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[92CXyD]

You spend $1500/month on food?!? 

I wanna say he has 4 kids

Yeap, and when they are home in the summer (no school) my food bill goes way up along w/ electricity bill.

My wife and have 3 jobs combined, lately we have been keeping up and enjoying more. ;D

[Joseph Davis]

Russ, $1500 is a bit excessive.  Children are small and do not need to eat as often, maybe one meal every other day.

[92CXyD]

Russ, $1500 is a bit excessive.  Children are small and do not need to eat as often, maybe one meal every other day.

Yeah but when they are bored they eat. And if my wife and I are working at the same time then food gets consumed.

Also keep in mind the $1500 includes household cleaning supplies, pet food, other pet stuff, toiletries, and anything needed for the house.

And that is avg. over all.

During the school year I still pay for my kids' school lunches and breakfasts. 

[Jorsher]

I hope you shop at Sam's Club/Costco/something similar...  I grab anything that won't expire there.

Broke is a condition, poor is a mindset.

 :yes:

[turbob16hatch]

i work every hour of the week except for the 34 i'm required to take off (literally 4 hrs of sleep a night) and rarely bring in more than a 1K after taxes every two weeks

You're getting fucked.

I wouldn't even get out of bed for $1k every two weeks.

Hope you never lose your job and end up to good for the $1000/2wks job. That way you can lose everything you own but you won't have to stoop that low. 

I am lucky to be at a job for more then 6months at a time, I had a business fail 2 years ago and put me in debt over $300K. Broke is a condition, poor is a mindset.

Oh that and minimum wage here is nearly $10/hr iirc 

I was hoping i took what you said wrong. I have just personally seen to many people lose everything because there refused to work a "shit" job while looking for work or w/e.

[92CXyD]

I hope you shop at Sam's Club/Costco/something similar...  I grab anything that won't expire there.

Broke is a condition, poor is a mindset.

 :yes:

I have a Sam's club membership but I do not use it much. I hate driving on the Eastside of Casper.

We shop almost exclusively at Wal-Mart b/c my wife works there.

[Passenger]

I remember being broke enough to not even be able to buy cheap groceries, like oatmeal. Couch surfing, riding a bike and living off a few hundred bucks a month or less. Now I'm north of 5 figures a month

[Joseph Davis]

i work every hour of the week except for the 34 i'm required to take off (literally 4 hrs of sleep a night) and rarely bring in more than a 1K after taxes every two weeks

You're getting fucked.

I wouldn't even get out of bed for $1k every two weeks.

Hope you never lose your job and end up to good for the $1000/2wks job. That way you can lose everything you own but you won't have to stoop that low. 

I am lucky to be at a job for more then 6months at a time, I had a business fail 2 years ago and put me in debt over $300K. Broke is a condition, poor is a mindset.

Oh that and minimum wage here is nearly $10/hr iirc 

I was hoping i took what you said wrong. I have just personally seen to many people lose everything because there refused to work a "shit" job while looking for work or w/e.

He's right about the mindset deal.

[dvst8r]

I remember being broke enough to not even be able to buy cheap groceries, like oatmeal. Couch surfing, riding a bike and living off a few hundred bucks a month or less. Now I'm north of 5 figures a month

The most ironic part to me of the above, is when it was a few hundred a month you lived on your own, and now that it is expensive you, well, sleep at home, I think you live in the shop... 

[Jorsher]

I sold most of my valuable shit to keep food in my stomach when I was unemployed for a half year.

One member was the proud recipient of a 24" LCD monitor, another an XD45, and another a PC.  Not to mention the countless car parts I was finally motivated to sell.

[88dx]

XD45 was getting a workout 

[chris]

I remember being broke enough to not even be able to buy cheap groceries, like oatmeal. Couch surfing, riding a bike and living off a few hundred bucks a month or less. Now I'm north of 5 figures a month

Question is were you happier then?

[Jorsher]

XD45 was getting a workout 

Good

Lemme know, if you ever decide to sell it (and it still fires )

[bigdaddyvtec]

Monitor is still working too. It gets a workout, just not nearly as much baby batter flung at it...

Have lappys for that

[Jorsher]

Monitor is still working too. It gets a workout, just not nearly as much baby batter flung at it...

