25 years old and deep in debt

[merithyn]

If anybody wants my old food stretching tips,just ask.

To make potted meat more...palatable, stir in some Miracle Whip. It helps.

And relish, too.

We called it Ham Loaf.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, the crunchy relish you can use for tuna fish sammiches is perfect for that.

Damn, I'd go to the grocery store and buy some of that, if it wasn't for the fact they're like little Bouncing Betties of sodium.  *SPROING* HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS! MEDIC!

[Ed Anger]

Speaking of sodium bombs, I fed the twins Ramen noodles a bit back. Only used half a packet of the "seasoning" packet.

When the wife found out, SHE FREAKED THE FUCK OUT about the salt. BUT I ONLY SPENT TEN CENTS YOU BITCH.

[PDH]

It's good for them.  What doesn't kill them only weakens them a bit.

[Ed Anger]

It's good for them.  What doesn't kill them only weakens them a bit.

I'm also feeding them arsenic so they can't be poisoned by thier rivals.

[mongers]

It's good for them.  What doesn't kill them only weakens them a bit.

I'm also feeding them arsenic so they can't be poisoned by thier rivals.

This is what some women have been metaphorically doing to me for years; it might well be working as I'm building up a considerable immunity to most of them by now.   

[Phillip V]

Data Crunchers Now the Cool Kids on Campus

'The explosive growth in data available to businesses and researchers has brought a surge in demand for people able to interpret and apply the vast new swaths of information, from the analysis of high-resolution medical images to improving the results of Internet search engines.'

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323478304578332850293360468.html

[DGuller]

AP Statistics. Never has a more useless and counter-productive class been offered.

[garbon]

I took one stats class in college as it was required. Each week there was an open book/note quiz instead of a final/midterm. Teacher posted detailed notes online day before quiz. I went to class once a week for the quiz.

[Phillip V]

Parent Trap

"Diana Jackson had no student debt when she got her Bachelor's degree from Miami University in Ohio in 1982. But when her daughter graduated from the school in 2011, Ms. Jackson was stuck with about $33,000 in parent loans.

The 51-year-old now faces a monthly payment of nearly $800."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324532004578362290396501134.html

[Zanza]

Ms. Jackson was stuck with about $33,000 in parent loans.

The 51-year-old now faces a monthly payment of nearly $800.

"I'm now looking at being in my mid-70s before I get that paid off," says Ms. Jackson, an adjunct professor at a community college in Columbus, Ohio.

If she pays $800 a month for another 24 years, that's $230,400. Either the interest rate on that parent loan is unbelievably high or she can't calculate.

[Ideologue]

Yeah, parental cosigning is the worst.  You can't even suicide out of that.  Well, I guess if the whole fam went.

I don't even know why parents cosign though, given the basically unlimited amount of fedloan money.

[merithyn]

Ms. Jackson was stuck with about $33,000 in parent loans.

The 51-year-old now faces a monthly payment of nearly $800.

"I'm now looking at being in my mid-70s before I get that paid off," says Ms. Jackson, an adjunct professor at a community college in Columbus, Ohio.

If she pays $800 a month for another 24 years, that's $230,400. Either the interest rate on that parent loan is unbelievably high or she can't calculate.

I doubt she'll be paying $800 a month, which means that she'll take a lot longer to pay the debt.

[Admiral Yi]

Then it's not accurate to say she faces a monthly payment of $800.

[merithyn]

Then it's not accurate to say she faces a monthly payment of $800.

That may be the highest amount due, unless she can show cause on why it should be lower.