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007

Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 2684 Location: UK/Veteran of the Magic Kingdom
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:25 pm Post subject: Savings in the Magic Kingdom!! Any results? |
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On Sun May 11, 2008 10:55 am, Trapezius wrote on the locked thread 'How much can you save in SA?" the following:
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Since January 1, 2008, I have been keeping track of the money I spend everyday, accurate down to SR. 0.50. Everyday when I come home, I enter the amounts into various categories, such as taxis, gorceries, restaurants, etc., into MS Excel.
I intend to present my research here at the end of May. |
Trapezius, we are now at the end of May.
Any results about your research into your spending & savings in the magic kingdom?
Uncle Scott is anxious for your �research� to be published so that he could compare his with yours!  |
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trapezius

Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 1670 Location: Land of Culture of Death & Destruction
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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Haha... I was going to make a thread about this in a few days! Now, I don't have to. Thanks.
May 31st is Saturday. Once I enter my spending for that day into Excel, I will post my stats here. The data will be for 5 months. But, I will keep entering my daily expenses into Excel till December 31 of this year, and then I can post again.
See you in 4-5 days! |
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lall
Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 358
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:24 am Post subject: Wait |
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I can't wait................... |
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scot47

Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Well of course this will be of great interest to the misers, skinflints and tightwads in our midst. Of such there are many. |
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trapezius

Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 1670 Location: Land of Culture of Death & Destruction
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:45 am Post subject: |
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I don't know why you keep on saying that and assuming I am a miser, scot. You know nothing about me, and yet you assume I am a miser.
That's not nice.
I am definitely not a miser. I would say my monthly expenditures run 60-70% of the way into the range of expenditures that are usually expressed here, so I am somewhere in the middle, where most of the users probably are.
scot, repent before you die. |
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007

Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 2684 Location: UK/Veteran of the Magic Kingdom
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I think Uncle Scott did not mean that you are a miser!
Uncle Scott meant that your �research� results will be a reference point for the misers and skinflints of the magic kingdom!! So that they might adjust/correct their living style if they are offset from your reference point! Correct Uncle Scott?
Well, trapeziu, we still waiting for your research! |
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trapezius

Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 1670 Location: Land of Culture of Death & Destruction
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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Well if that's what he meant, then my apologies.
Check back on Saturday night, or Sunday afternoon!
Last edited by trapezius on Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:14 am; edited 4 times in total |
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Mia Xanthi

Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 955 Location: why is my heart still in the Middle East while the rest of me isn't?
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: auntie |
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007, if all the men are Uncles, could you refer to Cleopatra and me as Aunts?  |
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scot47

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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He calls me uncle without asking permission. I would prefer "YOUR EXCELLENCY" ! |
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ghost
Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 1693 Location: Saudi Arabia
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject: re |
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In Korea, there was a teacher making $2400 u.s. a month, who managed to save $2000 u.s. a month, or more. He had free apartment, and could eat at least one meal at school each day. He still ate out several times a week and went drinking. Eating out in Korea is pretty cheap, with meals starting at around $4 u.s. or around there. You can eat well for $7 u.s. and feel full for the entire day.
He was the teacher I knew who saved the most, but others might beat that.
In Korea, most teachers saved approx. 50% of their salary if they lived modestly. The average savings in Korea are around $1000 u.s. a month for average jobs. Heating and air con can be expensive in Korea, and teachers have to pay for those.
I saved $20,000 u.s. in one year in Korea, which went straight into my retirement fund. It was a good gig, and included trips to Japan (twice) and Indonesia (once). I am hoping that Saudi will prove as lucrative.
Ghost in Montreal. |
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007

Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 2684 Location: UK/Veteran of the Magic Kingdom
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: auntie |
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Mia Xanthi wrote: |
007, if all the men are Uncles, could you refer to Cleopatra and me as Aunts?  |
No problem at all, next time I will call you Teta Mia and Cleo call her Tante Cleo! Happy?
Scot47 wrote: |
He calls me uncle without asking permission. I would prefer "YOUR EXCELLENCY" ! |
Well, next time I will call you his excellency Uncle Scott! Happy?
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He was the teacher I knew who saved the most, but others might beat that. |
Well, I guess they will not beat his excellency Uncle Scott or trapezius!
One of them is saving 75% of his salary! Guess who?  |
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scot47

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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The Naughty Numerical should know that his Uncle Scot lays up treasure not in this world but in the next. |
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Mia Xanthi

Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 955 Location: why is my heart still in the Middle East while the rest of me isn't?
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: aunts |
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No problem at all, next time I will call you Teta Mia and Cleo call her Tante Cleo! Happy? |
I'm happy just as long as you don't call me Auntie American (I can hear the groans out there now!) |
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007

Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 2684 Location: UK/Veteran of the Magic Kingdom
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:56 am Post subject: |
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trapezius wrote: |
May 31st is Saturday. Once I enter my spending for that day into Excel, I will post my stats here. The data will be for 5 months. But, I will keep entering my daily expenses into Excel till December 31 of this year, and then I can post again.
See you in 4-5 days! |
trapezius, today is 31st of May, it is the day of judgement of the misers and skinflints of the magic kingdom. And they are waiting for the statistical results of your spending/saving!
His Excellency Uncle Scot is waiting with impatience and is holding his RED pen for his critical comments, so be careful for what you will publish!  |
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scot47

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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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Pen and sword ! |
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