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Once this Covid thing is over, what are your plans to help the economy out? I will go first.... planning to head to Vegas and hit all the strip clubs .... for the sake of economy of course
 
NealRomeoGolf said:
I've already bought two cars, a washer and dryer, a fridge and an airplane. Planning my airplane upgrades now. I've injected plenty of cash this year.
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Same. Let's see, what're we spending money on this year...

- New 40x54 shop (that injects a lot of money into many industries related to construction)
- Building a new 2-story deck
- Bought the Moto Guzzi
- Bought the RV and are doing work on it (which reminds me, I need to call your brethren up at Foley Cat tomorrow about the parts I need for it... and see if they have some CAT stickers I can throw on the rig)
- Numerous house projects and continued work on the Cobra

We're doing plenty to stimulate the economy. From what we can tell, so are many others.
 
WannFly said:
Once this Covid thing is over, what are your plans to help the economy out? I will go first.... planning to head to Vegas and hit all the strip clubs .... for the sake of economy of course
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Sounds like a fun time, mind if I join you?
 
I’ve already taken a few mini vacations. I was planning on a new(ish) car and a house. Can’t make any big purchases for the next few years since my new job barely makes me more than if I go on unemployment:frown:
 
Nothing more than the usual. I intend to buy a used vehicle in the next few weeks, but that doesn't help the economy much since I'll be selling a used truck in return. Sort of a net zero transaction.

I do need to install a new water heater, but that isn't really dependent on covid-19, just the fact that I have an 18yr old water heater that I don't want failing in spectacular fashion.
 
For the sake of the economy I just sold my travel trailer, truck, about to sell off the jeep and boat to cash in on this buying frenzy since there is so much excess disposable income for those that have not been laid off.

...then have cash in the bank once the rest of the economy collapses to still go play.

FYI, if you have a RV or Boat, they are moving like crazy and it is an absolute seller's market right now if you were contemplating selling.
 
NealRomeoGolf said:
You need one of these too.

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I have a CAT diesel power shirt (which is now ironic with me currently on the gas side). Not sure they make it anymore.
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While a very cool hat, hats are one thing that I won't spend money on. I have sooooo many hats. :)

What I'd really like to get: this RV has one of those full-width mud flaps across the back, with a shiny "HOLIDAY RAMBLER" plaque across the bottom. I'd love to replace that with one that says "CATERPILLAR" with the appropriate logos. I seem to recall seeing them on some RVs over the years.
 
Shawn said:
FYI, if you have a RV or Boat, they are selling like crazy and it is an absolute seller's market right now.
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That part is true, although we were still able to get what we felt was a very good and reasonable price on the RV we just bought. But there were some particulars for that. There is definitely a shortage of good ones on the market and the good ones go really quickly.
 
Budget wasn’t much changed as a percentage by Covid as it was for medical bills, so Covid I’d say really didn’t factor in to changing savings goals for anything nor timeframes much.

Bought the car to get me out of the truck when I was getting nervous climbing up in it and that was sooner than budgeted but wrangled other things and paid it off.

New washer and dryer were already on the timeline so they got done. Dishwasher was later but decided to just do it. Too much time home cooking to mess with the ancient one anymore.

Still have a vacation trip on the books but it got pushed from Jan 2021 to Nov 2021 so nothing to do there but wait.

Basically no significant plans that weren’t already somewhere in the long term budget. Some things pushed up, others back. The plan never survives first contact with the enemy, so... we’ll see. She tossed some of her trip money for singing conventions and stuff that are all cancelled into a much cheaper mini-vacation for her since she’s been busting butt all along. Went and saw a friend.

If either of us has a job loss, which doesn’t look likely but has happened before... we’d jump into “storm” mode and cease all unnecessary spending and seriously adjust the budget hard core, but so far it’s just been shuffling things around. Not exactly spending the usual massive gas money on the old commuter schedule anymore, for example. Or wasting money on the toll road when we felt like staying out of traffic on the perfectly good side roads.

Also had some maybe deferrable and one non-deferrable auto repairs. Did all of those. Karen’s Ford needed new brakes all the way around at 200K as did the beater Subaru and an AC leak fixed. Two different shops now have misunderstood my specific request to replace the RV trailer socket on her truck as requested estimates instead... accidental... and one tried a screwy cheap repair that would work if both my hands were fully happy 24/7, but I really just want the darn thing replaced and don’t trust my left handed drilling skills yet... so third time to a shop may be a charm on that. Need to tow the cargo trailer for a couple projects! LOL. Frustrating. But whatever...

Also doing best to up the charity stuff as we hear about folks in trouble. As a pastor we were listening to today who was doing a talk on something else mentioned as a side topic, “Don’t bother telling me what your priorities supposedly are in life, just let me see your checkbook and your calendar.”

Kinda takes big number changes or events to knock us off our longer term plans. We are discussing whether there’s any “we really want to do that thing and keep putting it off for stuff we don’t care about as much” items we want to buckle down and go after — just in case we are stuck in ready, aim, aim, aim, aim... mode but we can’t think of anything.

Probably just save a little harder on Karen’s replacement vehicle and then people can laugh at us hanging a snowplow on the front of a Lincoln pickup. Ha.

It’s just a freaking old ass F-150. :) Stupid bling truck. Plowing and towing is always nicer with a msssive subwoofer. Haha.

We also always have the risk of my medical junk going totally sideways so plans for big splurges that drain emergency funds aren’t usually wise. :) So far the risk of that keeps slowly going lower but it’ll take a couple more years to know for sure.

There is a new house on the market just up the road that has a better location, layout, already has the barn built, and driveways paved, and... but I’m resisting the temptation to even look at what they’re asking. Ha.
 
