what's the brokest you've ever been? how did you survive? what sick feats of sub-humanity did it push you towards.
― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 1 September 2003 20:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 1 September 2003 20:04 (twenty years ago) link
But I've spent so many years with absolutely no disposable income that after I posted about buying a new jean jacket I had to laugh at the absurdity. When you're flat broke, the idea of ever again having money to spend on crap like that seem fucking REMOTE. And yet here I am (how, I don't know).
― Aaron A., Monday, 1 September 2003 20:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Joe Mama Besser (Nick D), Monday, 1 September 2003 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
getting given money by homeless people felt like some kinda nadir, too.
― international jewel thief, Monday, 1 September 2003 21:13 (twenty years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 1 September 2003 22:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Monday, 1 September 2003 23:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 10:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael B, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 11:46 (twenty years ago) link
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 12:20 (twenty years ago) link
But I was like, calling up my mom to offer to mow her lawn or something. Y'know, just to be nice (wink, wink) and if she should invite me to stay for supper, well, that's just a pleasant coincidence.
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 13:55 (twenty years ago) link
(joking)
― hstencil, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Aaron A., Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:41 (twenty years ago) link
― chaki (chaki), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:43 (twenty years ago) link
also, never do drug- or sleep studies. they fuck you up more than any cash benefit, as the conventional wisdom holds.
― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:51 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 15:11 (twenty years ago) link
two weeks ago , returning from holiday, i found i had spend the last money of my credit. with my salary at the end o f the month it's getting only slightly above zero, but it will be heavy budgetting the next couple of months before i filled the gap completely and can start with zero at the BEGINNING of the month and built up new savings.
instead spending all of your credit on rent, insurance etc. etc.
i don't have savings.
― Erik, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 17:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Erik, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 17:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 18:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 18:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 18:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 18:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Horace Mang (Chris Piuma), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 19:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:01 (twenty years ago) link
― donna (donna), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 21:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 21:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 21:47 (twenty years ago) link
― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 22:25 (twenty years ago) link
I wish I was entirely joking.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 September 2003 18:54 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Friday, 5 September 2003 18:57 (twenty years ago) link
The thing with her that freaks me out is that she's been slooooowly moving in with this dude that she likes as a friend who is The Creepiest Guy Ever, has told her he's in love with her, she's woken up at 5 am with him laying on her crying. I asked her "why the hell are you moving in over there?" and she said "cuz he'll let me have my cat there, and I can't keep him living here cuz your son's allergic" and I'm like "BUT YOUR CAT IS STILL HERE!!!".
I'm torn between being scared for her and being pissed at her for the way she's treated her cat.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 September 2003 19:17 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Friday, 5 September 2003 19:22 (twenty years ago) link
Oh my God, it's like the Volvo is my replacement love-interest. I'm so pathetic. :D
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 September 2003 19:27 (twenty years ago) link
Living in a car, c or d?
― hstencil, Friday, 5 September 2003 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
Ha! The day after writing this - I'm not joking, the very next day - impossibly, marvellously, I received £2000. Completely unexpected. That's something! It's not everything - I now owe six grand, I have only two. But it's something. So I remove myself from this thread full of shameful glee.
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Friday, 5 September 2003 20:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Myron Kosloff, Friday, 5 September 2003 20:16 (twenty years ago) link
haven't eaten in 24 hours or 48, depending on whether the $0.59 i found on the floor that went towards frosted donuts counts. can't reach any friends or family for help. rent is paid up through january so no problems there. i was going to go down to The Strand and sell some books and i started to gather all of the ones i could sell up into a bag and then realized that i didn't have $2 for the subway.
― Shh! It's NOT Me!, Monday, 22 December 2008 02:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Project based work in December = BROKE.
Whenever I sense money is running out, I run to the store strictly for:
1.) Malt-o-Meal Raisin Bran ($1.99)2.) Welch's Strawberry Jelly (unless you can tolerate grape, which is cheaper)3.) 365 Natural Peanut Butter (cheaper than generic store brand)[defended!]4.) Store brand bread (Fine Fare sells a GIANT loaf for $1.99)5.) Gallon whole milk (for coffee & cereal)
_______________________________7.) $15 2 week+ diet plan
Also, offer collateral to borrow close friends unlimited subway card for trips on their off hours
It's the coffee and wine snobbery/vices that ruin me.
