Blast from the Past, from another Blast from the Past: gasoline prices just 2 years ago

[doom&gloom]

Re: Blast from the Past, from another Blast from the Past: gasoline prices just 2 years ago

My mom and dad are constantly complaining about not having any money. They always say, "I don't make enough money." And then I see my mom spend 60% of her money on food and clothes. My dad, on the other hand, buys all kinds of useless junk, sells it for a 90% loss, and then buys new junk just like the old junk. He just bought a used car for $20,000 when he hadn't even paid off the $26,000 on the last car he bought a scant few years ago.

I do not understand it. How can you be that oblivious to your own spending habits?

I've made some bad choices in my time. I've spent way too much money on travel and hookers, but I've kept sight of my finances enough to not be in a situation where I am constantly worried about money.

i'm one of those fools. I pilot a crew cab GMC diesel pickup. I really like it despite the crap MPG of 13.5/19.5MPG. Then again I only drive about 6k miles/yr now. In 6 years i have just over 6ok, and the high mileage years are behind me now. I doubt that, even if diesel hits $6/gal I would sell it because my road mileage is so low every year.

Your neighbor with the short commute done by SUV, they spend not much on gas either, and drive something they enjoy.

Now if I was doing some 50 miles round trip every day I would get a Prius, but for the roughly 100+ miles a week? Nah, i'll just drive what I enjoy.

[touchring]

Re: Blast from the Past, from another Blast from the Past: gasoline prices just 2 years ago

I've made some bad choices in my time. I've spent way too much money on travel and hookers

Do you mean like traveling to Thailand?

[BadJuju]

Re: Blast from the Past, from another Blast from the Past: gasoline prices just 2 years ago

Now if I was doing some 50 miles round trip every day I would get a Prius, but for the roughly 100+ miles a week? Nah, i'll just drive what I enjoy.

There is a difference between you and them. They buy these $20,000-30,000 vehicles that get around 10 mpg, then complain they have no money and have no idea what to do. It irks me to no end because they are oblivious to the problems they caused themselves.

[BadJuju]

Re: Blast from the Past, from another Blast from the Past: gasoline prices just 2 years ago

Do you mean like traveling to Thailand?

I wish! I would have saved money on the whorin'.

[doom&gloom]

Re: Blast from the Past, from another Blast from the Past: gasoline prices just 2 years ago

Are they politicians?

[lektrode]

Re: Blast from the Past, from another Blast from the Past: gasoline prices just 2 years ago

Work?

And all this time I thought they just surfed...

at some point one runs out of couches to surf on... (and has to come up with the rent ;)