sparkling husband primitive asks the primitives

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x878753

Oh my.

Stinky The Clown  (1000+ posts)        Tue Apr-12-11 10:43 PM
THE SPARKLING HUSBAND PRIMITIVE, #02 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2010
Original message

What is your single biggest monthly cost? 

Housing?

Car payment?

Alimony?

Child support?

Tuition?

Health Care?

Food?

(edit to add) Something Else?

Oh my again.

The sparkling husband primitive forgot one important item of expense for the primitives.

Dope.  It's not ten bucks an ounce any more.

And it's undoubtedly a major monthly expense for most of the primitives.

Anyway, this is a really big campfire, really long, and well worth reading in its entirety at the link above.

In the meantime, this personal message to the sparkling husband primitive; never mind a translation, because it's nothing more, really, than just an expression of good wishes:

Cavaliere, vecchio amico, la primitivo marito che è un nano, bastardo figlio di decente e persone civili, malefica prole di questi gradito a Dio, infedele figlio, nipote, di alcuni dei migliori persone questo mondo sempre alla grazia, un'anomalia di odio e dell'intolleranza, ejaculata da princes e contadini, nome della quale non vi siete degni di recare, onore e gloria lei ancora, onore, personaggio, espelle su, anime in cui vi travagliata vita, lei ingrato cerva fine di un cane, lei distruttore sulla nobiltà e la bontà di vostri antenati.  Possa Dio tuo sigillo rettale cavità chiudere così, lei non può mai godere la liberazione di nelle, abbiate il prurito senza alcun beneficio di graffiare, per sempre e sempre.  Hanno una buona giornata.  francescosolichi

[Ralph Wiggum]

Some of the responses are revealing:

proud2BlibKansan  (1000+ posts)        Tue Apr-12-11 10:44 PM
Response to Original message
1. Drugs and alcohol
 Just kidding.

House is paid for. So it's my car.  

kestrel91316  (1000+ posts)        Tue Apr-12-11 10:45 PM
Response to Original message
2. Rent. 80% of my take-home. I live on air for the most part, and can't
 go anywhere or do anything that costs a dime. And heating and cooling are affordable ONLY if I keep it 60F in winter and 85F in summer.

It didn't used to be like this. I totally blame Dubya.

 

Dude, MOVE!  If 80% of your take home pay goes toward rent, find a cheaper place.  It isn't that hard to do.

doc03 (1000+ posts)      Tue Apr-12-11 10:46 PM
Response to Original message
5. Cable/internet/telephone bill n/t

ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts)      Tue Apr-12-11 10:50 PM
Response to Original message
11. Rent
 Cigarettes
Gasoline
Food/Bills/Credit debt payment
weed

Horse with no Name  (1000+ posts)        Tue Apr-12-11 10:53 PM
Response to Original message
13. Electricity. I live in Texas. It is privatized.
 It usually runs between $600 (on a good month) and $1000 (in the extreme months).

Bullshit!  

Can some of my Texas peeps help me out on this one?  In college in Texas about 20 years ago, I lived in a house with two fraternity brothers.  Yes, an actual house, three bedrooms, and probably not the best insulated as it was rather old.  Even in the hottest months of the year, our electric bill was never more than $150.

FreeJoe (100 posts)      Wed Apr-13-11 06:57 AM
Response to Reply #13
89. Wow
 I live in Texas and pay $150 to $400 (average around $250-$300) a month. That's for a 3,500 square foot house that is occupied practically 24/7 and is filled with electronics. You have a massive place, a horribly inefficient cooling/heating system, or need better insulation or something.

What do you pay per kwh? We paid something like 10 cents last year and it is lower this year.

Horse with no Name  (1000+ posts)        Wed Apr-13-11 08:20 AM
Response to Reply #89
95. Well..I have friends that live in 600 sq ft apartments
 and don't run their air and are VERY conservative and still pay double what you pay. Congratulations. It seems like YOU have a wonderful deal.

Horse with no brain is full of crap.  As usual.

Newest Reality  (1000+ posts)        Tue Apr-12-11 11:13 PM
Response to Original message
35. My major costs have been the wealthy fatcats
 corporate welfare, and expensive war machines, since that is where all the fruits of my life's effort and taxes seem to have gone.

Now, my biggest cost is trying to make it day to day without income, no assets, no savings. That cost keeps going up, up, up in a non-financial sense. The balance of my life is now zero-minus.

 

madinmaryland  (1000+ posts)        Tue Apr-12-11 11:15 PM
Response to Original message
38. What is yours, Stinky?

Stinky The Clown  (1000+ posts)        Tue Apr-12-11 11:38 PM
Response to Reply #38
48. Pest control

Why would that not surprise me?

greendog  (1000+ posts)      Tue Apr-12-11 11:22 PM
Response to Original message
42. Corporate parasites.
 Most of the wealth I create is siphoned off before it ever gets to me.

