My Vehicle Is Paid Off...Yahoo

“Paid off the van...
Paid off and closed both credit cards...
Closed my checking account...
Emancipated myself from First Merit Bank...
IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE!!!”

“Just be careful how ya do it LOL.”

“Congrats!!! :-)

"How fortunate the man with none..." - Dead Can Dance”

“That is how me and my daddy partys and get beerd!”

“Congrats, Buddur. I did the same thing a couple of months back, a consolidation loan- Debt payments went from about six fifty a month total to less than three. Used the extra cash every month to pay off the loan even more, I'm down to owing almost nothing. When that happens, I can afford either a nicer place to live, maybe even a decent heroin habit. Can't wait!”

“This will be the last truck payment this month. Then it's mine, all mine!!! Got it paid off almost one year early.

Then only about three years left on the house. Had a low interest 25 yr loan. Will be paid off after 17 years.
























Then the oldest starts college, hopefully.”

“Hey, Chief, you could always put them on the Bitpusher(TM) Plan!

Young Bitpusher: Dad, I start college this fall!

Bitpusher's Dad: Son, good luck!”

“There are quite a few families that used the bitpusher plan.”

“That's what we've been telling her lately. Bad grades..no money.

If she only had a teacher like gojo. When he was at my house they seemed to really hit it off.”

“Well, heck, why not the bitpusher plan. So many of the kids nowadays feel like it's their parents obligation to provide them an education.

For them I say, get a full time job and pay your own way. I had to do it and I survived so WHY NOT???”

“Yah, I'm saving for my kids' college because I don't want them to have it as hard as I did. (It took me 12 years to finish) But they've gotta get good grades and scholarships, otherwise there probably won't be enough for them to finish up. Plus the carrot is, when they get their Bachelor's degree, if there's any money left in the fund, it's theirs!

But the prevailing attitude seems to be that providing for your kids' college education is the same as providing food, clothing and shelter. If you don't, you're being a poor parent. Of course, to that I say, bull#&%!$.”

“Well, I'm a kid who has parents that are not helping me pay for school (they didn't help before I was a parent myself either) and I am here to tell all of you that you are doing the right thing. The ones who have to pay perform much better in school. It's your own money, so you ain't going to throw it down the crapper. The trustafarians (the ones whose parents pay for every damned penny) are just ridiculous. Do your kids a gigantic favor and don't pay.”

“Good going Buddur. I paid off my vehicle 2 yrs. ago and I'm almost done w/ the credit cards (big mistake I made there, but I learned). Yeehaw!”

“Good job, Buddur. Here's a rule of thumb for financial happiness:

Pay no interest on anything that does not appreciate in value.”

“Now that the vehicle is paid off, the makers have implanted a little device in the car so they can make everything start failing. Maybe you should get a tin hat for the car? So now your mechanice will say "you need a new 'johnson rod.' That will cost you $$$$$!

But best of luck on your financial recovery!”

“how come every time i pay something off it's destroyed by then? and i have 2 pay 3x as much to get it going or trade for the loss.

shoulda went to college.

good to hear of your accomplishment. that type of thing doesn,t just happen. you earn it.”

“NEVER too late to go to college, I'm older than you and I went back, will be finishing (I HOPE) my PhD in December. GOFERIT!”

“Buddur, congrats for sure! Sass and I will have her car paid off this month, nearly a year early. Its a good feeling for sure. Oh yeah my house (30 year fixed) will be paid in 13 more years (only 4 years of payments so far). Its funny how just a little bit of extra money each month adds up.”

“THAT is a major accomplishment. be proud!
actually hopin to get west of here and maybe extending my education w/some extracirricular classes.

all kinds of "outdoor/eco" classes and jobs. thhe world awaits”

“I just bought a new truck.”

“so, you don't have a girlfriend?”

“felt real good. i know how you feel. paid my cards off too. i didn't close em though. i was afraid i wouldn't be able to get another one for a long time. turns out i had to use em a lot after that. tranny went out couple months later. gotta love it”

“$$ bags "so, you don't have a girlfriend?" biz
08:29:27 PM
08/15/02

I might be engaged. I have heard a no.”

“No debt = no stress. Stay away from gold diggers.”

“see

"how come every time i pay something off it's destroyed by then? and i have 2 pay 3x as much to get it going or trade for the loss.

Trik1
06:55:37 PM
08/15/02”

“Thanks.

Always dreamed of an outdoor job, environment etc. Also dreamed of the degree. What ever you dream go for it !”

“Buddur, that is really terrific. Good for you for getting it done, now just make dang sure you don't give in again to the evil credit pushers.”

“newgirl...at the risk of gushing...I respect you more and more as the weeks and months go by. You are a very special person. You definitely ROCK!”

“"I might be engaged. I have heard a no." bacpac
09:13:33 PM
08/15/02"

Not sure what this means. Are you lifting 12oz-ers for joy or crying in it?”

“Paid mine off last spring.

But at the rate I'm putting miles on, I might have to upgrade. 3.5 yrs old and its got 98,000+ mi. SnowDude's is 4.5 yrs old and I think I might have passed him in mileage.”

“I meant to say I haven't heard a no.”

“I hate car payments. Big Dodge truck is 8 years old and has 150K miles but its all mine.”

“Thanks Fritz! (What was that all about?)”

“Well...I probably can't remember too many specifics, but...I just think you are way cool.

OK, no, I have to do a little better than that, so let's see...

- Wisdom beyond your years
- Hard worker
- Responsible
- a good mom
- Ambitious
- Bright
- Articulate
- Good sense of priorities
- Care about other people (e.g. teaching teens about being sexually responsible)
- Great sense for what kind of assistance should be expected from others
- Not driven by peer pressure

It just seems like you are making lots of good decisions about your life.

My earlier comment was triggered specifically by your acknowlegement in this thread that it is not healthy to have too much handed to you, that you recognize the value of working for what you get.”

“Wow, thanks. Geez, you really made my day.”

“i was just thinking how cool you are, newgirl, when i was reading the thread about traveling. you DO rock!
:-)”

“Ahhhh, gee, thanks Lyra!”

“Are you talking about the Euro travel one?”

“yeppers!”

“Et tu, Fritz?”

“I paid off my truck loan last month--spent $1400 on maintenance repairs this month.
It still feels good not having that payment.”

“Sorry?”

“He thinks he loves me and is going to stalk me into loving him, Fritz. He's bizzaro.”

“He thinks that you were trying to make a cyber pass at me. Again, he is bizzaro.

Somewhere around here is a thread where he wouldn't leave me alone and kept talking about how I would come to love him or some crap.”

“Oh...I see.

Well, ULTRAPacker, under the cercumstances, newgirl is pretty safe from me. I hope she is also safe from you.”

“I know about internet stalkers. I had one show up at my house. Don't break their wrist on your front porch. They won't go away until after the cops show up. Then you go away, with the cops.

Good luck.”

“I'm not worried bacpac, but thanks for the advice.”

“Well, after 8 years of driving a mac-daddy van I've decided it's time to move on. So to make a long story short...









































I am now the proud owner of a NEW (my 1st new vehicle) steel-gray colored Subaru Forrester.

Back to making payments...”

“Can't beat that one.”

“Nice. Mike and I have been looking at mini-vans. We need something with alittle bit more room in our next care.”