Rich-O-Meter
06-16-2004, 01:19 PM
#11
I'm not saying I make terrible money I'm just saying I lived off credit for far to many years.
Hard to play the catch up game nowadays ...specially when u pay like...
$500/month - Truck
$1200/month - Rent
$360/month - Insurance
$400/month - bills
$400/month - loans
and so on and so on ...
I don't want to win a million in the super 7 ...50 grand would do the trick.
hehe
Hard to play the catch up game nowadays ...specially when u pay like...
$500/month - Truck
$1200/month - Rent
$360/month - Insurance
$400/month - bills
$400/month - loans
and so on and so on ...
I don't want to win a million in the super 7 ...50 grand would do the trick.
hehe
06-16-2004, 01:47 PM
#13
500 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 924
yup yup, i take home bout 2-2400 a month, and dont have a whole lot extra, ive started budgeting myself to 60$ weekend money and 50 for food while workin,
then theres rent, 500, car 330, insurance 130, gas bill 100, gas for car, 100, groceries are about 250a month, cable, power, water, phone, cell phone, futureshop card (almost paid off thank god 400$ left to go...) soundsaround card i gotta come up with 2k by like september to avoid those insane interest charges..... its bad when 15$ an hour is barely scraping by at times, i dunno how people manage on less, i suppose i got it pretty good in comparison...
then theres rent, 500, car 330, insurance 130, gas bill 100, gas for car, 100, groceries are about 250a month, cable, power, water, phone, cell phone, futureshop card (almost paid off thank god 400$ left to go...) soundsaround card i gotta come up with 2k by like september to avoid those insane interest charges..... its bad when 15$ an hour is barely scraping by at times, i dunno how people manage on less, i suppose i got it pretty good in comparison...
06-16-2004, 03:10 PM
#14
50 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 408
your car is costing as much as your rent ???
maybe you should dump the apartment and car and get an RV - payment would still be less than your current rent+car payments.
I don't know how you live on $15/hour...It's all relative....just stay away from credit(not like me)...I fantasize about bankruptcy and screwing those creditors draining me with > 20% interest.
regards
craig.
maybe you should dump the apartment and car and get an RV - payment would still be less than your current rent+car payments.
I don't know how you live on $15/hour...It's all relative....just stay away from credit(not like me)...I fantasize about bankruptcy and screwing those creditors draining me with > 20% interest.
regards
craig.
06-16-2004, 03:29 PM
#15
50 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 356
Originally posted by Lando:
Capitalism at its finest .. the rich get richer, the poor get poorer [img]smile.gif[/img]
Capitalism at its finest .. the rich get richer, the poor get poorer [img]smile.gif[/img]
If you don't do it yourself, no one's gonna do it for you.... People don't just get rich, they have to do something to make the money... the fact remains, that once you have some, it's easier to get more [img]smile.gif[/img]
06-18-2004, 06:41 PM
#19
Casper....$1200/month rent? Get a mortgage for christsakes and build some equity!
And although your facts may be straight, it's still kinda apples vs oranges comparing the income of the average North American to the average Southeast Asian. At say $15/hr you'd be the grand poobah of the village and live like a king (relatively speaking).
Gene
And although your facts may be straight, it's still kinda apples vs oranges comparing the income of the average North American to the average Southeast Asian. At say $15/hr you'd be the grand poobah of the village and live like a king (relatively speaking).
Gene
06-18-2004, 11:17 PM
#20
2000 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 2,819
I look at it this way...I have a job...Food in my belly....clothes on my back...a car for transport....and a few bux here and there for a few fun things...
What else really does a person need?
I whined alot there for a while about money,but now that the meds have me thinking a bit straighter,I see how lucky I really am at the moment....
Remeber...One wrong move the rich loose everything...We poor folks if we make a wrong move..how can you loose something from nothing?If you know what I mean..
What else really does a person need?
I whined alot there for a while about money,but now that the meds have me thinking a bit straighter,I see how lucky I really am at the moment....
Remeber...One wrong move the rich loose everything...We poor folks if we make a wrong move..how can you loose something from nothing?If you know what I mean..
