What'd you buy with your first paycheck?

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Eeezee

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I bought a 120GB hard drive, upgrading from a 20GB drive that I had used for 2 years. This was a year and a half ago.
 

I Saw OJ

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Aside from having a paper route as a kid my first job was a dish washer when I was like 16. IIRC my girlfriend at the time made me spend like half of it on her, buying clothes and ******.



Seth
 

rky60

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First full time job...hmm, well that was when I was 12 yrs old and working full time for the local housing authority. Got me a pair of the very first Air Jordans :)


I don't think they let youngsters nowadays operate the machinery they had me using back then.

I'm getting old :( :)
 
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I don't even remember actually, something for my PC I know that much. My first job was hell too, a grocery store is a horrible fvckin place to work, I don't recommend it to anyone.
 

cavemanmoron

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First real paycheck, from an employer, with taxes etc. taken out??

I would have put gas in my car, gave my Mom, $20;
{ When i got a job, I paid her $20 a week towards food/laundry etc.}

I don't recall what I did with the rest, as it was 1976. ;)
 

DaTT

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pot or something like that I'm sure. and smokes too.
 

Koing

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First real pay check I just saved. I have quite a lot of stuff already so didn't 'need' to get stuff. My mates keep telling me it isn't what I 'need' but what I 'want' :p.

I don't like spending money on random stuff.

Koing
 

DaiShan

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I bought 10 Ipaq 2215's using my educational discount and sold them all on ebay for ~$125 profit on each :D
 

MasterAndCommander

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Hmm that was nearly 13 years ago. I think the first thing I bought with my first paycheck was a home stereo system from Circuit City...with huge silly speakers. But I still have it and it still sounds great :D
 

remagavon

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I bought stock when I was around 15 with my first paycheck of $550 or so. I lost it all :p
 

xSauronx

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eh....pobably a toy, but i started working at my dads place when i was 14 or so doing odd jobs, so it was either a toy, or computer related