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by Firebrand on July 13th, 2008
Yes I have enough food in the house and I never let my car go below half full . I am pretty sure I could if I stayed at home.
by Waiting Patiently on May 30th, 2008
I can do it, as long as the fridge is stocked and the car is full of gas.
by miteb on May 30th, 2008
I do that all the time-have food in the pantry, no place I have to drive..can work 3 out of 4 weeks of the month. But look out for the 4th week--grocery store, mall, movies, etc---but I have an edge over lots of you--i'm retired and don't have to go to work everyday.
by Scrappy on July 24th, 2009
I do that quite often
by curiousgeorge on February 12th, 2009
I do it all the time.
by Simply99 -- Not a fan favorite. on July 13th, 2008
Have done that before. Would be hard to now, though. My SUV gets about 16 miles to the gallon, with an 8 gallon gas tank. Work is about a 20 mile round trip.
by Vampyre Bat on May 30th, 2008
Yes when I am sick and in the hospital.
by anonymossss very broken heart on May 30th, 2008
Yes...i do it!
by J.Murcia on October 18th, 2009
Yeah that's easy :) I used to go to all my aunts houses and my friends. I got the food from there. And I didn't had to worry about gas because my ride was my bicycle.
by Henderson on August 5th, 2009
I don't think I can do it.
by bubbletrouble on July 24th, 2009
It's simple. Fill the frigider and start to prepare to a hard exam.
by -NUNYA-- on July 21st, 2009
Yes I do. I've done it before. When you have no money to start with then spending it is very easy! lmao! +5
by akjim777 on May 11th, 2009
I'm a college student. Broke student=broke student.
In other words, I do it all the time and for longer than one week!
by IItzeo on March 18th, 2009
Another retiree here. I fill my car every other month. I spend a lot of time outside working with my horses and love it more than watching tv. As I only get paid once a month, the week I get paid I stock the pantry and pay my bills. Then I have three weeks where I don't have to spend any money. The way my budget works is: during the three weeks I'm not spending, I make lists of what I will need to buy when my check comes in. Bills get paid first, then I get what I need, the last of what I spend is on things I want/need for my critters. Once I hit a certain number of monies paid out, I stop. Each month I'm building up a nice reserve of cash that I can use later to do the things I truly enjoy, number 1 being showing my Arabians at shows across the country in the summer. You can save money if you really want to. Make the needs a priority...housing, electric, phone, internet, heating and pay them first. Wants can wait, so just leave the extra funds in the bank!
by Angi8792 on February 23rd, 2009
I can and I have
by noraken2 on February 11th, 2009
I could do it. Plenty of food in freezer and pantry. I'm retired and use about 1 tank of gas a month.
by MissCeltic on February 2nd, 2009
If I planned for it, yes. I think this would be a fun experiment ...
by me_being_me on January 9th, 2009
Most people that could or do don't have a computer. I find your question to be insulting. If your answering this question, then you are spending money. Look at your next electric bill. To not spend any money at all one would have to be - umm, HOMELESS
by dgardner on January 3rd, 2009
The longest i have gone is when i stayed at my uncles place in the outer hebrides for 6 months. I also didn't speak to or see another person.
It was bliss
by Occams Electric Razor on October 21st, 2008
true story
I was unhappily married to an evil evil woman. We were married for 3 years. After splitting up and getting back together on and off for three years over her infidelity, she left TN and moved back to Ohio to be with her parents..after a few months of that she had convinced me she had changed and coaxed me into moving to OHio to be with her again, I did so and soon discovered she hadn't changed, so we ended up getting ivorced and only took about $1000 and my clothes and one of the cars. I moved from Ohio back to TN where I was living before. I spent what little money I had getting to TN and paying for a place to live and getting a few necessities (toothpaste, soap etc). I went back to my old job but because my ex wife's family worked there too and had a lot of clout the company falsely accused me of drinking in the company parking lot and let me go. I had been sending the remainder of my cash to my ex in Ohio to pay for the car payment that was due because she had the payment book (one of the many things I forgot to get and she would forget to send to me). So without a job and no money left hardly I got my final paycheck only to discover that they were coming to repo my car because they had not received car payments (my ex had pocketed the money). SO I needed a car to get a job so I had to scrounge up the last of my cash to make the payment.
