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Locut0s

Locut0s

Lifer
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angry hampster said:
If I were still living with my parents and had 50k saved up, an iPhone would be the last thing on my mind.
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50k goes fast if you don't have a solid job and a plan for the future. An IPhone is a small toy compared to car, rent, property taxes, and insurance payments. Probably less than 2 years and thats not including any other expenses like food and entertainment.
 
Locut0s

Locut0s

Lifer
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SunSamurai said:
I thought you said its hookers OR blow to be safe!

The only logical conclusion is that you're an ATOT assassin.
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Hay what can I say I like high quality stuff. I spent 10,000 on computers and HT equipment during the 4 years I was working and saving up that same 50k in savings. And this was on a 15-$17/hr job. I like nice stuff :) If I were getting hookers and blow it would be hookers OR blow but the best of either one for 1500 ;) But far be it from me to tell others not to have both :biggrin:
 
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dmcowen674

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www.alienbabeltech.com

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Locut0s

Locut0s

Lifer
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dmcowen674 said:
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Perhaps. I know of people who fail MUCH worse and I'm working on improving my life. So whatever.

BTW what state is that from? I usually only see west coast plates from the US up here and I haven't seen that blue one before I don't think.
 
Kroze

Kroze

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Locut0s said:
At least it looks like that's what I'm going to get. Course I only worked for about 1/2 the year last year so that accounts for some of it. So what if anything should I spend it on? Right now I don't have a job, been unemployed for about 7 months, so I'm not spending it on ANYTHING till I get a job. Once I do I may just leave it in my savings anyway as well, I'm not necessarely spenidng it. I was looking at a iPhone 3GS. However I would probably want to wait till the 4th generation iPhones come out. Or maybe upgrade my computer, could use a new vid card (maybe SLI :) ) Or just save it obviously.
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so many fail in this thread
 
SunSamurai

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Locut0s said:
Perhaps. I know of people who fail MUCH worse and I'm working on improving my life. So whatever.

BTW what state is that from? I usually only see west coast plates from the US up here and I haven't seen that blue one before I don't think.
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Lets find out.

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Locut0s

Locut0s

Lifer
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Kroze said:
so many fail in this thread
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:confused: The parts you highlight basically cover all options? If you think I fail because I'm unemployed well read a little and you can see that I am going to get a job first. If you think I fail because I want an iPhone read a little and you can see that I can equally see spending it on a video card. If you think spending it is stupid read a little and you can see I seriously consider just saving it.
 
jlee

jlee

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Locut0s said:
Perhaps. I know of people who fail MUCH worse and I'm working on improving my life. So whatever.

BTW what state is that from? I usually only see west coast plates from the US up here and I haven't seen that blue one before I don't think.
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Illinois.
 
IronWing

IronWing

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You could donate it to children in Haiti.



Okay, that's just bullshit. You could pay for a class and improve your odds of taking receivement of gainful employment when you are ready to do so.
 
Gothgar

Gothgar

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I bought a house last year, and I am 1099'd + self employed

This is going to be complicated taxes I bet this year...
 
Locut0s

Locut0s

Lifer
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Gothgar said:
I bought a house last year, and I am 1099'd + self employed

This is going to be complicated taxes I bet this year...
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This is only the 3rd or 4th time I've filed (Canadian taxes remember though). I did it 2 different ways so I could better learn how it's done. I did it all by hand then again using the free online service at QuickTax. The quicktax service gave me about $120 more than what I got by hand, I think I left one item off so I think I know why there is the discrepency. It's actually sort of fun to learn how to properly do this. I can see it would indeed be complicated to file if you were self emplyed, had a dependant(s) and or had lots of investments. 95% of the form was blank for me LOL.:D
 
KeithTalent

KeithTalent

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I think about $50 of that should go towards beer for me and the other Vancouver ATers on the 20th. :sneaky:

KT
 
lokiju

lokiju

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Well I was getting (combined) $4,500 back but then remembered I settled a large amount of debt this past year so that ate into it by about a grand, which sucks but I'd rather than than of paid back the full face value of the debt I settled.
 
Locut0s

Locut0s

Lifer
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KeithTalent said:
I think about $50 of that should go towards beer for me and the other Vancouver ATers on the 20th. :sneaky:

KT
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I have a perfect excuse for that one. I don't have the money in hand and don't know exactly what I will be getting. You know, the proverbial the cheque is LITERALLY in the mail :) :sneaky:
 
Koing

Koing

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The point about the 50k is that living at home has enabled the op t save this stash!!! He wouldn't have been able to if he was paying rent, bills & food.

Koing
 
Locut0s

Locut0s

Lifer
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Koing said:
The point about the 50k is that living at home has enabled the op t save this stash!!! He wouldn't have been able to if he was paying rent, bills & food.

Koing
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Bingo. Beleave me I'm not touting the benefits of staying at home either. 50k isn't much in the long run when you don't have much in the way of a job. It's just the ONE (well one of few) neat things I'm proud of.
 
InflatableBuddha

InflatableBuddha

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I would wait about another year (post-Olympics housing crash) and then put a down payment on an apartment - $50k would go quite a ways, even in Vancouver.

Get a job in the mean time so that you have some savings on top of the $50k to live off once you move out.
 
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marvdmartian

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Amazing. Two pages long, and no one has yet to point out that the paper(s) you file are the return, and the money you get back is the REFUND??? :hmm:


Oh......shoot.....guess I just messed up by pointing it out, huh?!?!? :\
 
ScottFern

ScottFern

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1k of my tax return is going towards covering my 1k deductible for my car accident on Friday. DOH!!!
 
MrDudeMan

MrDudeMan

Lifer
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Wow, living at home until 27. That is mind boggling to me. I'm not saying anything about it other than I just can't imagine doing that.
 
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