tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post113263676616344023..comments2024-03-26T23:43:01.337-07:00Comments on Toner Mishap: How Much Do You Spend on Entertainment?The Misanthropehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15697151793588884333noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-5582399192314870622009-08-13T08:06:19.614-07:002009-08-13T08:06:19.614-07:00I discontinued my land line and use Skype at $30 a...I discontinued my land line and use Skype at $30 a year for all the calls I want to make. I have Quest DSL at $35 a month. Dish at $40 a month. My car is paid for. Auto insurance is $62 a month (no collision coverage). Renters insurance is $14 a month. Rarely go out to eat (don't trust the food), I eat organic. Never, never eat fast food. I love to cook. I am somewhat addicted to the tele. However, I love to write, which draws me out of my 'TV Stupor'. Also I'm a big fan of nature and do lots of hiking in the woods with my supper canine friend. I live on about $1200 a month.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327404322698622618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-69884173287761611962009-08-13T07:56:40.708-07:002009-08-13T07:56:40.708-07:00The Twentieth Century Fund estimates 40 billion do...The Twentieth Century Fund estimates 40 billion dollars per year for total recreation expenditures in the United States could easily be supported.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327404322698622618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-73317990853011835132009-08-12T16:31:50.607-07:002009-08-12T16:31:50.607-07:00“I am a most unhappy man, I have unwittingly ruine...“I am a most unhappy man, I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world. No longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominate men”<br /><br />-Woodrow Wilson, December 1913Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327404322698622618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1132686869964616282005-11-22T11:14:00.000-08:002005-11-22T11:14:00.000-08:00I would find it quite hard to live without the Net...I would find it quite hard to live without the Net, cell phone, DirecTV, books or music.<BR/><BR/>If I hard to pare things down I could, but it would take some time to adjust and I suspect that I'd feel like I was missing out on something.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1132665360543668742005-11-22T05:16:00.000-08:002005-11-22T05:16:00.000-08:00Right on! Devo.Right on! Devo.The Misanthropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697151793588884333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1132665265721426272005-11-22T05:14:00.000-08:002005-11-22T05:14:00.000-08:00Alice, you're right. I forgot to mention newspaper...Alice, you're right. I forgot to mention newspapers (I'll correct that), which is not cheap the LATimes that is going downhill fast costs $42 a month and just getting the NYTimes on Sunday is $24 a month.<BR/><BR/>Jane, My cable bill is outrageous. I have a cow about it every month, mine is $10 more a month. I'm on the verge of canceling the premium channels, but since everything is all packaged it might only save me $10 or $15 bucks. I was thinking that I could buy the Cds of the shows at the end of every season and save money.The Misanthropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697151793588884333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1132662068577254812005-11-22T04:21:00.000-08:002005-11-22T04:21:00.000-08:00No matter how hard I try to get a better deal, I s...No matter how hard I try to get a better deal, I still pay about $125 a month just for a package including cable, high-speed internet and home phone service. <BR/><BR/>Then there are about a half-dozen magazine subscriptions, way too many book purchases, and occasional trips to the movie theater. I don't really buy CDs anymore, but I probably buy 3-4 $0.99 songs from iTunes each month.<BR/><BR/>Yes, it really does add up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1132640381529818072005-11-21T22:19:00.000-08:002005-11-21T22:19:00.000-08:00I'm not sure what my net total is on entertainment...I'm not sure what my net total is on entertainment, but I can tell you that the New York Times went from 4 sections in the weekday paper 10 years ago to 7 or 8 in the average weekday edition as recently as today. This, judging from the content, was purely advertiser-driven. It also meant the end of my life-long subscription to the so-called paper of record, which has also doubled as my local paper, the one that published a photograph including me along with the rest of the staff of a trendy magazine when we were laid-off.<BR/><BR/>I now get the Sunday paper, so the off-White Rabbit can have something to poop on. I noticed in the article (on-line) about entertainment costs that somehow "newspapers," which these days fail to inform or entertain me for the most part, failed to make the list.alice, uptownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566579486140522212noreply@blogger.com