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queequeger · 09-22-2007, 02:57 PM

Three phases: When I was a very wee tike (almost too young to remember), mom and dad made furniture out of cardboard boxes, and we had a 13" black and white wheelie TV. Mom stayed at home and dad was NCO range enlisted, so not too much cash.

When I was elementary school-age we'd just started to get comfortable middle-middle class. Then dad retired from the AF and started going to school, so we started watching money more. Not as bad as cardboard boxes, but we did stay with my grandparents for a few months, rented their house for super cheap, and then moved into a double wide trailer. It was a nice double wide, but it was a trailer nonetheless.

Finally my dad got his PhD, my mom's 100 person telecommunications company exploded to reach out to most of the midwest and got a promotion (and stocks to include). So like 3 months before I left for college, they built their own house. Now they have a new car, large TV, they jet around the country, take cruises and go skiing/canoing/camping every friggin weekend.

09-22-2007, 02:57 PM	#21
queequeger Hypercharismatic Telepathical Knight Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The armpit of the Universe... Augusta, GA Posts: 365	Three phases: When I was a very wee tike (almost too young to remember), mom and dad made furniture out of cardboard boxes, and we had a 13" black and white wheelie TV. Mom stayed at home and dad was NCO range enlisted, so not too much cash. When I was elementary school-age we'd just started to get comfortable middle-middle class. Then dad retired from the AF and started going to school, so we started watching money more. Not as bad as cardboard boxes, but we did stay with my grandparents for a few months, rented their house for super cheap, and then moved into a double wide trailer. It was a nice double wide, but it was a trailer nonetheless. Finally my dad got his PhD, my mom's 100 person telecommunications company exploded to reach out to most of the midwest and got a promotion (and stocks to include). So like 3 months before I left for college, they built their own house. Now they have a new car, large TV, they jet around the country, take cruises and go skiing/canoing/camping every friggin weekend. __________________ Hoocha, hoocha, hoocha... lobster.