the Fund

[thescot]

I like my cousin's way of financing his golfing trips: he tutors on the side and keeps that money for his golfing habit. I think I'm going to do that as well. The going rate for tutoring is $30/hour, and that ain't hay.

Let's see, figure $500 for a good tank, divide by $30 . . . . (30 guhzinta 50 one time . . .)

About 18 hours of tutoring, and I'll have a new tank including the shipping.

(I know, 500/30=16.66666666666666 dot, dot, dot, but there are always a few extras to worry about, so I called it 18 for good measure in the interest of conservative figuring.)

Also, with every little exta thing that pops up, put it into the ole kilt fund.

Also, there is the dollar savings plan: you take all the singles in your wallet at the end of the day and put them in the Fund. You only pay for stuff with 5s or 10s or 20s. Makes you think about that one-dollar cup of coffee, too. You know it'll actually cost you 5 bucks! You'd be surprised how fast the money will accumulate with this plan, and after a short while, you really don't miss the one dollar bills.

[GreenDragon]

Last month my "kilt fund" became my "ankle MRI insurance deductable" fund

For lack of a better way to put it: that sucks, man.

[piperdbh]

My wife and I make wedding/party/birthday cakes as a little side hobby business, and what little money we get from that goes into my kilt money. I had been saving for a while to get a Carolina box pleat, but opted for an Inverness cape from Vmac instead, which reduced my kilt money by half, and then I bought a PC and waistcaot from Ebay, whcih reduced it a little further. My wife took a pay cut at work, and there's a house and truck payment to contend with, so right now the kilt fund is lower on the priority list than it used to be.

My mother bought me my first kilt, by the way.