Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 1828

kennyc · 02-04-2011, 12:18 PM

Good Cat!

GeoffC · 02-05-2011, 04:06 AM

meeeaow

Stitchawl · 02-05-2011, 05:13 AM

The President ordered the cabinet to cut a whopping $100 million from the $3.5 trillion federal budget! I'm so impressed by this sacrifice that I have decided to do the same thing with my personal budget.

I'm going to cut my spending at exactly the same ratio -1/35,000 of my total budget. After doing the math, it looks like I'm going to have to cut my monthly budget by roughly 8 cents! A month.

Stitchawl

GeoffC · 02-05-2011, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

The President ordered the cabinet to cut a whopping $100 million from the $3.5 trillion federal budget! I'm so impressed by this sacrifice that I have decided to do the same thing with my personal budget.

I'm going to cut my spending at exactly the same ratio -1/35,000 of my total budget. After doing the math, it looks like I'm going to have to cut my monthly budget by roughly 8 cents! A month.

Stitchawl

How will you cope! Will you need to remove anything vital from your shopping list?

Stitchawl · 02-05-2011, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

How will you cope! Will you need to remove anything vital from your shopping list?

Well..... I guess I could make it like real government.
I'll cut education and medical care! After all, I wouldn't want it to cut into my next junket.

Stitchawl

Latinandgreek · 02-05-2011, 07:00 AM

I'll be reading Aeschylus all day, most likely. Ailinon ailinon eipe...

kennyc · 02-05-2011, 07:09 AM

But what about the baking?

GeoffC · 02-05-2011, 07:27 AM

baking soda ?

thinkpad · 02-05-2011, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

The President ordered the cabinet to cut a whopping $100 million from the $3.5 trillion federal budget! I'm so impressed by this sacrifice that I have decided to do the same thing with my personal budget.

I'm going to cut my spending at exactly the same ratio -1/35,000 of my total budget. After doing the math, it looks like I'm going to have to cut my monthly budget by roughly 8 cents! A month.

Stitchawl

Are we talking about America or Japan. I'm currently reading: Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy.

The way money were thrown at the banks with no restrictions of how the money was being spent seems insane. As I understand it this was also the reason why the money was routed through FED and not through congress which would have been political suicide, which voters would have accepted these huge bailouts without re precautions for the politicians.

As it seems the government has become a puppet to Wall Street with banks too big to fail.

Any company that is too big to fail is too big to exist!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYrhh935h0I

Well the government has only pushed the problem to the future. Sooner or later the money spent are going to have to be repaid, and my guess is it's the ordinary citizen that will be left with the bill with the banks continuing with there risky investments to make as much money as possible, after all the government is there to pick up the pieces when all goes wrong

LCF · 02-05-2011, 12:58 PM

Just finished tweaking my bike. Now I just have to find where to buy this (too lazy to open dict.) thing, that protects and leads the gear shifting wire from the shifting machine (where you shift gears) to the bike (it's like cable isolation). After that I'll be ready to roll&roll.

Cable housing says google:

Spoiler:

phenomshel · 02-05-2011, 02:01 PM

Getting ready to go shopping. Unfortunately, the most "fun" I will have on this trip is the tea aisle...

SneakySnake · 02-05-2011, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

The President ordered the cabinet to cut a whopping $100 million from the $3.5 trillion federal budget! I'm so impressed by this sacrifice that I have decided to do the same thing with my personal budget.

I'm going to cut my spending at exactly the same ratio -1/35,000 of my total budget. After doing the math, it looks like I'm going to have to cut my monthly budget by roughly 8 cents! A month.

Stitchawl

OMG I don't feel so alone any more. Everyone calls me weird for doing stuff like that!

Surely you could reduce your contribution to the government coffers by 8cents per month!

Quote:

Originally Posted by LCF

Just finished tweaking my bike. Now I just have to find where to buy this (too lazy to open dict.) thing, that protects and leads the gear shifting wire from the shifting machine (where you shift gears) to the bike (it's like cable isolation). After that I'll be ready to roll&roll.

Cable housing says google:

Spoiler:

Yay! Then you can come over and ride around here with me and bloke! or if you want more go to Noosa with Marc and ride up and down mountains in 30°C heat with 98% humidity!

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Getting ready to go shopping. Unfortunately, the most "fun" I will have on this trip is the tea aisle...

psssssssst! go to the chocolate biscuit aisle...

phenomshel · 02-05-2011, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

OMG I don't feel so alone any more. Everyone calls me weird for doing stuff like that!

Surely you could reduce your contribution to the government coffers by 8cents per month!

Yay! Then you can come over and ride around here with me and bloke! or if you want more go to Noosa with Marc and ride up and down mountains in 30°C heat with 98% humidity!

psssssssst! go to the chocolate biscuit aisle...

Those do look quite good, LOL. I'm home, obviously - didn't get too much that is entertaining though except three new flavors of tea/tisane. I think my taste buds were bored.

I did spend a fair amount of time drooling over a new bedset I've had my eye on for months now, and a new potato peeling knife. The one I have works great, but I only have the one. I got it at a garage sale right after I moved here, and if it's missing, no potatoes for us til it turns up! I also found a grater set I want - I hate those half and half graters, with one side small holes and one side large holes, you know? Those are just impossible, you can't grate cheese on half a grater! I finally found one with interchangeable plates - one for zesting, one for coarse grating, and one for fine grating.

Crusader · 02-06-2011, 07:37 AM

Pondering why I have such a weak will. I see a 10% off offer on books and I immediately go on yet another spending spree...

Curse you Book Depository!

GeoffC · 02-06-2011, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Crusader

Pondering why I have such a weak will. I see a 10% off offer on books and I immediately go on yet another spending spree...

Curse you Book Depository!

Up your threshold to at least 20% off ....

02-05-2011, 12:58 PM	#27415
LCF Wizard Posts: 1,472 Karma: 9795311 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germany Device: Hanlin V3 (LBook), GS3	Just finished tweaking my bike. Now I just have to find where to buy this (too lazy to open dict.) thing, that protects and leads the gear shifting wire from the shifting machine (where you shift gears) to the bike (it's like cable isolation). After that I'll be ready to roll&roll. Cable housing says google: Spoiler: Last edited by LCF; 02-05-2011 at 01:02 PM.

02-04-2011, 12:18 PM	#27406
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,922 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Good Cat!

02-05-2011, 04:06 AM	#27407
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	meeeaow

02-05-2011, 05:13 AM	#27408
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	The President ordered the cabinet to cut a whopping $100 million from the $3.5 trillion federal budget! I'm so impressed by this sacrifice that I have decided to do the same thing with my personal budget. I'm going to cut my spending at exactly the same ratio -1/35,000 of my total budget. After doing the math, it looks like I'm going to have to cut my monthly budget by roughly 8 cents! A month. Stitchawl

02-05-2011, 07:00 AM	#27411
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	I'll be reading Aeschylus all day, most likely. Ailinon ailinon eipe...

02-05-2011, 07:09 AM	#27412
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,922 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	But what about the baking?

02-05-2011, 07:27 AM	#27413
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	baking soda ?

02-05-2011, 02:01 PM	#27416
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Getting ready to go shopping. Unfortunately, the most "fun" I will have on this trip is the tea aisle...

02-06-2011, 07:37 AM	#27419
Crusader Space Cadet Posts: 1,180 Karma: 4030536 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Africa Device: Sony PRS-T1, Cybook Opus, Kobo Glo	Pondering why I have such a weak will. I see a 10% off offer on books and I immediately go on yet another spending spree... Curse you Book Depository!