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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 6, 2015 9:19:18 GMT -5
NJ peeps, how good, bad, or indifferent is T-mobile? Since I plan to drop my landline when I finally get a smartphone, I do need very reliable unlike my current cellphone. I will not go with Virgin Mobile again, mainly because the coverage is nowhere near as good as AT&T and Verizon.
One option is to see if my Dad (Verizon) or a friend might add me on to their plan. I have not priced T-Mobile yet, but AT&T options are cheaper for me than Verizon to my knowledge - because it will just be me, one line, no employer discount. Haven't lived in NJ in 7 years so take this for what it is worth: when I was there T-Mobile sucked.... For NJ I believe Verizon and AT&T are the bests options.
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Post by Value Buy on Aug 6, 2015 9:24:04 GMT -5
Why doesn't anyone ever eat dog food in retirement? Cans of dog food cost twice what a can of cat food costs. It would be cheaper to eat Spam or the lowest grade tuna than to eat dog food. Spam costs a lot more than a can of dogfood.
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Post by myrrh on Aug 6, 2015 9:26:19 GMT -5
Verizon has the best coverage in my area. I just switched to Puppy Wireless which uses the Verizon network. For those with lower data needs Puppy works great.
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Post by yogiii on Aug 6, 2015 9:27:39 GMT -5
Verizon has the best coverage in my area. I just switched to Puppy Wireless which uses the Verizon network. For those with lower data needs Puppy works great. I'll have to look at this. Verizon is the only thing with coverage around me. Thanks
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2015 9:32:57 GMT -5
Cans of dog food cost twice what a can of cat food costs. It would be cheaper to eat Spam or the lowest grade tuna than to eat dog food. Spam costs a lot more than a can of dogfood. I don't know why everyone is pricing canned food anyhow. Just get the 50 pound bags of dry dog food for $40 from Costco.
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Post by yogiii on Aug 6, 2015 9:33:37 GMT -5
Spam costs a lot more than a can of dogfood. I don't know why everyone is pricing canned food anyhow. Just get the 50 pound bags of dry dog food for $40 from Costco. Could buy rice cheaper than that. I'll just stick to rice.
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 6, 2015 9:39:06 GMT -5
I don't know why everyone is pricing canned food anyhow. Just get the 50 pound bags of dry dog food for $40 from Costco. Could buy rice cheaper than that. I'll just stick to rice. Rice and beans.... My daily diet growing up!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2015 9:44:05 GMT -5
I don't know why everyone is pricing canned food anyhow. Just get the 50 pound bags of dry dog food for $40 from Costco. Could buy rice cheaper than that. I'll just stick to rice. Rice has nothing in it. You need a balanced meal. Dog food has chicken and beef and turkey...
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Post by thyme4change on Aug 6, 2015 18:59:20 GMT -5
Cans of dog food cost twice what a can of cat food costs. It would be cheaper to eat Spam or the lowest grade tuna than to eat dog food. Spam costs a lot more than a can of dogfood. There are 6 servings in a can of spam. I don't know what a proper portion size is if a human is eating dog food.
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Post by Value Buy on Aug 6, 2015 19:02:58 GMT -5
Spam costs a lot more than a can of dogfood. There are 6 servings in a can of spam. I don't know what a proper portion size is if a human is eating dog food. According to the manufacturer there might be six servings. Then again after tasting Spam, there is really about ten servings
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Post by thyme4change on Aug 6, 2015 19:43:29 GMT -5
At the end of the day - beans are probably cheaper than any of it. Good source of protein, too.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Aug 6, 2015 20:29:21 GMT -5
Verizon has the best coverage in my area. I just switched to Puppy Wireless which uses the Verizon network. For those with lower data needs Puppy works great. Wait, puppy wireless? Puppies using phones?! Awwwww!!!
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Post by Cookies Galore on Aug 6, 2015 20:30:20 GMT -5
Spam costs a lot more than a can of dogfood. I don't know why everyone is pricing canned food anyhow. Just get the 50 pound bags of dry dog food for $40 from Costco. Yeah, but you need wet food for the moisture content.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 6, 2015 20:35:28 GMT -5
I don't know why everyone is pricing canned food anyhow. Just get the 50 pound bags of dry dog food for $40 from Costco. Yeah, but you need wet food for the moisture content. Just add water!
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 6, 2015 20:36:39 GMT -5
How about ramen with eggs and canned veggies?
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Post by msventoux on Aug 6, 2015 20:43:41 GMT -5
Start out your childhood in diapers and start your adult life eating Ramen as a poor college student. At the end of your life end up in diapers and eating Ramen. Full circle.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2015 21:03:42 GMT -5
I don't know why everyone is pricing canned food anyhow. Just get the 50 pound bags of dry dog food for $40 from Costco. Yeah, but you need wet food for the moisture content. Dry is better for your teeth and since the dentist probably isn't in the retirement budget that is especially important!
