We put "red light cameras" in our town. They call them red light cameras, but the majority of them are on the interstate to get speeders. The local paper posted stats from the cameras, and it turned out that 99% of the tickets were for speeding, not red lights.
My wife has a prepaid through Platinumtel. We buy $100 chunks of credit which usually last around for 8 months or so. 5 cents a minute for calls, 2 cents for texts, and 10 cents a meg for data. The phone was an older Blackberry that cost $20. She doesn't care about apps, and actually uses it as a phone, not a computer, so that is why prepaid works for her.
Are you using a pre-paid phone? My wife probably spends no more than $10 a month for her calls. The phone cost $20, for a 5 year old blackberry, and 5 cents a minute for calls. She only uses it as a phone though. I carry a work supplied blackberry, so I have no costs. If I did not have that, I imagine I would do like my wife and carry a cheap pre-paid phone. I see no need to carry around the internet, and would probably only do an hour or two of calls per month.
One small thing, I do $40 a week in gas, or $31,200 over 15 years. I am assuming you are not going on any road trips that require you to use the petrol engine. Seriously though, what does your electricity cost?
I change oil about twice a year at $70 a change (7 quarts syn). Battery about once every 7 years at $150. I would guess you will need at least one set of batteries during that time at what, $15000?
I am not trying to smear the car, just bring up the point that the numbers don't work for everyone.
What the problem is, is it's a $40,000 Chevy. A mid sized 4 door sedan from Chevy shouldn't cost $40,000. I can't see a situation where a car would be worth that kind money. For me, it makes more sense to buy a used car. I use about $40 a week, or $2000 a year for gas. Since my car cost me $5900, I would have to drive it for at least 15 years to get close to the cost of the Volt. The electricity isn't free, and the trips are not all short. In that same 15 years you may spend $5000 in energy vs my $30,000. I'd still be ahead money and comfort wise. BTW, my car was $56,000 new. I love buying used!
Agreed. I have been using media center for several years, and for most things, it's a great interface. I am not a big fan of how it handles music, but is great with video files, TV/DVR, and watching DVDs. Hulu has one of the worst 10 ft interfaces I have seen. Fonts are too small, it's difficult to navigate, and control meanings are not consistent.
Since it's in a rural area, I bet if the word got out, the meth heads would be all over it to steal the copper. It would end up looking like one of those old abandoned military sites in Russia.
I actually knew of Alan Parsons before Pink Floyd. My mom worked at a radio station and used to get promo materials. One time she brought me a record that was a promo for Tales of Mystery and Imagination. I listened to it a lot, and then a few years later I discovered Dark Side of the Moon (even though it was an earlier album). I am fans of both.
Not really a fan. I can look up scores and highlights after the fact if I want to. There does seem to be quite a lot of live sports on OTA on the weekend though.
Cable TV is priced to where I don't see the value in it anymore. I got ride of cable, upped my internet to the next tier, and connected an HTPC to the screen. The HTPC has a tuner card with rabbit ears, so I can DVR a few OTA shows, and the rest is all streaming and downloads. There is so much of that available, I don't really feel like I am missing anything.
That was a sad day when the default was no longer Meigs. I think that was a throwback from Sublogic days when the developers were based in Champaign-Urbana.
Number of people in that situation probably isn't that high. People buy tons of crap they can't afford. I am just a cheapskate though. I could afford a lot more than that for a TV, but I am using an old 60" rear projector I got for free off of Craig's list. As long as it still works well, I see no need in replacing it.
Do credit agencies actually say you owe money? I'd bet I have a terrible credit rating as I paid my house and credit cards off several years ago, and quit using credit. I only buy something I have the money for, and only use a credit card to book a hotel. The card is paid off immediately when the bill shows up.
That is pretty true. I gave my old 30 mpg Saturn to my mother in law, and bought a used 20 mpg Cadillac for $6000. Since I saved so much buying used, gas mileage was really not too important. I really enjoy the power and quality of the Caddy and I really would not want to go back to a lesser vehicle.
I would enjoy having better mileage, but it is not worth the premium in cost.
I get around that by having a work phone. Since it is theirs and not mine, I really don't care. My wife has a refurb prepaid phone, so it is only tangentially connected to her. If you do a search on either phone number, nothing comes up tying us to them. (actually my wife's phone comes up as belonging to someone in Florida)
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And Steven Fry could be her companion.
We put "red light cameras" in our town. They call them red light cameras, but the majority of them are on the interstate to get speeders. The local paper posted stats from the cameras, and it turned out that 99% of the tickets were for speeding, not red lights.
