Jerry Johnson wrote: > First, that was mandatory insurance in CT, not MA. Which I couldn't afford, > so I rode my bike to work for 2.5 years. 8.6 miles each way, each day. 6 > miles each way to the grocery store once per week. Riding 10 miles a day in > weather like this SUCKED. > > Before the age of thirty, if I saved 100% of my take home pay, it would have > been about $1700/month. Not a lot of room there for saving $1200/month, even > living with my parents. > > As for the 21K car, you need to factor in interest rates, which at the time > were about 10% for car loans. so the $3000/year would have bought you a $15K > POS, and plenty of interest paid to the bank. >
There is something wrong with me today. I didn't even factor in loan interests. I guess that is because I bought my POS with a 0% interest loan. Blah money is the root of all evil. The only thing it's good for is to pay tuition. -- 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143286 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
