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moana posted:No, he resorted to a butter knife. Or was that zaurg? Pretty sure that was Zaurg posting under his parachute in goon doctor. Man oh man I miss the Zaurg thread. Then again, shouting into the void can only go on for so long before it gets tiresome. Wait, what's this? He caved and bought X for Zwife? Ahahahah, oh man that thread was an artesian wellspring of terrible financial and life decisions.
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Cornholio, Apr. 14, 2010 in Zaurg's thread posted:
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CuddleChunks posted:Pretty sure that was Zaurg posting under his parachute in goon doctor.
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Hey we're up 1501 dollars this month. Yay goals! Toeshoes will have the internet on the 4th, so we'll see how the budget fared and we'll have the graphs then. All the posting stuff will also be finalized and I'll see about posting that. I don't know if it matters, though.
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Oh, I hit some small creature on the highway last night and it tore out all the splash protectors under my engine and broke what looks like the bottom of my front spoiler. I'm going to have the mechanic take a look tomorrow because WTF. Yeah, that's how it goes.
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Jul 2, 2013 14:20
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tuyop posted:Oh, I hit some small creature on the highway last night and it tore out all the splash protectors under my engine and broke what looks like the bottom of my front spoiler. Well, at least it wasn't a moose.
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Jul 2, 2013 14:28
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cstine posted:Well, at least it wasn't a moose. If it had been a moose, he wouldn't be posting about it.
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Jul 2, 2013 14:31
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Insurance claim. It won't affect you. I hope you kept the roadkill or took a picture of it as evidence!
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quaint bucket posted:Insurance claim. It won't affect you. I don't think it's worth paying a $1000 deductible to save on a $16 piece of plastic and a four dollar screwdriver. Unless I tore some radiator mounts or something as well, which is why I'm having a mechanic look at it tomorrow.
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The plastic shields are probably going to run around $40 to $80, depending. The bumper lip might be a lot more or not, depending on whether it's an integral part of the bumper. If it was a small animal it's unlikely you took serious other damage, but it needs to be looked at first. And yeah, being insured is good but deductibles are a thing so of course it will affect you.
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tuyop, have you considered just hiring a chauffeur any time you need to travel somewhere? You just might be the only person in existence for whom this could make sense, financially.
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mobby_6kl posted:tuyop, have you considered just hiring a chauffeur any time you need to travel somewhere? You just might be the only person in existence for whom this could make sense, financially. I'd say walking would be a better option, but then tuyop's legs would break going down the stairs or something.
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Haifisch posted:But then he'd just be involving other people's vehicles in his curse, ending with him being banned by every bus, taxi, and limo company in Canada. He crippled his back while walking (and carrying something heavy but still).
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Jul 3, 2013 17:19
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A rickshaw driver (runner?) once tore his hamstring while conducting me and my mother around the waterfront. I was much younger then. One of my earliest memories is of me releasing the emergency brake in my parents' 80s Renault and it backing down a hill and hitting a telephone pole, smashing the taillight. I don't really remember what happened other than that. Anyway, they chopped off the plastic bits that were torn. One of the clips on the underside of the bumper was damaged but the whole fascia won't have to be replaced. They said to take it to a body shop, yeah right.
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tuyop posted:One of my earliest memories is of me releasing the emergency brake in my parents' 80s Renault and it backing down a hill and hitting a telephone pole, smashing the taillight. I don't really remember what happened other than that. I... How... Ah gently caress it, let's go back to the old stand-by. Goddamnit tuyop.
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Jul 3, 2013 18:57
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This lack of laptop is really killing me, guys. I have to spend all day every day doing nothing and have no computer access until August. I need some really good reasons not to buy one soon, other than precarious income prospects. Costco has the HP Envy on for $500, I'm going to check with the laptop thread but that seems doable at a glance.
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Precarious income prospects seems like reason enough to me. What happened to your simplicity philosophy? Why do you need a laptop? Is there really no other ways you can entertain yourself? Library card or something?
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FrozenVent posted:Precarious income prospects seems like reason enough to me. I have no address so my access to services are pretty limited, I can't pretend to have a friend's address because I have no proof of address for that place. I read novels and nonfiction all day and I'm relatively content with that. It's just infuriating whenever I have to write a memo or email, find out where a building is, get a phone number or hours for a government office, or want to watch a movie or do pretty much anything that isn't read a book or exercise (like sort out my wedding in August  ). I get it done, sure, it's just really not ideal or so much work that it's not worth it.Not to mention the fact that I like to keep track of my exercise, calories, and budget and I've just got an LG flip phone so I feel like this stuff is pretty much out of control beyond trying not to buy things and trying not to eat too much or overdo exercise. Combine that with my... personality, and the fact that everything seems totally out of control in all other facets of my life, and I spend my evenings trying really hard not to flip out and make it in one piece to the next day without drinking my face off or something. A laptop would probably help to give me a sense of control over these things.
