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Re: Penny Pinching Tips
« Reply #30 on: August 02, 2009, 07:33:08 am »

Become a vegetarian. It's a lot cheaper and healthier then eating meat. I don't know how much meat costs but I think it's something like 5-10 Australian dollars a kilogram, whereas vegetables and fruit are mostly less than $3 a kg.
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« Reply #31 on: August 02, 2009, 07:36:38 am »

I think you get roughly the same calorie-to-dollar ratio with meat and vegetables, actually. And it's easier to maintain a balanced diet when you're omnivorous.
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Re: Penny Pinching Tips
« Reply #32 on: August 02, 2009, 08:09:08 am »

You could just raise the cows from calf and grow the vegetables yourself, would probably be cheaper then buying them.

Instead of a car get a horse and build yourself a chariot/carriage.
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Re: Penny Pinching Tips
« Reply #33 on: August 02, 2009, 08:21:24 am »

But than you'd have to buy the wood and nails.
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« Reply #34 on: August 02, 2009, 08:22:58 am »

You could just raise the cows from calf and grow the vegetables yourself, would probably be cheaper then buying them.

Instead of a car get a horse and build yourself a chariot/carriage.

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« Reply #35 on: August 02, 2009, 08:44:41 am »

No, raising a cow would be more expensive, due to the investment in the stuff required to actually feed and house the damn thing.
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« Reply #36 on: August 02, 2009, 08:58:10 am »

No, raising a cow would be more expensive, due to the investment in the stuff required to actually feed and house the damn thing.

Well if you wanted to be real hardcore you could build the barn from wood you cut yourself and nails you make from iron you mined yourself and get the feed from grain and hay you harvested yourself.
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« Reply #37 on: August 02, 2009, 08:59:12 am »

Yes, that would require a far bigger initial investment (pickaxe, land, farm, mine...).
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« Reply #38 on: August 02, 2009, 09:00:16 am »

Yes, that would require a far bigger initial investment (pickaxe, land, farm, mine...).

Well you could just steal the pickaxe from a miner and use it to conquer someone elses farm.
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« Reply #39 on: August 02, 2009, 09:31:34 am »

But then you could dig a room underground in the soil and plant a few plump helmets. Also, get a breeding pair of cats and soon you'll be swimming in a mountain of meat and you won't need to go clothes shopping anymore either, what with all the leather you'll have.
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