Using it to take a really awesome trip to New Mexico for the Enchanted Circle Century. I don't get how this will help but I don't get much EITHER party does.
The home rant makes me laugh... We bought our house for a little under $140k, with payments we are quite comfortable with. The realtor was trying to encourage us to buy the $200k plus homes on the other side of our neighborhood. We could have qualified, of course we would be eating ramen for years to come until the property taxes forced us to move.And people are shocked at the housing mess? I was 25 when we bought this house, many of my peers would have bought the biggest house the could and not thought about the mortgage. Okay back to the free money some of us are getting.
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02-14-2008, 09:21 PM #1
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02-14-2008, 09:45 PM #2
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We're waiting....
Originally Posted by Regina
However...I couldn't help but notice that the one who started this discussion has not stated what HE would do. Oh, Mr. Silver??????
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02-15-2008, 04:42 AM #3
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Um, his dad died. I'm sure he's busy.
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02-15-2008, 08:46 AM #4
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My mom died last Tuesday. life goes on.
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02-15-2008, 09:44 AM #5
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I'm terribly sorry about your Mom. Originally Posted by zencentury
Otherwise, I'm not quite sure how to take this.
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02-15-2008, 02:53 PM #6
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??? Wow. That is so wrong in so many ways. Originally Posted by zencentury
I am never down. I am either up or getting up.
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02-15-2008, 03:15 PM #7
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Zen, I'm really sorry about your mom. Originally Posted by zencentury
The two certainties in life:
Death & Taxes
and we're covering them both in one post
And you're right...life goes on.
So, the answer to what I'll do is: "I don't know". The current state of the economy has caused me to take note of the excesses in our lives and the need to be thrifty enough to enable generosity at will.
This isn't a new revelation...it's just a return to something I came to understand a long time ago.
But, using this little piece of the world as an example...it's not going to have the desired effect...because most of us are going to save it or pay down debt...If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
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