Biggest Money Lessons from Living in Canada
#31
Re: Biggest Money Lessons from Living in Canada
If you've 'always wanted to have a dog' yet you allow yourself to be put off by a tiny thing like picking up poo, I don't think you've wanted a dog that much. It's not as if you actually have to use your bare hands
It's like saying you'd love kids but have decided against it because of nappy-changing.
Get a dog. They're great.
It's like saying you'd love kids but have decided against it because of nappy-changing.
Get a dog. They're great.
#32
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If you've 'always wanted to have a dog' yet you allow yourself to be put off by a tiny thing like picking up poo, I don't think you've wanted a dog that much. It's not as if you actually have to use your bare hands
It's like saying you'd love kids but have decided against it because of nappy-changing.
Get a dog. They're great.
It's like saying you'd love kids but have decided against it because of nappy-changing.
Get a dog. They're great.
#33
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Here we have three horses, two dogs and two cats. And fish. The fish are not cheaper. Best stay away from all animals, and eating out, and new cars (and very old cars) and nicer houses and having a vibrant life involving many people.
For this, people give up family, culture and access to Europe?
For this, people give up family, culture and access to Europe?
A young lady in the office elevator several years ago was explaining to a colleague that she'd just spent $4k on an operation for her dog. A friend of mine who works at a Vet near the Beaches has been privy to a $25k opp. Such sums are an absurdity to me. Back in the day when our dog needed to be put down after the cancer got too painful it was only a few hundred quid.
A slippery slope to ruin even before you have to walk it every day, pick up, take it to the beauty parlor or check it in somewhere because you need a vacation.
Your pet list is excessive but then there is no one to talk to in the countryside so I understand it.
#35
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Well, we all have different tolerances towards stuff. A slightly false analogy to kids, given the limited Pampers period, and full lifespan. I haven't ruled out getting a dog at some point, I had one as a kid, and there have been few other family dogs in the past. Do you have a dog? What type?
#38
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I make my own however without paying $3 a cup
#39
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Back when money was tight I used to pick one up and put it straight back down when I saw $40+ on the label.
There are lots of things here that say $8/lb, save $10/lb and they are never $18/lb but Lamb isn't one of them. I don't remember when it was but there was a week in one store and then the following week in a different one where they were between $23 and $33. We had 7 in our freezer after that.
#40
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Sainsburys website says leg of lamb £9/kg. 2.2lbs, or £4.50 ($7.65) for just over 1lb. You do really well to see it for $7 or $8/lb here and that's boneless. Not as good.
Back when money was tight I used to pick one up and put it straight back down when I saw $40+ on the label.
There are lots of things here that say $8/lb, save $10/lb and they are never $18/lb but Lamb isn't one of them. I don't remember when it was but there was a week in one store and then the following week in a different one where they were between $23 and $33. We had 7 in our freezer after that.
Back when money was tight I used to pick one up and put it straight back down when I saw $40+ on the label.
There are lots of things here that say $8/lb, save $10/lb and they are never $18/lb but Lamb isn't one of them. I don't remember when it was but there was a week in one store and then the following week in a different one where they were between $23 and $33. We had 7 in our freezer after that.
#41
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Re: price of lamb in the UK, you've reminded me of one of my first 'what?!' experiences over there. I'd never been in an Iceland before, so was having a look around and came to the (frozen) legs of lamb. I can't remember the price, I know it was quite expensive but that wasn't what surprised me. There was a security tag on it, the kind that beep if you leave the shop without paying. A leg of lamb with a security tag, couldn't get over it!
#42
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Re: Biggest Money Lessons from Living in Canada
I like lamb but even on sale its pretty pricey. Costco sometimes has a whole frozen lamb.
But then you have to cut it into more manageable size.
But then you have to cut it into more manageable size.
#43
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Re: price of lamb in the UK, you've reminded me of one of my first 'what?!' experiences over there. I'd never been in an Iceland before, so was having a look around and came to the (frozen) legs of lamb. I can't remember the price, I know it was quite expensive but that wasn't what surprised me. There was a security tag on it, the kind that beep if you leave the shop without paying. A leg of lamb with a security tag, couldn't get over it!
#44
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Re: Biggest Money Lessons from Living in Canada
We live in a so so area, and its a little common for some to do as dbd says, they go into the store, grab as much as they can and run as fast as they can, sometimes they get caught but that doesn't seem the norm. I have been approached more then once while outside asking if I am interested in buying steak, steak seems to be the big one.
I for one would not buy meat from some crack head peddling it on the street.
It's interesting at times living in a questionable area.
It's all mostly drug fueled, people need to steal to buy their drugs. Leave a dime in your car, or a pop can, and park it on the street in this area and its likely to get broken into, but even if there is nothing in the car, some will still break into it just to make sure.
I for one would not buy meat from some crack head peddling it on the street.
It's interesting at times living in a questionable area.
It's all mostly drug fueled, people need to steal to buy their drugs. Leave a dime in your car, or a pop can, and park it on the street in this area and its likely to get broken into, but even if there is nothing in the car, some will still break into it just to make sure.
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#45
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We live in a so so area, and its a little common for some to do as dbd says, they go into the store, grab as much as they can and run as fast as they can, sometimes they get caught but that doesn't seem the norm. I have been approached more then once while outside asking if I am interested in buying steak, steak seems to be the big one.
It's all mostly drug fueled, people need to steal to buy their drugs. Leave a dime in your car, or a pop can, and park it on the street in this area and its likely to get broken into, but even if there is nothing in the car, some will still break into it just to make sure.