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by JamesR
Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:09 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Keeping Hands Warm Indoors?
Replies: 37
Views: 15201

I decided to create a new topic as a response to the original post

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by JamesR
Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:06 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Special trick to eliminate feeling chilly or cold
Replies: 10
Views: 2413

<t>Have you ever noticed feeling chilly in a cold room under blankets even when wearing pyjamas or clothes in bed? Especially the type of chilly that wakes you up in the middle of the night?<br/> So as it turns out, a long time ago, I figured out that I stopped feeling chilly or waking up in the mid...
by JamesR
Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:29 pm
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Long-term 6+bed dorms in hostels for ultimate barebones living?
Replies: 16
Views: 2370

<t>Hey folks,<br/> It occurs to me that simply renting a bed in a hostel or bedspacer house is perhaps one of the easier and cheaper ways of reducing one's shelter budget to a bare minimum. <br/> I mean easy in terms of being able to show up in any city and find a hostel and not having to sign a lon...
by JamesR
Mon Apr 22, 2013 8:37 pm
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: ERE journey for single man in Singapore
Replies: 27
Views: 6044

Just curious, is the $300 cost food primarily from eating at hawker centers? I don't know if you buy a lot of liquids (coffee, pop, etc), but maybe you can save by switching to water, or by making coffee/tea at home and bringing that with you in a thermos.
Good luck!

by JamesR
Mon Apr 22, 2013 8:22 pm
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Retirement overseas?
Replies: 33
Views: 10846

<t>I spent 6 months in Philippines and almost 2 years in Thailand in an effort to live a better life for less.<br/> I probably made mistakes in both cases - I lived near Manila in the former, and in Bangkok in the latter. There's huge drawbacks to those places in terms of quality of life, pollution,...
by JamesR
Mon Apr 22, 2013 6:24 am
Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
Topic: Scratching my own itch with my web app - yourdream.io
Replies: 15
Views: 2155

The sliders approach seems somewhat troublesome if people are outside the range, or want to get more specific.
One thing I noticed is that the app didn't let me set a negative starting principal (i.e. debt).
Pretty nice design/idea. Keep at it! :)

by JamesR
Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:45 am
Forum: ERE Community
Topic: Vancouver, BC meetup?
Replies: 11
Views: 4877

I expect to be in living in Vancouver starting next month.

by JamesR
Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:05 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Traveling the World on $17,000 a Year
Replies: 37
Views: 9703

<r>It's pretty easy to find flights for around $600 from Asia to North America. Also I see one way flights for $300-400 from North America to Europe.<br/> Check out <URL url="http://www.skyscanner.com">www.skyscanner.com</URL> input your country and then leave the destination blank, and see the chea...