Update XXII: Cleaning Up the Meat at [redacted].

[King]

good luck odf. i hope you meet a cute cashier who moonlights as a personal trainer on the side

[King]

He made it to work? It's a Christmas miracle!

But sadly already a Grade 5 headache. His first sick day is already on the horizon!

[King]

Yay

[King]

Woohoo

[King]

Jeff is on a high after a good first day of work, Allison compliments his new profile picture, and he wakes up the next day with a sore left wrist.

Mmm hmm.

[King]

10/hr is plenty for a single man with cost of living in OK

[King]

How much is your monthly rent Bushie?

When I first got out of college I made $10/hr for awhile, and had $950 of rent+util to pay a month and made it with $500 to spend on myself a month. It wasn't that long ago. Things were a little bit cheaper but not that much.

All I had to do was abstain from buying new clothes and drink alcohol, which you do neither of. And suspend my gym membership, which you don't have, and I hit my budget for the month easily until I was making more money could afford such luxuries. But you don't partake in those luxuries so I don't know how you possibly could need so much money.

[King]

How much is your monthly rent Bushie?

When I first got out of college I made $10/hr for awhile, and had $950 of rent+util to pay a month and made it with $500 to spend on myself a month. It wasn't that long ago. Things were a little bit cheaper but not that much.

All I had to do was abstain from buying new clothes and drink alcohol, which you do neither of. And suspend my gym membership, which you don't have and I hit my budget for the month easily until I was making more money.

I pay $589 for now, but it will jump to $637 on June 1, plus roughly $100 electric give or take.

Okay, even with the jump, you should be bringing home about 1400 a month after taxes that leaves at minimum 663 to spend on yourself in food and luxuries.  I've gotten by with less. That's good money. Add in your grocery store discount and Indian healthcare and you have plenty IMO.

You really need to examine your expenses, Bushie, and cut some crap out.

[King]

Congrats on feeling all of your muscles today! You might just get this "being a human" thing down after all!

[King]

Yeah, I just looked on weather.com, and it says high of 61 in Tulsa today.  Why on Earth would you have needed AC this morning?  There's no law that says that you always need either heating or AC on.

The heater is on now to bring it to 70-72. When it hits 73 degrees, ODF turns on the AC. If he does not do this, he will get a Grade 12 headache.

[King]

Remember guys, Bushie is being really frugal.

[King]

The first question is legitimate.

Yet, you apparently have no interest in answering it.

Why do I need to answer it?

Because you said it was a legitimate question.

[King]

Update [Redacted] Edition: Too Hot for No AC

[King]

There's hope for Bushie yet

http://kdvr.com/2015/03/19/104-year-old-woman-shares-her-secret-3-cans-of-dr-pepper-a-day/

[King]

please buy vegetables at wal-mart and not junk food

also you can save money by just drinking water from the tap and not buying bottles of it

That's a legitimate point.

Anyway, Good Tuesday Everyone! I have decided to extend my cable package because I would have to pay a $15 fee to disconnect it and don't want to spend that kind of money right now!

[King]

Same ol' same ol' from Bushie. Intricately planning nonsense like what days are called Work Days and after how many hours do Work Nights begin for a month in advance, but can't come up with a meal plan for tomorrow.

[King]

https://www.sprouts.com/specials/-/flyer/store/805

blackberries - 98¢ 5.6 oz pack
grapes - 98¢ a pound
broccoli - $1.28 a pound
boneless skinless chicken thighs - $2.99 a pound
rice - 69¢ a £

if only Bushie had his discount card to afford these extravagant prices instead of having to save with a $10 combo from Braum's

[King]

https://www.sprouts.com/specials/-/flyer/store/805

blackberries - 98¢ 5.6 oz pack
grapes - 98¢ a pound
broccoli - $1.28 a pound
boneless skinless chicken thighs - $2.99 a pound
rice - 69¢ a £

if only Bushie had his discount card to afford these extravagant prices instead of having to save with a $10 combo from Braum's

Annie's Homegrown Mac & Cheese - 5 for $5
8pk Sprouts Instant Oatmeal - $2.99
Brown Rice Pasta - 2 for $3
Sprouts Deli Wrap Sandwiches - 2 for $6

[King]

https://www.sprouts.com/specials/-/flyer/store/805

blackberries - 98¢ 5.6 oz pack
grapes - 98¢ a pound
broccoli - $1.28 a pound
boneless skinless chicken thighs - $2.99 a pound
rice - 69¢ a £

if only Bushie had his discount card to afford these extravagant prices instead of having to save with a $10 combo from Braum's

No joke I actually got one of their flyers in with my junk mail today.  I'm most interested in their Chicken Sausage Celebration ($3.99/lb).

Bushie, imagine I'm a customer.  Using your best salesmanship, please describe your Chicken Sausage Celebration.

"I don't have a grill in my apartment. Here you go."

[King]

So, if you're so hot all the time, why can't you go walk if it's not warm outside? You've used cool weather as an excuse before, but I imagine AC with 54 outdoor temps is freezing.

[King]

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[King]

Bushie, you should plan every meal you are going to eat for the next three days. You love making schedules. Schedule your breakfast, lunch, and dinner for three days in advance at all times and don't waiver. Not just the time but the actual food.

[King]

https://www.sprouts.com/specials/-/flyer/store/805

blackberries - 98¢ 5.6 oz pack
grapes - 98¢ a pound
broccoli - $1.28 a pound
boneless skinless chicken thighs - $2.99 a pound
rice - 69¢ a £

if only Bushie had his discount card to afford these extravagant prices instead of having to save with a $10 combo from Braum's

Lol classic Bushie nonsense.  In a PM to me once he mentioned his love for grapes.  But at .98/pound!?  Probably only fit for the liberal, elitist upper crust of Tulsa.  I get this image of Bushie clutching his pearls and storming out in a huff to Braum's for some down home cookin'.

EDIT: Although years of this Braum's talk has me curious.  I could only be disappointed at this point.

Those prices look like a dream come true. I just paid $3 for a 6oz pack of blackberries yesterday. I'd be in heaven if they were only 98 cents.

Wow, Dukey.  I didn't know you are the beneficiary of a South Carolinian plantation!  I guess the moniker "Duke" is quite literal.  Please hire me to work your fields, sweet prince.  I will only require some of your giant golden blackberries for sustenance. 

Must be so nice to not have to pinch pennies buying Mickey Dee's combos...  Oh the life of a rich. 

Lol, I was merely making a statement about how I wish I had prices like that here. I'm far from a rich or a beneficiary of a plantation. I'm the son of a Greek immigrant family. I'm just jealous the price of food seems to be so much cheaper, yet Bushie still refuses to buy groceries.

Oh of course.  I was just poking fun at Bushie's decision to not buy exorbitant $0.98/lb grapes until he can get a discount by acting like your more expensive (but not crazy) blackberries must be the life fruit of the gods.   

He just doesn't know how lucky he has it. It makes me think he's even more foolish than I originally thought when he refuses to do anything on his own. He could eat so cheap if he just wanted to learn how to cook for himself!

He can even buy salmon for $7.99 a pound. It's $13.99 here most of the time!

I can't imagine Bushie even touching seafood. 

Unless it's deep fried fish sticks.

[King]

So Bushie has decided his path to get fired at this job will be sloppy clean up and shelf stocking in a rush to get home and watch TV. Ok.

[King]

I'll tell ya.  Hell of a lot of money that didn't need to be spent on college, CAD(D), and the gigantic amount of interest on his student loans if Bushie was going to be handling meat at the [redacted]. 

At least he's finally put that all on the backburner and got a real job™.