365 Whole Bean coffee can be had at $6.66 a lb.
Fucking HUEG box of shitty cheap ass wine can be added to cola for calimocho for weeks.
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 22 December 2008 03:10 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i need to invest in some pb&j next time i get some money. the cigarettes are killing me and my budget but they are also excellent appetite suppressants. so i sorta need them more in a way.
― Shh! It's NOT Me!, Monday, 22 December 2008 03:15 (fifteen years ago) link
bananas are relatively cheap for the size
― ❤ⓛⓞⓥⓔ❤ (CaptainLorax), Monday, 22 December 2008 03:32 (fifteen years ago) link
man - its too bad you dont have people who can help you
Cucumbers are also cheap for the size.
― Irate Clown Party (libcrypt), Monday, 22 December 2008 03:36 (fifteen years ago) link
in general i do but i cant reach them right now. all of this shit will be straightened out soon; this is not forever but fuck it sucks when it happens. i had the fucking brilliant idea of moving back to nyc right when my profession goes down the tubes. 4 months of shitty minimum wage labor that was supposed to be supplemented by bonuses that never came while 2 years of savings vanished and then i got downsized. and, i didnt even go out the whole time, both during those two years and since i moved up here. you figure that if you are going to spend 2 years saving $x,000 to move only to see it vanish within 6 months, you might as well drink and buy some fucking records but somehow i managed to go broke eating cheap pizza and staying in.
― Shh! It's NOT Me!, Monday, 22 December 2008 03:39 (fifteen years ago) link
the cigarettes are killing me and my budget but they are also excellent appetite suppressants. so i sorta need them more in a way.
you need to switch to rollies
seriously
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 22 December 2008 10:36 (fifteen years ago) link
they're half the price, a pack lasts three times as long, and the tobacco is five times better
true! thanks! i found a friend to borrow some money from. i will be working again soon. so no problem paying him back. anyways i will go get some loose tobacco and papers today.
― Shh! It's NOT Me!, Monday, 22 December 2008 10:39 (fifteen years ago) link
ya kinda waiting for Rev to say 'ok' first!
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 18:40 (fourteen years ago) link
you guys
― fart and crazy swag (The Reverend), Saturday, 6 March 2010 18:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I love you all
go ham
― fart and crazy swag (The Reverend), Saturday, 6 March 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
my email is r0dn3yjr33n3athotmaildotcom (no googleproofing)
― fart and crazy swag (The Reverend), Saturday, 6 March 2010 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
oops
r0dneyjgr33n3athotmaildotcom
cool. opening new thread
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
is there anyway someone could set up a direct "donation" link a la https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/xcl/rec/donate-intro-outside
― ksh, Saturday, 6 March 2010 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i'll look into it
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
done
― just1n3, Saturday, 6 March 2010 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
whoa sweet where is it
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
?
― ksh, Saturday, 6 March 2010 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
ooooooo....k. I think me just gonna put his email address in there for now.
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
rev you're a bro. it sucks to see you having such a rough go of it
― carne asada, Saturday, 6 March 2010 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Ballistic started the thread: Help The Reverend pay rent, get crunk, and bribe strippers...2010 rolling HELP A FELLOW ILX0R thread....
― ksh, Saturday, 6 March 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
btw, at times like these i always find a helpful thought is that this will be good for at least half a chapter in your memoirs (best-selling obv) in 30 years' time
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 6 March 2010 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I like that thought.
― fart and crazy swag (The Reverend), Saturday, 6 March 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
make sure to embellish a few details a la Vanilla Ice
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey yeah fwiw this is what it was like for me when I moved away from home the first time. It fucking sucks, but if I have any advice, it's don't denigrate yourself as a person for being broke. That makes shit so much worse than it has to be, tho I know it's easier said than done. Also don't sell your laptop bcz I bet it'd be a long time 'til you could get another one. I can't help out w/$$$ right now but I'm always here to listen if you want to vent.
