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Ourdee
| | Posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 - 02:27 pm: | 
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I need to treat my dog and son better. Dog dumb, boy smart. |
Fast1075
| | Posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 - 03:09 pm: |
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Here is the cool part of all this...on this board, so many different people of such vastly differing ways and means...openly communicating and sharing ideas regardless of their position...with very little in the way of idiotic posturing. |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 - 03:29 pm: |
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I watch two things . . .
The way people treat their animals.
The way people treat their kids.
I've heard people say never to date someone who treats waitresses poorly.
I ignored that advice once. It took me about two dates to see it's wisdom. |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 - 06:55 pm: |
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>>with very little in the way of idiotic posturing.<<
I'll try harder.
My girl has 3 university degrees.
We had some fiery debates during her MBA. They often used Apple computer as their example business and many of the facts stated and assumptions made in the course were quite simply and utterly wrong.
It appears to me that the qualifications give her an opportunity to use her common sense in Business. They are like keys.
I don't think they teach what I do at University. Bachelor of I hotwire everything? :-)
(Message edited by danger_dave on July 14, 2009) |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 03:31 am: |
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If I could do it all over again, I would have skipped the University. I would have had far more interesting stories to tell if I had backpacked through europe. I wouldnt have been saddled with a debt for an education that I havent used, and I have a feeling my fluency would be better.
I dont see the need to own a house either, but thats my life, never a textbook rarely any Cliffs notes. |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 07:13 am: |
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You got any kids slick? |
Ourdee
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 11:39 am: |
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My regret is not traveling more in my 20s. |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 01:19 pm: |
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No kids, no wife, and just about out of the house. I travel light, all my baggage should fit in the overhead compartment, or in the side saddlebags.
As Janis said, freedom is just another word for nothin left to loose. |
Moxnix
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 02:04 pm: |
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A house is a place to live. We downsized before the real estate collapse to a repo and updated it to fit our needs. Least expensive house in the best area for the money. It used to be that investing in a home was a hedge against inflation. Housing prices have deflated sharply in most areas. So much for hedging. If you bought a $500K house in an area of $500K houses, and the neighbors are selling for market value around $275K, a house is not always a good investment.
Most folk start putting their financial house in order after the kids are gone. There is still time. My advice is, if you have X amount of dollars, find a way to double ten percent of it in a year. This usually requires participation in an endeavor, or an understanding of where markets are going.
Travel? It's not as much "fun" traveling today as it was decades back, when Engrish was the lingua franca and folk didn't mind you showing up. Lots to see on this continent. |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 07:06 pm: |
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Working on my own private Walden West, friends land, second hand timber, stick built by hand, off the grid.
really all i need is a garage to park the bikes and a place to crash my head at nite. |
Ourdee
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 12:57 am: |
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If I were single, bikes and place for head and head would be the same room. |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 01:14 am: |
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Did plenty from 20 to 40, but I don't like traveling any more - except by motorcycle.
I do it for work - up to a point - a 4 hour flight usually - otherwise just send me the bike. (It works too) :-) |
Sayitaintso
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 10:51 am: |
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City.... "off the grid" your not gonna go Ted Kaczynski on us are you????? |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 04:59 pm: |
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I have always thought the best economic advice I got wasnt from an economist.
"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail."
HTD Walden
Wittle it down to its basics, I need a place to crash, food, clothes, a bike and job to feed those needs. Everything else is extranious for me.
With a 10-12 hour work day how long are any of us really home?, now add the two hour commute, toss in sleep, and really, you are in your house just a couple of hours a day awake. I dont see the need to mortgage my life for a 'box' to sleep in. |
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