Reasons to be cheerful!

[Tank]

I got a raise at work! Damn near TRIPLES my hourly rate!

WOW!!!! Excellent news.

So what are you going to do with all this extra dough?

[hermes2015]

I got a raise at work! Damn near TRIPLES my hourly rate!

WOW!!!! Excellent news.

So what are you going to do with all this extra dough?

The Hermes benevolent fund is a worthy cause.

[jumbojak]

I got a raise at work! Damn near TRIPLES my hourly rate!

WOW!!!! Excellent news.

So what are you going to do with all this extra dough?

Hopefully I'll be able to save a lot of it. I'm trying to be more responsible financially.

[jumbojak]

I got a raise at work! Damn near TRIPLES my hourly rate!

WOW!!!! Excellent news.

So what are you going to do with all this extra dough?

The Hermes benevolent fund is a worthy cause.

I have to get in a position to afford that fancy chair you recommended first. Still on the lookout for a $20 million horse to send your way though.

[hermes2015]

I got a raise at work! Damn near TRIPLES my hourly rate!

WOW!!!! Excellent news.

So what are you going to do with all this extra dough?

The Hermes benevolent fund is a worthy cause.

I have to get in a position to afford that fancy chair you recommended first. Still on the lookout for a $20 million horse to send your way though.

A man after my own heart!

[Tank]

I got a raise at work! Damn near TRIPLES my hourly rate!

WOW!!!! Excellent news.

So what are you going to do with all this extra dough?

Hopefully I'll be able to save a lot of it. I'm trying to be more responsible financially.

That sounds like a grand idea. Virtually forget you had the raise and set up a standing order to a savings account.

[hermes2015]

That sounds like a grand idea. Virtually forget you had the raise and set up a standing order to a savings account.

Excellent advice, Tank (says the man who has been an incorrigible profligate his entire life).

[Tank]

That sounds like a grand idea. Virtually forget you had the raise and set up a standing order to a savings account.

Excellent advice, Tank (says the man who has been an incorrigible profligate his entire life).

[jumbojak]

I'm going to begin contributing to a 401k along with a regular savings account. I have a secured credit card on the way to try to build some credit as well. What I really want is to be able to buy a house. Just a fixer uper and as cheap as I can manage.

My goals right now are a small family, a small house, a small garage, and a big dog. In that order too.

[Dave]

I'm going to begin contributing to a 401k along with a regular savings account. I have a secured credit card on the way to try to build some credit as well. What I really want is to be able to buy a house. Just a fixer uper and as cheap as I can manage.

My goals right now are a small family, a small house, a small garage, and a big dog. In that order too.

Sounds like a good ambition, JJ, I wish you the best with it!

[Tank]

I'm going to begin contributing to a 401k along with a regular savings account. I have a secured credit card on the way to try to build some credit as well. What I really want is to be able to buy a house. Just a fixer uper and as cheap as I can manage.

My goals right now are a small family, a small house, a small garage, and a big dog. In that order too.

I think you should get the house first

[jumbojak]

I probably won't get any of it, but it's worth a shot at any rate.

[Tank]

I probably won't get any of it, but it's worth a shot at any rate.

Crap. A house is just money and effort you have both of those. Don't negotiate yourself out of this. JFDI!

[Dave]

Google Earth is great! I want to visit a small arboretum in Gloucester. Took me a while to find which bus goes near it. Verbal instruction from Tourist Info was to "walk back down Barnwood Rd to Church Lane then down that to the park and through that to the arboretum [describes most of a complete circle], about a 5 minute [10-15 for me] walk."

Only the "outgoing" bus stop was some distance past Church Lane. Longish walk for my little legs and dicky ticker in hot weather. Checked on Google Earth. Near the bus stop is a path to a residential close, a few houses down that is a path into the arboretum. About a fifth of the distance, or less, of the route in the instructions,

[Bad Penny II]

Why don't you get yourself a fkn mobility scooter?
Drive on the paths, drive through the shops,
drive on the road, let 'em wait,
they've more time than you.