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Broke Student Stories

PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:53 pm
by Doubleshadow
I let my FB update say it all: XD

Two broken dryers, using duct tape to patch the holes in my wall I can see trees though, can see the floorboards under my linoleum. Me thinks I should call the apartment's repair guy. Right after my car goes to the mechanic.

My parents are going to cover my car though. XD

Any other stories out there?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:54 pm
by shooraijin
Ain't grad school great?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:05 pm
by Doubleshadow
Oh yeah. Spending Sunday afternoon drying my sheets (and everything else) armed with a hair dryer? Loads of fun. XD And I couldn't reach all the holes to duct tape 'em either. If I want to see the weather, and I can just turn around while using the microwave.

PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:27 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
I have really poor spending habits. =(

PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:37 pm
by minakichan
I spent more money buying crap for the anime club than I do on my living expenses!

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:15 am
by Nikolai Melodie
I dug my speech textbook out of a dumpster. No...really. I saw an upperclassman throw it in there at the end of last semester because, well, it was absolutely destroyed to begin with, but, I can't stand to see a book go in the garbage, no matter how mangled it is. So I dug it out. And, by some really great luck, I ended up needing it for this coming semester. :)

The 'Broke Student' part of this story is: I'm literally using a textbook I found in a dumpster...that's held together by about half a roll of duct-tape.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:06 pm
by Blitzkrieg1701
I vividly remember having to plan ahead a week in advance just to have change to buy chips during especially long classes.

...it's a vivid memory because, even though I'm out of school, I STILL have to plan ahead for things as trivial as that. :(