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Jul 5, 2013 14:49
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It would also be $500+ that you could spend paying off debts. Do you have access to a printer (for free)? Because with your car adventures, I think http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3486052 would be a nice piece of fiction for you to read. Just, you know, that first post. Everything else is voting largely. I can't imagine it'd be more than a few pages to print just that first post with all the story on it.
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It's a month without internet. One whole month. Everyone has to deal with this sort of thing from time to time, especially after moving house. Tough it out and quit being such a massive baby.
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tuyop posted:I read novels and nonfiction all day and I'm relatively content with that. It's just infuriating whenever I have to write a memo or email, find out where a building is, get a phone number or hours for a government office, or want to watch a movie or do pretty much anything that isn't read a book or exercise (like sort out my wedding in August 1) Library card. You had a lot of um diverse interests, if I recall? Growing "plants" and self composting and whatever? Get into that. Take out every book you can and cultivate a competency in your interest that will serve you later. Also, libraries usually have computers? 2) You actually don't need a phone to track things. Honest to God old fashioned paper college ruled notebooks work just as well and you can enter the data later when you have a more steady income.
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You guys are crazy. I save so much loving time and so much loving money because of the internet. But why wouldn't you just get a cheap used one on eBay for like a hundred dollars? I mean you don't even need a functioning battery. I mean, a hundred dollars for eight hours of access to the internet a day for two months? How is that not worth it? No Wave fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Jul 5, 2013 |
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Jul 5, 2013 16:06
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Don't buy a computer tuyop, you'll just crash it 
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Jul 5, 2013 16:29
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Sounds like a netbook would suit you well.
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tuyop posted:This lack of laptop is really killing me, guys. I have to spend all day every day doing nothing and have no computer access until August. The fact that you already have a computer and have just been deprived of access to it for a couple of weeks while your fiance uses it. You wouldn't be "buying a computer", you would be "buying another computer", and that's an entirely different set of calculus. Buying a cheap computer can be a decent decision if you don't have one, but buying a second computer because you can't wait a couple weeks to get the one you already own back is the kind of leisure you shouldn't be blowing money on. Besides, you're able to post here about your bad decisions, so you should have enough computer access to fulfill your needs; this is entirely about your wants, and spending $500 for a month of watching movies when you can go to the movie theater three times a week for less than half that cost is absurd.
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Main Paineframe posted:The fact that you already have a computer and have just been deprived of access to it for a couple of weeks while your fiance uses it. You wouldn't be "buying a computer", you would be "buying another computer", and that's an entirely different set of calculus. Buying a cheap computer can be a decent decision if you don't have one, but buying a second computer because you can't wait a couple weeks to get the one you already own back is the kind of leisure you shouldn't be blowing money on. Besides, you're able to post here about your bad decisions... Wait, I'm confused about this too. Tuyop, what computer are you posting on now and why won't you have it in August?
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I assume he's posting from work or the library or somewhere.
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tuyop posted:I read novels and nonfiction all day and I'm relatively content with that. It's just infuriating whenever I have to write a memo or email, find out where a building is, get a phone number or hours for a government office, or want to watch a movie or do pretty much anything that isn't read a book or exercise (like sort out my wedding in August
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Not to encourage a bad decision, but the market for 2-3 year old used netbooks is such that you can probably make money off of one if you searched patiently, bought for about $150-200, and sold it 3 months later. The prices are pretty non-volatile and you can probably make it a 'free rental' situation if you take any time and thought at all on your purchase / sale decisions. The bigger issue is the lack of $200 to allocate toward one at this specific moment, especially since a loss is still a possibility after 3 months.
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Think of how awesome a Macbook air would be... It would fit in your backpack when biking... People at the coffee shops would be like 'wow that man looks so cultured drinking a latte in front of his Macbook air' I don't think you can afford to NOT get a Macbook air.
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Come to think of it, Tuyop was talking about wanting a laptop last month, even though he acknowledged back then that he didn't really need it. So once again, he's coming up with an excuse for why he just needs to have something he's been wanting for a while. I doubt he'll be selling this once he gets his desktop back. Seriously, Tuyop, have you forgotten this already?tuyop posted:/\/\ Yes, but I've dialed back the debt repayment because my job is also on fire and I don't know how I'll be living in 4-12 weeks at any given time. You decided yourself that a laptop was a "messed up priority to have right now". Now that you're bored, you're buying a wanted item you admit you don't need, unless people can give you good reasons not to do it? I mean, other than the fact that you're five figures in debt, have no room in your budget, have plenty of costs you don't know the exact details of yet coming up, and haven't articulated a single clear reason for wanting it other than "I'm bored" and "it's a little inconvenient to have to go to the library". It's not like you have internet at your place right now anyway, so even with a laptop, you'd still need to leave the house to use it for anything.
