Completely inappropriate question about financial matter

Quote: DorothyGale

Of course ... no need to even say it ...

"The thing about things that go without saying, is that someone innevitably says them." (or words to that effect) Isaac Asimov, Fantastic Voyage II.

No, THIS forum is for casual questions. The WoV forum(s) are in general for gambling advice, but goshdarnit, there's at least some discussion around other things as well. I see no evidence either that the OP is 'deep in debt'.

Thanks for playing.

Quote: Nareed

"The thing about things that go without saying, is that someone inevitably says them." (or words to that effect) Isaac Asimov, Fantastic Voyage II.

That's one great quote!

Here are some others -- what a man he was ...

Asimov Quotes

--Dorothy

Quote: thecesspit

No, THIS forum is for casual questions. The WoV forum(s) are in general for gambling advice, but goshdarnit, there's at least some discussion around other things as well. I see no evidence either that the OP is 'deep in debt'.

Thanks for playing.

If the "OP" isn't, the "OP" wouldn't make such an amateurish move as asking a bunch of unknowns advice on how to run her finances.

Quote: DorothyGale

That's one great quote!

Here are some others -- what a man he was ...

Asimov Quotes

--Dorothy

The novel is riddled with witty lines by the engineer who built and pilots the submarine used in the voyage. The character attributes them to his grandfather. Two more I remember off hand are:

"It's more useful to know the thing than its name."

"There's nothing like pure water, provided you use vodka as the purifying agent."

Quote: Nareed

Two more I remember off hand are:

"It's more useful to know the thing than its name."

"There's nothing like pure water, provided you use vodka as the purifying agent."

I read his books as a youth (ok, 30+ years ago ...). I always liked him more, for example, than C.S. Lewis. He seemed not only genuinely smart and creative, but also to express compatible social and skeptical views to my own.

So long ago now ... there really was nothing like growing up in Kansas ...

I grew up in a good farm-house, we owned it outright. Unfortunately after the tornado, we were uninsured and had to rebuild from scratch. They didn't even have "insurance" back then, per se. It took us years to rebuild that old house, really. When they say "there's no place like home," there's always a caveat, or so I've learned.

--Dorothy

Quote: DorothyGale

I read his books as a youth (ok, 30+ years ago ...).

I've read pretty much all his fiction, and some of his non-fiction.

Right now I'm working over the SF works of Larry Niven.

Quote: JerryLogan

If the "OP" isn't, the "OP" wouldn't make such an amateurish move as asking a bunch of unknowns advice on how to run her finances.

Non sequitir.

Quote: thecesspit

Non sequitir.

Yes, it's always very difficult coming to grips with the fact that the point Jerry Logan made was correct in every way.

I like this thread! Not only was the financial part fun, but the title shows up in the forum as "completely inappropriate...(most recent poster)." Fantastic:-)