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I've referenced the fact that I'm now back to working at a burger-joint. It's not a very fulfilling lifestyle and I really rather don't enjoy it. This past week (Monday 3 Feb. - Sunday 9 Feb.) I was quite lucky to get not a single day off work thanks to 9 people quitting this week alone.

However with my average hours on the last paycheck (bi-weekly pay) being 70 hours a week I managed to pull a keen $822.56 post-taxes. I'll be getting paid again on the 17th and it looks as though I'll be pulling in excess of $800 again. I have $200 left to pay off on my six-month premium for auto insurance which is currently my only bill remaining aside from gasoline (around $40 - $50 a week).

Having never been put in a serious position of actually having "money left over" I'm rather beginning to feel worried that I'm making too much money. That is of course an absurd thing to say...the point however being that I have never had money.

I've discussed moving out of my parents house and though this would certainly help to do away with my excessive amount of money, I'm unsure where exactly I truly want to go with my life.

Certainly I can think of plenty of things I could spend my money on, though admittedly having any to spend in the first place is a very wonderful yet daunting prospect.

Also, considering I "flip burgers for a living*" making $6 an hour**, an $800 check isn't too shabby. :=

*Noting of course that I still live with my parents and don't pay any rent or utility expenses.
**I'm unsure of "overtime" regulations in other countries but in the U.S. anything over 40 hours worked in one week is considered overtime and merits a minimum of 1.5 times normal pay (i.e., $9 an hour for me :D)

Is it possible to be "making too much" money?

Plus, you never know when you might need it.

Start a savings account. Really, that would be the smartest thing to do.

Ah, I recall working at McDonald's last year.
The job sucked, but I made $300 working a couple hours, 2 to 3 days a week.
I work one day a week at Chilis now, eight hours, and make $100.I hate it there, but the pay is excellent.

The pay isn't great on an hour-to-hour basis, but 60 hours a week isn't too hectic honestly. I've actually found that depending who I'm working with it can actually be quite easy to work 60 hours. 70 isn't toooo much worse.

Honestly one of the only reasons I stay at this job though is that it's very close to home, and though, as I said the pay isn't that amazing, I always have the option of more hours. That is the benefit of a 24-hour restaurant.

Put it in a savings account!! The one thing I am rubbish at is saving. The concept of too much money is impossible for me to imagine!

Like I said...I know it sounds absurd but I was just calculating today what my next check should be, and when I realized it was going to be over $800...for some reason that bothered me. As if I didn't want it to be that much. Probably I'm just tired. 8)

My life wisdom or experience in this question.
Give your heart to the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
He does not make mistakes. He will lead you the best way you ever could go.

Money - a sensitive theme
As long I give the tithe, through my families hands is going exactly the double sums, I do earn.
My wife is very precise in accounting - sionce we are married - and writes down every red penny. After her years end balance I earned by my job (just to name any sum) 50 thousands. Euro or USD does not matter. But all money, going through my families hands has been exactly 100.thousands.
Year by year.
A true miracle.

Can I take influence on?
Yes.
See the prophet Malachi, chapter three
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

Put your money on the very best bank account ever found - the kingdom of the Lord - not too much - just what the Lord wants. Tithe, mission offer, givings in social work of church - and make some gifts to the poor you will meet from time to time. No more - just what the Good Shepheard does await from you.

I have been with the church to Swaziland, South Africa in the time of brother war in Mocambique. I was there for building construction. The whole country Swaziland was filles by refugees from Mocambique.

A family home in Germany might cost threehundred thousands Euro, in the USA about 50 thousand USD - in Africa just between five to ten thousands.

See the Lords wise economy?
He does make the very best from our money - in case we are willing to let him reign in this question.

This will help too (indirect, invisible - as another miracle, done by the Lord) your home country to hold the christian culture, to hold its identity and to resist the terror of Islam.

The arisen and living Lord Jesus Christ will make from your life (and from your money) the very, very best - you never can imagine today.

