The 8 and 16 OZ containers are too expensive, or I would.
Send the rest of my milk to the undertaker, along with my body. Hope they like milk.
Buying things that will last you the rest of your life.
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Send the rest of my milk to the undertaker, along with my body. Hope they like milk.
I used to purchase quality guns and tools. What have your investments been?
Today, I lowered my expectations. I only bought a 1/2 gallon of milk. Never know at my age and condition.
Motor oil.
Maybe my stash.
Tough room, right here. Gonna focus more on the $1 sample bins at Wal-Mart....
Retirement funds in Roth accounts can outlive me due to no RMD and the current rules at least so there’s that.
I do try to invest in the kids, they are the future and all.
As for actual goods…I mean I don’t always go cheap but in college I picked a couple of end tables out of the trash for our first apartment and those are still kicking around.
I do try to invest in the kids, they are the future and all.
As for actual goods…I mean I don’t always go cheap but in college I picked a couple of end tables out of the trash for our first apartment and those are still kicking around.
I buy selectively. For many things I buy top quality. But for a tool I might use 2 or 3 times, middling quality (at a middling price) will be good enough.
My objective is (usually) not to have to buy that same thing again. But some things (cars, kitchen appliances, clothes) don't last forever no matter what you do, so quite good is good enough.
My objective is (usually) not to have to buy that same thing again. But some things (cars, kitchen appliances, clothes) don't last forever no matter what you do, so quite good is good enough.
Impressive. 59 jugs? Hope it was on sale.
45 cents a jug.
I recently went crazy on cookware that should outlast me. Cuisinart Custom Clad 5-Ply cookware set and the separates. Never held pots and pans so solidly built. We shall see if it outlasts me. I also picked up some stuff from Cuisinart's Multi Clad Tri Ply line. That seems to be solid as well. Time will tell.
Canner, grain mill, bread machine, blender, tractor, chainsaw, lawn mower and non GDI/non turbo cars.
I just purchased a cemetery plot and a grave marker. They will last me beyond my life.
There was this flood once............
I have a quart of "NO-OX-ID" terminal anti corrosive...it is about 20 years old and has a golf ball size chunk missing out of it. The great grandkids will still be coating battery terminals with that can.
I own a Snap-On tool box, tool cart and some of their tools. Between the quality and their lifetime warranty, it should last me the rest of my life.
I recently had a discussion with my brother, who is 77 years old, along these same lines. He mentioned that perhaps he can make the cars he has right now, last the rest of his life, and he doesn't need to spend money on car purchases any more.
At first, I thought this may make sense. But my brother has prepared well, financially speaking, for retirement. So my thought was, why not buy what makes you happy?
Same with tools. Sometimes I ask myself why I am still collecting tools. At my age, it's not like I will be using them for the next 40-50 years. But I enjoy them, and I can afford them. So why not.
This triggered a memory from high school, when one of the teachers was talking about buying things that were on sale, just because they were on sale. His point was, if you didn't need the sale item, and weren't planning on buying it when you came across it on sale, then you have really spent money that you didn't need to.
I'm not saying you won't use all that oil . . . . . eventually. I'm just saying this triggered the memory.
I stocked up on ammo when the prices were so low, it was cheaper to buy factory loads than to reload from components. And a large number of bulk containers of 22LR. At my present rate of usage, I have enough for my lifetime if I live to 120.
No green ones here.
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