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re: True or false: it's harder to get a job that covers basic living now
Posted on 7/19/17 at 3:00 pm to deeprig9
Posted on 7/19/17 at 3:00 pm to deeprig9
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That reminds me... I haven't had HBO or Showtime since I moved out of my parents house in 1996.
Once we married and were off of our parents' teat, we didn't have HBO until the Sopranos. Even then, we'd cancel and renew for the next season.
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Posted on 7/19/17 at 3:08 pm to Breesus
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Breakfast: cereal and milk or eggs
Cereal and milk: 255 calories LINK
Eggs: 78 calories per egg LINK 12 eggs per week/7 days = 1.7 eggs per day = 133 calories per day
Total breakfast, assuming cereal, milk and eggs: 388 calories
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Lunch: chicken and salad
1/7th of a chicken (1 piece per day, maybe 2 on wing day)
breast: 164 calories LINK
thigh: 135 calories LINK
leg: 81 calories LINK
wing(x2): 162 calories LINK
"Salad" (1/7th of a $4 bag of lettuce, assume it's a 1-gallon bag, which is generous): 20 calories
Add Ranch salad dressing (2 tbsp): 146 calories LINK
So, your lunch averages about 132 calories a day for the chicken plus an extra 166 calories for the salad for a total lunch of 298 calories.
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Dinner: pork and veggies
Avg price of pork: $3.76 per pound LINK
$5 worth of pork loin = 1.3 pounds = ~21 ounces = ~ 3 ounces per day
Calories in 3 ounces of pork loin: 46 per ounce = 138 calories per day LINK
$1 bag of frozen vegetables: 75 calories LINK
Total for dinner: 213 calories
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Snacks: carrots and celery
Carrots, assuming a 32 oz. bag for $2, leaving you 4.6 ounces per day: 46 calories LINK
Celery, assuming a 32 oz. bag for $2, leaving you 4.6 ounces per day: 18 calories LINK
Total snacks: 64 calories
So, your daily total calorie intake is 388 + 298 + 213 + 64 = 963 calories per day
Although there are certainly people who, while dieting to lose weight, may temporarily subsist on 963 calories a day...
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An average woman needs to eat about 2000 calories per day to maintain, and 1500 calories to lose one pound of weight per week. An average man needs 2500 calories to maintain, and 2000 to lose one pound of weight per week.
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Unless you’re following a medically supervised very low-calorie diet for health reasons, the minimum amount of calories you should consume each day is 1,000 if you’re a woman and 1,200 calories per day if you’re a man. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that diets containing 1,000 to 1,200 calories per day can help most women lose weight safely, and weight loss programs containing 1,200 to 1,600 calories per day are often effective for men.
This post was edited on 7/19/17 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 7/19/17 at 3:20 pm to Nuts4LSU
Man, I hate to tell you this, but there are plenty of people who survive on eggs and cereal for breakfast, chicken and salads for lunch, and then meat and veggies for dinner.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 3:25 pm to Breesus
Hungryman TV dinners are $2.50 a piece at Walmart for 800 calories.
Some of them are pretty good, too.
Some of them are pretty good, too.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 3:27 pm to Master of Sinanju
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Hungryman TV dinners are $2.50 a piece at Walmart for 800 calories.
Some of them are pretty good, too
You could also just get entire chuck roasts and bacon and add it to those meals.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 3:35 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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You aren't paying enough if you can't get qualified applicants
$52k a year for basically manual labor with potential for substantial overtime and show me some drive and willingness and that dollar figure can double easily. That's pretty good money.
And I have plenty outside the gates making $25 - $40 hour - just can't get them into the industrial sector.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 3:36 pm to FunroePete
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Post that stinkys tomato tartar recipe boi
Figure it our yourself. It's not fricking rocket science.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 3:38 pm to Breesus
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Man, I hate to tell you this, but there are plenty of people who survive on eggs and cereal for breakfast, chicken and salads for lunch, and then meat and veggies for dinner.
