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Daimo posted:Yep anybody can have 40k and 6 months leisure time all it takes is hard work. I don't know whether you're being sarcastic or agreeing with me but I stand by what I said. It may not come today, it may not come tomorrow, but you can attain your goals if you work toward them, sacrifice the now for the later, and don't give up. Do you need that extra $3 bag of candy or would you rather be at $39,997 left toward your $40,000 goal? Cut out the little things you don't need, and over time you'll cut out your desire for them. Or you can bitch and moan on the internet that you don't have <Big Goal Item> and it's not fair someone else has one, your call!
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we're not super rich or anything and i don't think it's that big of a deal. i'm a network engineer, i make decent money. i put a lot of work into this career. my dad works for NASA JPL and LA is hideously expensive so he lives out of our hangar in the cooler months and only rents an apartment during the summer and flies to my stepmom's house in arizona on the weekends. our first plane is homebuilt, we built it in our garage over the course of a few years when i was younger. we like aviation so we make that a priority over other things. i quit drinking a couple years ago and that saves a lot of money.
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Mar 14, 2016 19:11
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Or you could have 13,333 bags of candy 
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Mar 14, 2016 19:12
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SpartanIV posted:Or you could have 13,333 bags of candy And diabetes! Which is also expensive!
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Mar 14, 2016 19:25
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PCOS Bill posted:I don't know whether you're being sarcastic or agreeing with me but I stand by what I said. It may not come today, it may not come tomorrow, but you can attain your goals if you work toward them, sacrifice the now for the later, and don't give up. Do you need that extra $3 bag of candy or would you rather be at $39,997 left toward your $40,000 goal? Cut out the little things you don't need, and over time you'll cut out your desire for them.
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Mar 14, 2016 19:56
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mystes posted:Just stop buying daily coffee for 36 years and you too could afford an airplane! This is why my generation has no faith in Gen Y.
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Mar 14, 2016 19:58
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PCOS Bill posted:This is why my generation has no faith in Gen Y. Go on and tell Gen Y to get off your lawn. I bought a pair of these for my son's jeep: 
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Mar 14, 2016 20:00
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Where did you get them at a discount? I want to get some new Raybans. but the sticker price makes my skin crawl.
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Mar 14, 2016 20:02
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mystes posted:Just stop buying daily coffee for 36 years and you too could afford an airplane! Woman: Do you drink beer? Man: Yes Woman: How many beers a day? Man: Usually about 3 Woman: How much do you pay per beer? Man: $5.00 which includes a tip Woman: And how long have you been drinking? Man: About 20 years, I suppose Woman: So a beer costs $5 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending each month at $450. In one year, it would be approximately $5400 …correct? Man: Correct Woman: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at $108,000, correct? Man: Correct Woman: Do you know that if you didn't drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari? Man: Do you drink beer? Woman: No Man: What color is your Ferrari?
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PCOS Bill posted:I don't know whether you're being sarcastic or agreeing with me but I stand by what I said. It may not come today, it may not come tomorrow, but you can attain your goals if you work toward them, sacrifice the now for the later, and don't give up. Do you need that extra $3 bag of candy or would you rather be at $39,997 left toward your $40,000 goal? Cut out the little things you don't need, and over time you'll cut out your desire for them. I am being slightly facetious for comedy, but yeah check your privilege  nerox posted:Woman: Do you drink beer? u fink u hard Percy has a new favorite as of 20:33 on Mar 14, 2016 |
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Mar 14, 2016 20:30
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SpartanIV posted:Or you could have 13,333 bags of candy I'd pick candy over an airplane any day. Sure, you can fly an airplane, but are they delicious? Probably not as tasty as a fistful of gummy bears 
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Mar 14, 2016 20:36
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I would point out that personal aircraft typically fall under the "if you can buy two you can afford one" category of expensive things with equally expensive upkeep costs. So yeah, good luck with saving $20 a week and putting it into your airplane fund. By the time you have enough saved you probably won't be able to get a pilot's license because you're too old to pass medical.
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Mar 14, 2016 20:41
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airplanes are pretty expensive to keep up and it is more of a lifestyle thing than a "hobby" per se imo
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Mar 14, 2016 20:48
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The idea of a homemade airplane makes me feel a lot better about wanting to build a bass boat out of a 12' johnboat. At Least with mine I can just swim away when it fails.
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Mar 14, 2016 20:55
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PCOS Bill posted:This is why my generation has no faith in Gen Y. Because your lovely generation has kicked the ladder out from under them after climbing it?
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Its just as easy to say, "If you develop a plan and stick to it, you can accomplish whatever goals you set your mind to." as it is to say, "I'm disadvantaged because of _________________, and therefore cannot accomplish whatever goals I set my mind to." As DMX once opined, "Talk is cheap, motherfuckers! *bang *bang". Hope that settles it.
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Mar 14, 2016 21:54
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Um, content? Saturday, bought wife and self a couple of these:  And some of these:  Here in Crazy Fort Worth: 
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Mar 14, 2016 22:04
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big mean giraffe posted:Because your lovely generation has kicked the ladder out from under them after climbing it? Gen X said the EXACT same loving thing about Boomers. And I know Boomers said the same thing about "The Greatest Generation" So other than using the same tired, worn-out generational complaint, what was your point?