That left me with 2 weeks to go before I got my final paycheck from the last job and I had absolutely nothing but $18 to live on and no food in the house. I put $10 in gas to get to job interviews and went out and bought a loaf of bread and a pack of bologna (grossss). That's what I lived off of for 2 weeks, one bologna sandwich a day and water.
by Corderbollie on May 30th, 2008
That's pretty tough.
I know I wouldn't be able to.
Good luck. :)
by mama bear on January 12th, 2009
i do it all the time. no money, no friends, no where to go, one meal a day, it isn't that hard to do!
by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on January 4th, 2009
Not Shop? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO
by kittie on November 30th, 2008
If I lived with my mommy I could.
by 40ishVoiceofReason on November 29th, 2008
2 weeks so far. I ran out of money on the 16th. Lucky for me, the lawn mower had gas in it- so that gave me a couple of gallons for the car. Food wise - I've got a 2 week supply anyway. Now three weeks? That would have hurt!
by douglasjoseph on January 21st, 2009
I could never. Kids would starve.
by Care Bear on January 1st, 2009
No, I need to eat to survive!
by J Rizzle on February 24th, 2009
Naw, I have to have my hoes.
by puzzled on September 2nd, 2009
Most answers are on the assumption we can live off stored "fat", not that we don't spend.
We spend extra before that week and after it.
While we can eat our own produce, own our own home, not drive anywhere, not use utilities even make our own clothes. But stuff like taxes, make it almost impossible to really do without spending for even a week.
If you leave out taxes and allow me to buy in front guess I could manage for a lot more than a month.
by Nicole on November 11th, 2008
nope, need gas to go to work, i can stretch every penny though!I could probably make it a week on $20 if i bought groceries ahead of time :)
by Hillbilly on July 21st, 2009
LOL do it al the time...Retired. LOVE IT!
by Brinkley on March 20th, 2009
Yep. its been a long time but i could.
by spalpeen20 on February 11th, 2009
Yes. I've done it before when I was in a countryside vacation.
by marsha in n.s. on February 2nd, 2009
As long as I was sick in bed and didn't go out. My hubby would probably starve because he wouldn't go to the grocery store.
by Anonymous on October 18th, 2008
Yes, I lived 8 months in a van in New Zealad for 3 weeks i lived in a car park with just some packets of pasta and no money it was the best time in my life.
by Squirrel Face on July 7th, 2008
Yeah, I bet I could. I would have to rely on friends a lot though. Or if I was allowed to buy a weeks worth of food the week before I could definetly do it.
by Tacet on July 7th, 2008
Sure. I'd just stay on the computer all day and eat when I get hungry, we have enough cereal to last us half a year.
by Cynstriss on June 23rd, 2008
We do it all the time. On payday, we pay the bills, fill up the car, then buy groceries with whatever is left. Like many people, we live paycheck to paycheck.
by Anonymous on July 7th, 2008
I do it all the time. No big deal actually.
by Anonomous on July 7th, 2008
Considering I have about a three month supply of food in the garage and I don't have anywhere to drive, yes!
by jemroid on July 15th, 2008
only if i slept the entire week
by junebug0897 on July 13th, 2008
yes i do it all the time. except i just ordered papa johns lol
by Drastic on June 23rd, 2008
No, I don't think so.
by jack-is-moppy on June 23rd, 2008
i see a challenge for me to pursue
by Anonymous on May 30th, 2008
Only if I was stranded on a deserted island...
by BlueEyes0706 on May 30th, 2008
That's really hard and seems impossible to me at this point.
by call me Kat on May 30th, 2008
I've never tried it but I doubt I could go for a whole week without buying SOMETHING.
by Freaky Yo on May 30th, 2008
Nah no way no how.
by Tears of an Angel AWAK on May 30th, 2008
I could.. but at the end of the week I'd be pretty hungry and probably having a nicotine fit!
by iron9567 on June 23rd, 2008
i do it all the time if you shop for a couple weeks at a time its cheeper and smarter and keep the gas tank full you all can do it
thanks
the iron man
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why is gas a problem if you are staying home?
by puzzled on September 2nd, 2009