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This feels very anti-climactic. I closed on a home. i had to come back to work. I dont even get to move into it till thursday. My GF is out of town.

At least I get to celebrate with RM!
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Strat wrote:This feels very anti-climactic. I closed on a home. i had to come back to work. I dont even get to move into it till thursday. My GF is out of town.

At least I get to celebrate with RM!
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i do have some bubbly sitting beside me from the closing!
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Strat wrote:i do have some bubbly sitting beside me from the closing!
Goddamn right you do!

Pop the cork
A champagne glass
Raise to the future
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man what a classic scene
and congrats, friend!
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Strat wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
Strat wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
Strat wrote:Im a home owner.

:)
How many acres do you own now?
.053

Do you think I should bring in some hired hands to help me till the land?
Yes, you will need at least three. What crops do you plan to grow? Do you need to build an irrigation system?
I believe this climate is really only conducive to kale, spinach, peppers, and berries. Im going to grow all summer log just so i can have my very own salad come september.
All that work, for a salad? Pass. Get a cow.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:hey congratulations strat!
Thank you sir! First record I crank in there will be the Black Keys just for you!
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Strat wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:hey congratulations strat!
Thank you sir! First record I crank in there will be the Black Keys just for you!
you don't deserve to be a homeowner.
You take that back.
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Strat wrote:This feels very anti-climactic. I closed on a home. i had to come back to work. I dont even get to move into it till thursday. My GF is out of town.

At least I get to celebrate with RM!
Did you go with the 30 year? Nothing like signing papers that seem like they were taken from a Jetson’s cartoon. 2048? What the fuck?!
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i got a 250-year loan, my mortgage is only $178/month
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daft twat wrote:
Strat wrote:This feels very anti-climactic. I closed on a home. i had to come back to work. I dont even get to move into it till thursday. My GF is out of town.

At least I get to celebrate with RM!
Did you go with the 30 year? Nothing like signing papers that seem like they were taken from a Jetson’s cartoon. 2048? What the fuck?!
Straight cash, homie.

Just kidding. First home. 30 year.

i can't wait to spend sundays at Home Depot!
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Strat wrote:
daft ({^}) wrote:
Strat wrote:This feels very anti-climactic. I closed on a home. i had to come back to work. I dont even get to move into it till thursday. My GF is out of town.

At least I get to celebrate with RM!
Did you go with the 30 year? Nothing like signing papers that seem like they were taken from a Jetson’s cartoon. 2048? What the fuck?!
Straight cash, homie.

Just kidding. First home. 30 year.

i can't wait to spend sundays at Home Depot!
We took out a $200k 30 year loan 13 years ago this summer. After a couple years of watching the principal barely move, I started paying extra. Then I realized I could go to 15. Kept paying extra. Then realized I could go to 10. This bitch will be paid off this October, and then the whole world can eat my ass before I take bullshit or do anything I don’t want to.
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daft twat wrote:
Strat wrote:
daft ({^}) wrote:
Strat wrote:This feels very anti-climactic. I closed on a home. i had to come back to work. I dont even get to move into it till thursday. My GF is out of town.

At least I get to celebrate with RM!
Did you go with the 30 year? Nothing like signing papers that seem like they were taken from a Jetson’s cartoon. 2048? What the fuck?!
Straight cash, homie.

Just kidding. First home. 30 year.

i can't wait to spend sundays at Home Depot!
We took out a $200k 30 year loan 13 years ago this summer. After a couple years of watching the principal barely move, I started paying extra. Then I realized I could go to 15. Kept paying extra. Then realized I could go to 10. This bitch will be paid off this October, and then the whole world can eat my ass before I take bullshit or do anything I don’t want to.
on a teachers salary? Yea right. How many hand jobs are you giving on the side?

Im planning on a few extra payments throughout the year.
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Strat wrote:
daft ({^}) wrote:
Strat wrote:
daft ({^}) wrote:
Strat wrote:This feels very anti-climactic. I closed on a home. i had to come back to work. I dont even get to move into it till thursday. My GF is out of town.

At least I get to celebrate with RM!
Did you go with the 30 year? Nothing like signing papers that seem like they were taken from a Jetson’s cartoon. 2048? What the fuck?!
Straight cash, homie.

Just kidding. First home. 30 year.

i can't wait to spend sundays at Home Depot!
We took out a $200k 30 year loan 13 years ago this summer. After a couple years of watching the principal barely move, I started paying extra. Then I realized I could go to 15. Kept paying extra. Then realized I could go to 10. This bitch will be paid off this October, and then the whole world can eat my ass before I take bullshit or do anything I don’t want to.
on a teachers salary? Yea right. How many hand jobs are you giving on the side?

Im planning on a few extra payments throughout the year.
On two teachers’ salaries. I’ve been adding $750 a month to the principal for years. If you convince yourself that’s your actual payment and make it your priority, it’s doable. We still take a vacation (or 2) every year, but my wife drove the same car for 15 years. I’m on year 10 of mine. I think that’s a key.
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daft twat wrote:
Strat wrote:
daft ({^}) wrote:
Strat wrote:
daft ({^}) wrote:
Strat wrote:This feels very anti-climactic. I closed on a home. i had to come back to work. I dont even get to move into it till thursday. My GF is out of town.

At least I get to celebrate with RM!
Did you go with the 30 year? Nothing like signing papers that seem like they were taken from a Jetson’s cartoon. 2048? What the fuck?!
Straight cash, homie.

Just kidding. First home. 30 year.

i can't wait to spend sundays at Home Depot!
We took out a $200k 30 year loan 13 years ago this summer. After a couple years of watching the principal barely move, I started paying extra. Then I realized I could go to 15. Kept paying extra. Then realized I could go to 10. This bitch will be paid off this October, and then the whole world can eat my ass before I take bullshit or do anything I don’t want to.
on a teachers salary? Yea right. How many hand jobs are you giving on the side?

Im planning on a few extra payments throughout the year.
On two teachers’ salaries. I’ve been adding $750 a month to the principal for years. If you convince yourself that’s your actual payment and make it your priority, it’s doable. We still take a vacation (or 2) every year, but my wife drove the same car for 15 years. I’m on year 10 of mine. I think that’s a key.
i respect that, no doubt. Im already on the line for $2,050 a month so we'll see what i can also add to that.
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daft twat wrote:
Strat wrote:
daft ({^}) wrote:
Strat wrote:
daft ({^}) wrote:
Strat wrote:This feels very anti-climactic. I closed on a home. i had to come back to work. I dont even get to move into it till thursday. My GF is out of town.

At least I get to celebrate with RM!
Did you go with the 30 year? Nothing like signing papers that seem like they were taken from a Jetson’s cartoon. 2048? What the fuck?!
Straight cash, homie.

Just kidding. First home. 30 year.

i can't wait to spend sundays at Home Depot!
We took out a $200k 30 year loan 13 years ago this summer. After a couple years of watching the principal barely move, I started paying extra. Then I realized I could go to 15. Kept paying extra. Then realized I could go to 10. This bitch will be paid off this October, and then the whole world can eat my ass before I take bullshit or do anything I don’t want to.
on a teachers salary? Yea right. How many hand jobs are you giving on the side?

Im planning on a few extra payments throughout the year.
On two teachers’ salaries. I’ve been adding $750 a month to the principal for years. If you convince yourself that’s your actual payment and make it your priority, it’s doable. We still take a vacation (or 2) every year, but my wife drove the same car for 15 years. I’m on year 10 of mine. I think that’s a key.
how much money do you have in the bank?
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how much money do you have in the bank?
Why? Do you have a unique investment opportunity for me?
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