Clueless.  Idiots.

[JohnnyReb]

Housing?..................$0

Car payment?............$0

Alimony?...................$0

Child support?............$0

Tuition?.....................$0

Health Care?...............What ever.

Food?........................Wife buys

Cigarettes...to much since O-B-Won and state added $12 in taxes

DUmmie upkeep......always been my biggest expense.

[GOBUCKS]

Horse with no Name  (1000+ posts)        Tue Apr-12-11 10:53 PM
Response to Original message
13. Electricity. I live in Texas. It is privatized.
It usually runs between $600 (on a good month) and $1000 (in the extreme months).

DUmmy Horse with no Brain lives in a trailer park!
She must have a hell of a weed growing operation going on in her trailer.

[Texacon]

Whore with no shame is lying.  Period.

My electric bill for a 1,700 sq. foot home averages $200/month. 

The rental homes I manage/own run in the 700 sq. foot to 2,000 sq. foot range and the highest bill I've heard of is $350 - $400/month.

I'm looking at my last bill right now;

$155.24 for March

$.0334/kWh - Delivery charge
$.0673/kWh - Energy charge

1415 kWh used.

KC

[Karin]

Yeah, and what got me was this:

Horse with no Name  (1000+ posts)        Wed Apr-13-11 08:20 AM
 Congratulations. It seems like YOU have a wonderful deal.

If these DUmmies hate each other so much, why are they so drawn to each other?  That post drips with snark and seething contempt; jealousy over someone else's utility rates, fury over the suggestion one has been lying. 

[GOBUCKS]

Of course she's lying. She lives in a trailer. She can't spend $1000 a month on electricity unless she's running 500 grow lights, or supplies electric hot water to the whole trailer park. And if she could afford $1000 a month electricity, she wouldn't be living in a trailer park.

[franksolich]

Of course she's lying. She lives in a trailer. She can't spend $1000 a month on electricity unless she's running 500 grow lights, or supplies electric hot water to the whole trailer park. And if she could afford $1000 a month electricity, she wouldn't be living in a trailer park.

Well, you know, I always considered the unappellated eohippus one of the two biggest liars on Skins's island.

Of course primitives lie, all of them, but the unappellated eohippus has a habit of sneaking in likes that she doesn't really need to tell, and so many of them.

It must be an interesting household budget for the High Priestess's family: $2,000 a month her "nursing" salary, $500 a month her share of her medical insurance, and now $1,000 the electric bill.....and don't forget that she has to pay automotive insurance on three vehicles.

She's the ultimate expert on making do. 

Yeah, right.

[LC EFA]

My biggest monthly expense is paying the government to support a bunch of worthless freeloading vermin.


 

[Texacon]

My biggest monthly expense is paying the government to support a bunch of worthless freeloading vermin.

Works like that in Australia too huh?  sorry.

KC

[BEG]

We had a 3500 sq ft house, three a/c's and a pool pump and our highest electricity bill was about $400-$500 during the hottest part of the year.  The rest of the year it would be really inexpensive compared to our electricity bill EVERY month in CA 

Our electricity bill in CA runs around $350 a month when we DON'T turn on the A/C and our pool pump runs 1/4th of the time we ran ours in Texas. We don't have a choice in CA for our electric company.  We have tiered rates here and it's a total scam, it is impossible to get the lowest rate (and we always pay the top rate). In Texas, electric companies compete and are always offering lower rates to either keep you or get you to switch. When we do have to use the A/C here in CA our bill can be over $600 and we only run it in the afternoon until the sun goes down because it is cool at night and in the mornings here.  In Texas during the summer you have to have the A/C running 24/7 yet our electricity bill was cheaper.   

[BEG]

Ours is taxes.

[Chris_]

Hookers and weed.  That stuff ain't free like it was in the 60s.

Rent.  It keeps going up and up and up.

[true_blood]

kestrel91316  (1000+ posts)        Tue Apr-12-11 10:45 PM
Response to Original message
2. Rent. 80% of my take-home. I live on air for the most part, and can't
 go anywhere or do anything that costs a dime. And heating and cooling are affordable ONLY if I keep it 60F in winter and 85F in summer. It didn't used to be like this. I totally blame Dubya.

Guess again DUchebag. Wrong answer.

[franksolich]

Should I feel badly about paying $35-40 a month for electricity?

Of course, we're talking "single male, modest life-style" here; if there were other people (wife, dependents, whatnot) involved here, with a trendier life-style, it would probably run to about $100 or more.

But at any rate, if the stove here were electric rather than natural gas, I'd happily pay a larger electric bill, say, circa $50-60 per month.  But alas, francescosolichi is stuck with explosive natural gas, and feels compelled to toss all the cats outdoors before he dares turn on the stove, lest they end up in the next county.

