I'm so sick of being poor!

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hey, AHays, the cat on your avatar is way cute.
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Merle

I toldja I see double entendres everywhere. How much base have you nicked? You've obviously smokes some to get that manner.

(I'm being infected by Engrish. Please someone shoot me)

SOMEONE SET US UP THE BOMB.

THE BOMB HAS BEEN PLANTED

what the hell

This thread has basically gone off topic.

MAKE YOUR TIME.

Yeah, can we do without the "AYB" references?

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i make about $556 dollars every month after taxes and love it. not letting sociaty tell you in unwritten ways that you dont want anything to do with, about wealth is priceless. i take the more is less, less is more approach to money.

I've come to realize being poor isn't so bad if I have my video games...

poor is a relative term.

I'm sure about 4 billion people would think your quite wealthy.

None of us can go out and buy anything we might want. I want a Porsche, it's not going to happen but I want one. If you get on the more more more ride, nothing is enough and there is always more to buy.

You complain they are not doing anything. If they like where they are, why should they. It also doesn't matter, what does is... what are you doing?

Education is key to making money, you should get all you can. There are programs out there for people to get scholarships, financial aid etc. Education is necessary to get ahead. When you are able to move out on your own (after high school), move next to a college, people who work at a college, even low level jobs frequently get good benefits like discounted tuition etc.
plan backwards. Make lists starting with your goal and work backwards to where you are. You'll find it's not going to be quick, but in the end it will be worth it.

I'm not moving out of home for a very long time.

Learn computer, pass the A+ exam, you will be suprised at how dumb people are in the real world.

Lots of us do not leave home, and do well. Take your computer to a shop, $100 when you put it on the counter, plus labor, plus parts. I started buying dead ones, some I brought back with no education, but it helps. The information is online, employment prospects are good for the future.

A degree will get you $8 to $16 an hour, I rarely make less than $50, and I do not have to go to work.

Thrift stores, Government auctions, school districts, monitors, $1, keyboards and mice, $1 a box, $5 to $10 for a tower. With a monitor mouse and key board you have a test setup, plug in a tower and troubleshoot.

The main problems I find are no one dumps the old files, it has three internet programs, that fight for dominence, kill all but one, several anti virus, who see each other as a virus, end that fight, only one can survive, goto control panel, add remove programs, delete all but one, internet, antivirus, goto programs, accessories, system tools, disk cleanup, defragment, shut down, restart, and everything now works.

A whole working system, monitor, keyboard, mouse, tower, starts at $150. New costs four times that, most people want one for the kid, my kid has been through three in five years, no one is rich, and if you are the only game in town, Redmage Digital can be a cash magnet.

I have been doing this for as long as you have been alive, rates are up, the customers dumber, and when they do upgrade, I get the old stuff.

You are well liked around here, and a lot of people your age know more than I do. You can get all the support you need.

When I run across a hard problem, dead motherboard, it is not worth repairing, I tell them to buy a new Dell. I charge nothing, but I get the old one for parts.

If you hate being poor, and like to eat, you will have to do something. In less than a year you can be a certified tech. I would rather be self employed and work four hours a week, but working for others gains more experince. The need for computer techs is at least twice the supply.

You are slightly strange, have AS, and A+ is the tech triple crown. The industry is full of hand flappers. Your work clothes can be your Red Mage outfit, they have no choice, they have to take us on our terms.

A little self study and you will gain a Super Power.