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Title: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: russell on September 29, 2008, 01:45:05 PM
I was bored after school and didn't have to take my brother home so I stopped at Lunds. I got a six-pack of lime H2Oh! and some Pringles, and the total was like $3.50

that's amazing

with twenty dolla you could have meals for a week
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 01:49:13 PM
If you can be bothered going through bins (or trash cans or whatever you call them) then you can eat for free.

There's a store near me that sells stuff insanely cheaply. So cheaply I'm not sure where the fuck it gets its stock from or how it stays open. IDK if you have the Galaxy brand of chocolate in America [edit: I looked and you do, but it's called Dove], but it's slightly expensive compared to regular chocolate. Nice as hell though. Anyway, 150g bars of this stuff usually cost like Ã,£1.19 or something in regular shops, yet this place was selling them today for 49p each. And I don't know how the fuck they can, unless other shops are vastly overcharging. It tastes fine too.
Pretty sure if I shopped at this place every day I could live on pittance.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: russell on September 29, 2008, 01:57:36 PM
Quote from: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 01:49:13 PM
If you can be bothered going through bins (or trash cans or whatever you call them) then you can eat for free.

There's a store near me that sells stuff insanely cheaply. So cheaply I'm not sure where the fuck it gets its stock from or how it stays open. IDK if you have the Galaxy brand of chocolate in America [edit: I looked and you do, but it's called Dove], but it's slightly expensive compared to regular chocolate. Nice as hell though. Anyway, 150g bars of this stuff usually cost like Ã,£1.19 or something in regular shops, yet this place was selling them today for 49p each. And I don't know how the fuck they can, unless other shops are vastly overcharging. It tastes fine too.
Pretty sure if I shopped at this place every day I could live on pittance.


yeah um I'm not going to go through garbage for food

Dove chocolate is tasty
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: YPrrrr on September 29, 2008, 02:01:44 PM
Meals in a week: 21
Cost said meal of Pringles and 6 cans of some drink: 3.50
Total: $73.50
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Nyerp on September 29, 2008, 02:08:53 PM
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 29, 2008, 02:01:44 PM
Meals in a week: 21
Cost said meal of Pringles and 6 cans of some drink: 3.50
Total: $73.50


Getting a heart attack from two weeks of said "meals": Priceless
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Daddy on September 29, 2008, 02:21:05 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on September 29, 2008, 02:08:53 PM
Getting a heart attack from two weeks of said "meals": Priceless
OH GOD LOL


uhm but yeah

1 box of pasta = 2 meals = 1 dollar

so buy like 7 boxes of pasta, 1.5 dozen eggs,(1 dozen costs 3 bucks) and some bread and you have meals for week :|


7x1 = $7  of pasta
2*3 = $6 of eggs
1*2 = $2 of bread
1*3.5= $3.50 of milk
$18.50 CAN GET YOU FOOD FOR A WEEK.
SPEND THAT 1.50 ON LIKE SOME OATMEAL
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Knig on September 29, 2008, 02:22:44 PM
Quote from: Khadafi on September 29, 2008, 02:21:05 PM
OH GOD LOL


uhm but yeah

1 box of pasta = 2 meals = 1 dollar

so buy like 7 boxes of pasta, 1.5 dozen eggs,(1 dozen costs 3 bucks) and some bread and you have meals for week :|


7x1 = $7  of pasta
2*3 = $6 of eggs
1*2 = $2 of bread
1*3.5= $3.50 of milk
$18.50 CAN GET YOU FOOD FOR A WEEK.
SPEND THAT 1.50 ON LIKE SOME OATMEAL


too bad taxes push it over the limit
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Daddy on September 29, 2008, 02:23:42 PM
Quote from: Rycerz on September 29, 2008, 02:22:44 PM
too bad taxes push it over the limit
what the fuck your state taxes food?
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: superclucky on September 29, 2008, 02:30:20 PM
our yogurts are 25 cents

i just buy like 50 of them and live off them for breakfast and lunch

hurray for having calcium and riboflavin
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Knig on September 29, 2008, 02:31:08 PM
Quote from: Khadafi on September 29, 2008, 02:23:42 PM
what the fuck your state taxes food?


on prepared foods
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Det in F♯ Major on September 29, 2008, 02:35:12 PM
Quote from: Khadafi on September 29, 2008, 02:23:42 PM
what the fuck your state taxes food?


