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Justifying Purchases for Dummies
#262614 - 08/21/11 12:27 AM Attachment: 1986.png 63 KB (1 downloads)
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I think that I'm going to use this tactic on tightwads from now on. 
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Re: Justifying Purchases for Dummies
[Re: aavada]
#262617 - 08/21/11 01:43 AM
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1986 was the first year I had any income at all.
I earned about $600 a month, and had free housing and food, with half my clothes also paid for. I had no car, so no car insurance, medical was 100% paid by the job, and all utilities were provided free with the housing. Any traveling I did, including getting to work, was also paid by the job. So I had about $550 per month for entertainment.
In 2011, I have about $1350 per month. Calculator says that's about a wash. Figure in all the same expenses that were free, and, well, I can afford the internet for entertainment, as long as I'm not downloading movies.
If I actually get any more money than that, it both reduces that amount and is taken entirely by a bank I owe some $15000 to. The other debts haven't gotten to that point, yet, but the hospital has started sending letters again.
$550 in 1986, $50 in 2011.
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Re: Justifying Purchases for Dummies
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#262635 - 08/21/11 06:47 AM
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Well that Discman made a hell of a lot bigger impression on me than an iPod. I wouldn't doubt if that Discman still worked. Shit was made to last back then. Now it is all throw away junk.
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