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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
I try and buy my lunches on sale, I use the frozen lunches and a think of frozen veggies. My lunch normally works out to about $4.50 a day.
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$4.50 for a lunch... Especially considering the price difference between the US and here, that's a lot! A whole loaf or bread is €2.50, there are, what 25 slices?, in a loaf. I bring two slices to work, and maybe about €0.10 worth of spread. So, that's €0.30 for a lunch... (around $0.40). Tea is free at work.
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Originally Posted by phenomshel
We probably are pretty frugal, but I've never really thought about it until I started reading this thread. Short showers, don't leave the water running while we brush our teeth, lots of cooking to have leftovers, keep the thermostat low during the day and lower at night (we only raise it to get the bathroom warm enough to shower). Room for improvement, of course... we still eat fast food about once a week, and I don't walk to the store as much as I could (and should).
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So are we. But not necessarily because we must, but rather because we don't see the need to live lavishly. So, whenever we do spend, we always think it a great treat.
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Originally Posted by SameOldStory
On hard items like washer-dryers we start looking before we need them so there's no sudden need to pay full price. With cars we buy pretty much what we like. But it'll be last years model, say a new 2010 model bought in 2011.
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We think a dryer is a waste of money. We have enough space to hang everything out, inside the house (and in summer, we have a very nice line outside). And our new TV was last year's top-of-the-line.
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Originally Posted by SameOldStory
With computers it's always a no-name computer. Parts are replaced when better parts are cheap enough. My motherboard, bought a year ago, can use a CPU that cost $1000 then. Next year it may only be one or two hundred dollars, and I'll have a very noticeable bump in speed. After that perhaps a new video card. The end effect is like a new computer one part at a time, and each new part will make it faster.
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That's what we usually do. Though, I'm afraid we'll have to do a major renovation this time. Processor and motherboard connections have changed...