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From: jmfbahciv on 18 Nov 2006 08:30 In article <ejl597$3a3$5(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >In article <a0f2a$455ddc22$4fe7798$2513(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> In article <455C9D51.CF6E6D34(a)hotmail.com>, >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>unsettled wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>[ regarding buying a house on minimum wage ] >>>>>>>And if you don't have a large extended family ( most ppl don't ) what >>> >>> then ? >>> >>>>>> >>>>>>There are many ways to accomplish things. It does require setting >>>>>>a prioity list. If you want to buy a house, you don't spend money >>>>>>on buying pu-pu platters every night. >>>>> >>>>>It begins with simple things, like buying and learning >>>>>to use 24 cent stamps. >>>> >>>>Both of you seem to think one can affiord a house by saving *pennies*. >>> >>> >>> That's how it's done. >> >>Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care >>of themseves. It is a mindset, not merely a method. >> > >OK, you save $1 a day by not eating out. How long does it take you to save up >a 20% down payment on a $100,000 house? Getting the down payment must not be very important to you. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Nov 2006 08:32 In article <455E7705.774C48AA(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >unsettled wrote: > >> Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care >> of themseves. > >No they don't. They do. > >It's a neat way of dodging the issue so it comes as no surprise you'd use it.. This is where your socialist mindset interferes with how those of us in the US think. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Nov 2006 08:34 In article <455DE47D.5FD83489(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >unsettled wrote: >> >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>[ regarding buying a house on minimum wage ] >> >> >>And if you don't have a large extended family ( most ppl don't ) what >> >> >>then ? >> >> > >> >> > There are many ways to accomplish things. It does require setting >> >> > a prioity list. If you want to buy a house, you don't spend money >> >> > on buying pu-pu platters every night. >> >> >> >> It begins with simple things, like buying and learning >> >> to use 24 cent stamps. >> > >> >Both of you seem to think one can affiord a house by saving *pennies*. >> >> That's how it's done. > >From personal experience I can tell you it's done by saving *pounds*, more like >tens of pounds. > >Being careful with the pennies is a given but the pennies alone won't make it. You are not understanding what we're talking about. Read the examples that unsettled gave. I do that kind of analysis with everything. My mother does with even more. > > >> >Do get real. Your answers are quite pathetic and reminiscent >> >of the worst excesses of the Thatcher era here. >> >> Heaven forbid that people take responsibility for themselves >> and what they do. > >You've missed the point entirely. > >I notice that you like to paint ppl with a very broad brush as if to denigrate >all those whom you 'disapprove' as if they were all identical spendthrifts. hmm...this is your pattern. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Nov 2006 08:37 In article <455DE4F6.862F9D33(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> > > >re: buying a house > >> >> > >> >Which is fine for these Portuguese but what about everyone else who doesn't >> >have an extended family ? >> >> You find friends who will pool. > >If you're lucky. It has nothing to do with luck. It has everything to do with intent. You find people who are willing to pool. I probably would not pick friends. > > >> In the early 80s, singles >> would pool their resources, buy a house and share the mortgage >> payments. There are all kinds of ways to get started. > >I suggest it's not that simple for everyone. Of course it isn't simple nor easy. You do have to set priorities and you have to make choices. Making a choice means that you have to give something up. That is life. Deal with it. > Mortgage lenders don't like such >arrangements as a rule either. That is why 20% was the down payments. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Nov 2006 08:41
In article <455DE54A.92F4C214(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >I wonder how she got health cover on $2 a month ! >> >> >> >> >> >> I didn't have it. >> >> > >> >> >Exacttly. So what happened if you got ill ? >> >> >> >> I went to bed and let nature work. >> > >> >So what happens if the illness is potentially fatal ? >> >> Hopefully, somebody would find my carcas and get it removed. > >Right. > >So you accept that in America, dying from absence of health care is not unknown >? Huh? Everybody dies. There is no such thing as a cure for everything. /BAH |