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Well, except for putting the bonus check towards the house. Better to put it in savings of some sort, since it's easier to draw that down in an emergency than to refinance to get at the cash.

Football News a/k/a "Get Bent", Like Beckham
 

No, this is - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...7/MN287051.DTL (closing time to be extended at pubs in England)

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Absolutely, but she said she had enough cash to set pay the mortgage for 2.5 years. That's great planning.

PSA
 

If you can lock in a 30-year loan now -- and who can't these days? -- in a few years you might wish you'd put that money into the stock market instead of paying off a loan at such a low rate, given that you can deduct the interest. That said, it's pretty cool to escape the debt.

Football News a/k/a "Get Bent", Like Beckham
 

and hundreds of indian restuants all over the UK are rapidly working on extending their hours

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Yes. That part's great. Nothing like having huge savings so you can try new things.

Or upgrade from Light Ice.

For Love or Money
 

Your findings are completely inconsistent with Darwin's theory.

TM

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:blush: Hero? No. Really just a-scared of debt and happy to lead a fairly boring life. I put some in my 401k every pay-period but prolly not as much as I should -- hubby's job carries a pension so I am counting on that being around.

$500k for 2/1??? Fuck. I mean, shit, that's a lot of money for not a lot of house. I got 5,300 sq ft on about an acre but I am 30 minutes from the city (I like living in a wooded area though in case I wanna get unboring and swim naked). Being it debt for $500k would probably make my heart explode.

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I know you are right, and I think about it at times but I just have such an aversion to debt (I was the one pumping gas on the midnight shift after my afternoon clerk job during law school to limit my loans) that I think the trade-off is worth it from a mental health persepctive.

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Wow. I applaud the "getting out of debt" vibe, but my mental health would be shot if I did not reward myself from time to time. All work and no play make ABBA an irritated girl.

Astroglide
 

No Muffin, its all work and no play makes you an irritable girl.

Its too much play that gets you irritated.

not7yS

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I think you're my SP. I just got my first new car last year and it's still exciting. Hmmm...that sounds nice - I am 30+ minutes from the city and well, still in the city. Damn Houston for being so freaking large. Mine almost did just reading that number. Yeeesh.

Seriously - did you pump gas? I sold suits at Penny's on commission while clerking before I got my bar results.

-TL

Astroglide
 

No such thing as too much play.;)

For Bike Geeks Only
 

Looks like Cipo may make it to the TdF. At least, Domina Vacanze are appealing their omission and threatening to sue.

Should be funny stuff in the run-up to the Tour.

Domina Vacanze threaten legal action over Tour exclusion

CIVITANOVA MARCHE, Italy, June 17 (Reuters) - World champion Mario Cipollini's Domina Vacanze team have threatened legal action against the organisers of the Tour de France after their exclusion from this year's race.

The Italian team said in a statement on Tuesday they had lodged an appeal to the International Cycling Union (UCI) -- cycling's ruling body -- alleging Tour organisers had not followed UCI rules for team selection for international stage races.

If the appeal is rejected the team said they would consider taking legal action in Paris against the organisers of the race that starts on July 5.

Full text: http://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news?slug...ters&type=lgns

For Bike Geeks Only
 

And in other news, Mario Cippolini is now being called a "goody goody" by fellow cyclists, and someone drew devil horns and a goatee on his picture.

What if we just post a daily pic of smokin' Mario for each stage of the TdF, until they reach the second mountain stage, when he would have withdrawn?