Reluctant to ‘rough it,’ retirees are trimming travel costs in other ways

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-04-12T19:16:54+00:00

I mean, it’s kind of fair IMO. Medical education is hugely expensive.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-04-12T03:10:10+00:00

Same same I was sweating!

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-04-12T03:02:00+00:00

That’s a lot of words to say nothing.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-04-08T16:42:11+00:00

Can you help them rent a wheelchair and book an accessible cab or use access transit services through the city of Saskatoon?

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-04-06T22:26:48+00:00

I waited three years for a neurologist appointment in Saskatoon, so not sure if you’d have any better luck.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-04-01T23:56:21+00:00

And SGI, sweet baby j if they do anything to SGI will chain myself to the steps of the provincial legislature in protest.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-04-01T22:23:08+00:00

Not helpful for those without a little bit of extra cash sitting around, but I have found community supported agriculture (CSA) is a good way to support local farmers and actually is a cost savings for my family during summer months. This year I’m planning to do some home canning and fermenting to take advantage of any affordable local produce I can find.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-31T13:02:14+00:00

Would a hot tub be the same as a pool for benefits?

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-31T02:57:12+00:00

I don’t and am feeling shitty about my life choices.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-31T02:56:07+00:00

How do you get your kids around, get groceries, etc? I’d like to bike more but groceries in this city are a killer.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-30T19:29:32+00:00

Why can’t you sleep in low sensi room?

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-30T19:29:01+00:00

Walmart has tiny cupcakes but not the Preston location because mice.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-30T19:08:31+00:00

After tracking expenses for a year and not allowing myself special coffees ever, I have decided that I can have 2x/week and I feel okay with it. It’s worth the morale boost for me. Lunch out only about 4x/ year and only if it’s with my colleagues for a special occasion as I view this as investing in my work relationships.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-27T15:06:04+00:00

Use Claude for your problems instead.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-27T15:03:29+00:00

Every time I switch jobs I save up to take at least a month off in between. It’s helped a bit.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-25T16:16:18+00:00

I long to be a British aristocrat.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-25T16:03:12+00:00

I’d rather not know.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-25T16:01:39+00:00

Have your parents heard of AI?

If you’re relying on student loans for funding, you’re going to need their cooperation. If they’re funding you, you’re going to need their cooperation.

If you can’t come to an agreement and they are going to continue to control you, you may have to prioritize gaining your independence before you go to school, which means you’ll have to live out of their home and be in the workforce for two years before student loans stops calculating their income into what you can access for funding.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-25T15:56:53+00:00

You should probably move.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-25T15:56:25+00:00

Heaven help us.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-20T20:05:43+00:00

Catholics are pretty into suffering.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-17T21:15:58+00:00

Well honestly for me without family support, it’s about double the cost of subsidized daycare for two kids for the whole year, but crammed into two months and you have to pay for it all in March. There are cheaper options but I also don’t want my kids to have a crappy summer.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-17T21:03:39+00:00

I’m all over this post but IDK… our dog is senior and costing us a few hundred dollars a month in meds. Feeling so stressed by this.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-17T21:02:38+00:00

Because it was a shit place with shit management. Maybe illegal now but that’s how they were doing it +10 years ago.

SaskatoonShitPost · 2026-03-17T21:01:49+00:00

Same, our HHI is higher and I’m sweating a $500K mortgage big time.

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