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OffWithTheirHeads

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5. Good on you Bob! Never forget what it was like to be poor.
Fri May 25, 2012, 09:36 PM
May 2012

It is all too easy to have your expenditures expand to meet your income. Enjoy, but be careful, it can change in the blink of an eye. Been there, several times. From two Ferraris in the garage to living with my mother in law and various places in between.
But damn, doesn't it feel good not to have to worry where your next rent check is gonna come from? Been there, done that, still doing it. I retired about two years ago and we are comfortable but I still shop from the bottom shelf because I just worked too hard for what I have to squander it.

that's great! Flaxbee May 2012 #1
I am a lineleader in a steel fab plant backwoodsbob May 2012 #2
my husband's first wife worked for a phone company in SC as well Flaxbee May 2012 #3
I bet it feels nice. Broderick May 2012 #4
Good on you Bob! Never forget what it was like to be poor. OffWithTheirHeads May 2012 #5
I will NEVER forget backwoodsbob May 2012 #6
I share your joy! And man do I know how good it feels to be able to pay your bills and have money OffWithTheirHeads May 2012 #7
PAWS backwoodsbob May 2012 #15
Right Right Right. elleng May 2012 #8
make sure you get downtown for Spoleto SCantiGOP May 2012 #9
don't know what Spoleto is backwoodsbob May 2012 #12
Spoleto SCantiGOP May 2012 #13
freaking awesome backwoodsbob May 2012 #14
It's wonderful to hear Worried senior May 2012 #10
Wonderful Tallulah May 2012 #11
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