― How to Make an American Quit (Abbott), Sunday, 7 March 2010 04:11 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^^^^^^ otm
― Ballistic, Sunday, 7 March 2010 06:48 (fourteen years ago) link
holy fuck
― Aerosol, Thursday, 7 October 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Holy shit i didnt think id been paid but i had, my credit card bill just wiped it out. :o
Pitta and pasta fortnight ahoy
― i gave ten pounds and all i got was a lousy * (darraghmac), Friday, 10 May 2013 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
Get rid of your credit card, seriously, best decision I ever made
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
sure but it could be worse you could be jeff hannemann formerly of slayer now dead
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 10 May 2013 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
Valuable insights itt
― i gave ten pounds and all i got was a lousy * (darraghmac), Friday, 10 May 2013 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
Or that Jesus feller. He sure had no picknick. With those nails and the cross and all
xp
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
I might well do that lbi, but its handy for web and eh eating during rent week.
― i gave ten pounds and all i got was a lousy * (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
Don't you have a debit card for that? We Dutch dunna have it, but I've always been amazed at the power of a debit card that isn't a credit card, and you can still use it to order whatever you like on the web etc?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
itt irish wastrel living on credit learns about fiscal discipline from the deutsch
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
Payday: the 15th
In my bank acct: 46 usd
:/
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
Nakh otm
Ah well, theres always the overdraft
Debit card isnt too widely accepted ime
― i gave ten pounds and all i got was a lousy * (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
Oh hey jon, want a pitta?
― i gave ten pounds and all i got was a lousy * (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
If the debit card has master or visa on it, it's as widely accepted as credit cards iirc
I've no experience with debit cards. They still seems like a magical, exotic thing to me. Wish we had them here.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
Pitta and pasta ain't too bad, as long as you don't eat them at the same time tbh
I never check my balance bc its too depressing. I'd rather not know most of the time. This causes me to overdraft a lot.
― Treeship, Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
Tbf the cupboard/fridge/freezer are stocked and commute is covered, locking it down will require only a modicum of discipline.
otoh im goin to spain in a fortnight and the car needs taxin
― i gave ten pounds and all i got was a lousy * (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:10 (eleven years ago) link
^^ weak. I never check my balance either, but then I have an account on which I can't overdraft. *That* is living on the edge baby. That awful exciting fear at the till if I still have dough on my account etc #YOLO
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
You driving to Spain Deems? Awesome!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
Heh no! Merely listing expenditures as they loom.
― i gave ten pounds and all i got was a lousy * (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
I never check my balance bc its too depressing. I'd rather not know most of the time. This causes me to overdraft a lot.― Treeship, Friday, May 10, 2013 5:08 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Treeship, Friday, May 10, 2013 5:08 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yup
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
Lol ok. Shame though, it's a nice drive down! Car expenditures = meh though tbh
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 11 May 2013 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
today i hit the level of money at which i can no longer take out any money
― flopson, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 05:16 (ten years ago) link
ouch. when are you getting paid again? if you are going to starve i can paypal you a very small amount of money. i am also broke though, i have like $500 and my job ended for now because it is at a school.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 05:20 (ten years ago) link
(xp) been there.
― paula deezen (get bent), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 05:20 (ten years ago) link
thanks treeship, i'll be ok
― flopson, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 05:26 (ten years ago) link
np. sorry if that was a weird thing to offer.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 05:32 (ten years ago) link
not at all, very sweet of you. but i've worked it out so that i won't starve anytime soon
― flopson, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 05:38 (ten years ago) link
cool
― Treeship, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 05:41 (ten years ago) link
four meals in a row of pasta and four meals in a row of chili-in-tortillas from 38 dollars of groceries i bought yesterday should get me through until tuesday. i have to get a little gas, plus a meal or two and some snacks from the co-op should be covered by the 68 dollars i have left. in my experience most of the battle of making a dollar stretch is the time it takes to plan it out so you don't fuck up and make it worse. and the mind game / stress regulation of feeling boxed in.
― i want to get cancer (map), Friday, 22 June 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link