The Price of Necessity
 

I started thinking one day about the waste and money I spend on convenience or "necessity". It wasn't just about the money but the impact I make having this "convenience" and what if I had to live without. So I thought it would be an interesting thread to talk about impact money and should you suddenly find yourself unable to buy the "simple things"

Let's start with toilet paper. Of course this article was several years ago and like anything else wiping your ass has even gone up due to inflation.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...iletPaper.aspx

lets share some cost and statistics.

btw wiping your ass in 2007 cost you 140.00. Of course this is for a family BUT I know I probably use this much alone.

I just had to run to buy some last night and was pondering the notion of where I fall on the usage continuum. Clearly I'm at the low end.

When you towel off after a shower, do you consider it "wiping your ass" :P

Nope.

But when I cash my paycheck and spread the bills around the house and scoot along on my bottom? you bet.

*shudder*

lol I can see that

what about wiping yourself on all of those circulars that come in the mail?

after, you could wash, dry and reuse them!

Many years ago I knew an old lady that was very tight with money,she always got the daily news paper and would cut it into strips and use it for tp.She grew a guarden every year that would feed an rmy then caned it all,when we use to get paper bags at the grosey store she saved then and used them for insulation over window to keep out the cold and foil to reflect the hot weather.When she passed at 98 she had so much $$$ in the bank and in sandwich bags that her estamated worth was over a million bucks.

no doubt we gotta eat but what are we really spending money on? We're spending money of shit that makes us sick cost us more money to purchase medical care and it cost us the quality of our life.

I mean come on do we really need disposable storage containers and it's a billion dollar industry. Most of the time we re-use them and eventually throw out. Doesnt it make more sense to buy glass storage containers and keep using them forever? PLUS glass isn't leeching harmful chemicals. Or at least buy plastic's you can use a while.

Well..er.. I was enjoying my coffee and donut this mornin...

i was reading this and it made me wonder???
so what about the rubber butch necessities? do you get a new one with every g/f? or do you use a condom and recycle?
if you get a new one with a new g/f what happens to the old one? do they use it to pave the hiways like they do old tires? :blink:

omg! lol

I insist on my own but I'm with Susan.. I don't change lovers that often and it's not a major priority. when it becomes one then we decide together.

but really is a dildo a necessity? What say you?

I hope to god you don't buy ones made of rubber. Do you know how porous and cootie-hold-on-to rubber is?

I agree with ALH about dildos not being a nesary unless its something agreed apon by the one ur with.I have found over they years that wasnt as big a deal as I was led to belive when I first came out years ago..I just go by the adage that the lady gets what the lady wants and when.As for recycleing ..no I dont.

Diva.. as for the wind turbine,its a great idea,my son wanted to put solar panels ond the house but the expense is huge..but the wind turbine will work out fine.Besides its nice to get money back from the electric company after paying the bill for years.

lol- cootie grabbers