i8noodles

i8noodles t1_jacaeub wrote

Reply to comment by TheseLipsSinkShips in Australia uncovers Russian espionage ring, expels spies: Report by WhoIsJolyonWest

Look at it this way. U think u have an issue but how can u tell? But by there nature they are working in the shadows. They don't exactly have a convient book that says they have this many operatives working in this country. Some don't even know they are operatives.

For all u know the greatest operative ring in the US could be an ally country or like Greenland.

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i8noodles t1_j5jov0c wrote

Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911

Funny. I have taken some form of this approach my entire life. Of course today I have a more complex version safety stored in my head but as a kid I used the tic tac scale. The price of something compared to a packet of tic tacs.

In my head now driving to work is more efficient becuase traveling to work in public transportation takes like an hour. Cost me like 10$ give or take. Driving to work and I can park cost me 10$ for parking and a few dollars for fuel each day and 30 mins. I save an hour of my time, back and forth, and I work for 30$ and hour. The savings for public transport is not worth the money.

It is not always raw dollar amount saved that matter but time as well. My mom is obsessed with saving cans and bottles and stuff to recycle for the 10c they give. I did the math and it is more costly for me, and time consuming, to physically haul it all to the place and dump it in the machine one at a time. It is more efficient to acutally work an extra hour. I still give her cans and stuff but and she does it with my brother every few months

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