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Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

tuyop posted:

I agree! I did a lot of reading on setting up etsy shops in the last couple of weeks and I have to put up a slightly different set of pictures to appeal to the market, but I am Le busy and etsy takes forever.

I'm not familiar with buying prints but is this actually how much these things cost?

# ¿ Aug 16, 2011 19:44

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 03:40

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

I can't wait for you to get out of debt by selling lovely, over-processed photos of hearts and then plunge right back by taking 6 consecutive vacations to Costa Rica.

# ¿ Aug 17, 2011 22:13

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

CornHolio posted:

I will agree with you that those are pretty terrible pictures. Maybe I just don't have an aesthetic sense but I couldn't imagine hanging those in my living quarters let alone spending money for them.

But you see the lights, they're shaped like hearts.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2011 17:01

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Since your dick is so big, have you considered gay for pay porn?

This could add several thousand dollars a month to your income, and you could buy all the cigarettes and expensive underwear you want.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2011 12:15

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

I'm sure they'll warranty the tires then try to charge you an arm and a leg to fix your camber.

# ¿ Sep 10, 2011 15:41

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Are we being trolled?

# ¿ Sep 15, 2011 13:37

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

What the gently caress is going on in this thread?

# ¿ Sep 17, 2011 03:00

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Delta-Wye posted:

I have to say, both of them have very stable jobs all things considered. I know a bunch of people who have been drummed out of the (US) service for injuries and stuff but baring a weird situation, they know how much they're getting paid, and when they're separating and can pretty much bank on it.

Those I know who got discharged for medical reasons also got a sweet deal after they got out. The only guy who didn't was the idiot who tore his achilles riding BMX.

# ¿ Sep 20, 2011 02:28

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

tuyop posted:

I also have 60k in debt. If need be I can use that savings in an ambiguous emergency. I'm not going to have money laying around for the sake of it at least until my credit cards are payed off. (may 2012)

I'm pretty sure this is the type of thinking that helped you acquire 60k in debt.

Well gee, I just can't let all this unused credit lie around, better drive to Costa Rica!

# ¿ Sep 20, 2011 16:18

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Fluffy Bunnies posted:

They as a couple may not exist after 3 months in basic (and/or whatever extra school time she's got going on) and her getting moved 2000 miles away so it's possibly pointless. Unless they're getting married as soon as she's through basic, in which case, I wonder if they've thought about military moving expenses. Because they don't pay for everything, don't reimburse you for everything, and if you're going overseas (does Canada have overseas stations?), you might be in a hotel a hell of a lot longer than you assume.

It's okay because tuyop listened to our advice and has an emergency fund for random events such as this.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2011 01:23

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

tuyop posted:

As it is right now, my chequing buffer is down and I haven't made any extra debt payments and my car payment may throw me into overdraft depending on when it comes out.

I'm sure you can ask your finance company for a little extra time if you explain the situation. The worst they could say is no but then again it depends on the company. Some of them are pretty shady and would slap you a late charge anyway.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2011 21:41

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

tuyop posted:

There are other things I can do as well, being an injured dude in the military. Apparently - and I have to make sure this is correct when I get there - the career placement officer can approve compensation for an entire Bachelor level degree part-time with no additional obligatory service requirements. I could do my BEd while I wait - or if I get a really cushy trade, while I work - for free! The only catch is that you pay for it first, then when you pass the course, you are reimbursed. The military offers loans at 3% for "self improvement", so I was thinking of taking one of those out, paying for two or three courses a semester with it, then paying it back once I get the claim back. These claims can take like six months to process, but I've had ones go through in the same day. Is this a terrible idea seeing as how it's actually taking on more debt? I just feel like it's a terrible thing to throw away a free* 12000 dollar degree or whatever a 1 year BEd is worth. The minimum payment, whatever it is, will also probably eat into my debt repayment schedule. * Minus interest.

I think you want to look at two things here:
1. Where does that leave you career wise after you get this degree? I think the general rule of thumb is don't finance a degree for the sake of having a degree. Even if it's "free", if you have no idea what you will do with it, it's just a waste of time and interest payments.
2. Are you going to get a fat chunk of cash for your back?

