Daily AMA • Page 424

@littlejohn how do you acquire so many coupons?

 

I'm resourceful.

I would call myself an opportunist, if I see an opportunity present itself I usually take advantage of it.

like if I hypothetically saw an unopened pack of "free taco" coupons on the counter at taco bell just laying there by where the food is given to a customer and there was an opportunity to obtain them I'd hypothetically take them and hypothetically use them to get free tacos.

hypothetically.

really I just pay attention to how stuff works and how it can be used to my benefit.

 

Do you consider yourself frugal?

 

absolutely.

splurged yesterday and bought myself some heinz ketchup at sams.

I know ketchup is free, and heinz is popular at a lot of places but I got tired of using packets all the time and I have 4 bottles of frenches ketchup in the pantry but I hate it so much that i actually bought ketchup for the first time in like 3 years probably.

 

Do you think your kids will resent you for it one day?

 

I don't know. they are pretty happy and spoiled right now. I learned a lot of my cheapness/frugality from my mom having to stretch every penny to feed us when we were kids and we were pretty poor.

I hope that my kids learn similar lessons about money and being financially aware of things and learning the value of a dollar.

I know it can go the opposite way though so I hope I can teach them well.

I don't want them to steal/shoplift too much though. and if they do I hope they're good at it.

 

no questions for me? @dylan @Larry David @Dog Fish @dogdad @Kingjohn_654 @bachna84

 

@littlejohn what's your favorite brand of pens?

 

the one that I haven't lost yet.


but I think I like either pilot or uniball.

also those sharpie pens were pretty good too.

also I feel like I summoned the devil with how fast you responded to that. haha.

 

what series?

 

Pilot G-2 Pro waddup

 

@Dog with a Blog

 

currently on my desk I have a uniball 207 series blue that's pretty nice.


this is probably my favorite all time pen:


these are the sharpie pens I used to like alot

 

I hate the G2 series.

 

Yu wrong

 

if you look at them wrong they stop working.
they are not smooth at all.
and not fine enough.

not even good to chew on.

 

G-2 P R O

 

ok so I was basing those opinions on the G2. I didn't know there was a difference.

 

How much are you willing to spend on a pen?

 

good morning @Mary V got anymore questions for me?

 

$0.002

I usually just steal pens from my dad when I go to el paso, also work has pens that i can take.

plus sometimes I have rewards from office depot if I really really really need a pen.

 

Do you identify with Scrooge at all ?

 

G2 smears bad

 

try the Precise V7s. My favorite pen and I always get comments when I let people borrow them when filling out passport apps and stuff.

 

maybe a little bit.

but I like holidays and I like spending time with family. I don't have a problem sharing what I have with other people and I like giving gifts. I also usually tell my family what deal I got on whatever gift I give them. haha.

I do like having alone time though which I don't get very often.