Re: OT - So Michael...

Michael Johnson <cds@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> dwight wrote:
>> "Michael Johnson" <cds@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> dwight wrote:
>>>> "Michael Johnson" <cds@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> dwight wrote:
>>>>>> "Michael Johnson" <cds@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>> Joe wrote:
>>>>>>>> Thanks to the current administration (had to get that jab in
>>>>>>>> there), fiscal America is sinking like a stone.
>>>>>>> You do know that all this sub-prime mess got rolling under
>>>>>>> Clinton? ;) cough< republican congress
>>>>> Who was it that said "The buck stops here"?
>>>> Wasn't ME.
>>>>
>>>> I'm the ATM for my family. I'm Buck Teflon. I take out $20 and hand
>>>> it over that night.
>>>>
>>>> I always tell 'em, "I know where to get more," but, jeez, it'd be
>>>> nice to have some currency in my wallet for more than 24 hours.
>>> You first mistake was telling them you know where to get more.  Just
>>> tell them the money tree died and the new one won't mature and bare
>>> fruit for several years.
>> 
>> Fine, but half the tree belongs to my wife.
>> 
>> The problem I have with HER is that she's actually the one that will
>> go to an ATM and withdraw $20. That's ridiculous. I understand
>> frugality, but I also deal well with reality, and taking out $20
>> doesn't save you money, it just makes you go back to the ATM more
>> often. 
>> 
>> Me, I take out $100. Doesn't mean I spend it faster, just means that
>> I don't have to go back the next day.
> 
> Since I work from home, I could easily live for a month on $100 cash.

I work from home and live on $50 cash/month.  Of course the debit card's 
almost worn out...

>> Actually... my wife doesn't have to go back the next day either.
>> She's got me. So it all evens out.

Question for y'all: So this tax "refund" we'll be getting this year - 
will this be a repeat of the 2001 nonsense?
http://tinyurl.com/2ac2pw