# ¿ Nov 14, 2011 23:56

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

tuyop posted:

2. I really don't know. People with plantar fasciitis, which is considered a "lesser" injury than a back injury, get in the vicinity of 30k payouts regularly. But like everything else right now, I don't know. There's a huge assessment process that I have to go through before I get any kind of payout. I'm confident that I have a case, but I'm also terribly unlucky so who knows.

Well looking around the Canadian forces websites it seems you can get a pretty sweet deal in the best case scenario. I know people who had similar stories in the US military and got pretty good deal. It's not like you were doing wheelies on a motorcycle and messed up your back. You were hurt at work and I'd expected you to be compensated as such. This may be a blessing in disguise if you can pay off like half of your debt and get a degree that enables you to move into another career doing something you want to do.

# ¿ Nov 15, 2011 00:35

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

So, how is your back?

# ¿ Jan 8, 2012 12:16

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

tuyop posted:

Good days and bad days. I tried going to the gym a couple of times but it was very painful. It seems like I'm down to about 50% of what I was in September for overhead lifts and squats. I was up to ten handstand pushups, now I can barely do three, and it ruins me for a couple of days.

I had an MRI on the third (kind of funny, I had to get a face X-ray because they were worried about metal in my head from one time a machine gun malfunctioned and broke my nose) so I'll see if that sheds any light on possible treatment.

Thanks for asking though.

Jesus you have awful luck with machine guns.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2012 12:51

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

tuyop posted:

Fine, the vacations I have taken are more like 200 dollars from a savings account generated for that purpose to drive to Montreal, sleep in my car, and see my girlfriend for four days once every two or three months rather than 2100 dollars from a credit card to fly to Istanbul, stay in hostels, and sightsee. I don't care what you guys say, I'm not just going to live like a monk and stop doing any little thing that costs money so that I can repent for my evil spending habits. What I will do is save for the things I want to do, then do them.

I don't think anyone is saying you can't do that. I think they're just trying to remind you that it's still a vacation. This pattern of rationalizing is something often seen when we confront our bad habits, they're just trying to help.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2012 15:02

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

tuyop posted:

I feel like the ideal solution would be to stuff it all under a mattress to keep it safe from the volatility of the market or something.

Or you know, a savings account.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2012 14:47

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Zeta Buttforce posted:

Gay webcaming remains a possibility.

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# ¿ Mar 6, 2012 19:01

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

One question:

If tuyop wasn't using it in such a misdirected manner, would this money market fund be a good idea?

# ¿ Mar 8, 2012 05:47

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Delta-Wye posted:

I think the only big benefit would be less driving.

This is really, really big benefit for tuyop.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2012 05:04

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Wow, drat lucky it didn't hit anything before it went into the pond.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2012 15:57

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Just look at it as investing a few years in order to get your education degree debt free.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2012 01:40

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Giant Isopod posted:

Just 'cause zaurg has a cool new thread where he runs his finances into the ground doesn't mean you have to one up him. It's not a contest.

Actually zaurg is doing okay with his finances, it's mostly the e/n poo poo with his marriage. Somebody had to make an awful financial decision around here.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2012 09:59

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

tuyop posted:

The job thing has gotten a lot less urgent. I'm going on permanent medical category. Ottawa has to evaluate whether I can serve in some other capacity for a period of time, or whether I should be released with full benefits (two years 70% salary and unlimited reeducation, medical care forever), or be released with partial benefits (medical care forever and some variation of full benefits above). Going on permanent category also involves a terminal posting, I'll probably go be a company 2IC at a school in Borden, where the girlfriend is posted. I'll get all my furniture back as well, and all the travel claims and posting bonuses that go into that. Either way I won't be unemployed anytime soon, think like 12-18 months, with lots of notice and six months of retirement/reeducation leave. At my normal rate of savings and repayment and selling the car next April, I could probably end up out of the army with <25k debt and a BEd and Masters of Education.

Well this is a lot better than living in the wilderness next to the base.

