I'm Mike Rowe, and this is my truck.
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gridloreThere's a wonderful Monty Python routine that has two of the pepperpot ladies sitting on a bench. One ask the other if she's been shopping. Then she asks what the other bought.
"A piston engine" is the reply.
Today, I bought a piston engine, along with the Ford Ranger it came wrapped in.
With the rebates and all, we got the payments down to a reasonable level (and can refinance next year.) It's a pretty basic truck, but comes with a bed liner.
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kshandra, of course, has dibs on it for That Thing In The Desert.
The most shocking thing was seeing our credit scores. 700+ across the board. As the finance dude put it, it's good credit but not deep credit. So we keep making payments and keep building things up.
I bought a truck.
I need beer. Stat!
(More photos at my Flickr account)
"A piston engine" is the reply.
Today, I bought a piston engine, along with the Ford Ranger it came wrapped in.
With the rebates and all, we got the payments down to a reasonable level (and can refinance next year.) It's a pretty basic truck, but comes with a bed liner.
kshandra, of course, has dibs on it for That Thing In The Desert.The most shocking thing was seeing our credit scores. 700+ across the board. As the finance dude put it, it's good credit but not deep credit. So we keep making payments and keep building things up.
I bought a truck.
I need beer. Stat!
(More photos at my Flickr account)
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Date: 13 Apr 2008 22:45 (UTC)no subject
Date: 13 Apr 2008 22:49 (UTC)(And much love for the Alistair Cookie icon.)
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Date: 13 Apr 2008 23:52 (UTC)Congrats!!
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Date: 14 Apr 2008 00:18 (UTC)Pretty.
Can I pet it?
well done on the credit scores!
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Date: 14 Apr 2008 02:00 (UTC)(I always wanted to run / participate in an RPG chase scene with a tactical in it.)
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Date: 14 Apr 2008 03:32 (UTC)They're no fun at all. I didn't even get to the 106mm Recoilless on the cab roof.
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Date: 14 Apr 2008 04:58 (UTC)Who needs a recoilless? Just carry a couple of Javelins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGM-148_Javelin) in the cargo bed, and call it good.
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Date: 14 Apr 2008 05:30 (UTC)But White? It's gonna need a major bath after that thing in the desert is done with it. Still White will reflect the sun better, so that will be useful.
And great credit scores. Amazing what happens when you work on it.
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Date: 14 Apr 2008 17:34 (UTC)(There's been an interesting bit of symmetry in all of this, actually - dafydd had a Ranger when he and I first started dating. I sent him a text message from the dealership yesterday that said "You followed in Doug's footsteps, now he's following in yours....")
first things first......
Date: 14 Apr 2008 05:50 (UTC)WOOT for you! i'll drink several beers in your honor.....
(good an excuse as any..... %-)
Re: first things first......
Date: 14 Apr 2008 23:41 (UTC)Need the crossed rifles, plus a couple of Giants stickers. That and I want a "Gun Control Means Using Both Hands" next to a "Godless Liberal and Damn Proud of It!" right next to each other.
The NRA pisses me off no end. Call me back when Wayne LaPierre is run out on a rail. And there's no room for a gun rack. Damnit.
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Date: 14 Apr 2008 07:11 (UTC)How do credit scores there work?
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Date: 14 Apr 2008 23:38 (UTC)This link has a lot more detail (http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/credit-scoring/20031104a1.asp)
We had terrible credit after I first got sick, since we had just bought a new car and couldn't make the payments. That default took seven years to fall off our reports, and from there we started slowly rebuilding with a secured credit card (you deposit an amount in a special account, that's your credit limit) then with
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