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Any of my fellow Somervudlians use Comcast for broadband? D'ya like it? Do you know what TCP ports they block?
They've got a $20/month special going on now for new subscribers. Of course that's only good for six months, and they do a good job of not noting on their website what it reverts to after that. Still quite tempting, since I just learned that downgrading my RCN will still cost me $60/month for broadband alone. It's better than the $90 I pay now, but...
Ordered a copy of Alton Brown's classic I'm Just Here for the Food yesterday. When I scratched out a budget a couple of days ago, I concluded that food was the slippiest variable, and the one I can carve the most out of. Currently I spend -- ulp -- probably around $600 a month on everything I eat and drink, because I buy no groceries and do no cooking. (Sometimes I brew my own coffee, or shamefully browse the "a la carte" thing of colorless microwavable nuggetoids at Shaw's with the other pathetic bachelors, but that's it.)
So, yes, I'm gonna turn this around. I think $400 is a good target number to shoot for, and conversations I've had in the last couple of days suggest that I can make it a lot lower than that if I start getting good.
They've got a $20/month special going on now for new subscribers. Of course that's only good for six months, and they do a good job of not noting on their website what it reverts to after that. Still quite tempting, since I just learned that downgrading my RCN will still cost me $60/month for broadband alone. It's better than the $90 I pay now, but...
Ordered a copy of Alton Brown's classic I'm Just Here for the Food yesterday. When I scratched out a budget a couple of days ago, I concluded that food was the slippiest variable, and the one I can carve the most out of. Currently I spend -- ulp -- probably around $600 a month on everything I eat and drink, because I buy no groceries and do no cooking. (Sometimes I brew my own coffee, or shamefully browse the "a la carte" thing of colorless microwavable nuggetoids at Shaw's with the other pathetic bachelors, but that's it.)
So, yes, I'm gonna turn this around. I think $400 is a good target number to shoot for, and conversations I've had in the last couple of days suggest that I can make it a lot lower than that if I start getting good.
Budget of Kyro
* Buying groceries once a month and
* Eating out only once per week (delivery or eating out) for dinner.
* Eating out for lunch at work ...
... my budget for everything is between $340 and $380 for foods and drinks.
Re: Budget of Kyro
Re: Budget of Kyro
the deathstar
I have yet to figure out why.
also, prog, consider planning on preparing several meals at once. (i.e., enough roast to give you lunch for most of the week -- cheaper than cold cuts, casseroles...), since it means you won't be trying to cook every night, which, aside from the dish pile-up, is probably more time investment than you'll be able to give in the beginning, and you'll be back to expensive dining options in no time.
Re: the deathstar
I have yet to figure out why.
yeah, the problems with the porter square star aren't that obvious at first. it's pretty big, has a good selection, and lots of parking. but then you start noticing problems. the parking spaces are too small, and it's difficult to maneuver in the lot. the aisles in the store are not quite big enough for two carts to pass by each other. the layout of the store is such that there's no obvious route through, so shoppers end up taking random paths through and get in each other's ways. every so often eerie moans waft up from the lower shelves. now that they're no longer open 24 hours, it seems like they're always stocking the aisles you want to be in. the cereal boxes drip blood. shoppers there seem to be irritable. and if you go in there on the wrong day, hands will reach up through the floor and drag you down into a land of torment.
at least, that's why i try to avoid porter star. others may have had different experiences.