WHAT THE FUCK YOURS DOESN'T :O
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Daddy on September 29, 2008, 02:36:13 PM
Quote from: Rycerz on September 29, 2008, 02:31:08 PM
on prepared foods
since when was bread, pasta and eggs prepared?  baddood;
Quote from: Maggie and the Ferocious Beast on September 29, 2008, 02:35:12 PM


WHAT THE FUCK YOURS DOESN'T :O
massachusetts taxes everything but clothes and food.

Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 02:37:46 PM
Quote from: Rycerz on September 29, 2008, 02:22:44 PM
too bad taxes push it over the limit


Too bad you'd get rickets and scurvy would be a better suggestion.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Det in F♯ Major on September 29, 2008, 02:39:41 PM
Quote from: Khadafi on September 29, 2008, 02:36:13 PM
since when was bread, pasta and eggs prepared?  baddood;massachusetts taxes everything but clothes and food.




:'(

michigan taxes six fucking percent on anything and everything
how much do you get taxed when you are
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Daddy on September 29, 2008, 02:40:46 PM
Quote from: Maggie and the Ferocious Beast on September 29, 2008, 02:39:41 PM
:'(

michigan taxes six fucking percent on anything and everything
how much do you get taxed when you are
5%
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: superclucky on September 29, 2008, 02:41:28 PM
Quote from: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 02:37:46 PM
Too bad you'd get rickets and scurvy would be a better suggestion.
plus very high cholesterol and triglycerides ;_;
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: YPrrrr on September 29, 2008, 02:42:26 PM
I just got a can of Pringles for a buck
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 02:43:36 PM
8% over here. :D
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: YPrrrr on September 29, 2008, 02:44:26 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 02:43:36 PM
8% over here. :D
Haha New York
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 02:45:05 PM
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 29, 2008, 02:44:26 PM
Haha New York
stfu CHEESEHEAD
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 02:46:30 PM
17.5% VAT on everything here. But that's included in the price unless specified otherwise.
Plus we have higher salaries.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: superclucky on September 29, 2008, 02:47:20 PM
Quote from: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 02:46:30 PM
17.5% VAT on everything here. But that's included in the price unless specified otherwise.
Plus we have higher salaries.
we have 6% tax
i heard Delaware has no tax ;_;
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Knig on September 29, 2008, 02:47:55 PM
Quote from: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 02:37:46 PM
Too bad you'd get rickets and scurvy would be a better suggestion.


it's highly unlikely to contract those diseases in a week

yeah the distinction between prepared and unprepared foods is weird. I mean, many packaged foods like bread, cereals, etc. have to be cooked before they go into boxes and are edible right out of the box.

Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 02:49:17 PM
Quote from: Clucky on September 29, 2008, 02:47:20 PM
we have 6% tax
i heard Delaware has no tax ;_;
yeah my uncle lives there
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: YPrrrr on September 29, 2008, 02:50:04 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 02:45:05 PM
stfu CHEESEHEAD
Wisconsin is practically socialist n_u
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 02:50:31 PM
Quote from: Rycerz on September 29, 2008, 02:47:55 PM
it's highly unlikely to contract those diseases in a week


Wait, we're not talking this as being for a long stretch of time?
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 02:50:49 PM
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 29, 2008, 02:50:04 PM
Wisconsin is practically socialist n_u
ur still a dirty cheesehead
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: YPrrrr on September 29, 2008, 02:51:26 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 02:50:49 PM
ur still a dirty cheesehead
I've only lived in Wisconsin for a month though
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 02:53:03 PM
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 29, 2008, 02:51:26 PM
I've only lived in Wisconsin for a month though
stfu CHEESEHEAD
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Knig on September 29, 2008, 02:53:17 PM
Quote from: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 02:50:31 PM
Wait, we're not talking this as being for a long stretch of time?


