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By: how being unemployed is saving me money « Tales from the Gutter

how being unemployed is saving me money « Tales from the Gutter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:42:25 +0000

[...] vodka and squirt (what? I don’t have a job, no need for me to be sober today!) and clicked on BetheBoy’s financial advice column for today. Not only did I understand completely how it feels to be in financial dire straights, but I also [...]

By: bree

bree — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:59:40 +0000

My husband and I have discussed this at length. We tried to decide which dog we would eat first should the situation get dire enough.

Crazy Dog is a little wiry, and probably wouldn’t provide enough food for two adults for very long. Roxy, however, has some meat on her and is likely the better choice.

By: the slackmistress

the slackmistress — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:22:59 +0000

@Miss Grace: We are right there with you. It’s a good time to be a fauxbo.

By: Miss Grace

Miss Grace — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:07:32 +0000

I’m just….still poor. Not any more poor than I was a year ago. It’s one of the very few advantages of having no assets and not much to lose.

By: V-Grrrl

V-Grrrl — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:56:58 +0000

I’m sure John McCain has some property we can set up a tent city on…if only he could remember where it was…

By: discotrash

discotrash — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:45:10 +0000

I’m with the Slack, fancy toilet paper goes before my hobo wine and vodka habit. Sorry liver.

Cutting meat out of my diet made my grocery bill go down. And not working is surprisingly cheaper than working. I don’t drive and waste gas and I don’t go out to eat.

Hey I feel a blog coming on… thanks Will.

By: quernzy

quernzy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:28:09 +0000

It’s the effort that counts!

By: Burn

Burn — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:40:17 +0000

Why? What’s going on? What’s happening?

LOL. Just kidding. :P

Yeah, it’s a major bummer, and it’s gonna be felt all over the world, unfortunately, what with the EU and Asian markets opening to abysmal numbers right after the bailout plan was scrapped. *sigh*

Guess I’ll have to give up on toilet paper altogether. The bidet I use as a magazine rack will finally be put to good use.

(was that too much information? lol)

By: the slackmistress

the slackmistress — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:05:16 +0000

Phew, I thought you were going to say no more wine. I’ll give up fancy toilet paper before I give up wine.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:56:37 +0000

I grew up really poor as well. And it’s weird because in financial times like these I don’t panic, and I don’t freak out like my friends do. The fear of “omg how will I surivive!” doesn’t race through mind like others that I know. I just sigh a lot and get depressed because I know I have to go back to “that life”. I know how to survive on nothing. It’s just so depressing that I have to do so. In a way I’m glad that I was raised with these survival skills. But I don’t get the satisfaction that others do of having “beat the odds”. It’s just like I never escaped it.