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Which button would you press? (Original Post) True Dough Apr 2017 OP
tacos for life pangaia Apr 2017 #1
Seriously? True Dough Apr 2017 #4
Yup! Hands down. pangaia Apr 2017 #9
Not a bad answer. IrishEyes Apr 2017 #18
Well, I'm 73 so maybe not such a great idea, eh? pangaia Apr 2017 #20
Well, in that case, I would take the six years of good health. IrishEyes Apr 2017 #22
I fairly recently discovered a new world of tacos OriginalGeek May 2017 #23
Glad you have 'seen the light." pangaia May 2017 #25
With free tacos for life, you can readily deal with the other things on the list jberryhill May 2017 #27
6 years of good health Warpy Apr 2017 #2
Six years good health, hands down. redstatebluegirl Apr 2017 #3
Seriously! WinkyDink May 2017 #24
Where's the ejector button hlthe2b Apr 2017 #5
Hmmm. I never had student loans. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #6
I'm with ya, 100% True Dough Apr 2017 #8
free untilities Skittles Apr 2017 #7
Free utilities Hayduke Bomgarte Apr 2017 #10
Stick my Lee Enfield in the Mouth of the Offerer and say Wolf Frankula Apr 2017 #11
gotta take the free utilities Afromania Apr 2017 #12
Green. onecaliberal Apr 2017 #13
... 2naSalit Apr 2017 #14
Free Utilities BlueSpot Apr 2017 #15
Damned if I know True Dough Apr 2017 #16
The green one. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #17
I wish I could replace the student loan option with credit card debt. IrishEyes Apr 2017 #19
IrishEyes True Dough Apr 2017 #21
I'd rather have Single Payer healthcare so I didn't have to worry PatrickforO May 2017 #26

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
9. Yup! Hands down.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 06:04 PM
Apr 2017

if you had as good a taco joint near you as I do... maybe you would change your mind..





IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
18. Not a bad answer.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 03:49 PM
Apr 2017

If you are 40 years old and live another 60 years, you could easily eat $150,000 worth of tacos in your life.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
20. Well, I'm 73 so maybe not such a great idea, eh?
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 04:09 PM
Apr 2017

Plus, the owner and I are good friends.. I get special senior and 'friend' deals..

LOL


IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
22. Well, in that case, I would take the six years of good health.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 05:34 PM
Apr 2017

That way you can eat all the tacos you want without worrying.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
23. I fairly recently discovered a new world of tacos
Mon May 1, 2017, 02:21 AM
May 2017

I mean, I grew up in Texas and hard shell Taco Bell style tacos were all I ever knew. Even making them at home I still made them with standard ground beef, lettuce cheese and maybe some picante sauce. Sour cream too.


But then I finally tried one of those little taco stands that makes them with 2 soft corn tortillas. I've been eating tacos al pastor 2 or 3 times a week for lunch ever since. When I'm not eating them I think about eating them. It's just shredded pork, hot sauce and diced onions and a little cilantro.

I'm angry at myself for not trying them sooner.

I could easily and happily get them free for the rest of my life.

But until i win that button press, I'll also happily pay a little over six bucks for 4 of them and a horchata.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
25. Glad you have 'seen the light."
Mon May 1, 2017, 09:06 AM
May 2017

I tell ya, tacos can be high art.

I will pm you about the taco place near me.

Just the photos of the tacos, soups, etc will make you drool...

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,848 posts)
6. Hmmm. I never had student loans.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 05:38 PM
Apr 2017

I'm currently retired and in amazingly good health. I'm not THAT fond of tacos. My utility costs are remarkably low. And I wouldn't mind replacing my 2004 Honda Civic with something newer, but I'm a dream car kind of person.

If I could somehow get the one year of paid vacation so that I could spend a year travelling the world, that's what I'd do. I took my first cruise a year and a half ago, and I really want to take many more. But of course, money is an issue. So some kind of account that I can access to pay for travel would be nice.

True Dough

(17,302 posts)
8. I'm with ya, 100%
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 05:45 PM
Apr 2017

The dream car is tempting but on the two occasions when I've owned a new car all I did was obsess about it: rock chips, scratches in parking lots, how much it's depreciating.

I'd prefer to be cruising all over the world. Perhaps staying in a particularly appealing location for a few weeks or a month.

Wolf Frankula

(3,600 posts)
11. Stick my Lee Enfield in the Mouth of the Offerer and say
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 06:57 PM
Apr 2017

All, and a health for my cats, or I blow your blerry head off.

Wolf

Afromania

(2,768 posts)
12. gotta take the free utilities
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 07:12 PM
Apr 2017

I imagine the money saved could be put towards buying the dream car, the tacos, retirement a year early or paying off the loans. It won't buy the 6 years of good health, but I could probably get a Gym membership or a personal trainer or something to help push that whole deal along.

So, free utilities for 500 Alex!

BlueSpot

(855 posts)
15. Free Utilities
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 12:24 AM
Apr 2017

Student loans are long since paid. Retirement is looming so vacation can wait. Not quite old (or ill) enough for the health one to be long enough to attract. I assume I have to pick today and not in 20 years. Tacos? I don't think so. That's just silly. Cars are just a means to an end as far as I'm concerned. I don't even have a dream car. So that leaves the free utilities for life as the best alternative for me.

So, now that I've done all of that, where do I find these buttons?

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
19. I wish I could replace the student loan option with credit card debt.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 04:00 PM
Apr 2017

I've never had student loans and I have always had great health. I will take the one year of paid vacation. I would write a great book while I was traveling the world. Then sell it for lots of money and buy my dream car. Meet and fall in love with a chef who makes amazing Tex Mex food. Then we would move into a lovely solar powered environmental friendly home.

PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
26. I'd rather have Single Payer healthcare so I didn't have to worry
Mon May 1, 2017, 09:10 AM
May 2017

about massive, financially crippling copays if things go wrong. Medicare for all Americans, that's my button.

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