Poultry free Tuesday

PnkPanther said:
I went through our budget few years back and set some items we need to cut back on

we still waste a lot of money
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It isn't wasting it if it's something you derive enjoyment from. Nearly everyone could cut back on some stuff, but if you enjoy going out to eat....go out to eat. Just do it within reason.
 
basement bias said:
To drive content and get the fatty talk going, what foods do you prepare during football season on the weekends?
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I prepare whatever I'd normally prepare on a weekend when I'm at home without football. Probably leftovers or sandwiches for lunch and a nice meal at supper (unless the Vikings are playing the afternoon game).

Now if we are talking tailgating, I usually try to line up something that matches whatever team we are playing. New Orleans might be a seafood boil. New England, we grill lobster. Green Bay it's brats. Dallas or Houston is probably BBQ. Buffalo is wings. Chicago is prison meals. And sometimes we just go the simple route with burgers/dogs.
 
kobesgame said:
It isn't wasting it if it's something you derive enjoyment from. Nearly everyone could cut back on some stuff, but if you enjoy going out to eat....go out to eat. Just do it within reason.
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kobesgame said:
It isn't wasting it if it's something you derive enjoyment from. Nearly everyone could cut back on some stuff, but if you enjoy going out to eat....go out to eat. Just do it within reason.
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I agree with overall sentiment
 
kobesgame said:
I prepare whatever I'd normally prepare on a weekend when I'm at home without football. Probably leftovers or sandwiches for lunch and a nice meal at supper (unless the Vikings are playing the afternoon game).

Now if we are talking tailgating, I usually try to line up something that matches whatever team we are playing. New Orleans might be a seafood boil. New England, we grill lobster. Green Bay it's brats. Dallas or Houston is probably BBQ. Buffalo is wings. Chicago is prison meals. And sometimes we just go the simple route with burgers/dogs.
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Liking that idea, though we watch more CFB than NFL due to the games in our area.
 
PnkPanther said:
I agree with overall sentiment
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We go big a few times a year at restaurants and eat out for basically the entire week or so our kids are gone each summer. Otherwise, it's once a week, sometimes twice....and then eat at home the rest of the time.

Do we need season tickets to the Twins? No. Do we enjoy going to the games and giving whatever tickets we don't use to our friends? Absolutely. Do we need to go on vacation? No. But we enjoy it. I'd rather have enjoy the 30-40 working years than retire in my 60's and have a boatload of money, but much less energy than I do now. (Not to mention exposing our kids to other areas.)

That doesn't mean we don't try to budget, but I'm not going to have a hardline budget that doesn't afford us the ability to go out to eat if we've already hit that monthly budget.
 
basement bias said:
Liking that idea, though we watch more CFB than NFL due to the games in our area.
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The idea should transfer pretty easily. Frankly, we don't get to watch much football other than Vikings games anymore because of the kid's activities. So we just roll with our normal stuff unless we are tailgating.
 
Watching a game that I actually care about at a bar is probs the WOAT decision
 
Still carrying stuff in from the fifth wheel. Not sure how we got so much stuff into a 41 ft rv.
 
kobesgame said:
We go big a few times a year at restaurants and eat out for basically the entire week or so our kids are gone each summer. Otherwise, it's once a week, sometimes twice....and then eat at home the rest of the time.

Do we need season tickets to the Twins? No. Do we enjoy going to the games and giving whatever tickets we don't use to our friends? Absolutely. Do we need to go on vacation? No. But we enjoy it. I'd rather have enjoy the 30-40 working years than retire in my 60's and have a boatload of money, but much less energy than I do now. (Not to mention exposing our kids to other areas.)

That doesn't mean we don't try to budget, but I'm not going to have a hardline budget that doesn't afford us the ability to go out to eat if we've already hit that monthly budget.
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Same. Generally speaking we can do anything we want, but not everything we want so it's more or less setting priorities
 
RubinRock said:
Watching a game that I actually care about at a bar is probs the WOAT decision
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it can be fun if everyone is paying attention, can also be distracting
 
PnkPanther said:
it can be fun if everyone is paying attention, can also be distracting
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I always find it way too distracting. Much rather just be on my couch mainlining whatever I'm drinking. Maybe cook some buffalo chicken dip. And basically don't get up for 9+ hours except to piss.
 
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