do you really think someone is going to carjack you?

meet me in the abandoned rest stop off of i95 and i'll give you some security pointers

Bucky wrote:meet me in the abandoned rest stop off of i95 and i'll give you some security pointers

tap tap tap

possible anthrax incident at the district court in limerick

Bucky wrote:possible anthrax incident at the district court in limerick

if we're talking the town in Ireland, this is not even remotely surprising. At least it means they can change their unfortunate nickname to jab city.

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Barry Jive wrote:Since I (still) don't have a check card from my bank and I'm going to Delaware to buy my MacBook today, I have to go to the bank, withdraw a large sum of money, and drive to Delaware with it. I'm less than 100% comfortable with this. I guess we'll find out if that lock on the glovebox actually works.

Don't you have a credit card? That would seem to be the ideal solution for this dilemma

Or maybe write a check?

my nacho is killing me

I don't have a credit card. I'm terrified at the thought of what havoc I could wreak with one of those things. I also understand that I should probably get one, but I'm also afraid of doing things that responsible grownups do.

I could do a "incorrect shit my dad says" thing

My mom just asked me where my season tickets used to be at Verizon for Gtown games. My dad answered. He was wrong.

What would compel a person to answer a question directed at someone else when they had no reason to know the right answer?

Barry Jive wrote:I don't have a credit card. I'm terrified at the thought of what havoc I could wreak with one of those things. I also understand that I should probably get one, but I'm also afraid of doing things that responsible grownups do.

I was like that...and then I saw the free Eagles blanket I'd get for signing up. Now I have a credit card with the Eagles logo on it, and trust me, when I use that thing at stores or restaurants, I do not feel like a grownup.

Barry Jive wrote:I don't have a credit card. I'm terrified at the thought of what havoc I could wreak with one of those things. I also understand that I should probably get one, but I'm also afraid of doing things that responsible grownups do.

from the "do as i say, not as i did" department, don't get a credit card until you really don't need it.

Bucky wrote:

Barry Jive wrote:I don't have a credit card. I'm terrified at the thought of what havoc I could wreak with one of those things. I also understand that I should probably get one, but I'm also afraid of doing things that responsible grownups do.

from the "do as i say, not as i did" department, don't get a credit card until you really don't need it.

That's good advice right there.

I would expand on it by saying that nobody ever needs a credit card, but if you think you do, you really, REALLY don't need one.

I have been marooned because of the lack of a credit card, and I'm not sure the kinds of loans I could get without good credit, but I was definitely very, very cautious. I got my only credit card with a limit of like 300 dollars and only use it for regular purchases like gas and groceries, paying off the balance every month. Consequently, my limit's risen, though I still won't buy anything I can't pay off in full when the next bill arrives. Seems to be working out well.

Harpua wrote:I have been marooned because of the lack of a credit card, and I'm not sure the kinds of loans I could get without good credit, but I was definitely very, very cautious. I got my only credit card with a limit of like 300 dollars and only use it for regular purchases like gas and groceries, paying off the balance every month. Consequently, my limit's risen, though I still won't buy anything I can't pay off in full when the next bill arrives. Seems to be working out well.

If you the kind of self-discipline to do that, more power to you. Personally, I grew up with parents whose picture appears in the dictionary next to "fiscal responsibility" but as soon as I got a credit card I set about systematically ruining my credit rating.

Yeah, I'm pretty awful with money. And the way I drink, I'm sure I'd have some $200+ nights I couldn't afford.

Actually what really usually kills me is that when I get drunk I like buying rounds of shots for other people. I can't say it's a bad habit but it doesn't help my savings much.

I don't have a credit card but I also haven't had a comma in my total balance in quite some time.

Virtually all of the kids who qualified for my daughter's middle school geography bee are boys. I have no explanation for this other than random chance or that boys are still combing through National Geographic looking for topless native women.

is anyone a doctor in New Jersey

Tonight may be the night (morning?) I exact revenge on my neighbors downstairs for waking me up at 6:30 AM yelling at their kids at the top of their lungs to get up for school. Yes, I just got my Xbox 360 back (got the RRoD), it's 1:30 AM and I want to play some Guitar Hero. Deal with it.

EDIT: How the F is the fan in the brand new console they gave me louder than the one in the three-year-old piece of crap I sent them?