Things you've done to compensate for having no money.

[PsiKik]

Apart from the usual survival rations of beans, white bread and Doll Noodles™, we've all done things to compensate for having no money. Personally I turned off the central heating and put on 2 pairs of jeans, 4 t-shirts, 2 shirts, 3 jerseys, a large jacket, wool beanie and gloves. - and slept wearing the same.

[Last Song]

Apart from the usual survival rations of beans, white bread and Doll Noodles™, we've all done things to compensate for having no money. Personally I turned off the central heating and put on 2 pairs of jeans, 4 t-shirts, 2 shirts, 3 jerseys, a large jacket, wool beanie and gloves. - and slept wearing the same.

*cries at the mere suggestion of having to wear all that clothing ... and melts in the Sydney heat*

[file cabinet]

I haven't hit rock bottom yet.. I still live at home.. (20 yrs old)

[Utopmk]

I lived in my car once, with no money. I slept in parking lots, and truck stops asking people for food, gas and cigarettes. I would always tell them I was lost and lived 100 miles away, and didn't have any gas to get home. Most people would atleast give me something, if nothing more than a cigarette. It was quite fun being a bum.
B)

[cloakable]

Apart from the usual survival rations of beans, white bread and Doll Noodles™, we've all done things to compensate for having no money. Personally I turned off the central heating and put on 2 pairs of jeans, 4 t-shirts, 2 shirts, 3 jerseys, a large jacket, wool beanie and gloves. - and slept wearing the same.

Really? I don't use my heating anyway, and I sleep in a t-shirt. You get used to the cold. And the 'survival rations' are my usual diet. When things get tough, it's rice pudding all the way. 25p for 625g, goes a long way.

[Arioch]

Hmmm... I have a habit not to buy stuff. Which works out quite nicely.

[Jezebel]

When it got bad for me just after I moved and ran out of money I gave plasma twice a week ($40). I lived off nothing but that for about 2 months.

[Division56]

When it got bad for me just after I moved and ran out of money I gave plasma twice a week ($40). I lived off nothing but that for about 2 months.


Now my arms hurt... :mellow:

[HairlessBluetick]

I still live at home :(

[Birdsnest]

..things to do to get by...
Create a webpage and sell something on it so there is a trickle of income coming in from online buyers. Make a large pot of chicken vegetable soup at home and make it last for 3 days, or freeze leftovers in those gladware containers when you make a large pot.

Just get any job, don't be picky. Any job will be better than nothing in times like those.

[Slider]

ya mean like standing on the corner at night in a tight black dress with big hair, too much make-up and going through three cigarettes an hour waiting with a couple friends for a job? nah, never. but i did stay at a holiday inn express last night.

[Claverhouse]

ya mean like standing on the corner at night in a tight black dress with big hair, too much make-up and going through three cigarettes an hour waiting with a couple friends for a job? nah, never. but i did stay at a holiday inn express last night.


:rofl:



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Ponderous]

At the worst, I remember looking at a sack of sugar and a sack of flour in the pantry and calling my dad (the cook in the family) to ask if the were any recipes for something sweet that I could make without also making a purchase. IIRC, the sugar cookies were a welcome respite.

[Google Monster]

people actually have money? Hehe, well i only have enough to buy food and the reserve pays for the living cost. But I'm working on being independent.

[Avengardh]

It's so much harder to live off of anything here than in Mexico...like...you can steal guavas from your neighbor without going to jail...or just go to your local mercado and have a great lunch (ask for a taste of everything, most people give you one).

Here in the US they give you free stuff...but...it's mostly useless...although that Organic Magazine thing I asked for isn't so bad...recycled paper.

:D

~*Aven*~

[Misty_Kye]

I took a cold shower in shorts and a polo shirt and sat in front of the fan when it got too hot. (I was in Puerto Rico at the time)

[nobarcode]

I do believe Slider has the #1 answer.