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A dollar doesn't go as far as it used to, but it sure travels faster. Lately, we've been giving a lot of money to the oil industry. Usually we pay...
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Sunglasses will be lost, so find a $5 deal
A cheap bachelorette once told me, "You should never spend more than $10 on sunglasses." To which I responded, "Ten dollars? Isn't that a lot of money?" "You're just going...
THE CHEAP BACHELOR: It was the happiest of hours
It was Friday evening, and the Cheap Bachelor was hungry. I headed to Lincoln Park, where there are plenty of free happy-hour buffets. The bars figure you'll spend more on...
THE CHEAP BACHELOR: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s WiFi
The Cheap Bachelor came home from a 3 1/2-month road trip to discover that the guy subletting the apartment had forgotten to pay SBC. The phone was dead. Even worse,...