Not sure why, but in reading this, I got my hackles up
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Originally Posted by
seadog
I'm glad someone has big bucks to throw at their bike, us poor guys will just have to keep on keepin on with out 250 dirt bike springs and our rotten anti- dive setup. It would be nice to do that but I'm just looking at putting fresh oil in the forks in the spring and that will be enough I hope!
I'll be brutally frank here....I spent my entire 24 year military career scrimping and investing so when I retired I would not HAVE to work ever again.
I know you also served SeaDog, and you know what we got paid monthly, but I'm finding myself taking unusual umbrage to your comment.
I'm hoping this isn't an "enlisted" -> "officer" dig......and I'm sure it isn't, you're better than that.
All of my TAD per diem went to investments.
All of my flight pay went to investments.
My wife cut coupons and shopped only sales.
She cooked all foods from scratch and we seldom went out to dinner - mostly because of the kids food allergies.
Plus, she doesn't have the usual $$$ requirements of that particular specie (makeup, shoes, hair, nails, etc - not required in her world)
We never did without and the kids always had enough and did very well in school such that they got full rides to good universities.
My wife managed the investments quite skillfully and now we are "comfortable" with neither of us working.
We've always lived within our means and haven't bought anything "on time" since our 2002 15 year mortgage.
Not buying a Aston Martin DB-12 when our '98 Maxima dies, but will pay cash for something practical.
So yeah, I've got resources allocated to my passions.
And I'm almost sorry if it offends anyone that I'm not apologetic about it.
I fully intended to live loudly from age 47 until I die.
I'm 54 now and having a fricking blast and it only keeps getting better and better.
Cheers,
Steve