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Thread ID: 69711 2006-06-09 11:02:00 The $1.50 dinner Greg (193) PC World Chat
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461907 2006-06-10 01:29:00 simmered for a few hours

electricity aint free......
Electricity: 20c
Not quite accurate, divide chicken by total paid, minus previous % consumed.
Water - can be checked from your water rates bill unless like us, you use bore water.
Herbs - well did you buy seeds or plants at some point? Do you make your own compost or buy extra fertilisers/manure etc? Probably not a huge cost but still not free.Yeah perfectly valid points. We bought the herb plants as wee babies and nurtured them in pots on the deck.

Our water isn't borehole - I think it's about 50/50 Waikato river and Waitakere resevoir.

But if these arguments are taken to the N'th degree (en.wikipedia.org) then I'd have to factor in the cost of wear and tear on my socks while standing in front of the stove, the percentage of my life insurance during the time I cooked, the extra cost of lighting in the kitchen during said time, ad infinitum.
Greg (193)
461908 2006-06-10 02:19:00 Yeah perfectly valid points. We bought the herb plants as wee babies and nurtured them in pots on the deck.

Our water isn't borehole - I think it's about 50/50 Waikato river and Waitakere resevoir.

But if these arguments are taken to the N'th degree (en.wikipedia.org) then I'd have to factor in the cost of wear and tear on my socks while standing in front of the stove, the percentage of my life insurance during the time I cooked, the extra cost of lighting in the kitchen during said time, ad infinitum.
Of course. And the cost of oven cleaner, plate and pot replacement, dishwashing costs, um, loo paper....
pctek (84)
461909 2006-06-10 02:27:00 Of course. And the cost of oven cleaner, plate and pot replacement, dishwashing costs, um, loo paper....I swear no loo paper was needed to be used during the cooking process! :waughh: Greg (193)
461910 2006-06-10 04:02:00 Cheapest of all is Stone Soup (stonesoup.esd.ornl.gov/stonesoup.html). Graham L (2)
461911 2006-06-10 06:35:00 Cheapest of all is Stone Soup (stonesoup.esd.ornl.gov/stonesoup.html).
Doughnut holes! Butterfly knees!
pctek (84)
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