tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668460283955922895.post3693238027302192833..comments2023-07-05T02:15:26.621-07:00Comments on The Two Body Problem: Money bummersPUI profhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12478071402571477766noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668460283955922895.post-42684325318950966682012-02-08T08:26:29.369-08:002012-02-08T08:26:29.369-08:00So Eli and Ms. Rabett were walking to the car afte...So Eli and Ms. Rabett were walking to the car after a family wedding, past all the BMWs, Lexii, Mecedes, etc. when Ms. Rabett remarked, gee, all the other people in your family are doing well. Eli replied (without thinking as these things go) yeah, but we are doing what we want. EOSEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668460283955922895.post-33751189664949092932012-02-02T10:20:50.452-08:002012-02-02T10:20:50.452-08:00This post got me thinking.
barefootdoctoral.blog...This post got me thinking.<br /><br /><a href="http://barefootdoctoral.blogspot.com/2012/02/hardships-financial-and-otherwise.html" rel="nofollow"> barefootdoctoral.blogspot.com/2012/02/hardships-financial-and-otherwise.html</a>Barefoot Doctoralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116876526923906034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668460283955922895.post-52885397854612043532012-01-30T13:29:29.864-08:002012-01-30T13:29:29.864-08:00Ugh. That stinks. My husband and I have the &quo...Ugh. That stinks. My husband and I have the "We are two educated people, why are we not more comfortable?" talk often- like after we meet friends for dinner and they use the valet to park their BMW while we hoofed it from the T in the cold.<br /><br />That said- we shop like poorer people. Some generics are totally acceptable (cereal, laundry detergent, spices, etc). Other items you have to get the name brand (ie soda, Mayo, Ben and Jerry's). The other thing we did was scale back on the organics- we try and get the 'dirty dozen' organic (grapes, apples, etc.) and get the other stuff conventional (bananas, oranges, potatoes).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668460283955922895.post-57222473112134120752012-01-30T10:26:33.545-08:002012-01-30T10:26:33.545-08:00Oh, you have all my sympathy. We ARE living in Me...Oh, you have all my sympathy. We ARE living in Medium Urban Area on one post-doc's salary and we miss the food stamp cut-off by $113. Postdoc salaries suck.Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.com