ya snorkel mentioned it in his post about how $20 can last you enough to eat for a week; naturally i assumed we were all talking about the same stretch of time
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: YPrrrr on September 29, 2008, 02:55:28 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 02:53:03 PM
stfu CHEESEHEAD
Your bagels are overrated baddood;
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 02:56:19 PM
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 29, 2008, 02:55:28 PM
Your bagels are overrated baddood;
our hot dogs are still the best
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: YPrrrr on September 29, 2008, 02:58:09 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 02:56:19 PM
our hot dogs are still the best
worst subway system i've ever seen
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 03:00:06 PM
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 29, 2008, 02:58:09 PM
worst subway system i've ever seen
seen

exactly fucktard baddood;
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: YPrrrr on September 29, 2008, 03:01:32 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 03:00:06 PM
seen

exactly fucktard baddood;
???

Worst subway system I have ever seen... Makes perfect grammatical sense
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 03:02:31 PM
Quote from: Rycerz on September 29, 2008, 02:53:17 PM
ya snorkel mentioned it in his post about how $20 can last you enough to eat for a week; naturally i assumed we were all talking about the same stretch of time

I assumed we were talking on how you could live on $20 per week, which would imply the duration of such lifestyle would be at least two weeks.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: wawi on September 29, 2008, 03:06:56 PM
Quote from: Maggie and the Ferocious Beast on September 29, 2008, 02:39:41 PM
:'(

michigan taxes six fucking percent on anything and everything
how much do you get taxed when you are

We don't get taxed on food befuddlement
But I guess you knew that because you only bolded clothes.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 03:07:22 PM
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 29, 2008, 03:01:32 PM
???

Worst subway system I have ever seen... Makes perfect grammatical sense
im not talking about the grammar its just that seeing something like the MTA doesnt make your point valid

the mta is a great subway system, it gets you pretty much anywhere in new york
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: russell on September 29, 2008, 03:09:26 PM
to settle this thread: the NYC subway sucks compared to other subways in the world, you wouldn't contract diseases in a week, $20 will last you a week on food, Wisconsin is one of the worst states, and no one in the country gets taxed on food (usually).
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 03:11:56 PM
Quote from: russell on September 29, 2008, 03:09:26 PM
to settle this thread: the NYC subway sucks compared to other subways in the world, you wouldn't contract diseases in a week, $20 will last you a week on food, Wisconsin is one of the worst states, and no one in the country gets taxed on food (usually).
no
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: YPrrrr on September 29, 2008, 03:13:02 PM
Quote from: russell on September 29, 2008, 03:09:26 PM
to settle this thread: the NYC subway sucks compared to other subways in the world, you wouldn't contract diseases in a week, $20 will last you a week on food, Wisconsin is one of the worst states, and no one in the country gets taxed on food (usually).
Yeah outside of Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin sucks... Still better than the Dakotas, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Vermont, and New Hampshire though. Tied with Maine, Minnesota, Utah, Colorado.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: superclucky on September 29, 2008, 03:14:14 PM
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 29, 2008, 03:13:02 PM
Yeah outside of Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin sucks... Still better than the Dakotas, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Vermont, and New Hampshire though. Tied with Maine, Minnesota, Utah, Colorado.
why did you compare yourself to states that don't exist
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: YPrrrr on September 29, 2008, 03:15:04 PM
Quote from: Clucky on September 29, 2008, 03:14:14 PM
why did you compare yourself to states that don't exist
Because it makes the list longer.

Oh and Wisconsin > Nevada too
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Det in F♯ Major on September 29, 2008, 03:24:02 PM
Quote from: Akiba on September 29, 2008, 03:06:56 PM
We don't get taxed on food befuddlement
But I guess you knew that because you only bolded clothes.


oh
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 03:25:12 PM
Quote from: russell on September 29, 2008, 03:09:26 PM
you wouldn't contract diseases in a week


Try having unprotected sex constantly with people who are HIV positive and see if you don't contract a disease in a week.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 29, 2008, 03:33:47 PM
quit your bitching niggers, new york's taxes are almost 8.5% and we get taxed on clothes nigger
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: superclucky on September 29, 2008, 03:34:53 PM
Quote from: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 03:25:12 PM
Try having unprotected sex constantly with people who are HIV positive and see if you don't contract a disease in a week.
i think he was talking about airborne and waterborne diseases
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 03:48:10 PM
Quote from: Clucky on September 29, 2008, 03:34:53 PM
i think he was talking about airborne and waterborne diseases

Which you could still catch in a week. You catch them in the second between not having a cold and having a cold, or whatever.