My experience. My best tip to you.

Be blessed!



--- later added

The best money tips found under the sun.
We are in Germany - but this book from the United States is truely the very best financial device.
The hands do belong to my wife.


Larger copy, 1280 x 960

http://haufenzeug.de/cs/fuji1300/04ajan12/dscf0002c.jpg

Oh no way

I wouldn't recommend tithing that extra money you make. Instead you should open an online savings account, deposit that shit and watch it grow  :D

You can check Bankrate.com (http://www.bankrate.com/brm/rate/mmmf_highratehome.asp?params=US,416&product=33) for a list of banks and their interest rates, what they require for opening deposits, and how interest is compounded (daily or monthly). Currently I have two internet savings accounts with ING Direct and E-Trade, that pay 3.40 and 4.10 percent interest respectively, which beats my 0.30 percent rate with my traditional savings account at LaSalle Bank/Bank of America, as well as my interest checking which pays a lowly 0.20 percent. Internet-based savings accounts can have higher rates because their staff are centralised and they have much less rent to pay.

The reason I have so many accounts is because the FDIC only insures accounts up to $100,000, forcing me to hold several accounts to be truly covered  >:( it's rather annoying but oh well.

Monkey, if you feel you have too much money, give it to me, I'm broke as I haven't got a job yet := but other than that I suggest you do put it in a savings account, although you could move out now, it'd be better to let it grow so you set yourself up for further in life, and move out a little later on.
Also sidenote, we've got enough religious flame threads that have gotten locked after 20 pages, I doubt we need another so try keep it cool guys.

DEAR MR./MRS. MONKEY,

I HAVE AN IDEA FOR A USE OF YOUR EXTRA MONEYS.

PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I GOT YOUR NAME AND CONTACT FROM THE TOGOLESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. I PRAYED OVER IT AND SELECTED YOUR NAME AMONG OTHER NAMES DUE TO IT'S ESTEEMING NATURE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO ME AS A REPUTABLE AND TRUST WORTHY PERSON I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH AND BY THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS I MUST NOT HESITATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.

I AM AKEEM TIMM MADU, THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS TIMM MADU. MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN LOME, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF TOGO BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS DEAL. WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1984, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 24TH FEBUARY 2002 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN LOME. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF US$15,000,000 (FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS.DEPOSITED IN A SAFEFIDUCIARY AGENT IN EUROPE THROUGH A SECURITY COMPANY BASED IN LOME TOGO,

THIS AMOUNT IS CONTAINED IN A SEALED TRUNK BOX ,IT WAS REGISTERED AND DECLEARED AS CONTAINING FAMILY TREASURES,SO EVEV AS I AM WRITEING YOU NOW THE SECURITY AND IT'S AGENTS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE CONTENTS CONTAINED AS MONEY IN THE TRUNK BOX .LET ME ASURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% HITCH AND FRISK FREE.BASED ON YOUR ACCEPT ING TO HELP ME I WILL BE GIVING YOU A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF PERCENTGEFOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS AND THIS WILL BE DISCUS UPON YOUR RESPONCE TO MY MAIL .

HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL MOVE THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE ,(SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT)
.
SIR, I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.

1, TO ARRANGE AND TRAVEL IMMEDIATELY TO MEET WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY AGENT IN EUROPE FOR CLEARING.
2) YOU ARE TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND.
3)YOU WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND TO SECURE A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT FOR ME IN YOUR COUNTRY. I HAVE DOCUMENTS AS REGARS TO THIS CLAIM.

BEST REGARDS.
AKEEM TIMM MADU

Hee... I can't believe I actually read through that whole thing. ;D :o

Corsten - you do know that those magic underpants you wear have masonic symbols on them, right?  The Freemasons would not want you to give your hard earned money away, so tweak your left and right nipple and remember...REMEMBER THE FREEMASONS!

