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What is the brokest you've ever been?
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08-02-2019, 07:26 AM | #67 | |
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To add to the theme of the thread, he's currently in prison serving a 7 year sentence for this state alone. The pawn game became very profitable for him, so he opened a gun store/indoor range. Unsure of the business model for the gun range but it failed. He then started a life of crime; robbing pharmacies for highly sought after pain pills & cash. I forget the numbers, but he robbed 11 pharmacies all over this state and several others in surrounding states. He used very intimidating guns that came from his collection & the gun store. Never speaking & always using a note, dressed completely in black and wearing a mask that looked like an old mans face, he was eventually caught during a short high speed chase. I've known him since I was 5 years old and his wife I've known more than half my life. When she told me about what happened, she told me that she thought it was odd that he was having his car painted once a week for a couple of months. It's crazy what people will do to keep that lifestyle/addiction going. I'm sure there is more to the story but I choose to stay out of it. I personally think that he owed the wrong people money and in that situation you do what you have to in order protect your loved ones. |
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08-02-2019, 07:43 AM | #68 |
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Nothing nearly as dire as some of the tales I've read in this thread, but here goes.
I was a single parent, steady job, finally "owned" my own home, but we weren't living like kings and the budget was tight. Lots of casseroles for dinner. Every paycheck was carefully divvied up to cover expenses. One time I got paid, earmarked the money needed for monthly payments, then went to the food store. When I got home I looked at what was left over; I had a $20 bill. I needed to make it last for two weeks. I will never forget that feeling. I've had tight budgets since that time but I have never again felt as poor as I did at that moment. First world poor I guess, but still. |
08-02-2019, 01:57 PM | #69 |
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They are made for completely desperate people. I feel like the choice is either go the pawn shop or start stealing stuff.
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08-02-2019, 05:36 PM | #70 |
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I was born in '46 so my parents told me about the depression. Dad was a welder and made decent money. Once in a while we would go to Phila to see a ball game. Driving through Phila Slums made me think "I don't ever want to be poor" And I never was. Thats my story.
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08-02-2019, 09:54 PM | #71 |
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Oh, i have a pro tip for the ‘broke and hungry’ situation.
Have someone in your circle who works the last shift at a fast food restaurant. It’s a job where tons of openings are available and you’re hired as long as you have a pulse and can show up to work. Thanks to a very good neighbor and Col. Sanders we had many a potentially hungry night avoided with lukewarm original and extra crispy buckets... |
08-02-2019, 11:55 PM | #72 |
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From undergrad through law school was always very tight, and I was good at making small amounts last.
In law school, most of my peers were similarly broke. But in undergrad, it seemed like my friends were all shitting cash. They’d want to go for sushi and drinks every weekend, so I’d fill up on bagels at home before meeting up. Fresh out of law school was fun too. Got what I thought was a good starting salary, only to realize it was nearly 100% spoken for by San Francisco rental prices, student loan payments, and taxes. It took a few years, some raises, and being a cheapskate with my wife to get those loans paid off. That last payment was one of the top 5 days of my life. Not as dire as some here have had it (kudos to you all!) but it was enough to kick me into overdrive for those years since. Now we have a 1yo and hope to buy a place soon. Long answer to the original question, but the answer is that I’ll be brokest right after we do buy a place! Last edited by wyatth; 08-03-2019 at 11:22 AM.. |
08-03-2019, 12:34 AM | #73 | |
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Sounds exactly like me now. |
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08-03-2019, 02:43 AM | #74 |
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My sister and I grew up with a single mother earning $10 per hour with tips, in the late 80’s early90’s. She struggled for years raising 2 kids and paying rent on $400 a week, but we were always fed and always had a roof over our heads even if we bounced around a lot.
While that was difficult, I never knew what poor was until I moved out of the house at 18 because my mom moved to the “bush” and I didn’t want to leave my friends. (Dumb looking back but it made me who I am now, both mentally and financially.) I spent the first 3 months out of the family home couch surfing friends places, while either working or looking for work to pay for my first year of college. At one particularly difficult point I was out of work and using my unemployment insurance check to pay for school, while living in my car in a friends aunts driveway. Obviously I kept it together, and I was able to get a job at nights and on weekends parking cars at a local horse racetrack to get myself out of my car. My self and a friend I met at work got a cheap old rental apartment and clambered ourselves out of poverty and into broke ass student status. Lol. It was way better. Fast forward almost 27 years later and I am married, with a 15yr old, with 5 years left on my mortgage in stupidly expensive suburb of the most expensive city in our country, money in the bank, money in retirement plans, a pension, and a couple of fun cars and bikes. I made some good decisions in those hard points of life, had a lot of luck, and had some opportunity given to me that made the most difference. I am just happy that my son won’t have to deal with that........if he doesn’t choose to. |
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I am on linkedin to the point where my friends have accused me of asking for girls' linkedins to stay in touch than their number. (add me on linkedin though) I've also sent a request to MKSixer but we'll see how that goes... Maybe he forgot my real name? I've downloaded that app just now, getting my last paycheck for the summer on Thursday which is both good and bad because once I get it I'm out and on vacation Paying next month's bills is pretty nice, the only bills I have are for my phone and the car's insurance but I don't get any benefit (other than the satisfaction I guess) of paying the remaining now... |
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08-07-2019, 03:52 PM | #83 |
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Congratulate Pickle on his work anniversary. F'n linkedin....
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