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11-03-2017, 09:01 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Florida's First Coast
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That useless thing that eats more gas over time than the appliance itself.... 
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11-03-2017, 09:15 AM
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#222
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 8,968
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Yeah you want spark or hot surface igniters for gas.
That welder is way cool and I've used it many times. Most recently on my fireplace insert install. Even used it to weld up this wood rack;
Unless you have a tomboy wife/girlfriend I wouldn't go there - 
I buy cheap to mid range appliances and replace them when they break.
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11-03-2017, 09:49 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 35,712
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Originally Posted by Dawg52
Frugal? Just paid for new hurricane windows for my coastal condo. Next year replacing the tile in kitchen/baths and will be assessed for a new roof there. When you maintain two locations it's hard to wear a frugal badge.
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Yes.
if I did not buy the 2nd home in 2005, which I paid more for than my main home, and invested that money and also the operating cost over the years, I would have another million buck.
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11-03-2017, 10:08 AM
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#224
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 987
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Originally Posted by braumeister
I have no problem treating myself to the occasional luxury as long as the total spending for the year is no more than the tools like FIRECalc say I can safely spend. In fact, the older I get the less resistance I have to spending, because if not now, when?
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EXACTLY !! Was watching youtube videos with Stott and one with Kitces talking about building up a Roth. Ia back door strategies and how your heirs would greatly appreciate the tax free status of doing that. WTF  !!!
Spend it!!
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11-03-2017, 10:14 AM
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#225
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Peru
Posts: 6,335
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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11-11-2017, 11:16 AM
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#226
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2011
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We keep our vehicles for quite a while. Up until Thursday they were a 2001 Lexus RX 300 with 220k miles, a 2004 Ford Expedition with 190k miles and a 2010 Lexus HS 250h with 118k miles. Only the HS was bought used. Thursday we traded the Expedition in on a new 2017 Lexus RX 350, luxury edition ($58k). We figured since we’ll probably have it for another 15 years, may as well buy new and be nice and comfy as well.
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11-11-2017, 03:08 PM
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#227
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 297
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Yeah, we maybe tend to live too frugally. Currently struggling to pull the trigger on replacing our 1996 Saturn. Planning to share ownership of a Prius Prime plug-in hybrid with our daughter. But the Saturn still runs ok, although cosmetically a wreck, but it doesn't quite fit the need any more. Old frugal habits die hard.
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