Stijn!!

[Jim Richards]

Tom sounds like a great guy. Bob, the UFO guy, sounds like he's long overdue for some galactic-scale anal probing.

[HHI944]

Just bought one of those fancy gopro thingamajigs....

[Porsche-poor]

don't forget to publish it all on YouTube so we can laugh......I mean watch and enjoy.

[flipper35]

I liked those shows (Police Squad, Sledge Hammer) and yes, I have seen Blazing Saddles. Mongo, the scene where they had to back up or the black guy gets it...

So Joe, is that going on your anti-piracy optic?

Hope you hare enjoying your time abroad Jim.

We had another distribution switch go bad this morning. We had some power issues but it is on a line level UPS that is on an emergency generator circuit. Everything was fine until the power came back on and the switch went all wonky. I am getting tired of these issues with this brand. One issue we had was not the fault of the switch, we had water spraying everywhere and it got drenched after a large storm after we had some new fiber pulled through the concrete. The cable company was responsible for not sealing the hole properly.

Glad this didn't happen last week.

[HHI944]

I'm going to use it when riding and as a backup when on ship. The company issues one, but it can't hurt to have a secondary. I got the Session.

[flipper35]

Redundancy never hurt, especially if it is yours.

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by flipper35

Redundancy never hurt, especially if it is yours.

That's my thought. There's a cheap Chines extended battery and case that's apparently pretty reliable.

[Oh Haha]

I am not a money genius by any stretch but have done ok. My younger brother doesn't have a pot to pee in. He has never saved any money. I've tried to offer my advice but he doesn't listen.

My uncle never married and had no kids. He had a good job and bought his parent's house after they passed, then rented it out to his sister and her family. When he died, he left them the bank account with all of the money they paid over the years.

He's the same one that bought a new Caddy every year from 1963 until the mid 70s.

[flipper35]

Our RC planes are cheap Chinese batteries and they have been working well. I had a battery go bad for my airsoft P90 pretty quick, but it is NiMH.

[GH85Carrera]

When I first moved to OKC I used up 110% of my available liquid assets. Credit cards and frugal living got me through some tight spots. I paid 100% of every debt and I had. I never once in my life received any form of government assistance. I lived on a lot of potato soup and rice. I can remember the big Friday night celebration was to pour a can of soup on the rice instead of eating just rice with soy sauce. I could survive for 25 cents per day on food.

Over the years I have seen several people end up declaring bankruptcy after living on food stamps but they always had plenty of money for booze and cigarettes. I figured if I ran up a debt I was supposed to pay for it and I always have.

I can remember wondering how I could earn the money in time to pay a $35 water bill. I always found another wedding to shoot or yard to mow.

Now I am at the point of zero debts, some OK assets after a lot of hard work. I am far from rich but I don't worry about buying whatever toy I want.

With only one brother there is not much family looking for money.

[Porsche-poor]

Not rich? I'd say you are well off on a life well lived.

[Oh Haha]

Originally Posted by Porsche-poor

Not rich? I'd say you are well off on a life well lived.

+1


The reason I sold my SC is so that we could clear some debt that would allow me to stay home. Did I really want to sell it? Hell no!!! Sometimes you have to make hard choices to better yourself or the family.

[Porsche-poor]

struggling with the very same decision.....

[RKDinOKC]

Yeah, Tom has been bailing out Bob financially for 40 years.

When he tried to tell me about his financial problems I told him about learning to live lean when I was in college and it really helped when I got a job at a pizza place that gave us coupons to eat free from. Even told him about Dad sending me $100 a month without me asking or telling him I needed money, then finding he had sold the van I had bought and used to mow yards. He was sending me the money he got for it in monthly installments. It may have been how he got paid for it, I didn't ask.

When Bob comes to visit for a Holiday. He lives in Tulsa 110 miles away. He always asked both me and Tom seapartely for $40 gas money for the trip. His Odessey can make the round trip twice for $40. Tom has told me to not give him any gas money unless he says it's okay so Bob isn't playing us.

Tom's wife has asked that Bob doesn't stay there when he visits. They have two really nice guest rooms with a sitting area and each with their own bath. They have people that stay with them all the time. They don't like that he stays up watching TV real loud until 3 or 4 am, then gets up at Noon expecting to be served breakfast.

Bob stayed in my guest room Thanksgiving but don't think he liked it. He got pissed off and tried to yell at me when he got up at noon and told me he was hungry. I told him I ate lunch at 11am, the food is in the kitchen to fix himself whatever he wants. Don't think he liked Pepper bringing him her toys all the time to play with her either. He kept yelling at her to go away. I know I didn't like him telling me my dog wasn't trained very well when she didn't respond when he didn't use the commands I told him to use. Think 4 days was just too many.

Christmas he only came for Christmas day then went back to Tulsa.

[flipper35]

I love my sister.

[Oh Haha]

Originally Posted by Porsche-poor

struggling with the very same decision.....

Go with your gut. Once I decided it needed to go I made the move.

sorry

[RKDinOKC]

All I gots is regular bills and a mortgage which the taxes and insurance is more than the payment.

Am socking away monies to make sure I got that cash to do whatever is needed when the bill comes in for the 928 rebuild and the few upgrades. Which I could even now, torn apart sell and easily pay off the mortgage if I had to.

After the 928 is running again start fixin up some stuff around the house I've been putting off so the changes wouldn't upset Mom. And I still have a whole bunch of junk I can get rid of.

Kinda bothers me that even when the house is all mine the taxes, insurance, and utilities is still $900 bucks a month.

[Porsche-poor]

Originally Posted by Oh Haha

Go with your gut. Once I decided it needed to go I made the move.

sorry

For now I'll be keeping it but if the new owners prove to be a pain in the neck it will be the first thing to go after I quit.

[ckelly78z]

Everything but the new horse barn has been paid off for a few years now (10 acre farm, 6 different vehicles, numerous ATVs, and dirtbikes) I have a really nice 401K that took a hit here recently, but will rebound. 9 more years of work to start collecting on a 25 year full pension.

It really sucked to sell my early immaculate 1971 Datsaun 240Z to pay off some bills and fix a daily driver. That's the stuff you have to do to keep the family going.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Porsche-poor

Not rich? I'd say you are well off on a life well lived.

A friend of mine long ago used a line I like. I am just living in a much higher level of poverty. Rich would allow me to go write a check for a new GT4 Caymen and retire. I ain't there yet. Just comfortable.