Posted on 04/18/2010 7:29:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If you're in New York City with only $10 in your pocket, Julio Ortiz-Teissonniere has you covered.
Get an unlimited day pass MetroCard, he says. "It'll take you from the Bronx Zoo down to Coney Island and everywhere else in between for just $8.25. Just make sure you're done by 3 a.m. of the day after you bought it -- otherwise you'll spend a lot more than $10 on a yellow cab."
If you're in Italy, Diana Corridori could show you where to get a fantastic breakfast of cappuccinos, chocolate croissants and cookies for a ten-spot. And Jon Regas of Switzerland could help you dig up more than 40 singles on vinyl for that price. In Bhutan, Deki Dorji could feed you with fresh vegetables for a week.
Yes, the economy's down, but $10 can still buy you quite a bit -- if you know where to look.
This was our challenge to CNN iReporters last weekend: Go to the ATM, get $10, and see how far it can take you. That's it. It was the ultimate in thrift and simplicity, and iReporters from around the world found endlessly creative ways to get the most out of their tenner.
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Dacalanio lives across the world, between Makati and Pasay cities in the Philippines. For $10 -- or about 450 Philippine pesos -- he filled his fridge with chicken, ham, fruits, veggies and spices.(continued)
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In Atlanta, $10 will buy you one crack rock.
So can you get into the Bronx Zoo or buy lunch at Coney Island for the remaining $1.75?
really? that’s a bargain!
You know how to have fun in a bad neighborhood? Throw down ten pounds of rock salt on the sidewalk and then drop 2 crack rocks. Then sit back and watch the hilarity.
lmao
Know how to have even more fun than that? make them listen to loud country music while tasting all those pieces of rock salt.
The way Obumbler is printing money, we’ll all have billions of dollars. Trouble is that a gallon of gas will cost a wheel barrow full of billion dollar bills.
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