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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 09:57 PM
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When was the last time you threw money away?
Last week I spent $25 on an AMTRAK ticket I ended up not using because I caught a ride. Hope I can still use it sometime in the future. I don't even have the physical ticket or a confirmation number.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 10:01 PM
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1. If you truly love something, throw it away. If you're meant to have it,
it will come back to you.

Maybe it found someone else!

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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 10:05 PM
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2. Isn't that "set it free" --- not "throw it away"?
:shrug: Not the same.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 10:16 PM
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3. LOL!---That explains a LOT!
I've been doing it all wrong!!!

:P

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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 11:16 PM
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4. When I was in college we were cleaning out our apartment in residence. I had a whole jar
of pennies. I didn't want to pack it. I didn't have anyone who wanted it. I threw it in the garbage. I LITERALLY THREW MONEY AWAY. :blush:
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 11:17 PM
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5. OMG. You could have set it out BY the dumpster. Someone would have taken it.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 11:18 PM
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6. I know. I would never do that now. What an idiot I was.
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 03:21 AM
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9. They may have taken it anyway
When I lived in El Paso, there were at least two dumpster divers in the dumpster down the street every day.

I've seen the trash men pick stuff out when they empty a dumpster and the workers at the dump sometimes pick stuff out as well.

It's amazing how many times trash gets picked through.
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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 12:53 AM
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7. often, alas
Edited on Thu Jan-29-09 12:59 AM by DeepBlueC
I buy theater subscriptions so I will be compelled to go out in the winter. I used to "plan" to go to the theater in the winter and then buy no tickets and stay at home vegetating for months. Now I buy subscriptions to kind of force myself out the door but in the end I will
throw about $100 to $150 away per year because I am so strongly inclined to cocoon in the winter, though I hate what it does to my brain. I feel guilty but I have found that it is too much work even to give the ticket away since I am telling myself that I WILL go up to about a few hours before the show when I admit to myself that, no I won't. So there is some leakage in my investment but in the end I do manage to use most of the tickets so the plan is still a success.
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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 12:54 AM
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8. last time was about 4 weeks ago...
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