No one is disagreeing with that. But your portions and prices just arent even close. Especially if you are including tax in that.
This post was edited on 7/19/17 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 7/19/17 at 3:44 pm to tke857
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basic living? I think people who make $50k and above can make a basic living and do ok. Jobs at that level are plentiful. Now if youre saying 350k+ house note, range rover note, f250 king ranch note, hunting and/or fishing camp, private school for 2+ kids, 2 REAL vacations a year, etc, etc..... youre looking at needing around $150-200k house hold income a year. This is def not the norm but also not unattainable. If you make $120k and your spouse is making around 40-60 then youre doing fine.
To have all that you have to make over 200k and probably closer to 250k.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 4:03 pm to bmy
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We could post an entry level position and easily get 100+ qualified candidates battling it out for a 34k/year position. I have friends with masters in STEM fields and 3-5 years of experience making less than 50k.
Not bragging but I made over that as an intern in college... Is the job market in TN that bad?
Hell I hope my boss doesn't see this thread and try to import some people from Nashville
Posted on 7/19/17 at 4:27 pm to Rize
Yep I was thinking 200 net, but that is fully funding retirement also
depending on camp and vacay
depending on camp and vacay
This post was edited on 7/19/17 at 4:31 pm
Posted on 7/19/17 at 4:29 pm to Martini
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Figure it our yourself. It's not fricking rocket science.
Thanks you greedy douche bag.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 4:29 pm to fareplay
False, most millenials are financially illiterate and spend their money on stupid shite. Many people just do not want to live on a budget and put too much on credit. Millenials, my generation does not have it harder and quite frankly it is easy to make it. It really comes down to decisions one makes with money. For example if you were four years in college and used student loans not only for school but to also fund your living expenses without working I have no sympathy for you. If you take out 2-3 credit cards run them up and get buried with 19% or higher than interest I have no sympathy for you. If you take out a loan for a 40K dollar vehicle when you should have something much lower in value I have no sympathy. You get premium internet and cable and cell service when you can't afford it, I have no sympathy for you. My generation mixes up needs and wants.
This post was edited on 7/19/17 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 7/19/17 at 4:33 pm to stelly1025
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False, most millenials are financially illiterate and spend their money on stupid shite.
I know 'keeping up with the Jones' has always been a thing, bu I think instagram/social media in general has really lead our generation into that debt cycle trying to be flashy and spend money that they don't have just for the likes.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:22 pm to Breesus
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Man, I hate to tell you this, but there are plenty of people who survive on eggs and cereal for breakfast, chicken and salads for lunch, and then meat and veggies for dinner.
Maybe, but not $8 a day worth.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:09 pm to 50_Tiger
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You go to college to become a doctor, scientist, engineer, and maybe lawyer. Most other professions won't pay enough to pay that Student Loan bill that comes every month.
Here's the problem: most common-tech schools cost the same or more per semester now.
And employees now demand you go to one instead of training you. And pretty much every licensing board demands you have that vo-tech degree as well.
And then you run into the "must have x-years experience" problem when you are trying to break in.
Look up the bull-shite you have to do to become a licensed plumber in this state and tell me that lawyers have a harder process.
It's ridiculous.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:13 pm to Martini
quote:This has to be BS. I have an MS in engineering and was getting offers for $15-20 per hour. Got a great paying job eventually but these above positions were for degreed professionals.
'll train them all day long and start pay at $25.00 an hour and a good chance of decent overtime on occasion
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:37 pm to jimbeam
Not bullshite.....we pay $20 an hour to kids right out of HS with zero experience.
I have 22-23 year old HS grads making 70-80k before taxes, when we have long turnaround work load years....IF they hang with it.
I have 22-23 year old HS grads making 70-80k before taxes, when we have long turnaround work load years....IF they hang with it.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:38 pm to Jimbo21165
That's incredible
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:42 pm to jimbeam
Good heavy equipment operators make 40-50 an hour plus per diem......foreman make average 55 an hour plus $100! per diem.
This post was edited on 7/19/17 at 8:43 pm
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