My wife has a prepaid through Platinumtel. We buy $100 chunks of credit which usually last around for 8 months or so. 5 cents a minute for calls, 2 cents for texts, and 10 cents a meg for data. The phone was an older Blackberry that cost $20. She doesn't care about apps, and actually uses it as a phone, not a computer, so that is why prepaid works for her.
Are you using a pre-paid phone? My wife probably spends no more than $10 a month for her calls. The phone cost $20, for a 5 year old blackberry, and 5 cents a minute for calls. She only uses it as a phone though.
I carry a work supplied blackberry, so I have no costs. If I did not have that, I imagine I would do like my wife and carry a cheap pre-paid phone. I see no need to carry around the internet, and would probably only do an hour or two of calls per month.
One small thing, I do $40 a week in gas, or $31,200 over 15 years.
I am assuming you are not going on any road trips that require you to use the petrol engine. Seriously though, what does your electricity cost?
I change oil about twice a year at $70 a change (7 quarts syn). Battery about once every 7 years at $150. I would guess you will need at least one set of batteries during that time at what, $15000?
I am not trying to smear the car, just bring up the point that the numbers don't work for everyone.
What the problem is, is it's a $40,000 Chevy. A mid sized 4 door sedan from Chevy shouldn't cost $40,000. I can't see a situation where a car would be worth that kind money. For me, it makes more sense to buy a used car. I use about $40 a week, or $2000 a year for gas. Since my car cost me $5900, I would have to drive it for at least 15 years to get close to the cost of the Volt. The electricity isn't free, and the trips are not all short. In that same 15 years you may spend $5000 in energy vs my $30,000. I'd still be ahead money and comfort wise. BTW, my car was $56,000 new. I love buying used!
Agreed. I have been using media center for several years, and for most things, it's a great interface. I am not a big fan of how it handles music, but is great with video files, TV/DVR, and watching DVDs. Hulu has one of the worst 10 ft interfaces I have seen. Fonts are too small, it's difficult to navigate, and control meanings are not consistent.
Since it's in a rural area, I bet if the word got out, the meth heads would be all over it to steal the copper. It would end up looking like one of those old abandoned military sites in Russia.
Don't blame me! I voted for Kodos!
Isn't that what they do in Cuba?
I actually knew of Alan Parsons before Pink Floyd. My mom worked at a radio station and used to get promo materials. One time she brought me a record that was a promo for Tales of Mystery and Imagination. I listened to it a lot, and then a few years later I discovered Dark Side of the Moon (even though it was an earlier album). I am fans of both.
Please do not offer my god a peanut.
Not really a fan. I can look up scores and highlights after the fact if I want to. There does seem to be quite a lot of live sports on OTA on the weekend though.
Cable TV is priced to where I don't see the value in it anymore. I got ride of cable, upped my internet to the next tier, and connected an HTPC to the screen. The HTPC has a tuner card with rabbit ears, so I can DVR a few OTA shows, and the rest is all streaming and downloads. There is so much of that available, I don't really feel like I am missing anything.
They are spools.. $41 and up for 1kg. The spools look like weed whacker reels. I wonder if they would work? They certainly would be a lot cheaper.
That was a sad day when the default was no longer Meigs. I think that was a throwback from Sublogic days when the developers were based in Champaign-Urbana.
They connected him to a user id, TheAngryPimp, on a steroid board. http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/12/cut-paul-oceanmarketting-christoforo-a-breakhe-might-just-have-roid-rage/
I'd have no idea as I don't have any 3d stuff to watch. I think the 3d stuff is blu-ray anyway.
Number of people in that situation probably isn't that high. People buy tons of crap they can't afford. I am just a cheapskate though. I could afford a lot more than that for a TV, but I am using an old 60" rear projector I got for free off of Craig's list. As long as it still works well, I see no need in replacing it.
Do credit agencies actually say you owe money? I'd bet I have a terrible credit rating as I paid my house and credit cards off several years ago, and quit using credit. I only buy something I have the money for, and only use a credit card to book a hotel. The card is paid off immediately when the bill shows up.
They do in Iowa. At least wine and beer on occasion.
That is pretty true. I gave my old 30 mpg Saturn to my mother in law, and bought a used 20 mpg Cadillac for $6000. Since I saved so much buying used, gas mileage was really not too important. I really enjoy the power and quality of the Caddy and I really would not want to go back to a lesser vehicle.
I would enjoy having better mileage, but it is not worth the premium in cost.
It's the ring tone I have assigned to my wife.
I get around that by having a work phone. Since it is theirs and not mine, I really don't care. My wife has a refurb prepaid phone, so it is only tangentially connected to her. If you do a search on either phone number, nothing comes up tying us to them. (actually my wife's phone comes up as belonging to someone in Florida)
Once you remove all the single use, shell, and bogus accounts out there, you are probably down to 600 to 700 million.