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Old 06-19-2009, 05:31 PM
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Location: Tall Building down by the river
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Let me know when you get five years of expenses in the bank--without touching retirement savings.

No matter what you say, my old lifestyle is here to stay.
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Old 06-19-2009, 05:34 PM
 
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No matter what you say, my old lifestyle is here to stay.
And you brag about sitting home on Friday nights watching Brady Bunch reruns and eating Fruit Loops. Now there's something to aspire to. Gotta run, meeting friends for a glass of wine then going to see a concert. TaTa!
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Old 06-19-2009, 05:52 PM
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And you brag about sitting home on Friday nights watching Brady Bunch reruns and eating Fruit Loops. Now there's something to aspire to. Gotta run, meeting friends for a glass of wine then going to see a concert. TaTa!

As long as I have a SEXY BANK ACCOUNT, i see nothing wrong with sitting home on a Friday night watching Greg Brady and eating Fruit scoops
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Old 06-19-2009, 05:54 PM
 
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Sexy bank account = LIQUID for over a million. In your lifetime you won't see that.
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Old 06-19-2009, 05:59 PM
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Sexy bank account = LIQUID for over a million. In your lifetime you won't see that.

You are not bothering me because by the end of the year I know what's going to happen.
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Old 06-19-2009, 06:07 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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You are not bothering me because by the end of the year I know what's going to happen.
5 bucks a gallon gas

again
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Old 06-19-2009, 08:17 PM
 
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I refused to take a cut because I know what I bring to the table. No one should ever accept lower money unless it's a SLIGHT cut but even then still figure out how to get the salary you were making before you left your last job.
Sounds like a bunch of anonymous keyboard bravado, but if your employer says pay cut, and you refuse, I bet you will end up with a 100% pay cut, and we will have to suffer through another of your job searches.
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Old 06-19-2009, 08:27 PM
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Sounds like a bunch of anonymous keyboard bravado, but if your employer says pay cut, and you refuse, I bet you will end up with a 100% pay cut, and we will have to suffer through another of your job searches.
To me a paycut is worst than unemployment
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Old 06-19-2009, 09:10 PM
 
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Says the guy who couldn't pay his rent.
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Old 06-20-2009, 10:11 AM
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Says the guy who couldn't pay his rent.
a friend of mine took a paycut in july of 2006 and has yet to be brought back up to what he was making. Paycut means-"THIS IS YOUR NEW SALARY"
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