I think a person who worries about earning too much money is one who has not yet started living an adult life.
With rent and bills and all additional costs you have to earn at least a doctor's income to consider yourself excessively paid.
Here's roughly what my budget is like, per month (in euros):
Salary: 2100
--
Taxes: 550
Student loan mortgage:50
Rent: 320 (sharing a shabby appartment in the outskirts of town)
Bills (phone, internet, gas etc): 50
Petrol: 60
Groceries: 300
Restaurants, pubs, clubs: 150
Charities: 20
Clothes: 50
--
2100-1500=600

So, if I don't buy anything extravagant, I can save 600 euros (roughly 900 dollars) per month.

I'm not sure I should go about our earnings as a family, but I can sure share the amount of money that goes into rent and nursery ALONE: (in $)
Rent: $2000
Nursery: $2300
Bills, food, car, etc: $A LOT

In all honesty $800 are pretty much nothing! And I'm dead sorry to be that serious but $800 for 70 hours a week is extremely low. 70 hours a week means 10 hours a day in a 7 day week or 12 hours for a 6 day week! Do you really rest at all? I'm honestly worried at someone working 70 hours a week! It seems too much! Especially if he's "complaining" (not really) that he has too much money!

Carsten Schermuly:

50,000 euros=$76,884
$50,000=32,514 euros
I think you meant 50,000 yen, right?

;D

Quote from: Carsten Schermuly on Mon 10/03/2008 03:23:41
Money - a sensitive theme
As long I give the tithe, through my families hands is going exactly the double sums, I do earn.
My wife is very precise in accounting - sionce we are married - and writes down every red penny. After her years end balance I earned by my job (just to name any sum) 50 thousands. Euro or USD does not matter. But all money, going through my families hands has been exactly 100.thousands.
Year by year.
A true miracle.
[...]
Put your money on the very best bank account ever found - the kingdom of the Lord - not too much - just what the Lord wants. Tithe, mission offer, givings in social work of church - and make some gifts to the poor you will meet from time to time. No more - just what the Good Shepheard does await from you.

So if I invest in this particular religion, the Lord will effectively double my yearly income? I thank you for your astonishing and honest advice.

Quote from: Carsten Schermuly on Mon 10/03/2008 03:23:41
A family home in Germany might cost threehundred thousands Euro, in the USA about 50 thousand USD - in Africa just between five to ten thousands.

See the Lords wise economy?

I'm not sure that I do, but your ideas are intriguing to me. It seems only reasonable that He would have an influence on real estate pricing, and that he would use this influence to make the world a better place in this wise manner.

Quote from: Carsten Schermuly on Mon 10/03/2008 03:23:41
This will help too (indirect, invisible - as another miracle, done by the Lord) your home country to hold the christian culture, to hold its identity and to resist the terror of Islam.

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Quote from: Carsten Schermuly on Mon 10/03/2008 03:23:41
This will help too (indirect, invisible - as another miracle, done by the Lord) your home country to hold the christian culture, to hold its identity and to resist the terror of Islam.

...

Quote from: Carsten Schermuly on Mon 10/03/2008 03:23:41
This will help too (indirect, invisible - as another miracle, done by the Lord) your home country to hold the christian culture, to hold its identity and to resist the terror of Islam.

WTF.

I would definitely buy something I was dreaming about for long. And if I dont have anything like that, I would open a saving account. That is probably the best thing you can do.

And remember - time is money. So you can work less and do anything else instead! As for me, I sometimes value my time more than money I could make spending that time in work.

Speaking from experience, Monkey, I'd suggest saving that money any way you can.   The day might come when you want to quit working at McD's and want to dedicate all of your time to finding a new career or direction in your life.  Having a 3-4 month financial cushion will help immensely.

Get a girl pregnant, that should eat up all your money  :=

The quiestion is
what is my goal? A lot of money or a happy life?
OR
To have both is impossible.
That is the critical point.

A lot of money is a burden, but not identic to a happy life. To own wealth does mean, to serve the wealth as a slave. Watch the rich people - are they happy? No. They do hunt for happiness, but can not get. See their doings. They are often very unhappy. Look nearer.