# ¿ May 26, 2012 19:35

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Zeta Taskforce posted:

You people need to live a little if your idea of a vacation extravaganza is driving one province away to see a friend and stay on her couch, and maybe spend a couple hundred in the process. If you stayed at home you are going to spend a couple hundred dollars just to eat, unless it is rice and cheap hotdogs and you already picked on him about that.

There's nothing wrong with it, tuyop just needs to not pretend it's going to cost $75.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2012 08:42

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Gay porn definitely pays a lot better though.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2012 00:52

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

So you can seriously just make ridiculous erotic literature and make a few easy bucks?

# ¿ Aug 2, 2012 02:47

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

quaint bucket posted:

Welcome to government bureaucracy.

They will probably wait it out for you to die.

Given tuyop's history, they may be making a good bet here.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2012 00:29

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

ToeShoes posted:

But I do want to try the counter top thing still, and grow assorted veggies and herbs.

You should. It can be fun, a constructive use of time and you get some really fresh food out of it. Plus, maybe it will satisfy tuyop's thirst for BASIL.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2012 20:10

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Dusseldorf posted:

900 dollars should get you a whole lot of tire.

Edit: How did it possible come out that high. You can get top quality tires for about 120$ a piece, so I'm seeing 600$ max for 4 plus installation.

This is loving tuyop, the man of $100 underwear and $300 bike shoes. Everything must be top of the line.

# ¿ Nov 22, 2012 05:53

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

canyoneer posted:

If only a system existed whereby one can perform work they are especially skilled in and then trade the products of such work for other goods/services provided by skilled specialists. Maybe there could be some sort of intermediary recognized by everybody as a store of value, like a Canadian government sponsored version of Bitcoin. That way, Tuyop could work doing whatever he's good at, and trade the results of that work for the products of highly skilled, expert house builders! And he doesn't need to live in a crappy, homemade slumhouse!

Tuyop: Hey guys, I just converted all of my assets into Bitcoin.

# ¿ Nov 24, 2012 01:27

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Just because your car loan is poo poo doesn't mean you can't sell it for bitcoins.

# ¿ Nov 24, 2012 17:26

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

You should honestly get enough money to get out of debt with this settlement. Do not let them gently caress you. You were injured on the job and can no longer work.

# ¿ Nov 27, 2012 00:15

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

I don't even know if this is real anymore. What the gently caress?

# ¿ Dec 6, 2012 12:04

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

CuddleChunks posted:

Will he work for... trade?

Maybe tuyop can shove some advertising up his rear end on gay cam sites?

# ¿ Jan 26, 2013 21:05

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Jeffrey posted:

I'm pretty sure he is in Canada and you are quoting US rules, but I could be wrong. Feel free to ignore me if you were aware of this.

Let me tell you why you're wrong. In the US, student loans can never be discharged. Ever.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2013 09:26

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

tuyop posted:

Yes I still want to be a teacher. I've started slowly doing work with training modernization and theory here, because their cubicles are right next to mine, and it's great.

I should clarify, I'm looking up North. Jobs like this are regularly just short of 100k plus Northern allowances. I understand that cost of living goes up, but I'm not too worried about making ends meet with a possible extra 5k in debt at that kind of salary. Edit: Also, apparently it's not that bad.

The hilarity of you posting that link of people describing the biggest northern cities paired with a job posting in a 1,500 person hamlet is just too much for me.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2013 03:14

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Aurora Borealis posted:

Am I a terrible person for thinking this is completely reasonable? I mean, it sucks for her, but she cosigned and the education has been consumed whether or not it has been used in a job. If you have a bunch of cosigned debt, you need life insurance.

Government student loans discharge if the student dies.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2013 23:52

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Honestly, you kind of deserve this for spending $200 on a used Wal-Mart bike.

# ¿ May 17, 2013 22:13

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 03:40

Wolfy: Jul 13, 2009

Also, why do you need the most expensive model? I can understand the bigger screen but 200 bucks for storage it doesn't seem like you need for any other reason than you're tuyop and this is what you do.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2013 01:23

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