The post whore thread.

[Irving]

Thanks Ginsue, The.

Just convince the multimillion dollar company that me driving around with a ladder on the roof rack of my car, is no less professional than driving around with a ladder on the roof rack of a truck or suv; and to buy a vehicle that uses twice the gas solely for aesthetics is unfiltered stupidity, especially considering that driving all over the metro area, every day, means that gas will be my number one over head cost far and above anything else. If you can do that, then everything will be fine.

[HoneyBadger]

Awesome. Mrs. HB and I spent a few days last week deciding what to do with the extra $1800 we're going to have available once my car is paid off in 8 months. That's the only non-mortgage debt we have left now.

Plans for the extra $1800/mo: (in order, for typical months)

Increase charitable giving outside of church by $100
Increase church giving by $100 (specifically to fund the school)
$458.33 goes to my Roth IRA (divided evenly between Growth, Growth and Income, Aggressive Growth, and International Mutual Funds)
$200 to a 529 for each baby HB (to be increased over time)
$200 to traditional IRA (divided same way as above)
The rest will be put toward saving for shorter term goals: Disneyland trip this spring, A Vacation next year just for mom-and dad (kiddos will likely be staying with my in-laws) a few basic home improvements, fixing the broken windshield in both our vehicles, etc.,

[HoneyBadger]

Sorry, that took me 35 mins to type up. Oxy finally kicked in and Mother-In-Law is ranting about her dysfunctional family... Multi-tasking is hard. and silly. lol

[HoneyBadger]

You got out sniped by a dude half out of his mind on scripts.

Truth!

[HoneyBadger]

Kazoo helped me the other night actually.

Said, listen kid, quick being too damn nit-picky and realize what you are building. And then I bought the barreled upper for cheap.

Kazoo does have some good nuggets of wisdom.

[HoneyBadger]

Forgot to mention above, that spending plan for the "extra" $1800 won't kick in until June. We will be putting all $1800 into our emergency fund until then.

[wyome]

I recently quit and got a much less stressful job.
The stress of having already received my last paycheck, and not being able to start the new job, in addition to them dropping the bomb shell on me yesterday of "We don't like your car, you're going to need to buy a truck or SUV instead," when I've been talking to them for months now is a little unfortunate, but I think it will pass and things will be great by this time next month.

Can you get a little giant ladder that you can fold up and put in your car?

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Irving I use one of these.

Xtend & Climb 785P Aluminum Telescoping Ladder Type I Professional Series, 15.5-Foot https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000JIL4Z8..._ZXySwbWGRAMFJ

Of course I have a 24' ladder on the roof of my van. But I use this for attics and quick roof jobs.

[Irving]

I have a 17' ladder that fits in the car and a 24' that will ride on the roof. I also have a 32' that will go on the roof. Boss seems to think I'll be needing the 32' every day. Talking to the techs who actually work out here, they say maybe only once a week do you actually need the 32'. Either way, the point still stands that you don't need a truck to haul a ladder. Maybe seeing a ladder on the roof of a car isn't what one might expect, but it's not like I've got it laying on towels and secured with a rope through open windows.

I understand the concern, but my car is clean, newer than it needs to be, doesn't have bumper stickers or body damage, and perhaps most importantly, has a rack to hold the ladders.

Thanks for the help on the ladder ideas guys, but I have to have the big sliders.

[Irving]

This is the 17' I have, it's great and fits in the car because it folds and extends. They make this style ladder all the way up to 27', but they get very heavy by that length.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Cosco-17-...1ASE/203642161