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Jathys

03-25-2002, 11:14 PM

Between federal and state, I'm getting back $898!

What should I do now? Hmmmm.....
-Replace my car, which has 309,000 miles on it?
-Save it for when I finally move to wherever it is I move to?
-Buy 898 lotto tickets?
-Invest in some slow/steady growth stocks?
-Get 89,800 pennies?
-Put a barebones computer together?

Looking for ideas.

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Vampiro

03-25-2002, 11:31 PM

get 898 lapdances!!

shawn

03-25-2002, 11:31 PM

> Between federal and state, I'm getting back $898!
>
> What should I do now? Hmmmm.....
> -Replace my car, which has 309,000 miles on it?
> -Save it for when I finally move to wherever it is I move
> to?
> -Buy 898 lotto tickets?
> -Invest in some slow/steady growth stocks?
> -Get 89,800 pennies?
> -Put a barebones computer together?
>
> Looking for ideas.
>

I'ld either replace the car or save it in case of something unforscene happening, or if you get one of those jobs you've been applying for lately and it's far away this could be used for moving or apartment money if needed. :)

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Disch

03-26-2002, 01:01 AM

> save it...we're in a recession
>

aren't you supposed to spend money in a recession?

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Disch

03-26-2002, 01:21 AM

> > > save it...we're in a recession
> > >
> >
> > aren't you supposed to spend money in a recession?
> >
>
> theoretically, mr. greenspan, but with job prospects drying
> up, it's awfully smart to save money where you can
>

well... I don't really know. Where I'm living, the recession is like non-existent. That's just what I heard.... but yeah,.. I'd probably save my money too.

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Jathys

03-26-2002, 01:23 AM

> theoretically, mr. greenspan, but with job prospects drying
> up, it's awfully smart to save money where you can

But I work with the mentally/physically handicapped (ie- high turn-over rate and there's always a need for more staffing). True, I may want to get into other work soon, but I have an opportunity coming up to get $10/hour to do what I'm doing right now :-P

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shawn

03-26-2002, 01:24 AM

> > > > save it...we're in a recession
> > > >
> > >
> > > aren't you supposed to spend money in a recession?
> > >
> >
> > theoretically, mr. greenspan, but with job prospects
> drying
> > up, it's awfully smart to save money where you can
> >
>
> well... I don't really know. Where I'm living, the
> recession is like non-existent. That's just what I
> heard.... but yeah,.. I'd probably save my money too.
>

Not up in New Hampshire, it's pretty bad here, but what do you expect when we've got a hyper democratic bitch as a governor, I really hate her. :)

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Jathys

03-26-2002, 01:26 AM

>Where I'm living, the recession is like non-existent.

Here too . . . The unemployment rate has been around 14% for several years already. It's kind of hard to feel "the pinch", when you've been getting squeezed for years anyway;-)

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shawn

03-26-2002, 01:35 AM

> >Where I'm living, the recession is like non-existent.
>
> Here too . . . The unemployment rate has been around 14% for
> several years already. It's kind of hard to feel "the
> pinch", when you've been getting squeezed for years
> anyway;-)
>

14%, shit it's bad here because it went from 2% or so to around 5% but it was mostly factories because New Hampshire does a lot of work with computer hardware and the basic hardware components, the company I was working for had to have a major layoff because we lost a huge order from Via systems right at the beginning of the recession 3/01. :)

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Vampiro

03-26-2002, 04:07 AM

> say 'hi' to Vampy for me next time you clean out his bedpan
> :)
>
> *leaves town quickly*
>

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shawn

03-26-2002, 04:28 AM

> > > Between federal and state, I'm getting back $898!
> > >
> > > What should I do now? Hmmmm.....
> > > -Replace my car, which has 309,000 miles on it?
> > > -Save it for when I finally move to wherever it is I
> move
> > > to?
> > > -Buy 898 lotto tickets?
> > > -Invest in some slow/steady growth stocks?
> > > -Get 89,800 pennies?
> > > -Put a barebones computer together?
> > >
> > > Looking for ideas.
> > >
> >
> > save it...we're in a recession
> >
>
> Well, it's always a good idea to save money... but just
> remember that at least modest spending is what keeps the
> economy going. There's a balance somewhere in there which
> we should maintain.
>

It wasn't the consumer that caused the recession, it was businesses trying to save money by lowering inventories and doing last minute purchases and then panicking and the government passing the DMCA didn't help either. :)

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Vampiro

03-26-2002, 04:57 PM

> lapdance = only $1?
> what kinda lap dances you gettin?
>

Fast ones.

Jathys

03-29-2002, 02:10 PM

>I'd kill just to have $898 in my bank account

Really??? Well, I've got $898 and someone who I'd like killed:-) What a coincidence. PM me . . . Just kidding:-O

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04-15-2002, 10:18 PM

Slein

04-15-2002, 10:39 PM

> > > > > save it...we're in a recession
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > aren't you supposed to spend money in a recession?
> > > >
> > >
> > > theoretically, mr. greenspan, but with job prospects
> > drying
> > > up, it's awfully smart to save money where you can
> > >
> >
> > well... I don't really know. Where I'm living, the
> > recession is like non-existent. That's just what I
> > heard.... but yeah,.. I'd probably save my money too.
> >
>
> Not up in New Hampshire, it's pretty bad here, but what do
> you expect when we've got a hyper democratic bitch as a
> governor, I really hate her. :)
>
What's wrong w/ Shaheen? My parents voted for her (I think).

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kiwibonga

04-16-2002, 04:59 AM

> Between federal and state, I'm getting back $898!
>
> What should I do now? Hmmmm.....
> -Replace my car, which has 309,000 miles on it?
> -Save it for when I finally move to wherever it is I move
> to?
> -Buy 898 lotto tickets?
> -Invest in some slow/steady growth stocks?
> -Get 89,800 pennies?
> -Put a barebones computer together?
>
> Looking for ideas.
>

We got $1482... We'll use them for dental charges as always... fuckin teenagers...

but that's just my opinion, I could be wrong
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icenine0

04-16-2002, 05:04 AM

Braces? Cavities? Root canal? What's the deal? ^_^

> We got $1482... We'll use them for dental charges as
> always... fuckin teenagers...
>

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Paladyn

04-16-2002, 03:45 PM

> Between federal and state, I'm getting back $898!
>
> What should I do now? Hmmmm.....
> -Replace my car, which has 309,000 miles on it?
> -Save it for when I finally move to wherever it is I move
> to?
> -Buy 898 lotto tickets?
> -Invest in some slow/steady growth stocks?
> -Get 89,800 pennies?
> -Put a barebones computer together?
>
> Looking for ideas.
>

Die

Well, not really. I'm just jealous.
The good news is, I'm getting back $53 from the US govt.
The bad news is that I need to pay $80 to the State of MD.
Both amounts are very small in comparison to the amount I had to pay in taxes overall this past year. The whole tax code pisses me off to no end.

Of all the words of thought or pen, the saddest are these: "what might have been".