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  1. Iain Aschendale

    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    A box full of singles? Sounds like you and roomie need to take in a... dance recital together, help a young uni student or two :)
     
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    I tell all my kids and debt-ridden staff to get a credit card from their bank (or an Amazon to earn the points), put every purchase they make on it, and pay the FULL balance off every month. Instant credit history for stable interest rates down the road. House, car, business loan, whatever. So simple, yet nobody seems to grasp the concept, and then they wonder why their car payment is so high. Yo, dumbass, did you establish a year of perfect credit like I told you? Buying the same stupid shit you would have bought anyway?
     
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    the trouble with that comes when they instead make the minimum payment - because hey free money bruh - and wind up with a twenty grand debt spread across four cards that they can't repay
     
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    You shouldn’t be going to McDonalds at your age. That’s kind of criminal inditement as you might say. Also you shouldn’t be buying ‘stuff.’ C’mon, get with the century [RAGE]
     
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    I pay the whole balance on all our cards every month. The result? Excellent credit ratings for me and my roomie. We stay out of debt these days, but good credit is a great thing to have.

    The other great thing about credit cards is they make travel easy. Try to rent a car without one. You'll also need one if you want to stay anywhere more appealing than a Motel 6. Back in my full-time working days, I traveled a lot, and it would have been nearly impossible without a credit card.
     
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    Only $100 a month at 35% APR? How can I lose?
     
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    Time to buy an Impreza!
     
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    I have yet to go down the credit route for anything. Maybe one day, if I decide I want a mortgage...

    I feel dirty just saying mortgage. Makes me shudder.
     
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    With these interest rates? Time for a Bentley!
     
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    I've seen Marines buy diesel pickups that are lifted for these rates. Never underestimate the blind stupidity of a fresh boot.
     
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    Cave Troll It's Coffee O'clock everywhere. Contributor

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    :superidea:
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    It's cute that this thing has a license plate, almost as if it was street legal.
     
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    Yeah, but it's a Bentley. :p
     
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    Well, it was. It is now a Tankenbentley. :D
     
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    "It's me birthday, and I wants it."
     
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    Smeagol. :p
     
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    After reviewing my daily weigh-in records of the last ten years, I've found that I gain roughly a kilo a week while in America.

    Which means if I still lived there, I'd weigh ~600 kilos.

    Or average for an American man of my age, based on observational evidence.
     
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    :superlaugh::superlaugh:
     
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    Yes, sir. I've built my "fortune" on the blind stupidity of the American consumer!
     
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    Just now in the supermarket I saw a box of white chocolate Cocoa Pops. I wonder if they turn the milk white?
     
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    If it's chocolate milk, of course they do! :D
     
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    My mum said when I first had the original coco pops, I said: "The monkey was right, the milk does turn brown."
    I guess I was a suspicious child. :p
     
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    Why do so many Loony Tunes have speech problems? Daffy has a lisp, Porky stutters, and etc. Also as someone who stammers, I feel discriminated against. I`m gonna sue. Give Bugs Bunny a stammer dam it!

    ....I don`t even know what I`m going on about now....
     
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    A bammering hag of stammers!!
     
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