comfortablynumb said:
yea I just went looking for a smallbox of air staples and I could only buy a box of 5000! I only neded about 500. So its either buy a 22 buck box of 5000 or none.
Isn't that the most infuriating thing? We need to cut ONE
[email protected]#$%^&* hole the outside diameter in the end cap of an infiltrator (a plastic leach field system). Up until the first of November (when the law changes) we can effect "repairs" to our septic system ourselves. After that it requires an engineering study and permits up the wazoo. So guess what we're doing this weekend.
So we don't own the cutter. The husband spent all day yesterday trying to find someone who would cut the hole. None of the pros would touch it because, of course, we're not hiring them at $200/hour to come in and do the work. So finally he broke down and paid $47 for something we'll use once. At least I can dump the thing on ebay and get something back for it. What do you do with 4500 spare staples but put them on a shelf and hope you need them before you drop dead?
Anyhow, I thought prices were going up! I budget a set amount for food each month and we've been steadily creeping into the red. This month, after paying last month's deficite, I have $66 bucks to spend on food in September. You just have to think that isn't going to go too far, since I also need to feed the animals out of that. Going to be a long month of beans and rice.
T