Once someone wants to make really money, he does play on the internet stock market, especially on the forex market. High risk - but high win. There are offers to get up to 20 percents a week. A higher offer nobody can find on earth. It needs to learn alot and to be flexible in decisions what to do.

The combination
Internet + Forex market = the fastest way ever to let money grow.
It is the top in money making.

But the Lord also masters the finance markets of the world. He is king over all corners of the world. He is a mighty rich father. To trust him - and not in money - is thousand times better.
To become a child of the Lord must not mean to be poor. It means to trust in the Good Shepheard. The Good Shepheard does not leave his sheeps hungry - he gives by filled hands - richly, richly.
Get eternal life.
Get the crown of life - and be happy. There is no other security, also not in financial questions. Once the town Jericho was connected, he has said: "All gold is mine". He is rich. He does own all - and gives in grace and love.

That is his motive - he does love us.
Meet a decision.

Be blessed richly - to become truely happy!

Carsten, you don't have to post every single word that those voices keep telling you. 

At least not in the same weird dialect. You just make yourself seem more of a zealot! ;)

This is brilliant. I always thought a crazy preacher dude would be an entertaining addition to our little cast of forum personalities...

Quote from: Carsten Schermuly on Mon 10/03/2008 12:04:06
The Good Shepheard does not leave his sheeps hungry - he gives by filled hands - richly, richly.
Get eternal life.

EDIT: X
Yeah, the big guy just has a funny way of going about with it really.

Yaaaaaaaaay, I smell a religious debate coming out of a topic that has nothing to do with religion! Hooray AGS community!

DAMN YOU CHRISTIANS! DAMN YOU ALL! OR DON'T! HOWEVER THE DEBATE GOES!

Tuomas, that obviously isn't a "sheeps"

Quote from: Emerald on Mon 10/03/2008 16:55:59
This is brilliant. I always thought a crazy preacher dude would be an entertaining addition to our little cast of forum personalities...

We've had our fair share.
Santiagarro, to mention one, pretty infamous.

Quote from: Tuomas on Mon 10/03/2008 17:17:12
Yeah, the big guy just has a funny way of going about with it really.

You won't complain so much when He manipulates the stock market in your favour.

Quote from: SSH on Mon 10/03/2008 17:34:54
Tuomas, that obviously isn't a "sheeps"

Oh my, should have read my post through before pushing the button. I posted the wrong pic. What I meant was this (http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/sheeps.jpg)

Quote from: EldKatt on Mon 10/03/2008 18:01:02

Quote from: Tuomas on Mon 10/03/2008 17:17:12
Yeah, the big guy just has a funny way of going about with it really.

You won't complain so much when He manipulates the stock market in your favour.

Yeah, I don't stock, I pile.

Quote from: CarstenWatch the rich people - are they happy? No. They do hunt for happiness, but can not get. See their doings. They are often very unhappy. Look nearer.

Awesome.

As regards to money, having too much just means you obviously aren't buying enough pointless crap. SPEND! ACQUIRE! CONSUME!

You've seen They Live too many times!

Quote from: Carsten Schermuly on Mon 10/03/2008 12:04:06
But the Lord also masters the finance markets of the world. He is king over all corners of the world. He is a mighty rich father. To trust him - and not in money - is thousand times better.
To become a child of the Lord must not mean to be poor. It means to trust in the Good Shepheard. The Good Shepheard does not leave his sheeps hungry - he gives by filled hands - richly, richly.
Get eternal life.
Get the crown of life - and be happy. There is no other security, also not in financial questions. Once the town Jericho was connected, he has said: "All gold is mine". He is rich. He does own all - and gives in grace and love.

That is his motive - he does love us.
Meet a decision.

Be blessed richly - to become truely happy!

Actually, I didn't read this very closely the first time. It's bloody brilliant! I wish I'd thought of it first!

Quote from: ProgZmax on Mon 10/03/2008 19:46:35
You've seen They Live too many times!