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Post by Lizard Queen on Aug 6, 2015 21:20:12 GMT -5
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Post by Cookies Galore on Aug 7, 2015 6:22:11 GMT -5
Yeah, but you need wet food for the moisture content. Dry is better for your teeth and since the dentist probably isn't in the retirement budget that is especially important! Ooh, good point. But, as I an eating cat food in retirement, I am obviously not good with money so I will be splurging and topping my dry food with wet a few times a week. Just like my own cats!
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Post by garion2003 on Aug 7, 2015 10:18:33 GMT -5
Could buy rice cheaper than that. I'll just stick to rice. Rice has nothing in it. You need a balanced meal. Dog food has chicken feathers and beef hearts and turkey gizzards... Fixed
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2015 10:31:27 GMT -5
Rice has nothing in it. You need a balanced meal. Dog food has chicken feathers and beef hearts and turkey gizzards... Fixed It's still protein!
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Post by Opti on Aug 7, 2015 11:19:42 GMT -5
Fixed It's still protein! I'm not going to eat feathers, but people do eat turkey gizzards and beef hearts. Not sure why those two would be considered bad for dogs or low quality.
ETA: I am not an organ meat fan so I do avoid turkey gizzards and beef heart generally. However, animals in the wild prey on non-farmed animals tend to eat the organ meats first, so ...
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Aug 7, 2015 19:49:12 GMT -5
I am not loving that more phones are ditching removable batteries and expandable memory. Also, am I going to be able to get a new phone that isn't 6 inches? I have high hopes for the Nexus 5 2015, if some reliable spec reports would just come out.
cawiau, you are going to have to shell out another $890 to get 2 more phones when little Etienne and Manon come along.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 7, 2015 20:09:00 GMT -5
What is this "Ting" you all talk about? Now I am wondering if I should not have paid $100 extra to get the 6 Plus instead.... A few months ago, we bought new iPhone 6's. TD got the plus, so it was about $1300 OOP in phones for the 2 of us (both got 64 GB). We went with Ting, and our phone bills have been averaging around $40/mo. If you figure that a 2 year contract cost you $900 in phones, and probably about $200/mo in fees, in 2 years you'll have paid $5700 to your cell phone provider under contract. We'll have paid $2260 without a contract with Ting. BTW....TD hates the bigger phone and wishes he had bought the regular one. It's huge.
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Aug 7, 2015 22:16:02 GMT -5
Well, it's not phones, but we went out to eat in the town over and they have a Pendelton store... After two glasses of wine at dinner and telling hubby how much I loved a certain National Park blanket and that I couldn't belive they had it, he suggested I get it since my birthday is in two weeks, urrrrmmm hell yeah!!! I ended up buying two blankets, one for me and one for DS. I had to laugh because kiddo was snuggling up in his blanket and I told him how spoiled he was to get that blanket (me too) and told him how much it cost, he looks at me and says "are we going to have to eat cat food!!!" I am so happy that at six years of age, he understands when something is expensive I am super excited that I got the damn things, I have had my eye on them for several years and have finally started my collection of them. Plus I got 20% off because it's my birthday month!!! I am planning on saving up for next August because I know what blankets I want next! Yay!!!
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 14, 2015 9:00:28 GMT -5
My wife phone fell out of her bag this morning and the screen cracked!!! She had her other phone for 4+ years and nothing happened, she had this one for what? 2 weeks and breaks the screen. And no we did not have insurance
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Post by wvugurl26 on Aug 14, 2015 9:13:02 GMT -5
Did she not have it in a case? Or did it just hit exactly right? Everyone I personally know with an iPhone and Otterbox Defender case has been fine. Hell one phone got ran over by a truck and was fine.
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 14, 2015 10:06:13 GMT -5
When the salesperson handed me my iPhone it slipped out of my hands right then and there. Fortunately right on the counter. I quickly bought a sticky case. DH did not and he drops his all the time. Then he gives it for me to hold and I drop it!
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Post by phil5185 on Aug 14, 2015 11:10:40 GMT -5
Rice was the original GMO food. In the late 1890s they mixed a long staple weed with short staple rice, etc etc, and got a Genetically Modified long staple rice. And today, long staple is the only rice that you'll find in the US.
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Post by yogiii on Aug 14, 2015 11:11:41 GMT -5
Rice was the original GMO food. In the late 1890s they mixed a long staple weed with short staple rice, etc etc, and got a Genetically Modified long staple rice. And today, long staple is the only rice that you'll find in the US. That's ok. If I can only afford rice, GMO is the least of my worries I'm guessing.
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