Have lappys for that

Haha didn't know I sold you one.  I was referring to the one Doug picked up a few months back.  Miss the LG deals...that monitor was $120 (paid the friend $150 for the trouble) back when they were a lot pricier, my new ones were $230 each

[BoostedSchemes]

My mother uses 2 Jorsher monitors at her work station.

When I graduated jobless, I sold my bmw  Jew

[bigdaddyvtec]

Monitor is still working too. It gets a workout, just not nearly as much baby batter flung at it...

Have lappys for that

Haha didn't know I sold you one.  I was referring to the one Doug picked up a few months back.  Miss the LG deals...that monitor was $120 (paid the friend $150 for the trouble) back when they were a lot pricier, my new ones were $230 each

Actually I recant, Thought the one I have was from you... HAHAHA that one shit the bed, i had picked this 20 inch rotating LG off ebay for 100

[Jorsher]

I have a couple with cracked bezels and such.  I had 5 monitors in the back of the last CRX when I nailed a dump truck at a decent speed.  Got it back from the salvage place and the monitors were all in the back.  A couple were fine, the other 3 had cracked/broken bezels and stands.  4/5 work which is better than I expected.

[ratcityrex]

Well pac Nw outside of Seattle in a town called poulsbo wa.


1500 Mortgage
200 Car pymt
140 Car insurance
140 Cells.         
50 Gas for home
40 elect
100 water/sew/garb
100 Cable/internet
 200 food
250 gas for cars


Call it 3k a month. Fuck my life.

[bigdaddyvtec]

That must suck being a fat lazy fuck.

[ironcrx]

Pan Handle of Florida

My place with 2 roomies with me costs about 13-1400 a month (Rent, utilities, tv/internet).  So 400+ range per person depending on season.  The electricity bill is the big mover of what the utilities sit at.

so for simplicity its 450 to live in that place, 70 for car insurance, 80 phone bill.  So its about 600 a month for that basic shi to cover my ass.  After that is gas (honda crx so 40 in a month tops sicne I baby it) Then 200 for groceries (or maybe 300 but that seems a bit high for just me)

Looking at $800-900 To survive just for myself.  Fairly expensive for a basic setup cause when you toss in extra stuff and fun im always broke

[BoostedSchemes]

So it looks like 90% of rHMT'ers could survive on like 12$/hour
30k pretax = 14.30/hour
50k pretax = 24.00/hr
 

[Passenger]

I remember being broke enough to not even be able to buy cheap groceries, like oatmeal. Couch surfing, riding a bike and living off a few hundred bucks a month or less. Now I'm north of 5 figures a month

Question is were you happier then?

No, things are better now even if it does get stressful, I worked my way out of that shit for a reason. Plus, things just make a lot more sense now than they did then.

[bigdaddyvtec]

Sketchy Dave LOL

[dvst8r]

... things just make a lot more sense now than they did then.

Lol, it's amazing what happens when you stop doing drugs in a ditch. 

[Passenger]

... things just make a lot more sense now than they did then.

Lol, it's amazing what happens when you stop doing drugs in a ditch. 

Lol, really is true, not that I would have listened to any of that then 

[bigdaddyvtec]

... things just make a lot more sense now than they did then.

Lol, it's amazing what happens when you stop doing drugs in a ditch. 

Lol, really is true, not that I would have listened to any of that then 

Word. I did my share of couch durfing, never really had to camp out... But definately came to in more than one persons yard... LOL

[narfdanarf]

This thread had me fairly intrigued so I added up all my bills and it came out to just over $55k/year.  Which includes 3 bd 1ba 2200 sq ft house in Bremerton, WA (ferry ride to seattle) couple small credit cards, car payment for my wife and I, my bike payment, utilities like cell phones, cable, electric, ect, day care and school loans for my wife and I.  This doesn't include gas, food, diapers, ect.

So not only am I pissed off about spending what looks like 2 times the average person in monthly bills, I am very curious where the other $40k/year is going and why I feel like I have no money?

[shadow]

los angeles.

i could find a spot for about 600, single. cell is 100, gas a month is about 160, insurance for 2 cars would be 65.  food? i could probably live off 200 bucks a month, so thats: 1125.  i make about 1200-1400 a month. and i know i waste a shit load more on booze and retarded shit...so i guess i cant live on my own just quite, lol. or i could struggle it out.

[BoostedSchemes]

folks remember the expense figures are post tax, the salary you get is pretax. To survive with 30k in expenses, your salary is going to need to be 40k+

Obama needs to bankroll his mixtapes somehow niggas