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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 8 2006, 08:06 AM (220 Views) | |
| Jolly | Sep 8 2006, 08:06 AM Post #1 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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The Challenge: Can you go 1 week without purchasing anything? |
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| Jane D'Oh | Sep 8 2006, 08:19 AM Post #2 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Nope, no way, not a hope. Pity Mr D'Oh!
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| sue | Sep 8 2006, 08:31 AM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Probably. If I could get my sh!t together beforehand, and plan. And if I had a slightly bigger fridge. (teenager in the house) Milk would be the only real problem. |
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| DivaDeb | Sep 8 2006, 08:31 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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done it many times |
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| ny1911 | Sep 8 2006, 09:15 AM Post #5 |
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Senior Carp
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Do you just mean to stop cash flow (out)? I think I can do that, but I'd still be unsing up things I've already purchased (food, gas, etc) or accruing debt on things I haven't paid for yet (utilities, etc). I could easily avoid going out and buying something though. |
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So live your life and live it well. There's not much left of me to tell. I just got back up each time I fell. | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Sep 8 2006, 09:18 AM Post #6 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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I can tell you right now, that's a total impossibility. My tank lasts me five days before I have to fill it back up. And yes, I've looked into bus rides, car pools, etc. Short of putting an ad in the paper, I have to drive to work. So nope, I'm out. Other than that I'd be fine, though. |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| Hobie | Sep 8 2006, 09:27 AM Post #7 |
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Junior Carp
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No way.... My expenses right now are enormous. I just sold my condo and bought a house. Money is flying out of my pockets at a rate that I have never seen before!!! My hand hurts from signing my name over and over. Maybe once I settle in I would be able to stop spending for a week with some prior planning. Back in the day...as a ski bum with no cares....I could easily go a week without spending $$. Of course if one is out in the wilderness for weeks or on a river trip somewhere, there are no places to actually spend the money! |
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| Radu | Sep 8 2006, 10:28 AM Post #8 |
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Senior Carp
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Well, during July, everything was closed because of the Katyoushinkas...so I saved a lot of money ! Now , at least twice a week I go to the mall and buy a lot of unnecessary things from Office Depot and Tower Records. Just spending ! |
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| Dewey | Sep 8 2006, 10:42 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Ditto; voluntarily and otherwise. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Friday | Sep 8 2006, 11:18 AM Post #10 |
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Senior Carp
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Nope. We go to the market everyday. |
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| JBryan | Sep 8 2006, 11:29 AM Post #11 |
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I am the grey one
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My wife would quite literally explode. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Bernard | Sep 8 2006, 11:39 AM Post #12 |
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Senior Carp
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I'm pretty sure I could do it. About 10 years ago the company I work at was really struggling for survival. There was one stretch where we didn't get a paycheck for 5 weeks straight! I surprised myself and somehow managed to make things stretch. |
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| apple | Sep 8 2006, 12:39 PM Post #13 |
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one of the angels
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absolutely... the kiddies would miss milk, that's all. |
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