ak3ldama's Journal: Uptight Grammar Nazi Bitches.

Not to mention, on a poll discussion! The locker room of /. ... are you serious!?!? Check out the thread (preferrably using the new discussion viewing system.) Basically an AC makes a great comment, and this guy has the nerve to say that his comment was going good until he ended a sentence with a preposition, typical grammar natzee move except he(quadra23) thinks it was a funny comment. I reply with a flameworthy, yet also funny comment and he takes it personally. The guy goes into length with why I'm wrong. In the end I apologize, because uptight bitches never let discussions die without going into length as to why they are right. At first I was considering giving the guy a friendship slot, but in the end I decided it wasn't worth it after his most recent lengthy reply. I won't foe him because I did use the word bitch, which in hindsight wasn't necessary. Sometimes people take /. way to seriously, but in a poll discussion of all places blows my mind.

In completely seperate news, I am contemplating buying a pickup. I have the income to swing it, possibly even a brand new truck, but I am having a horrible time legitimizing it. I don't know why I have such a tough time making "long term" financial decisions. In retrospect the only such choice I have really ever made was the choice to go to University. Which was several years of being poor, but now is paying off. This isn't as hard as I'm making it: I'm single, no kids; the only thing is school loans, which I don't start paying on till after December - and that's only a $200 payment per month. Is it worth keeping a shitty car (mechanically solid but it's a 1991 Oldsmobile for @!@#$ sake) and paying off my school loans fast? If only I had a wife I wouldn't need to make financial decisions.

Money

[Captain Splendid]

Do you need the pickup? Do you need to haul lots of large heavy things around all the time? Do you have to take a shitty unpaved route on a daily basis that's a PITA with a car? If yes, get the truck. If no, don't bother, the fuel costs will eat you alive.

If only I had a wife I wouldn't need to make financial decisions.

Unless she sucks at money management worse than you! Also, nothing wrong with agonizing over a major money decision. I'd rather tear myself up for a week trying to figure out wh

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[ak3ldama]

No, technically I don't need one. But I run into at least 5-10 days a year I wish I had one. I have family that lives in the country on unpaved roads, and I would go hunting way more often if I owned a pickup. I fish less currently ... so one of my reasons is purely recreational. South Dakota winters can suck with a car, and I don't drive enough miles to have a pickup hurt the pocket book. I decided last night that I didn't need that new of a truck, I'm going to look for something between $9K and $15K.

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[Captain Splendid]

But I run into at least 5-10 days a year I wish I had one.

If it's really that little, perhaps rental/hire or borrowing a friend's might work?

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[ak3ldama]

No, I mean, currently the number of days a year I wish I had a truck may be as low as 5 to 10. But it should be much higher, since I never really do the things I want to. I only went pheasant hunting once last year when I should have many more times. I haven't fished at all this year, my roommates dad has a spare boat but neither he nor I have the truck to pull it. There is so much to do in South Dakota but without a pickup the number is much lower. (Besides this, there is quail, deer, duck and much mo

Truck

[Shadow Wrought]

I have a '98 Ford Ranger that I love. I paid it off a couple years back and it still runs great. You have no idea how useful a truck can be until you have one. Beyond the recreational stuff, there's a certain peace of mind to nowing that you can always move yourself;-)

I know getting a new one isn't the financial smart thing to do, but I prefer to buy new, so any problems are the factories problems- at least for awhile- and then just keep it till it dies. My fther in law gave me the advice that if you