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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

And Len, no it's' not like a mechanic buying his own tools.

It's like the mechanic buying tools for his customers.

LOL!!!
That's the d@mn truth!

Thanks for the support guys! The $$ aspect was something I wasn't even going to bring up with the wife. Sure it sucks, but it is an unfortunate part of the job. I have always complained in the past about paying the "school" portion of property taxes since I didn't have a child in the system yet... Now I'm really honked to find that all those taxes are lumped into the "operation fund".

I'm sure it will get a little better with time. It's just the "oh yea, btw, it's going to cost a couple grand to get everything set up" that's really a punch to the sack.

I already posted a request on craigslist for some cheap first grade reading level books, so we'll see where that goes. Right now, it's just one of those "grin and bear it" situations