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Perhaps he only gargled?
I just found that I make $3,000 more a year than the poverty threshold.
That's depressing.
Making $3,000 dollars a year less than the poverty threshold would probably be more depressing.
If I were making $3,000 a year less then I'd qualify for all sorts of supplements, although I don't know if I'd take it. Currently the only welfare that I'm collecting is Medicaid for my son and that's because of a direct result of the ACA, I simply cannot afford insurance on him.
If it helps I'd be happy for you to send me the extra $6000. I've always got your best interests at heart, DD.
I tried being broke and homeless in my late teens. It's overrated.
I'll send it to:
FunkyDexter
123 Main St
SK system, UK, Earth
I tried living in a shower for a few weeks. It was pretty educational, really. Nobody knew I was living in there, as it was an unused locker room off of a storage area that few had a key to. Unfortunately, it had no windows, either, so I could sleep in until the early afternoon if I didn't look at my watch. I believe I was headed towards a 24 up/24 down sleep cycle.
A sleep cycle, for those who don't know, is kind of like a motorcycle...only entirely different.
I was below the poverty line in grad school, which I thought was kind of interesting. I qualified for food stamps, though I never took advantage of the offer. The poverty line doesn't take into account factors other than income. In my case, the fact that I had virtually no expenses other than food meant that I was actually paying off student loans at a good pace despite being technically impoverished.
It's still better not being below the poverty line.
My only debt is my home, well that and I took out a small $300 loan to fix the brakes on my Mustang II, but I still have electricity, gas, water, internet, and a small demon that sucks the life out my wife and me(aka my son).
What really hurt me is that my hot water heater went out last month, so I went several days without hot water. Then paid $400 for a new one.
Plus my wife accidentally flushed her deodorant down the toilet. I couldn't afford a plumber, but my brother and I took off the toilet, walked it outside, and dumped it upside down. It was pretty gross, but the deodorant fell out.
I've seen your code. Your still technically impoverished. ZING!:DQuote:
despite being technically impoverished
Did your wife still want it?! Personally, at that point, I think I'd just have revelled in her naturally beautiful aromas.Quote:
the deodorant fell out
While in the Coast Guard I took care of dependent housing in New York for one of my tours.
I use to hate those over the toilet shelving/storage units.
All manner of plastic bottles, caps, and assorted doodads would fall in.
Augers were useless against hard plastic or metal clogs,
so yeah pulling the commode was the only option.
Don't know if I mentioned it before, but I am moving.
My landlord upped my rent way too much.
What I came up against in my apartment search was that 3/4 of the apartments out here in the sticks are rent assisted by the state. In short since I gross over 25,000 per year I am not allowed to rent them.
The rest of the apartment complexes have waiting lists of twenty or more.
I finally found one, but it is going to cost me 200.00 extra a month than I was paying in August. :(
The good news is it has built in W/D and an extra bedroom. Ground floor and all one level.
Still it bugs the hell out of me that rental companies are gouging the public this year.
High cost of homes appears to be driving it.
It helps to live in an area where nobody else wants to live. Cost of living was the main reason I fled Chicago and returned to Cleveland. From '02 through the end of '07 my rent in the ghetto (W.47th/Storer Ave.) $250/month plus utils and I thought I was getting ripped off!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gruff
Believe or not she asked why I threw it away, thank goodness she was joking. Or was she...Quote:
Did your wife still want it?! Personally, at that point, I think I'd just have revelled in her naturally beautiful aromas.
That was exactly the situation, she was actually grabbing something else from the shawz over the toilet when she 'bumped' the shawz the wrong way causing the deodorant to fall in.Quote:
I use to hate those over the toilet shelving/storage units.
I moved out of my parent's when I was 17 and the rent was fair where I lived. I was living close to downtown and for a 1bed/1bath apartment I was paying $500 a month. I was fortunate that my dad bought my first home(in the ghetto mind you) for $40k, which he paid cash for. I paid him $500 for a 2bed/2bath home for a year. Now I've bought my own home(hence my debt) and I only pay $315 for the mortgage and $3200 a year in premium for home insurance, but almost all my friends rent and one is living in the same apartments that I lived in when I first moved out. He's paying $850 a month. My friends that rent homes have like 6 - 7 people living in them because the rent has sky rocketed.Quote:
Still it bugs the hell out of me that rental companies are gouging the public this year.
High cost of homes appears to be driving it.
The first step is admitting you have a problem. Good job.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Yeah, I had to do that a couple years back. It was pretty stressful. My house was built with the water heater in a location without tolerance. There was essentially one water heater that would fit that space, and ONLY one. If that model is ever discontinued...I guess I'll go to on-demand, which I might do anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9