I haveMARRY AND REPRODUCEno ideaSTAY ASLEEPwhat you mean. 8)

Quote from: Carsten SchermulyThere is no other security, also not in financial questions. Once the town Jericho was connected, he has said: "All gold is mine". He is rich. He does own all - and gives in grace and love.

Babelfish, you poetic genius.

Quote from: Carsten Schermuly on Mon 10/03/2008 12:04:06
Once the town Jericho was connected, he has said: "All gold is mine". He is rich. He does own all - and gives in grace and love.

I'll give you some grace and love in exchange for 10 bucks.


On the original topic, as Andail says you have to be living in your own place to realise just how much money you need to get by. Rent, bills and food use up the vast majority of my salary, leaving very little for extravagent spending ... whilst it does sound boring to save your cash, better to do it now while you can afford to than 5 years down the line when you're struggling to survive.

Having said that, with US interest rates currently at 3.5% and predicted to fall further amid the recession, the return on your savings would probably be pretty poor. So thinking about it, blow it all on an HD TV and shark costume instead. Those things can only appreciate in value.

There's never any excuse NOT to get a shark costume. I've got 7 different ones.

The hammerhead is my favourite :=

I think probably one of the major problems here is that I don't know what I really truly want to do with my life. I don't know where I want to go or what I want to be.

One of the biggest things holding me back in this respect is my dependency on friends. I know that may sound incredibly lame but it's hard for me to make friends that I can really connect with, and without that connection my entire life just goes to hell.

I've always thought how cool it would be to get a job at a small gaming company. I'm pretty strongly of the opinion that once the industry gets too big they just lose all focus (LucasArts, QED).

Knowing how to get there has always been somewhat of a problem for me.

As for the "problem" of "excessive" money, I found one way of solving that problem. That being that I have every intention of buying a $250 USD phone for a girl at work that I honestly don't know that well. But she seems cool and the phone would make her happy. So.

There's actually plenty of things that I could reasonably invest money in. New tires on my truck. A new truck. :o Somehow driving a vehicle that was made in the same year I was (1988) just seems a bit disturbing. Makes me feel old! :P

Another of the major problems (aside from not really knowing for sure what it is I want out of life) is that I don't know how to get what I want (probably related to the first issue!). Sure I can expand my DVD collection a bit further, buy that Xbox 360 I've had my eyes on, and blow my money on fairly useless junk, but that's probably what disturbs me the most. I know I will end up blowing my money.

Having never had money before I don't know how to properly invest in anything. However an HD TV and a shark costume do seem two good places to start!!! :=

Hmmm...Seems Fry's Electronics is running a special on a 50" Panasonic Plasma HDTV...down from $2599 to $1677. I should jump on this...of course by the time I have the money (it would take me probably 2-3 checks (4-6 weeks) (at least) to get that much) it will probably be back to normal price.  Also I should explore my options. If I'm going to spend Xthousand dollars on a TV, I don't want one that's shit! 8)

Try drugs, they'll get rid of your excess money... and then when you run out you can steal things for a little extra on the side  :=

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sun 16/03/2008 04:20:53
As for the "problem" of "excessive" money, I found one way of solving that problem. That being that I have every intention of buying a $250 USD phone for a girl at work that I honestly don't know that well. But she seems cool and the phone would make her happy. So.

Heh, girls.

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sun 16/03/2008 04:20:53
There's actually plenty of things that I could reasonably invest money in. New tires on my truck. A new truck.  Somehow driving a vehicle that was made in the same year I was (1988) just seems a bit disturbing. Makes me feel old!

My car was built 1976. I was built 1987. If the car still runs - why upgrade when you could buy the shark suit???

Personally I favour the saving option... if you're serious about getting to work with a gaming company, you might have start on a small salary (just guessing here) until you've got some experience... and staying up late at night, dressed as a shark, hugging a 50" screen and trying to remember what that girl you bought a phone for once actually looked like ain't gonna pay the rent or keep you fed. Unless of course you can get people to pay you for the privelige of watching.

