of Eternal Peril earlier this summer, I paid $3,500 for it and it runs beautifully.

Since then, I've spent roughly $100 on food, books, beer and...uh...that's about it.

Although I fully intend to save $17.99 by reading my sisters copy of Harry Potter, instead of buying my own.

You don't have to sneak it in. Just buy a soda that they don't sell at the movie theater, then complain loudly when they stop you. Works every time.

Bah, the ushers in your movie theater must be a bunch of scared little kids or something. Where I work, stuff like that wont work at all. We even have a fridge and freezer so if someone tries to bring in refrigerated stuff (like a soda), we can hold it for them.

We also spend a lot of time chasing out old ladies who are trying to theater jump (to be fair though, its an indie theater where 100% of the crooks are old ladies.)

On topic though, I recently bought 25 dollars worth of food at the grocery. I feel pretty good about it.

I bought a thing that will allow me to broadcast my iPod on the FM range, so I can listen to it in the car without paying $400.

I also bought SATA cables so I could hook up the two new HDD's (500GiB) I bought.

That's really about it besides food...

I bought a Diet Coke from a vending machine today. I thought I'd mention it. Why?

$1.50! When did this happen? Crazy. :(

She's savvy. Which is probably either really cute or incredibly frustrating.

meh, it's her money......I borrowed $2 from her older sister and only have to pay half the interest....

meh, it's her money......I borrowed $2 from her older sister and only have to pay half the interest....which is still $.50 more interest than you should have to pay. Your girls are corporate whores.

which is still $.50 cents more interest than you should have to pay. Your girls are corporate whores.

hey it's their money, they don't have to loan it to me, I figure if I accept the terms it's my problem right?

besides, I totally fined them the other day for leaving legos in the bathtub.

hey it's their money, they don't have to loan it to me, I figure if I accept the terms it's my problem right?

besides, I totally fined them the other day for leaving legos in the bathtub.
... Interest charges... Fines...

Hookayy... can't wait to see what happens when the Teen Years come around...

the Smunkee Household Economic forcast will probably be healthier than the Nation's...

7.1 Sondigo Inferno sound card

I bought the new They Might Be Giants album today in the sense that I accessed my subscription to emusic and downloaded it. Otherwise, haven't spent much lately on myself. I'd like a new set of golf clubs, but that will have to wait at least until after the move.

I bought a camera yesterday for absolutely no reason.

I bought $1.31 in first class postage.

I bought $1.31 in first class postage.

You rebel!

I just bought

1. Membership in a health club.
2. Workout clothes.
3. Tickets to a Rockies game for 4 people.
4. 16 oz. of roving to spin into yarn.
5. Way too many books.

Just bought a car a couple of days ago. Don't even wan't to go into how much it cost.

I bought a camera yesterday for absolutely no reason.

Hm. I hear they're good at photographing things, if you're looking to put it to some use. :p

I put a full tank of gas in my car today, a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer.

It costed me one dollar. The full tank.

I guess you envy me.

Wuh? Even in Venezuela, I think it would've cost more than a buck. What's the deal? :p

I put a full tank of gas in my car today, a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer.

It costed me one dollar. The full tank.

I guess you envy me.

I put a full tank of gas in my car today, a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer.

It costed me one dollar. The full tank.

I guess you envy me.

Did you steal the gas....?

Is costed a word??

I bought Black and White 2 for $7.49. But that's pretty cheap for a video game.

Oh that's right... I bought the new Harry Potter Book.

I bought a camera yesterday for absolutely no reason.

I was already standing in a line to pay for my new camera but decided not to waste my money on it. My brother gave me the very same camera a week later. I have a cool brother :)

Yesterday I bought
6 truckloads of mould (earth? Blackish stuff on the ground) 150€/each
3 bushes 7€/each (Spiraea betulifolia and Sorbaria sorbifolia)

I bought some fresh local honey (our bees aren't suicidal yet) at Pike Place Market, along with some smoked Yukon River king salmon. You drizzle the former on the latter as the latter grills, and you, my friend, are in fish heaven. I'm in Seattle visiting my parents and friends during the summer, and I have as much salmon as I can (like a bear!) because they only get farmed Atlantic salmon in NoDak, and that's heresy.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FARMER'S MARKETS!