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flosofl posted:Gen X said the EXACT same loving thing about Boomers. And I know Boomers said the same thing about "The Greatest Generation" Generation 1: Kids are worse these days than they were when we were kids! Don't know they are born Generation 2: We are what you made us Generation 1 dies, generation 2 becomes generation 1, boot stamps on a human face, repeat until the end of time. I bought beer and food, because I don't want a loving airplane
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It's too bad there are no data or statistics on this topic. Or a better venue to discuss it.
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Erudite Sybarite posted:Where did you get them at a discount? I want to get some new Raybans. but the sticker price makes my skin crawl. Just Amazon. I bought directly from Amazon, not a third party seller (what if they're knockoffs was a concern). I should note the price fluctuated a bit over the course of the week I was deciding if I wanted to get them or not. Also shoutout to Amazon Prime because I ordered them at like 10 in the morning and had them by 8 the same night.
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CancerCakes posted:Generation 1: Kids are worse these days than they were when we were kids! Don't know they are born I actually don't see much complaining about Gen X. I think everyone agrees the baby boomers are still the worst.
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gently caress your chat I bought a new mattress and box spring, because my poo poo has a body divot in it and is now over eight years old.  Booze and a replacement headlight, for my car, were also purchased.
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FordPRefectLL posted:airplanes are pretty expensive to keep up and it is more of a lifestyle thing than a "hobby" per se imo As someone who has a dad who was once a pilot and owned a plane, I can attest to this. About 6 or 7 years into flying, he bought a house on a small airport. He was a 1 minute walk from his hangar. It was kind of awesome though because he was living a 4 hour drive away and in 3 hours he could fly down, pick me up and we'd be back at his house already. It also led to my default "tell us something interesting about you" ice breaker in that I flew an airplane before I ever drove a car. We contemplated getting me my pilots license at 13, but just couldn't justify the cost. Edit: Speaking of planes, I just bought a flight up to Richmond, VA to get thousands of holes poked all over my leg I'm starting a full leg tattoo
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Jaybird X2 bluetooth earbuds for the gym after yanking my iphone off the treadmill tray once too many times Plus some books with some bits and bobs thrown in to hit the free international shipping minimum 
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blarzgh posted:Um, content? Would you recommend your Little Red Wasp experience? I'm on the other side of downtown and walk by it all the time (usually going to/from The Brass Tap) Content: Picked this up for a Vegas-bound bachelor party a week ago, was fun, got lots of compliments. 
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Did you get that from a novelty shop or is it a real suit? I love garish poo poo like that.
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You could wear that to the players ball and not stand out. Better get some awesome shoes to go with it.
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Mid_Ben posted:Would you recommend your Little Red Wasp experience? Oh my god, yes. Round about $13 a plate. Great cocktails and beer selection, too. Also, if you ever make it down towards University and the Trinity, you've gotta try Woodshed Smokehouse for breakfast. http://woodshedsmokehouse.com/menus/breakfast/
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It's ok. I have poor impulse control, buy expensive luxury items on credit, and have no savings, but Bernie's gonna buy me an airplane! Feel the Bern!
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Mar 15, 2016 05:21
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Shoulda gone with the exofficio boxer brief! Feels great (as I've been told) and looks drat good (giggity)!
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kmcormick9 posted:It's ok. I have poor impulse control, buy expensive luxury items on credit, and have no savings, but Bernie's gonna buy me an airplane! Is airplane the new cellphone? I just bought the Mountain Dew Kickstart grape flavor. loving terrible. The blood orange flavor is much better.
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Went thrifting over the weekend. Made out like a bandit on winter clothes and work coffee. Also found this: Also got a used 2DS for my birthday and I'm determined not to pay more than $5 per game for it. I foresee good bargains and/or terrible games in my future.
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Mushinronsha posted:Shoulda gone with the exofficio boxer brief! Feels great (as I've been told) and looks drat good (giggity)! Yeah I find briefs more comfortable when wearing something over them but I lounge around the house in my boxers all the time and wearing briefs with no pants would feel (and look, I'm guessing) way more indecent?
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I bought a 49 inch tv and a PlayStation 4 today. I have to spend a lot of time at home/on call the next month or so and decided to retire the original Wii I had plugged into my 24 inch. Big difference.
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LUBE UP YOUR BUTT posted:Jaybird X2 bluetooth earbuds for the gym after yanking my iphone off the treadmill tray once too many times I got an older generation and I love them still. Only thing that may suck is the battery life of ~6 hours but with such a small size you can't really demand more.
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The Jaybird X3 has 7 hour battery and has an app where you can change the equalizer. What they really need to do is let you switch the left and right channels for when you're doing the over-the-ear mode for working out.
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Rolo posted:I bought a 49 inch tv and a PlayStation 4 today. I have to spend a lot of time at home/on call the next month or so and decided to retire the original Wii I had plugged into my 24 inch. Big difference. Get Rocket League ASAP
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The exofficio boxer briefs are shockingly comfortable compared to cotton boxer briefs. The main problem is that I've slowly replaced my cotton briefs with exofficio, and realizing that means I've spent like 400 dollars on underwear. Worth it.
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Seconding that; I've worn nothing but Ex Officio boxer briefs for the last 3-4 years and I don't even want to remember what life was like before them.
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