Oh, and if Phone Girl From Work takes a shine to you, you can probably forget about the big screen. Especially remembering how you spent all your money on that other girl at valentine's day a while back....

;)

You want to buy a 250$ phone for a girl you don't know very well?
I hope it's not an attempt to pick her up...you'll either come across as weirdly generous or unnervingly weird. And either way, you'll lose a lot of money.

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sun 16/03/2008 04:20:53
As for the "problem" of "excessive" money, I found one way of solving that problem...

Ahem. Seems like the majority of replies are not getting through here... you're not awesomely rich, you'll need that money once you're not living with your parents--you don't have excessive money, and there is no problem. Or am I missing something?

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sun 16/03/2008 04:20:53
One of the biggest things holding me back in this respect is my dependency on friends. I know that may sound incredibly lame but it's hard for me to make friends that I can really connect with, and without that connection my entire life just goes to hell.

Sure, it's hard to make friends once you've left school, but that's no reason to hold your life back by living in the same place forever. It's not like you'll never see them again if you move away to get a better job -- you can still visit them and they can visit you.

If I had stayed living with my parents in their home town, I'd probably still be in the same situation as you, not really knowing what to do since there were no jobs that I wanted in the area. But sooner or later you have to make a choice about what you want to do, and if there's a job that you think you'd enjoy doing then why not just go for it and see what happens?

I only have one (real-life) friend that I'm actually anywhere near close to at the moment and he seems completely against moving out of this hell-hole known as "Tejas".

And you're right EldKatt, I don't have any kind of excessive amounts of money really. There's not really a problem. I think I narrowed it down last night when I finally realized that the scariest part of all this is thinking back on all the money I earned last year and how frivolously I spent so very much of it.

I'll shortly be moving in with my "one friend", his brother, and his sister-in-law and we'll all be splitting the expenses. If I continue working at least around 50-60 hours a week (which actually at this point seems quite breezy; I could take a vacation working so few hours a week! :P) then I should be able to pay off rent, auto insurance, gasoline expenses, food, and still have money to spare for frivolous spending, or for saving.

I'm not saying I want to just stay where I'm at in life forever and just work a dead-end job for the rest of my life. I guess I'm just trying to sort out what I really want my next move to be.

I understand that even if I move away for a better job I can still see my friends again, but the two places I've really considered are thousands of miles away from friends and family. Certainly a daunting prospect.

Perhaps I'm just weak in this respect. But soon I'll be getting out of my parents' home and finally getting to understand the true meaning of the saying "wait until you move out". :=

BTW, that was more than a year ago Ben. And I don't regret it for a second. Just to let her know what she meant to me, it was worth it. As for "Phone Girl From Work"...I'm interested but I'm not buying the phone to try and spark her interest in me. I just like to do nice things for pretty girls. ;D

Quote from: EldKatt on Sun 16/03/2008 11:34:50

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sun 16/03/2008 04:20:53
As for the "problem" of "excessive" money, I found one way of solving that problem...

Ahem. Seems like the majority of replies are not getting through here... you're not awesomely rich, you'll need that money once you're not living with your parents--you don't have excessive money, and there is no problem. Or am I missing something?

I've been trying to tell him that... ::)

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Mon 17/03/2008 01:26:28
BTW, that was more than a year ago Ben. And I don't regret it for a second. Just to let her know what she meant to me, it was worth it. As for "Phone Girl From Work"...I'm interested but I'm not buying the phone to try and spark her interest in me. I just like to do nice things for pretty girls. ;D

Hey man, it's cool, I'm not saying you shouldn't do nice things for pretty girls. Doing nice things for pretty girls is great. I'm saying it costs lots of money, and when you do nice things, you like to make a real statement. Such as $100 valentine's gifts (which is easy to do if you're an executive, not so easy when you're a teenager) or a $250 telephone.

