How much

[The Mad Monk]

I'm probably in the $280-320 range, as I consciously try to stay around $10 a day. If I'm not working a lot of overtime, I try to force it down to less than $5, which involves using a lot of rice and dried beans.

[laurentius]

Originally posted by JohnT


You spend $2 per meal, 2 meals a day and after 30 days you're looking at $120.00. Me thinks you aren't capturing all your food costs.

Maybe he gets his food from garbage. Some people do it around here. They are not like homeless or anything, they just protest against the fact that there is millions of euros worth of perfectly eatable food thrown out just because their best before date has passed

[JohnT]

You know, the true downfall of Western Civilization will be caused by busy-bodies with too much time on their hands and idiotic anger in their hearts.

In short: how moronic!

[Adagio]

Originally posted by JohnT
You spend $2 per meal, 2 meals a day and after 30 days you're looking at $120.00. Me thinks you aren't capturing all your food costs.

I just did a little miscalculation (From DK to Dollars)

I believe the number will then be around $120-$140 per month, per person

[Pekka]

Well after rent and internet connection I have 70 euros left. From that I pay everything, including food and phone bill. Yes, it is frigging difficult. Mind you food is not exactly cheap here. So, I'd say 60 euros. I need a job BADLY. Yes, I'm POOR.

I'm also seriously thinking about that garbage thing as laurentius mentioned. It's cold here already, so I figure there must be something I could use (cold=eatable for longer time, natures own fridge )

[Combat Ingrid]

I can't really estimate how much I spend on food, but at least I know I spend almost €100/month on icecream. I know it's too much, but it's so good!

[Pekka]

So that leaves 2 euros per meal if you eat once a day. From that I eat at school which is ~2.5 euros but it's good food. But I can't afford eating there everyday really, so I have to skip it every now and then. And sure you don't get anything with 2 euros, so you need to be creative. But I don't complain about this one too much, it's better than nothing, and I don't die from hunger. Naturally it is frustrating that you can't buy anything, no clothes, no booze, no ****ing nothing. But then again it's a challenge too. So I like to think it as challenge. Else I get depressed

and everyone who considers me as a rich spoiled kid (like some people do make that mistake) can suck on my balls, I'm below all possible poverty lines and still making it. From this I can't understand how people who live alone and are on welfare in the same area as me (same rent, I'm not in student housing) are still not making anything.. I guess it's all that beer and booze they spend their money on. Since they get at least 2 times what I am, they truly must be losers, or at least some of them. They don't invest themselves, they invest in drinking and unnecessary things. And wait for something to happen, like the country owes them something, which is the cornerstone of these peoples reason of failing. Naturally this doesn't mean all, since many have to support family, and that's very difficult even on welfare, so they are not losers by default. But this is good, without this support I'd be in deep doodoo so I'm grateful for every cent I get. But I need to get a job, even though I can manage with this, it's not exactly a walk in the park.

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[Dis]

I try to keep mine to around $1 per meal. But actually it is slightly over that amount.