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A different lottery: your current wage, with inflation, for life.

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by analog, Nov 29, 2012.

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  1. Cayvmann

    Cayvmann Very Tilted

    Location:
    Central North Carolina
    I'd change my career. I get paid well enough, but if I was home, bored with my current salary, I'd probably end up spending it all on toys... As it is, I'm too busy for toys.
     
    Cayvmann, Dec 10, 2012
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  2. frowncircle

    frowncircle New Member

    What about what george orwell said about the lottery.I personally never met a millionare from lotto winnings.
     
    frowncircle, Dec 10, 2012
    #22
  3. martian

    martian Server Monkey Staff Member

    Location:
    Mars
    I make a pretty good income by most standards, but it's not retire at fifty money or anything like that. Doubling my income and continuing to do a job I enjoy sounds like a winning combination to me.

    I might negotiate something with my employer to reduce my workload and maybe go something like part time, though. I'd love to not have to do on call anymore, but that seems improbable; still, getting down to a workload equivalent to three days per week would be nice, and having the extra income would mean I'd be able to use a pay cut as a bargaining chip for something like that.

    Honestly, I don't know for sure how I'd handle it. I'm sure I'd want to continue working, and for the same company I currently work for. My income right now covers all of my needs and most of my saner wants pretty handily, so the extra probably wouldn't make a huge lifestyle difference for me. Maybe I'd do some traveling.
     
    martian, Dec 10, 2012
    #23
  4. kattoes

    kattoes New Member

    Location:
    Southwest
    I never had the time to travel when I was working for "good $".
    Too many hours, too tired when off... and then they got rid of everybody (hook or crook) and now I find I have choices even if I have little to no income.
    What do I want to be when I grow up???
    Retired or tired?
     
    kattoes, Dec 20, 2012
    #24
  5. Craven Morehead

    Craven Morehead Very Tilted

    Location:
    third rock from the sun
    Or, don't grow up kattoes I never did. I just got older.
     
    Craven Morehead, Dec 20, 2012
    #25
  6. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I'm 16, with 20 years of experience.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Dec 20, 2012
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  7. kramus

    kramus what I might see Donor

    Location:
    My Lady's Manor, Toronto
    Back in the day when I was in the workforce I was a bill paying machine trying to keep from sliding further into the pit. No hopes and no room for dreams. I'd have taken the winnings & kept working in order to crawl out from under that soul-eating debt cloud. Nowadays I'm in a completely different place where my work is 98% "other" ie the wind beneath her wings. I would take the cash, throw it into the kitty to ease my Lady's burden a wee bit, & keep doing exactly what I'm doing. Which is enabling my Lady, caring for the younglings & the hound, & making art in the between times. These are the good old days.
     
    kramus, Dec 20, 2012
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  8. kattoes

    kattoes New Member

    Location:
    Southwest
    Well... I went through puberty again at 30.. Grew breasts, an inch taller, one size shoe bigger...So that was like a do over.
    I may be "high mileage" but most of it was freeway and exceeding the speed limit.
     
    kattoes, Dec 20, 2012
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  9. martian

    martian Server Monkey Staff Member

    Location:
    Mars
    Dude, I've met your lady, and seen how you live. As far as I'm concerned you already won the lottery.
     
    martian, Dec 20, 2012
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