I put a full tank of gas in my car today, a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer.

It costed me one dollar. The full tank.

I guess you envy me.

Not really. You're in Venezuela, you've got nowhere to drive.

I bought some fresh local honey (our bees aren't suicidal yet) at Pike Place Market, along with some smoked Yukon River king salmon. You drizzle the former on the latter as the latter grills, and you, my friend, are in fish heaven.

*drools*
I found about 2 litres of Chanterelles yesterday. I'm going to make a simple, yet perfect Chantarelle sauce for the wild salmon I'm going to catch today :D

Yeah right. I foresee that I'll get 5 small perches and that's it. But I'll try.

*drools*
I found about 2 litres of Chanterelles yesterday. I'm going to make a simple, yet perfect Chantarelle sauce for the wild salmon I'm going to catch today :D

Yeah right. I foresee that I'll get 5 small perches and that's it. But I'll try.

The trying is all, my friend.

The trying is all, my friend.

Words of wisdom :)
And small perches cooked over an open fire are delicious too.
and it's free.

I bought Black and White 2 for $7.49. But that's pretty cheap for a video game.

Not when you consider the game being a few years old now. ;) Technology moves fast nowadays. :p

Did you steal the gas....?

Is costed a word??

Nope.

Here in Venezuela, a full tank of gas is worth around 3300 bolívares for my car. For a SUV, perhaps 4000 bolívares.

A dollar, according to the regulations of the goverment, is worth 2500 bolívares more or less, but the normal way you can find dollars, it costs more or less 4000 bolívares, so a full tank is worth a dollar.

And no, I have plenty of places to drive, including several of the best beaches of the world. Try googling "Parque Nacional Morrocoy" to see pictures of where I went.

Latest purchases...

err... yeah... a couple of *ahem* dvd's... porn
Two Playstation 2 games
Godzilla Final Wars
Police Academy
a $30 digital Camera for work...

wha?

my last purchases have been a bit on the grand side. i bought a nintendo DS the weekend before last, and have now bought 3 games for it as well as the browser. also bought the new harry potter, and food and stuff. oh, and GTA San Andreas for my xbox, and a nifty clock from iwoot.com

Nope.

Here in Venezuela, a full tank of gas is worth around 3300 bolívares for my car. For a SUV, perhaps 4000 bolívares.

A dollar, according to the regulations of the goverment, is worth 2500 bolívares more or less, but the normal way you can find dollars, it costs more or less 4000 bolívares, so a full tank is worth a dollar.

And no, I have plenty of places to drive, including several of the best beaches of the world. Try googling "Parque Nacional Morrocoy" to see pictures of where I went.

fuck me:eek:... it costs me almost 125 US dollars (60 quid) to fill up my tank :(
i can do about 450 miles to a full tank in my new car though at about 42 to 47 mpg, so i don't know how it compares really...

Good grief, I can get an 11" Pizza for £1.50 - about $3.

There's cheap pizza here too -- this was pretty good, loaded with cheese and big chunks of sausage. I was full when I left.

In comparison, I go to the "Chinese" buffet most of the time, eat three full plates of food, spend $10 and leave equally stuffed.

I might not have made myself clear, so I'll be more specific:

The arc (crust) of an average slice of pizza at that place measures about 8-9 inches -- HUGE slices, probably the size of about one-third of a medium pizza.

Thre aren't that many pizza deals in Nashville aside from the usual chain coupons that come in the mail.

Probably the best deal i've seen recently (of which I've taken advantage) was the $10.99 large any way you want it from Pizza Hut.

Having lived in Chicago, the Nashville pizza scene is dire.

I bought some fresh local honey (our bees aren't suicidal yet) at Pike Place Market, along with some smoked Yukon River king salmon. You drizzle the former on the latter as the latter grills, and you, my friend, are in fish heaven. I'm in Seattle visiting my parents and friends during the summer, and I have as much salmon as I can (like a bear!) because they only get farmed Atlantic salmon in NoDak, and that's heresy.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FARMER'S MARKETS!

wow, that's interesting.... i work with farmers' markets in the UK (for FARMA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FARMA)) and i've never seen anyone on the net say anything like that before :p

y'know, we had the guy who runs pike place market over to talk at our conference last year. very nice bloke :)

i'm about to renew my virus checker subscription thingy. i've never been able to shake the feeling that the whole virus checker industry is a huge con though, i had outdated anti-virus software for nearly 4 years and never had any viruses or other intrusions. i am loathed to shell out another 40 quid for something i am convinced i don't need but the scare tactics they use are quite compelling i'll probably end up just paying. i'm poor goddammit! i can't afford this crap!

apart from that most of my recent significant purchases have been alcohol and petrol. no, i've not been drink driving.