[Chris_]

I was wondering how much franksolich pays for electricity in the frozen wasteland of Nebraska.  My bill varies from almost nothing ($30) in the summer to $100+ during the winter.  How much does it cost to heat a drafty old farm house?

And does the electric company in California offer an average monthly bill payment service like the TVA or are you stuck paying the full amount?  If you've been in your home for at least 12 months, NES will average your bill and charge you that amount.  You just have to settle up in December.

[Ballygrl]

My electric bill has doubled, a few years ago NJ snuck in taxes.

[franksolich]

I was wondering how much franksolich pays for electricity in the frozen wasteland of Nebraska.  My bill varies from almost nothing ($30) in the summer to $100+ during the winter.  How much does it cost to heat a drafty old farm house?

I don't have the monthly bills handy at the moment, but I do recall the total cumulative natural gas bill for October-February as being $380 (five months).   It's an awesomely low amount, because I'm one of these people who likes hot water to be boiling when it comes through the tap.

I assume it's low because I use the natural-gas stove as little as possible, not at all if I can avoid it.

But again, remember--single male, modest life-style, which can make a difference in utility bills.

[LC EFA]

My power bill went from $300 / quarter to $400 / quarter last bill.

That's running 2 large fridge-freezers one chest freezer , electric hot-water and running a 2800watt electric "boiler" for several hours once a week plus misc.

[BEG]

We had a 3500 sq ft house, three a/c's and a pool pump and our highest electricity bill was about $400-$500 during the hottest part of the year.  The rest of the year it would be really inexpensive compared to our electricity bill EVERY month in CA 

Our electricity bill in CA runs around $350 a month when we DON'T turn on the A/C and our pool pump runs 1/4th of the time we ran ours in Texas. We don't have a choice in CA for our electric company.  We have tiered rates here and it's a total scam, it is impossible to get the lowest rate (and we always pay the top rate). In Texas, electric companies compete and are always offering lower rates to either keep you or get you to switch. When we do have to use the A/C here in CA our bill can be over $600 and we only run it in the afternoon until the sun goes down because it is cool at night and in the mornings here.  In Texas during the summer you have to have the A/C running 24/7 yet our electricity bill was cheaper.   

Oh and I forgot to add, we have 700 LESS square feet.

[Ballygrl]

We run about $160 per month, during the summer with the pool pump and AC we're close to $300!

[GOBUCKS]

Should I feel badly about paying $35-40 a month for electricity?

Yes, you should. Even here in red state hell, where the rest of the country subsidizes our electricity through TVA (thank you very much), I pay a lot more than that. I could probably save some, but I like to keep it chilly in the house in the summer. The summer heat is so stifling, I like to feel that icy wave when I come in the door. We use explosive gas for hot water and heat.

[franksolich]

Yes, you should. Even here in red state hell, where the rest of the country subsidizes our electricity through TVA (thank you very much), I pay a lot more than that. I could probably save some, but I like to keep it chilly in the house in the summer. The summer heat is so stifling, I like to feel that icy wave when I come in the door. We use explosive gas for hot water and heat.

Exactly how does that work, with the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)?

I was under the impression that the TVA wholesaled electricity to private power companies, who retail it.

[GOBUCKS]

Exactly how does that work, with the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)?

I was under the impression that the TVA wholesaled electricity to private power companies, who retail it.

I have no idea how it works. I just know that when we moved here, into a lot bigger house, with a much hotter summer, my electric bill actually went down a little. This southern electricity probably isn't as good as the more expensive unionized northern variety. We're probably buying substandard watts, or weak volts. More likely, we pay the same for a kilowatt hour, but since we have non-union kilowatt hours, they work harder.

[NHSparky]

Whore with no shame is lying.  Period.

My electric bill for a 1,700 sq. foot home averages $200/month.  

The rental homes I manage/own run in the 700 sq. foot to 2,000 sq. foot range and the highest bill I've heard of is $350 - $400/month.

I'm looking at my last bill right now;

$155.24 for March

$.0334/kWh - Delivery charge
$.0673/kWh - Energy charge

1415 kWh used.

KC

Wow.  My cost per kWh is nearly double that.

Energy Chrg - Rate R 482.00KWH x $0.086700 $41.79

KWH Distribution Chrg 482.00KWH x $0.037840 $18.24
Energy Profile Transmission Chrg 482.00KWH x $0.016250 $7.83
Strnded Cst Recovery Chrg 482.00KWH x $0.012440 $6.00
System Benefits Chrg 482.00KWH x $0.003300 $1.59

Customer Chrg $11.60


Total bill: $87.32 for 482 kWh.

God help me when summer hits.

BTW--don't ask how much my oil bill was for this winter.  Just me.  70 for an hour in the mornings (7-11 am on Sat/Sun), 70 between 4-10 pm on weekdays, 54 the rest of the time.  Still used over 400 gallons.