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• NY Post: "Inside the strange, secretive lives of rich millennial cheapskates" - 1 Update
• Don't have a phone, but want to make several long-distance calls - 1 Update

NY Post: "Inside the strange, secretive lives of rich millennial cheapskates"

Beaver_Fever@live.com: Oct 13 04:11AM -0700 > Why so stingy? Daniel is a member of the growing FI/RE movement, short for financial independence, retire early. The money philosophy — essentially, save fast and early so you can quit working young — is gaining traction among millennials who have had a taste of office drudgery and want nothing to do with it. Followers combine investment hacks with old-fashioned penny pinching to build up enough savings to quit their 9-to-5, well before their 60s. They're also committed to a monastic existence, even amid NYC's many social temptations — drinks with co-workers, workout classes and even the odd fast-casual Friday lunch...   > (snip)   > Lenona.   My income blew up tenfold in the last few years. It's temporary and already declining so I am pretty happy living the same way I did when I was making poverty wages. Though the scary thing is in this neighborhood, 100k a year is still poverty wages.

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Don't have a phone, but want to make several long-distance calls

Whoey Louie <trader4@optonline.net>: Oct 12 07:21PM -0700 > > Any other alternatives?   > Because I don't have a phone, I am having problems creating an email account.   > Are there any email providers that don't ask for a phone #?   A problem with getting an answer to that is that most people have email accounts for a long time and won't remember what info was required when they signed up and it may have changed since then. You might get lucky and someone who doesn't have a phone can tell you what email they use. Hard to imagine living without any phone today. If you want low cost VOIP, Ooma is only ~$5 a month, unlimited calls. it's "free', the $5 is regulatory fees, taxes, etc. You do have to buy the VOIP box, which you can find on Ebay used for less than $50, used, last time I looked.

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