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29 June 2018 | 17 replies
The grandkids even know.I guess it was story time tonight, my point....some people ate too many paint chips as children.
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18 July 2018 | 4 replies
This time I thought I had enough of a buffer, but it ate up all of that plus a good amount more.
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10 July 2019 | 17 replies
I drove a 1990 Ford Tempo before and all through law school (2012-2015), split $650 rent with three other guys, ate frozen dinners, and was able to avoid taking out any student loans.
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6 December 2014 | 17 replies
Oh, the dog must have ate it."
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17 September 2017 | 7 replies
Luckily, I am prepared and the reserves are there but it ate all the profit for the year.
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26 April 2017 | 3 replies
There's one strip I was interested in, I watched the restaurant at different times, ate there dinner time.
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28 May 2020 | 3 replies
So I want financial independence so I can afford to take time off for the things I enjoy or that I can survive if something tragic happens and I'm incapable of working.I ate at a small diner last year that was owned by a couple in their 80s.
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27 July 2023 | 1679 replies
Vacancy high taxes, turnover costs, constant repairs ate it up.
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2 April 2019 | 57 replies
I have seen organizations make good real estate deals only then to get ate up with office brats running up the soft cost.
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16 December 2019 | 26 replies
So I had my cake and ate it too so to speak.