And hey - it's cool that you're doing it for the girl, I guess. It would be a shame if she took it the wrong way and stopped talking to you or something, is all. But - at least if YOU buy the phone, you'll get her number without having to ask her for it.  :=

DISAGREE!

If someone I barely knew gave me a gift like that, I would merely get suspicious. I would consider it very strange, I would tell me friends about it, and they would also consider it very strange. She will take it the wrong way (whatever that is). At least she would in any sort of reality I'm familiar with.

I agree with Eldkatt here.  I'm no longer a teenage girl, but if someone I didn't know wanted to give me a 250$ phone, not only would I not accept it, I would be extremely uncomfortable around said person afterward.  You may just be trying to be nice, but if you're planning on working there for some time, this has a good chance of making the working environment an awkward one.

This is none of my business I suppose, but just keep in mind what the possible consequences might be :)

I agree with both Mash and EldKatt.

She will instantly think you are trying to pick her up, guaranteed... and buying her a $250 phone will most probably make her think you're going to start stalking her and sending her flowers every day.

Sorry, but whether you're interested in her or not, I can't think how such a gesture could work out well, whatever your motivation. :S

Hell, if I bought a good friend something costing $250 I think they would be confused and uncomfortable. ;)

Oh, shoosh everyone!
Sex toys is obviously the way to a girls heart! :)

Well sheesh, you both work at a burger joint, buy her a new patty flipper cause the other one is too flimsy and she burns her hand.

Ok, no I'm just joking.

I agree with vict0r, but not in this situation. haha  That was funny.

Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Wed 19/03/2008 00:45:07Well sheesh, you both work at a burger joint, buy her a new patty flipper cause the other one is too flimsy and she burns her hand.

That would actually be loads more funny, non-creepy and romantic, than an expensive cellphone. So don't do it, unless the girl is Paris Hilton, in which case she's bad news anyway :D.

Quote from: Vince Twelve on Mon 10/03/2008 04:55:44
DEAR MR./MRS. MONKEY,

I HAVE AN IDEA FOR A USE OF YOUR EXTRA MONEYS.

PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I GOT YOUR NAME AND CONTACT FROM THE TOGOLESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. I PRAYED OVER IT AND SELECTED YOUR NAME AMONG OTHER NAMES DUE TO IT'S ESTEEMING NATURE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO ME AS A REPUTABLE AND TRUST WORTHY PERSON I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH AND BY THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS I MUST NOT HESITATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.

I AM AKEEM TIMM MADU, THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS TIMM MADU. MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN LOME, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF TOGO BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS DEAL. WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1984, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 24TH FEBUARY 2002 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN LOME. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF US$15,000,000 (FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS.DEPOSITED IN A SAFEFIDUCIARY AGENT IN EUROPE THROUGH A SECURITY COMPANY BASED IN LOME TOGO,

THIS AMOUNT IS CONTAINED IN A SEALED TRUNK BOX ,IT WAS REGISTERED AND DECLEARED AS CONTAINING FAMILY TREASURES,SO EVEV AS I AM WRITEING YOU NOW THE SECURITY AND IT'S AGENTS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE CONTENTS CONTAINED AS MONEY IN THE TRUNK BOX .LET ME ASURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% HITCH AND FRISK FREE.BASED ON YOUR ACCEPT ING TO HELP ME I WILL BE GIVING YOU A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF PERCENTGEFOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS AND THIS WILL BE DISCUS UPON YOUR RESPONCE TO MY MAIL .

HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL MOVE THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE ,(SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT)
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SIR, I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.

1, TO ARRANGE AND TRAVEL IMMEDIATELY TO MEET WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY AGENT IN EUROPE FOR CLEARING.
2) YOU ARE TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND.
3)YOU WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND TO SECURE A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT FOR ME IN YOUR COUNTRY. I HAVE DOCUMENTS AS REGARS TO THIS CLAIM.

BEST REGARDS.
AKEEM TIMM MADU

Oooh, if monkey doesn't take you up on that, I will!