that is all :(
x2 tell me about it
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i just got done doing bills. wife has to go to columbus oh here in a couple weeks and bla bla bla. I am new to doing the bills since shes done them for the past 16 years. Its frustrating to say the least. Now my 30 year old fridge is breaking down, need oil changes in all three cars, added the 20th to the insurance and got the bill due by the 8th calling for 360 bux for 12mos , list goes on but oh well. Still dont have any cash saved for christmas either since i just started this job last apr. It took some time to settle back in to getting paid and all. Now that i have the bills, things are gong to be tighter cause ill want to pay things down. You know , be the bad guy adn all.
I just had to call the wife to see if we have enough money in the bank to get a tire plugged (nail and I don't have plugs or tools) on the Jeep. :(
And just think, Christmas is coming.
Yea it does suck. ive been without work since March. Going to school and waiting to hear from Social Security is a PITA. 6 Freakin months.
Next time you're around the city get a plug kit from Princess Auto - they're like $5 for the basic kit (five plugs and an insertion tool) and are a lifesaver (and a money saver - when did getting a tire plugged go from a $5 job to a $20 job?!?!?). I've got one and a 12V compressor in the truck and the Saturn.
But yeah, being broke sucks ass. My car is still in pieces and in primer because every time I se up some extra $$ I can always think of something more important to spend it on (like $700 worth of firewood and $400 worth of furnace oil, f'rinstance). Remember, though: The economy is doing great and we're all spending way more "discretionary" money - at least according to the rick folk...
for once in my life i'm actually financially stable. my wife and i both make enough money that we don't have to worry about things. it's a nice change of pace. i used to live paycheck to paycheck, but now, i've got a savings account that's doing very well, a high interest money market account that holds the bulk of our money, and the checking account to pay bills and have some spending cash that hasn't dipped below $3,000 in almost 2 years, on top of all that, i've got the 401K that's starting to yield some serious dollars. it's so nice not having to worry. the amount of stress that i'm no longer under in amazing.
yes, being broke sucks major ass. i remember back in the day when i used to live off of ramen and hot dogs. i was sooooo broke that i couldn't pay any of my bills and got evicted. i actually lived in my truck for 3 months before i was able to se up enough to rent a shiznitty apartment. that was definitely an eye opener as to the way things really were and how i was NOT going about things in the right way at all. it's only gotten better since that point. wow... it's only been 5 years since all that . it's amazing to see how far you can go in such a short time if you're bound and determined to better yourself and your situation.
I was doing close to how turboranger was till that blazer binged me for $800 two months ago then another $1800 last week.. this is even with building a house and out of $ on the construction loan.
Sucks... but will all work out in the end.
I left a high paying job to be near my family and back in God's garden. Things are more than tight now, but we're home and we're happy. Our business isn't making us rich, but it's covering the bills my job doesn't..... just.
And the hardest thing to accept is that the T-bird hasn't had a cent put into it in two years.
try planning a wedding on very little income.
college student
need i say more???
Hopefully you'll get a tire plug kit for Christmas. They're only $10.
Tell me about it. I dont even have bills yet, and I already feel the pressure of being broke. Can't finish my car, get the title, insure it, or register it.
I know. And I used to do this for a living. But I'm at work an next door is a tire shop. It was either take it next door and pay the five bucks (five seventy with taxes) or wait until lunch to drive to town on a flat, buy the kit, and repair it on the car in the parking lot, somehow getting air back in the tire again. :hick: Yes, I could have swapped my spare before going to town, but now lunch is down to......... wait, I'm late for work now.
Sometimes your posts make me want to drop an anvil on your head. :beatyoass:
You don't know pressure until you've got a mortgage, a wife, a kid and another on the way.
I was just saying, I cant imagine the shiznit you guys have to deal with
Stop rationalizing every time somebody comments on one of your comments Daboss… it’s OK to have different views and or opinions. It’ even OK to be misunderstood once in a while… as well as it’s ok to be wrong once in a while…
…… “Let it GOooooooo!!!!” :toilet:
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Am I going to have to add this to my Sig?
True Dat.
I plugged a tire Sunday night again and I hate doing it. I'd pay $5 for someone else to do it. It's more the time and dependence on someone else.
broke here too, thank god the car isnt right now:burnout:
even if i cant afford gas i can atleast go out and sit in it:hick:
I have to start saving up for winter layoff in two months, around 800 - 1000 bucks.
i was once broke.. then i got a good job
Same here....last January I totalled my Jeep, Had to buy something else quicklike, so ended up spending more than i wanted. My monthly payment doubled and will now be for another 4 years. On top of that, I've been paying on a construction loan since last Nov. Last week I had to redo the loan with an extra $10,000 added because my contractor quit showing up and took my money to pay his own debts. So I have to pay out of pocket...I have to the end of this month to finish. So my loan will be more than budgeted for, and with everything else, I'm lucky to break even now. As the saying goes, "I'm so poor, i have to jerk off the dog to feed the cat.":hick:
Needless to say, my tc project will start off pretty slow.
I can GET my title, I have to file a lost title report. I have PROOF of ownership of my car! Bill of sale!!
YES watch one of the admins is gonna make an icon to go with that (:FILA) I wonder what it should be...
or................
allow others to get a slam in once in a while on ya,, lets us all know your human, not bullet proof.,, not perfect,, (even though you wanna make sure you said something that was misunderstood)
you know,,
JUST LIKE US:D
good life skill actually
Yep. I have a government job. Kicks ass :D
I got my first job last year washing dishes and busing tables. Maybe $30 a week at first (only worked Sundays; I did start working 3-4 days a week a month or two later). Between my 2nd job and my current job, there was a 2 month period where I didnt have a job and it sucked. But now I'm a waiter and I'm making more money in one weekend than I made in 2 weeks at my two previous jobs. Having constant cash flow helps a ton also. I know both sides of it, and I definitely like the side I'm on now better. But I (in a very miniscule way since im only 19 and dont have half the responsabilities most of you do) know how it feels.
the $250/week i spend in gas is killing me!
Lou, the wife wants to know what you're taking in school ??Or is it something you'd have to......you know......get rid of me for telling LOL
I spend.. ohh... $5 a week? I live 2 minutes from work ;)
WTF?
At that rate I hope you drive something for a living. In which case, your boss should be paying for fuel.
Let me guess... 94 octane?
im a sub-contractor for a garage door repair, and I pay for my own gas/vehicle/maintenance. averaging 100+ miles a day.