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Re: The Porch, y'all. pull up a seat and kick back.
« Reply #3500 on: March 31, 2022, 01:32:08 PM »
Yeah, but $3 K back then was fairly serious money, we didn't earn as much either.  I didn't earn anything of course.

My first real job was in 1980.
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« Reply #3501 on: March 31, 2022, 01:38:53 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on March 31, 2022, 01:32:08 PM
Yeah, but $3 K back then was fairly serious money, we didn't earn as much either.  I didn't earn anything of course.

My first real job was in 1980.
My first job out of college was with a fortune 500 company in their tax dept
I was making $775 a month
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« Reply #3502 on: March 31, 2022, 03:09:11 PM »
I went from making about $5 K a year as a grad student to over 5 times that.  I couldn't believe it.  In one year I saved enough to buy a condo.

I had a nice apartment that was $350 a month, 2 bdr townhouse in nice area.  The condo was $78 K as I recall, also 2 bdr.
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« Reply #3503 on: March 31, 2022, 03:26:14 PM »
it seems like kids now days dont want to start at the bottom and work their way up

they are so spoiled
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« Reply #3504 on: March 31, 2022, 04:32:51 PM »
Heck, I didn't want to start at the bottom at all, and didn't, unless you count school.

My two kids have done far better than I expected they would, financially.  I'm sort of amazed.

They both had liberal arts majors.
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« Reply #3505 on: March 31, 2022, 06:17:29 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on March 31, 2022, 04:32:51 PM
Heck, I didn't want to start at the bottom at all, and didn't, unless you count school.

My two kids have done far better than I expected they would, financially.  I'm sort of amazed.

They both had liberal arts majors.
When you get that first job out of college or even if no college that should be considered your bottom. Some start higher then others but no matter who they are they will climb the success ladder from where they start.

My point is I find many kids today are not ready to accept the fact they have to put in some time and effort to achieve their professional goals.  

So CD you did start at the bottom which you determined and you did work your way up
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« Reply #3506 on: March 31, 2022, 06:32:46 PM »
My first job after college wasn't at the bottom at all.  I even had someone reporting to me.  There certainly were folks above me of course.

I felt as if I were at the bottom during 8 years in college though, mostly because I was.  I'm amazed looking back that I made it.
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« Reply #3507 on: March 31, 2022, 06:42:39 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on March 31, 2022, 06:32:46 PM
My first job after college wasn't at the bottom at all.  I even had someone reporting to me.  There certainly were folks above me of course.

I felt as if I were at the bottom during 8 years in college though, mostly because I was.  I'm amazed looking back that I made it.
ok I give up

carry on
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« Reply #3508 on: March 31, 2022, 06:48:23 PM »
Who will win the Big 12 next season?
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« Reply #3509 on: March 31, 2022, 09:19:16 PM »
OU, ISU, oSu, or Baylor.  
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« Reply #3510 on: March 31, 2022, 10:27:25 PM »
My first car purchased after my 5 years and 89 credit hours at OU, then 2 years in the workplace, then a year in the Army.



Not my actual car, but same make, model, and color.  I loved it.  That Wankel engine was smoooth power!
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« Reply #3511 on: April 01, 2022, 06:42:31 AM »
I had a friend who loved Mazdas with Wankels.  He had a Cosmo at one point, I think it was called.

Emissions and poor fuel economy killed them.  I read somewhere they work well with hydrogen as a fuel.
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« Reply #3512 on: April 01, 2022, 09:32:58 AM »
My i s c & a aggie wife drove a silver RX7 in high school.  We weren't dating at the time, but we were friends.



  After driving my terrible 1981 Dodge Omni for almost two years, I finally got a "cool car" for my senior year in high school, a black 1986 Chrysler Laser XT turbo.  It was not particularly fast, but it felt speedy, for the era.


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« Reply #3513 on: April 01, 2022, 10:04:50 AM »
In 1974, I test drove a Mustang II because it got better gas mileage.  Holy cow was it slow.

My about to be wife in1980 was given a Chevy Chevette, with an automatic transmission.  That one was dangerous even with 55 mph speed limits.

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