WannFly said:
Once this Covid thing is over, what are your plans to help the economy out? I will go first.... planning to head to Vegas and hit all the strip clubs .... for the sake of economy of course
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I am in vegas right now. This place is depressing as hell. facemasks on everyone, casino tables with habitrail-like partitions for max 3 players, floors are mostly dead. entire casinos are closed right now (planet hollywood was one, there were a couple of others)

there seems to be 'a thing', I don't know if it's recent or not because i don't visit vegas often -- but people are renting those geriatric rascal scooters, getting alcoholic slushee drinks, rocking a gangsta lean, and just scooting all around in packs with the idea that they look cool. Like that seinfeld episode with george costanza. It's weird. I don't understand it. Since many are in their 20s and clearly in good health, they just look like d-bags to me.

Also did they legalize weed recently or something? it's everywhere and my eyes still are burning from an evening stroll on the strip.

The sidewalks are FILTHY.

But, strangely, our flight from portland was easily 50+% full. And this was on frontier with the middle seats unavailable. McCarran had a bunch of people flying in.

I believe the clubs you seek are currently closed. :D who the hell wants a lapdance from six feet away?
 
After? We've been busy during. Remodeling, buying furniture, even traveling. Visited our daughter in Lexington and helped her move. Next weekend drove to Charlotte and helped our youngest move in there. I flew from Atlanta to Vale, OR, a few days there, then to Rapid City and my wife flew to there commercial. We saw the sights there and flew home.

My wife just booked a Viking River cruise with here sister for next June. I'm a little miffed on that one as we have been talking about doing that cruise and now she's going on it with a group of women her sister knows.

We're looking at destinations to celebrate our 25th anniversary this fall. Limiting it to domestic due to COVID.



Wayne
 
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jordane93 said:
I’ve already taken a few mini vacations. I was planning on a new(ish) car and a house. Can’t make any big purchases for the next few years since my new job barely makes me more than if I go on unemployment:frown:
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How does it compare to CFI pay though? CFI pay is the way we make comparisons here. :)
 
Shawn said:
For the sake of the economy I just sold my travel trailer, truck, about to sell off the jeep and boat to cash in on this buying frenzy since there is so much excess disposable income for those that have not been laid off.

...then have cash in the bank once the rest of the economy collapses to still go play.
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Yeah but,
the problem is that the inflation that is almost inevitable after all the money the government is spending will reduce the value of your current cash substantially. You'll still have the cash but it won't go very far.
 
schmookeeg said:
who the hell wants a lapdance from six feet away?
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lol... thats why i am going after the fact ha ha ha... well last time i was there, people were smoking weed everywhere. not sure if its legal or not, but no one gave a crap and i cant stand the smell. o well, put enough single malt in your system and you dont care much about whats going on around you. the scooter thing is probably new, wasnt there last year, as as much at least
 
flhrci said:
How does it compare to CFI pay though? CFI pay is the way we make comparisons here. :)
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A little under half what I’d be making if I were instructing. My old flight school is over staffed with instructors since no one is leaving for corporate or the airlines.
 
We've been in kind of a financial holding pattern on the big ticket stuff until my wife is done with residency and we can move to a more permanent home. NYC is an expensive place to live, but the lack of space is not conducive to having lots of toys, so that helps. Once she's done and we can spread out in the 'burbs somewhere, the big one will be a house, maybe an airplane, etc. As far as post-COVID spending - we'll be blowing so much cash on childcare I'm not sure there'll be much left for anything else. ;)
 
I just asked the shop to quote a new audio panel, com2 and GTX345. I'm sure it will be $100k more for the economy. :eek: :cool:
 
I'm taking my annual-ish beach vacation in October regardless of the rona. If the Bahamas open back up they'll get our money, otherwise I'm not sure... probably FL.

Been looking out for another toy/project car/tractor but just haven't found the right one yet.
 
Develop, build and sell spec home. Major remodel to our home. Buy airplane.
 
Once the covid panic is over, I'll be doing exactly the same stuff I'm doing now.
 
I can't decide. Buy the bunker or the SpaceX ride?
 
Would adding AC to my Bonanza help? If so, maybe I could use that fact to help convince my wife to approve it.
 
jordane93 said:
A little under half what I’d be making if I were instructing. My old flight school is over staffed with instructors since no one is leaving for corporate or the airlines.
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Did you end up doing the Amazon DSP?
 
Sluggo63 said:
Did you end up doing the Amazon DSP?
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They actually just got back to me to set up a phone interview but I’m starting at Hertz as a car transporter probably late this week as soon as my drug test and background check pass. A 135 company just got back to me today so we’ll so what happens. I applied to about 12 charter companies and like 10 other non flying jobs and only 2 non flying jobs got back to me and only 1 flying job called me back.
 
I have stopped counting the projects that we have done. New kitchen, landscaping (new raised garden beds, new gardens, regrade lawn, sprinklers...), revamp bathrooms, redo closets...

Tim
 
Shawn said:
Space X...at least you will be able to get OFF the planet when humanity completely breaks down...
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I'm on my way to Mars...kinda :)...along with nearly 11 million other names etched on a silicon wafer.

Let's hope Perseverance has a nice soft touchdown.

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I expect that meetings that were cancelled this year will happen next year (assuming this COVID-19 stuff gets under control). I've had 3 trips to Europe cancelled this year, plus vacations to Mexico and Hawaii. I was supposed to be in Reno last week for the IEEE International Symposium on EMC/SIPI, but that got converted to an on-line event. Nothing on the calendar now until the middle of October when we are supposed to spend a week near Cancun (we'll see if that actually happens) and then late January when we fly to Hawaii for 5 weeks (again, we'll see if that actually happens). The Europe trip equivalents haven't been scheduled yet, so who knows where and when those will be. Mexico next year? Who knows. I hope so.
 
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