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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:

trapezius · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject:

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!

lall · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 358

I can't wait...................

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Well of course this will be of great interest to the misers, skinflints and tightwads in our midst. Of such there are many.

trapezius · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:45 am Post subject:

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.

007 · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject:

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? Laughing

Well, trapeziu, we still waiting for your research!

trapezius · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject:

Well if that's what he meant, then my apologies.

Check back on Saturday night, or Sunday afternoon!

Mia Xanthi · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: auntie

007, if all the men are Uncles, could you refer to Cleopatra and me as Aunts? Smile

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

He calls me uncle without asking permission. I would prefer "YOUR EXCELLENCY" !

ghost · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 1693 Location: Saudi Arabia

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.

007 · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: auntie

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

The Naughty Numerical should know that his Uncle Scot lays up treasure not in this world but in the next.

Mia Xanthi · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: aunts

007 · Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:56 am Post subject:

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Pen and sword !