How do you afford it all?

[The Aflac Duck]

I invested in some stupid rainbow colored fruit company in the early 80's




just kidding...

You ain't got stacks like me, homie

 

[stabman]

Actually it's only once you are debt free that you can really feel free and you'll get the most out of your money as well.

I felt really free the first time the glories of unending debt opened up to me.
It's all about if you worry about things or not; I don't.

If I worried about debt I wouldn't have gone to university, got all these cool knives, or done anything, pretty much.

Debt is less serious than death...and I don't worry too much about that either.
(and if you die before paying off your debt, you win! :thumbup

 

[brandoak]

You ain't got stacks like me, homie

Haha! I know you make bank....Ive seen those fancy smancy blueprints in your truck! .........

 

[stabman]

Reading through this thread, I have a hunch that many folks are saying they're far more responsible than they actually are.

 

[The Aflac Duck]

Haha! I know you make bank....Ive seen those fancy smancy blueprints in your truck! .........

I do make bank! Just finished up a Chase last year

 

[Dddrees]

I felt really free the first time the glories of unending debt opened up to me.
It's all about if you worry about things or not; I don't.

If I worried about debt I wouldn't have gone to university, got all these cool knives, or done anything, pretty much.

Debt is less serious than death...and I don't worry too much about that either.
(and if you die before paying off your debt, you win! :thumbup

Too each his own, but it does cost you more to service your debt.

 

[stabman]

I do make bank! Just finished up a Chase last year

With a secret vault entrance, right?
THAT'S how you afford all those knives!

 

[stabman]

Too each his own, but it does cost you more to service your debt.

Eh, my student debt is about 50 thousand dollars and doesn't even necessarily have good career path afterward.
If I were going to worry, I'd probably worry about that.

 

[brandoak]

I do make bank! Just finished up a Chase last year

Dang-it, I set myself up for that comeback didn't I.

 

[marcus52AR]

Frugality (driving the same Nissan I purchased new in 1990 - still with many miles to go); savings; wise investments (mutual funds/stocks/other collectables, including knives -they damn near all increase in value if you buy smart!)...and time. At age 63 I can afford to indulge in some of the finer things in life. Hate to preach, (yes, I do), but be smart, young people. This society is set up for you to increase your wealth. If you don't, you are either foolish or incredibly bad-luck snake-bit. Good luck, Jim.

I guess I live in a different society... wages are stagnant and the cost of living is on the rise. Taxes are on the rise, natural gas and electricity are being raised. I feel like the system is doing its best to keep people poor.

 

[stabman]

I guess I live in a different society... wages are stagnant and the cost of living is on the rise. Taxes are on the rise, natural gas and electricity are being raised. I feel like the system is doing its best to keep people poor.

From what I was just reading, the majority of Canadians are feeling something similar to you.

My advice?
Don't worry about it, and get some more knives.

 

[22-rimfire]

I guess I live in a different society... wages are stagnant and the cost of living is on the rise. Taxes are on the rise, natural gas and electricity are being raised. I feel like the system is doing its best to keep people poor.

Been like that here in the US for the last 10 years. The "raises" just cover medical insurance increases. Have noticed my grocery bill increase and that requires green and more of it. The only godsend has been gasoline prices which have been considerably lower than 5 years ago. That will change and prices have increased as much as $0.60/gallon in the month or so.

 

[marcus52AR]

From what I was just reading, the majority of Canadians are feeling something similar to you.

My advice?
Don't worry about it, and get some more knives.

Makes me shake my head, I can't help but think that something is messed up. My wife has a good job in the military, I'm a red seal plumber and we both work full time (I get overtime some days). We only have one kid and we are pretty good with our spending, still it was a stretch on the finances for me to buy a stretch.



I feel like I work hard enough that I should have a lone wolf sized collection, but I don't. Especially since the last few years all my extra fun money has been going straight to knives.

 

[brandoak]

Ive worked retail, auto parts, Costco, and various other jobs. I know what its like scrounging around in the car seats for every nickle and dime you can find, I know the panicked feeling when your boss ask you for a ride to the airport and you have fumes for gas and .80 cents to your name....Ive been homeless, Ive slept in my car and bathed and shaved every morning at the gas station before work.
Some people were born into $$$ and never think twice about it or just how hard it is to come by for others.
Some people were born into money a different way.....the ones you encounter in the grocery store around the first of the month with there heaping carts full of meat, crab legs cereal and soda pop 6 kids and a lowered Humvee with gold rims waiting for them in the parking lot.......

Ive worked hard, Ive seen things come and go.
I like knives, through good times and bad, be it a cheep Spyder co. or nice Reeve its always been a passion of mine.
You make more money as you get older and that's a fact.
Life is short and way to dull without a good knife..




ps: a good spyderCo goes through a Humvee tire pretty good...

 

[A Little Spyder]

I save my money up and do a lot of research before a purchase. I have a list of knives that appeal to me and usually pick off that. It's hard to budget a lot of the time but at the end of the day, the more knives I have the happier I am.

 

[SW-EDC]

My wife and I are fortunate to have no consumer debt whatsoever. We just have our mortgage.
We rarely eat out, bring lunch to work, cash flow almost everything we buy + a written budget.
Let's me afford to buy toys here and there and not feel bad about it.

 

[Dean Crail]

Its self funding I either sell off a knife, wait and save or start sharpening knives again to pay for my toys. That and I only have 16 knives focusing on quality over quantity.

 

[stabman]

You make more money as you get older and that's a fact.

I wish you could convince my bank account of that fact.

Well, I guess minimum wage does increase as time goes on, so it's true from a certain point of view.

Maybe the economy will get magically fixed by the time I finish my Master's degree, and I can get one of those good jobs I hear about in passing.
Then again, I've heard people talk about unicorns and vampires, and I tend to doubt they're real either.

 

[22-rimfire]

Eh, my student debt is about 50 thousand dollars and doesn't even necessarily have good career path afterward.
If I were going to worry, I'd probably worry about that.

Yikes!! I would worry about it. I got a call by the government over a student loan that some one used me as a contact reference. They're trying to hunt him down to collect as he "ain't paying". The lad is totally irresponsible.

You are probably right with your earlier comment that many here are not as responsible as they seem to indicate in their post in this thread.

 

[tuica]

I have been up and down in my life also, and worked my butt off to get ahead. Sometimes working two jobs, while attending college. There are many different situations out there, and bad luck sometimes does take its cruel toll. I wish all of you in bad straights, the best of fortune in righting your situation.