Oh baked beans are more expensive over here for that type of thing!

And nah, like I mentioned them because I just made a batch. Boiling them for 30 minutes turns them into peas, then if you boiled them for an hour you’d get split pea soup and can just add herbs and stuff to have a VERY hearty soup as they’d break down into mush.

Oh so for peas we actually have split peas! Which lets us do like pound of split peas for 1.50 on amazon, which comes out 1500 calories worth of peas, frozen peas are usually a lot more expensive. So yeah, dry again!

Very curious what is regional and what isn’t!

Also part of why meat is so cheap is subsidiaries, meat sellers are paid a pretty penny to sell it cheap here.

Oh that’s interesting!

Beans are considered bargain basement here, so if you are in “super duper need to save money” mode, beans will make up most of your protein, while flour/rice/oats make up your calories. Split peas are actually probably even the best, but not as popular.

Oof, sounds like you might be looking up what countries you can get to with low cost of living soon.

Or home steading.

I mean the example I gave was a guy who fled over student loans, which can’t be discharged through bankruptcy and the US government can not be stopped from coming for you!

Honestly never paid attention to charging speed, never actually gotten the silly thing under 25%, and most of the time after riding it’s still over 50%. So I just plug it in whenever I’m done with it and I know it’ll be full when I get back.

not a super helpful answer.

Glad to hear you were able to stay strong! I gave up on bikes and the like for awhile, and was in Nissan Leaf for a couple years. But a bit over a year ago I took the plunge and the money savings is just absurd. Even my life required $150 a month insurance, and repairs were always nasty, be it tires or that stupid AC that would have taken 2k to fix.

Uber also really is helpful as well, because once I had a large package I needed to take to the post office and I just grabbed an uber. Then another time I needed to take my cat to an emergency vet, so I called an uber pet.

Another time I found a great deal on a new looking sofa for $50, so I rented a truck. Was still WAY cheaper than buying the stupid thing new.

So having uber as a backup has really made life easier for me.

Some folks seemed leery of finding a decent device for that price point, so wanted to throw it out in case anyone else came looking for a similar thing!

Crazy how cheap and high quality these things are. One recently came out that for 2k can go 50 MPH and has a nearly 50 mile range!

Absolutely absurd. You can register that and go anywhere but the freeway with it. If I ever have to no longer work from home I’ll probably upgrade to a 25 mph one that can keep with the flow of traffic on residential streets more easily.

Oh yeah like the video I linked the one that was craziest to me was this:

https://turboant.com/products/x7-max-folding-electric-scooter?sscid=71k8_gh05i&utm_source=shareasale&utm_medium=aff&utm_id=2033777&source=shareasale&nb_platform=shareasale

Around $400 it has 18 mile range, but has replaceable batteries so $100 and a back pack doubles the range.

I didn’t need that much range and preferred the seat/basket combo. But just crazy.

Me too! The variety is just amazing.

I remember 10 years ago I wanted to try and get around on an escooter, but the tech just wasn’t there and the range on anything affordable was trash. Being able to go nearly 20 miles on a $400 dollar device is just crazy now.