Aelosia

I'm curious:

How is job/occupational flexibility in Venezuela? For instance, is it easy for people to change jobs?

Also, what's the pizza scene like there?

hehe

thanks

fuck me:eek:... it costs me almost 125 US dollars (60 quid) to fill up my tank :(
i can do about 450 miles to a full tank in my new car though at about 42 to 47 mpg, so i don't know how it compares really...

That trip to Morrocoy last weekend consumed a full tank of gas, and was about 400 kilometers at...an average of 100 kph. Usually I never let the tank drop to empty, but refill it once it reaches the middle mark, and that half of a tank usually lasts three or four days of nomral use, that means going to first office, then second office, then home.

Giving the differences between measure systems, it is indeed difficult to compare.

Aelosia

I'm curious:

How is job/occupational flexibility in Venezuela? For instance, is it easy for people to change jobs?

Also, what's the pizza scene like there?

hehe

thanks

Oh, depends on the job. You can always throw a mantle on the street and sell either burned pirate copies of movies, musical records or videogames, or smuggled colombian clothes and make a living. Lots of people are resourcing to that lately. Putting a sign of "Taxi" in your car also helps.

Regarding professional opportunities, it depends on your branch of work. Lately we have an awesome expansion of the public sector, but you need to be a national to get benefit of that. The private sector is right now in recession, so finding a job in some company or enterprise is not easy right now.

We have Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, and some others, and also traditional italian restaurants attended by their own owners, true italian inmigrants and chefs. I have been in Italy, and some of our own restaurants are as good as the ones in Milan or Florence.

I hope that helped a bit.

I bought two Dvd`s (Step Up and Closer) and two Books.
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Unfinished Tales by J.R.R Tolkien.

For about 35 euro. that`s not very expensive is it? I have no idea what it is in dollars though.

All CDs:
From Best Buy:
The Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist.
The rest were from my music club:
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped; Sonic Youth - The Destroyed Room; Slayer - Christ Illusion; Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death; Venom - Metal Black; Rush - Caress of Steel; Natalie Imbruglia - White Lilies Island; Edie Brickell - Volcano; The Ataris - So Long, Astoria; Sahara Hotnights - Kiss & Tell; Indigo Girls - Become You; Annie Lennox - Bare; Autolux - Future Perfect; Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Best of; Rush - Rush In Rio; The Replacements - Let It Be

I haven't paid for the ones from the music club yet, though.

meh, it's her money......I borrowed $2 from her older sister and only have to pay half the interest....Play them off each other. Teach them about competition. ;)

I put a full tank of gas in my car today, a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer.

It costed me one dollar. The full tank.

I guess you envy me.Pretty good. I filled up my 2005 Elantra for $5 last time I got gas.

I never fill my tank. A full tank is equivalent to hauling an extra passenger around with you, costs you petrol to carry the petrol. When it costs you one fine english pound and five jingly pennies per litre, you think about these things.

I had to change some money over in NZ$ y'day. They were charging $6.39HK to the $.
When I did it back in Feb, it was $5.30.
Depressed me so much, I wandered first into '360', and organic supermarket and spent ~$50US (mostly licorice, chocolate and juice) and then into HMV and bought MP & the Holy Grail (was on sale: $6US), and Black Books (all three series, not on sale: $40US).

i'm about to renew my virus checker subscription thingy. i've never been able to shake the feeling that the whole virus checker industry is a huge con though, i had outdated anti-virus software for nearly 4 years and never had any viruses or other intrusions. i am loathed to shell out another 40 quid for something i am convinced i don't need but the scare tactics they use are quite compelling i'll probably end up just paying. i'm poor goddammit! i can't afford this crap!
Here, I'll save you some money. Go here: http://free.grisoft.com/ AVG is free and better than most anti-virus software packages out there.