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Lately I've been going out daily to trash pick for burnables, I've gotten quite alot of wood, mostly maple. But so long as I mix it in with oak, it'll be fine for the chimney.
The CL free category seems hit or miss at times, the people that post stuff at the curb seem to do it at 6 or 7pm, when the trash is getting picked up the next day. I don't know why people just don't post earlier, seems to be a pita.
Andrew
digdug18 wrote:Lately I've been going out daily to trash pick for burnables, I've gotten quite alot of wood, mostly maple. But so long as I mix it in with oak, it'll be fine for the chimney.
Why do you need to mix it with Oak? I burn a lot of maple and Ash on their own.
Ian F wrote:ignorant wrote: Make your assets greater than your liabilities... Anything that doesn't put money(directly) into your pocket is a liability.Umm... do you see the irony of this statement posted on a website forum about amature Motorsports? Motorsports being one those hobbies right up there with owning a boat when comparing ways to piss money away?
if your assets are large enough or other liabiities small enough, you can still make the equation work with racing..
93gsxturbo wrote:-I got my home PC (Decent HP workstation with a 24" LCD monitor) for 2 6 packs of beer to a friend of mine who was moving and didnt have room for it.
Didn't the 6-packs take up just as much space?
Speaking of something related to six packs, here is a rebate for Old Milwaukee 12 packs and cases: http://www.oldmilwaukee.com/media/pdf/OP1_OldMilwaukee_HighValueRebateForm.pdf
Josh wrote:Didn't the 6-packs take up just as much space?
Briefly. As my friend used to say "You don't buy beer so much as rent it."
Adrian_Thompson wrote:digdug18 wrote:Lately I've been going out daily to trash pick for burnables, I've gotten quite alot of wood, mostly maple. But so long as I mix it in with oak, it'll be fine for the chimney.
Why do you need to mix it with Oak? I burn a lot of maple and Ash on their own.
I mix it with oak, because it cuts the smell of the various chemicals down, the arsenic smells bad when burned, and a nice piece of oak burns hot enough to cut down on the smell...
Andrew
Get serious and motivated. Read and understand your bills and get mad..It will happen. Write down every penny you spend for a month and add it up at the end of the month. This will REALLY wake you up. I started with a Snickers and Dr. Pepper snack in the afternoon that cost $2.35 a day.....What?!??! 2 bucks a day aint much! The simple rationalization of "only 2 bucks" rather than $2.35 cost me $10 a month.
I discovered that I could have the same snack for 65 cents a day if I changed from the vending machine to bulk buying at the grocery store.
Saved 50 bucks a month...Whoo Hooo! Thats a good date night honey! No, that is paying off that credit card in 40 months rather than 45 years. (Yes, these are real figures... other savings allowed me to pay it off in 6 months)
If you save money in one area just to spend it stupid in other areas your never going to progress.
Bruce
Bought a new bike today. Saves gas and gets me more needed exercise.
Also trying to quit smoking. It'll be nice to have that $50 a month.
autoxrs wrote:Each month I have a spreadsheet for where each dollar got spent and what the next month looks like.
This works wonders. I have an iphone ap that keeps everything in check. Check out mint.com
No cable Fixed Budget for Clothes Fixed Budget on Car Mods Pregame at home before going out
Went crazy last year with the CC. Manhattan makes you want to drink and buy pretty girls drinks... Anyway, cut back a lot now out of debt. The only thing that is wasting my money is the significant other... I hate Korean women...
Years ago I bought into a food co-op. One guy I worked with fed his family of six cheap this way. A bunch of us at work bought into it. Once a month we drove to McDonough and came back with a pickup truck full of food. It was usually bagged salads and boxed meals, but it was name brand stuff. It was usually just about to expire. No idea where it came from. Anyone else ever heard of something like this? I can't remember the name and can't find anything else like it that isn't a charity. It was just some sort of bulk food buying group.
We have local programmes like that, but they're for fresh grown produce. You never know what you are going to get, it's whatever is ripe and freshly picked. Great idea if you love fresh produce.
Lesley wrote:We have local programmes like that, but they're for fresh grown produce. You never know what you are going to get, it's whatever is ripe and freshly picked. Great idea if you love fresh produce.
Back in the day (which is actually today at my house), you didn't decide what you wanted to eat, then go buy it. You looked at what was available or on sale, then decided. If you let availability and price make your decisions, it's a lot cheaper.
So these programs are actually a throwback to an earlier time before supermarket chains decided to fly produce in from Chile and the like.