(He was actually talking about rickets and scurvy)
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: superclucky on September 29, 2008, 03:50:25 PM
Quote from: Rosti LFC on September 29, 2008, 03:48:10 PM
Which you could still catch in a week. You catch them in the second between not having a cold and having a cold, or whatever.

(He was actually talking about  and scurvy)
i don't think rickets or nutritional deficiency diseases can happen in a week
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 03:52:08 PM
Quote from: TECTRON on September 29, 2008, 03:33:47 PM
quit your bitching niggers, new york's taxes are almost 8.5% and we get taxed on clothes nigger
You live in New York? Now I can finally beat the shit out of you.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 29, 2008, 03:54:27 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 03:52:08 PM
You live in New York? Now I can finally beat the shit out of you.
the bridge will crumble under your fat ass before you're able to make it over spam;
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 03:55:32 PM
Quote from: TECTRON on September 29, 2008, 03:54:27 PM
the bridge will crumble under your fat ass before you're able to make it over spam;
i can take the train |:|:|

wait which borough
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 29, 2008, 03:57:43 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 03:55:32 PM
i can take the train |:|:|

wait which borough
not the city
long island badass
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 03:58:43 PM
Quote from: TECTRON on September 29, 2008, 03:57:43 PM
not the city
long island
i can still take the long island train thing
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 29, 2008, 03:59:24 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 03:58:43 PM
i can still take the long island train thing
no you can't fit through the door :0
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 04:21:41 PM
Quote from: TECTRON on September 29, 2008, 03:59:24 PM
no you can't fit through the door :0
yes i can
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 29, 2008, 04:22:47 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 04:21:41 PM
yes i can
ya rite :|
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Meyer Lansky on September 29, 2008, 04:23:34 PM
Quote from: russell on September 29, 2008, 03:09:26 PM
the NYC subway sucks compared to other subways in the world
I would love to know how you're able to make this claim.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Samus Aran on September 29, 2008, 04:24:07 PM
Groceries are expensive as hell where I live because there's only one grocery store, so they basically run a monopoly on the whole Baudette area.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on September 29, 2008, 04:25:40 PM
They're expensive here, too. The price has doubled in the last year. smithicide;
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Skylark on September 29, 2008, 05:38:05 PM
Groceries seem to be very expensive here but some places are much better than others. In Arizona they only tax you on prepared food, I'm not sure if other places are like that but I don't know what our taxes are like.

Canada is %13 everywhere, right? That seemed really unfortunate when I was up there because I felt like I was loosing a lot.

I don't buy my own groceries though and I won't for another year and a half but I'm not too worried about that because I live pretty cheaply and JMV made me feel better with his under 20$ food week plan but I really like apples.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Nyerp on September 29, 2008, 07:30:32 PM
wait ezlo is fat?
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 07:49:18 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on September 29, 2008, 07:30:32 PM
wait ezlo is fat?
Far from it.
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Nyerp on September 29, 2008, 07:50:50 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 07:49:18 PM
Far from it.


pics please
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 07:51:56 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on September 29, 2008, 07:50:50 PM
pics please
no u
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Nyerp on September 29, 2008, 07:54:48 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 07:51:56 PM
no u


i'll show you mine if you show me yours
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 07:55:53 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on September 29, 2008, 07:54:48 PM
i'll show you mine if you show me yours
im scared
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Nyerp on September 29, 2008, 07:57:00 PM
Quote from: Ezlo on September 29, 2008, 07:55:53 PM
im scared


get on with it, fatass

don't make me force you to run up a gentle slope :|
Title: Re: groceries are really cheap and awesome
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 29, 2008, 07:57:49 PM
Quote from: Nyerp on September 29, 2008, 07:57:00 PM
get on with it, fatass

don't make me force you to run up a gentle slope :|
im scared