Yea basically, energy required to heat water is fairly linear. The specific heat of water changes as the water temperature changes and the formula for heating water is Energy = Specific Heat * mass * deltaT, however the range of temperature you are talking about for a water heater is so small that the specific heat is basically constant.

4/7/2010 4:41:45 PM

Don't buy things you can't afford.

4/7/2010 4:42:28 PM

just bumped my water heater thermostat down from 140 to 120


gonna save $jupiter i'm sure

4/7/2010 7:44:51 PM

There is no food in my house. Thus, in lieu of dinner, I took a couple of Tylenol PM, a couple of shots of Nyquil and a few swigs of wine. Yay for the Nyquil diet/budget!

Also, I have yet to turn on the A/C yet and my house has been over 80 degrees every day. But I'm cold if the temp is below 78 anyway, so that's no big deal.

4/27/2010 8:55:09 PM

Today, instead of buying comic books, I just read em and left em in the store.

4/27/2010 9:09:53 PM

Don't buy things you can't afford.

Don't spend money you don't have.

4/27/2010 9:13:57 PM

today i made like 9lbs of pasta salad to eat for the rest of the week/the rest of my life haha

4/27/2010 9:15:11 PM

Quote :

"Don't buy things you can't afford."

Thanks Dave Ramsey.

4/27/2010 9:17:14 PM

Still awake!

I stock my house with napkins and condiments from fast food restaurants.

I also don't have a TV and I read free books/magazines for entertainment. Free books and magazines come from the free pile at work. Sometimes they suck, but they're entertaining anyway!

Moar Nyquil!

4/27/2010 9:39:19 PM

No more buying drinks at work. Going from $3-4 a day to about $0.75 by taking three 12 ounce cans with me. Assuming I work 250 days a year, that means I'll save $600 to $800 a year, wish I started doing this sooner.

4/27/2010 9:42:57 PM

Instead of buying jackets, make them like...



...he did.

4/27/2010 9:44:42 PM

Instead of going out to lunch at 8 to 10 dollars per day, I have a PB sandwich, which costs approx 50 cents. Total cost savings: approx $2,250 to $2850 per year

4/27/2010 9:48:22 PM

I just run at lunch and eat tic tacs

money saved $11tybillion

4/27/2010 10:04:44 PM

today at work we had a cookout. they were giving away to go plates away after it was over.. i went through line 4 times..

4/27/2010 10:32:31 PM

Does anybody have any actual numbers on the whole unplugging the DVR thing? It just seems kinda weird to me, if you are willing to pay that much extra to have DVR why aren't you willing to pay what I can only imagine would be a very small increase in the power bill? If it is a decent amount though, I might consider it...

4/27/2010 10:49:25 PM

i started shutting off the power strip with my ps3, cable box/dvr, and receiver down during the day when i'm not there and at night

don't know if it is making a difference yet

4/27/2010 11:08:11 PM

i run my black lights all the time

4/27/2010 11:11:11 PM

I steal solar panels from construction sites and put them on my house to save money. That way I can avoid the initial investment cost and make green energy cost effective.

4/27/2010 11:33:24 PM

4/27/2010 11:42:20 PM

I cleaned my room and found $30!

I also like to hang out by the dumpster and ask people if they're really throwing some items away. Usually they'll give me stuff that I can sell for a few bucks on craigslist.

5/2/2010 5:44:32 PM

^ at goodwill or other thrift stores too that happens when people are dropping shit off. i mean you can even find stuff you actually NEED if you're lucky. my aunt needed a stroller to walk her dog in (don't ask) but she wasn't going to buy a new one (duh) so she went to goodwill or something and some dude was unloading a stroller to donate and she asked him about and he just gave it to her!

5/2/2010 5:46:32 PM

hehe

putting your dog in a stroller sounds really cute

5/2/2010 5:49:20 PM

hahaha. well she is like obsessed with her dog and she probably needs to put her down but she doesn't so she pushes her around so she doesn't have to walk (cause she is old)

5/2/2010 5:50:15 PM

company credit card and road trips for work saves money

5/2/2010 8:27:20 PM

We decided to not get cable, only high-speed internetz. I also bought powder Gatorade so I can make my own. Now we just need to get better about turning lights off.

10/26/2010 8:07:08 AM

hold on to your receipts! if the same item you purchased goes on sale within the allotted return period, buy it a second time at the reduced price and then return the item on the first receipt!

10/26/2010 8:15:14 AM

^^we might do that too. If I could somehow have showtime + hbo only and pair that with what I get OTA and netflix I would definitely do that.

10/26/2010 8:16:03 AM

yeah, we download Dexter, so we really only need cable to watch football games. ESPN 3 is supposed to be available to TWC customers today.

10/26/2010 8:21:56 AM

with comcast it was cheaper to bundle the high speed internetz and the basic $13 cable package than just getting internet alone. then i just didnt turn in the box, and still got the local broadcast channels in hd.

that was my old place.

ballin out now for some reason.

10/26/2010 8:23:55 AM

You have to have a cable subscription to access ESPN3

10/26/2010 8:24:02 AM

Buy books from a major retailer, read them, and return them!

10/26/2010 8:32:35 AM

when something you own breaks, buy the closest thing from a big store like walmart and return the broken thing in the new thing's box!

10/26/2010 8:37:42 AM

Harvest quagmire's organs

[Edited on October 26, 2010 at 8:41 AM. Reason : You won't find a heart!]

10/26/2010 8:41:11 AM

shoot ernie in the face and steal his wallet!

[Edited on October 26, 2010 at 8:46 AM. Reason : nevermind, he doesn't have anything worth taking]

10/26/2010 8:46:26 AM

I got a pretty nice wallet

[Edited on October 26, 2010 at 8:49 AM. Reason : nevermind is not a word!]

10/26/2010 8:49:12 AM

Steal ketchup packets from McDonalds so you can make your own tomato bisque in the comfort of your home.

10/26/2010 8:58:29 AM

steal stuff from any store with poor product theft control!

10/26/2010 9:04:03 AM

Wear a hoop skirt to the grocery store so you can smuggle whole turkeys and chickens by taping them to your thighs.

10/26/2010 9:07:08 AM

Something sounds very cold and painful about that

10/26/2010 9:08:05 AM

win the lottery.

10/26/2010 9:08:17 AM

Convert to Judaism

10/26/2010 9:10:11 AM

did anyone mention when you see stuff on sale don't buy anything and save 100%?

10/26/2010 9:11:34 AM

Marry for money
Love will come later

10/26/2010 9:12:39 AM

^^ no, but that's a good one!

^ and if it doesn't, there's always having an affair to make up for it!

[Edited on October 26, 2010 at 9:13 AM. Reason : .]

10/26/2010 9:12:47 AM

So I just need more money... got it!

10/26/2010 9:13:22 AM

^^ And once you get divorced from your wealthy husband, don't get remarried until you find a richer man, because then you'll lose your cash cow

10/26/2010 9:16:45 AM

irrelevant if you convince him (or her!) to waive a prenup...or if you have a great prenup

10/26/2010 9:30:57 AM

Or if he has a great insurance policy and then goes up in flames in a freak gasoline accident!

10/26/2010 9:37:59 AM

accidents DO happen, after all...!

10/26/2010 9:39:10 AM

10/26/2010 9:39:18 AM