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Post by Abby Normal on Jan 13, 2011 11:21:55 GMT -5
I just received my first paycheck of the year. With the 2% SS reduction, offset by the expiriring of the making work pay credit, and my increase in health insurance costs, I net a whopping $3.42/check. Yep, a whole 6.84/ month. I can hardly contain my excitement
Should I stimulate the economy or get it in cash and roll in it?
No suggestions of hookers or blow. It's not enough to qet a quality product. A girls got to have standards you know.
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 13, 2011 11:23:19 GMT -5
Trader Joes sells single speciality beers. I think you could get one or two each paycheck.
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Post by soon2bmomof3 on Jan 13, 2011 11:31:47 GMT -5
McDonald's smoothies or mochas...mmmmmmm.
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 13, 2011 11:34:06 GMT -5
If you throw in another 33 cents, and get it in quarters, you can fill up three of those 5-gal jugs with water from the vending machines outside the grocery store (does everyone have those, or is that just a thing in the southwest states?)
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Post by Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ on Jan 13, 2011 11:34:08 GMT -5
I can see this thread topic going low-brow in short order.
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 13, 2011 11:34:51 GMT -5
It will buy you a multi-pack of highlighters. (I was at Staples earlier today.)
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 13, 2011 11:35:19 GMT -5
One Lean Cuisine lunch. Two - if they are on sale.
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Post by Abby Normal on Jan 13, 2011 11:38:00 GMT -5
Trader Joes sells single speciality beers. I think you could get one or two each paycheck. Except the Trader Joes is right next to a really good bakery. I fear I could not go into TJ without also stopping at the bakery. I would be inclined to spend more than my increase, and my increase would actually cost money. I like the water jug suggestion. Water for when the economy collapses. A true D&G line of thinking. |
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Post by Taxman10 on Jan 13, 2011 11:38:58 GMT -5
$6.84 a month for 12 months....over 30 years at 11.5% will give you approximately......
calculating.....
$3.6 million dollars -- not to bad - now be thankful!!
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Post by Abby Normal on Jan 13, 2011 11:42:00 GMT -5
$3.6 million dollars -- not to bad - now be thankful!! Holy greenbacks, Batman. But the SS reduction is only for 2011. So in 30 years my $82.08 might be $200. Whoohoo.  |
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 13, 2011 11:45:24 GMT -5
You could buy a magazine telling you how to invest.
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 13, 2011 11:46:11 GMT -5
Or better yet, a magazine telling you how to save money!
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Post by Taxman10 on Jan 13, 2011 11:49:30 GMT -5
Or better yet, a magazine telling you how to save money! NO!! You can get this info for free on www.bundle.com!!!! |
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jan 13, 2011 12:34:38 GMT -5
...EF...
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Post by Abby Normal on Jan 13, 2011 12:42:17 GMT -5
EF
Let's see at $6.84/month, I'll have 6 months expenses in ....... 30 years.
I really thought you guys would be more creative. You know like - convert it into pennies, make a sculpture out of it and sell it an an art fair for $100.
Or Stimulate the econony one skinny latte at a time.
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jan 13, 2011 13:10:35 GMT -5
<<< EF Let's see at $6.84/month, I'll have 6 months expenses in ....... 30 years. >>> ...well, if $6.84/mo is all you'll have going into an EF, then you've got other budget items to correct...  ...and I don't do lattes, but two extra things of Breyer's every month would be good!  |
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 13, 2011 13:13:18 GMT -5
Well, we gave you single beers, mochas and smoothies. Is that so far off from lattes that it doesn't count?
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Post by Abby Normal on Jan 13, 2011 13:30:20 GMT -5
I tried to take that out. But it didn't work.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2011 14:39:46 GMT -5
For me it would go into my coffee fund... I love me some coffee  |
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Post by Clifford on Jan 13, 2011 15:02:02 GMT -5
You could send your representatives a letter thanking them for all their hard work...but it would cost a significant percentage of your total to mail it, especially if you had to drive to the post office to get a stamp.
I second the Breyer's if the grocery is already on the way home.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2011 16:03:09 GMT -5
I think you asked the wrong board. I asked the Smart Spending crew. We'll get back to you.  |
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Jan 13, 2011 16:39:58 GMT -5
Just make a check payable to Petunia. If you want to deduct the cost of postage, I am OK with that. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2011 16:48:17 GMT -5
Buy yourself some really good butter and make kouign aman to have with your TJ's beer. Easy, buttery, caramelized sugar, pastry goodness.
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Post by ihearyou2 on Jan 13, 2011 17:01:06 GMT -5
To fulfill SF's request, a hand job at a massage parlor....
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 13, 2011 17:06:01 GMT -5
That will buy at least 2 pounds of apples. Apples are the best diet food in the world! You can fulfill the "apple a day" thing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2011 17:08:48 GMT -5
To fulfill SF's request, a hand job at a massage parlor.... For $6.84? That place would probably be a little to sketchy for me! Probably.  |
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Post by ihearyou2 on Jan 13, 2011 17:10:56 GMT -5
Hey you pay for the massage and then you leave a little tip, the chick won't speak English and will have callusses on her hand but this isn't the Four Seasons...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2011 17:11:22 GMT -5
To fulfill SF's request, a hand job at a massage parlor.... For $6.84? That place would probably be a little to sketchy for me! Probably. Wouldn't that add to the excitement? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2011 17:13:18 GMT -5
Oh it would definitely add to the excitement. You wouldn't know what you're going home with! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2011 17:16:16 GMT -5
Oh it would definitely add to the excitement. You wouldn't know what your going home with! ;D ;D ;D |
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