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I think if he was going to get a lap top type thing it should be used or really cheap (under a hundred dollars). I thought the costco computer was a bit much. I've heard of tablets being less than $100. Am I wrong to try and support this? Am I just so blinded for my love of Tuyop that I'll be okay with him spending more money for a luxury? Also, I miss him a lot, so maybe I'm more sympathetic.
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tuyop posted:Not to mention the fact that I like to keep track of my exercise, calories, and budget and I've just got an LG flip phone so I feel like this stuff is pretty much out of control beyond trying not to buy things and trying not to eat too much or overdo exercise. Combine that with my... personality, and the fact that everything seems totally out of control in all other facets of my life, and I spend my evenings trying really hard not to flip out and make it in one piece to the next day without drinking my face off or something. No it won't. You'll just get pissed off at how much more convenient it would be to have a smartphone because there's almost zero chance you'll take a laptop with you to work out or have it right there and running every time you eat or buy something. For logging poo poo, pen and paper is the way to go because you decided to take a crash diet from smartphones. It's a month. Suck it up.
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tuyop posted:Not to mention the fact that I like to keep track of my exercise, calories, and budget and I've just got an LG flip phone Too bad about the flip phone. I've got an iPhone and this thing rocks for keeping track of dates and browsing the web and even playing music. You should think about getting one of those in the future! 
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During the day I can use a computer at work when one's available, or walk to the library if one's not. I mentioned the tracking thing just because I feel like most stuff is totally out of control and I think filling my days in a more productive-feeling way might help with that. Or just distracting myself with Skyrim or something, I don't know. At night I sometimes borrow a computer for a minute from whoever I'm staying with to get some work done. The reason that I feel pretty anxious about it is because I've got to fill my days for four more weeks. Like, basically from 7AM to 11PM is time that, if I'm not reading, or walking somewhere to read or work out, then there is nothing to do. I don't even have a cubicle anymore. Could you read about making sushi or tango or building bat houses for 16 hours per day? This is basically moot anyway because my father's company has some extra laptops after some downsizing that I can borrow. So woo.
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HAve you ever thought about buying bit coins??!??
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And I know that this is ridiculous but I really feel like, so what? I drop 600 bucks on car payment and insurance every month and it's no big deal, what's 1100 bucks on a MBA or 600 bucks on a windows laptop that will last for three to five more years? Note that I've felt this way for awhile but haven't bought anything, so it's not like I'm acting on this justification. It just seems like such a silly thing to agonize over.
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tuyop posted:And I know that this is ridiculous but I really feel like, so what? I drop 600 bucks on car payment and insurance every month and it's no big deal, what's 1100 bucks on a MBA or 600 bucks on a windows laptop that will last for three to five more years? I agree though that laptops have enormous value. Dollar for hour the only thing that gave me a better return was my forums membership. Glad you get to borrow your dad's, though.
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You drop $600 on car payment and insurance a month because you have to - that $600 is the source of a lot of your problems, remember? You can't walk away from those payments. The laptop would be ON TOP of those $600, and not in place of. Are you still upside down on the car?
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tuyop posted:During the day I can use a computer at work when one's available, or walk to the library if one's not. I mentioned the tracking thing just because I feel like most stuff is totally out of control and I think filling my days in a more productive-feeling way might help with that. Or just distracting myself with Skyrim or something, I don't know. Maybe go hang out with friends or something? Hell, going to the movie theater three times a week for the entire month still comes out to cheaper than buying a laptop, and so does doing some crafts or even buying some ingredients to make your own sushi or build your own bat house. "I'm so bored without a computer, there's nothing I can fill my days with besides playing on the internet all day" is the gooniest cry. I'm just as tech-addicted and even I can make time in my goony goony life to sit down in a park occasionally and just enjoy nature for a while. tuyop posted:And I know that this is ridiculous but I really feel like, so what? I drop 600 bucks on car payment and insurance every month and it's no big deal, what's 1100 bucks on a MBA or 600 bucks on a windows laptop that will last for three to five more years? Your car payment is a huge deal. That's why you're trying to pay it off and/or get rid of it. You're falling into the same old Tuyop trap of doing something stupid because you think it'll save money, and then once that choice has made you sufficiently miserable, you end up wanting to splurge on something to reward yourself for enduring poverty. I can understand that, but you personally admit that you don't need a laptop  and that you don't have even a single cent to spare for it in your budget (this is important!). All the tracking and chart-making and budgeting in the world ceases to matter the minute you say "gently caress the budget, I want this expensive thing NOW". And since you don't seem to know what your near-future income and expenses (particularly tuition) will be just yet, you're in absolutely no state to blow money.
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