The Sneed blog would like to ask for a moment of silence to honor the late, great Larry "Bud" Melman, who passed away this past Monday. Bud lived every screwball's dream. He was snatched from obscurity and became kind of famous being himself.
(Please stand and remove your hats).
Thank you.
In other news, I have been noticing a brand new Cadilac Escalade in the area where I park at work. A brand new Escalade starts at $55,400, in case you are thinking of getting one for yourself, a loved one or fellow blogger.
This evening as I left work, there were a couple of young people, maybe 22 or 23 years-old in the elevator with me. Based upon their conversation, it appears that they are married to one another. Both work at the very fine call center located upstairs from my office.
Allow me to paint you a picture.
Him, white Yankees cap, turned 135 degrees off front, a white Tommy tee-shirt, baggy jeans and some type of patent leather athletic shoes. Plus one gigantic chain, with an initial "L" on it.
Her, light blue top, opened a bit too far, pants, a bit too tight, way too much jewelry, way too much makeup and way too much perfume. Sort of hoochie chic.
We exited the elevator, I went out the front door, they the back and we met up in the side parking lot. I was getting into the Sneed family junkster and they were climbing into the Escalade.
This much I know about the call center workers. The ones with some seniority make about $12 per hour. That's $2100 per month before taxes and probably about $1750 after. Together, I'm guessing these folks make $3200 to $3400 take home monthly, at most.
If they paid $54000 for this beast, it also cost them a whooping $4375 in sales tax and about $1000 for the plates or $59,375. If I give them the benefit of the doubt and say they paid $9375 down, their monthly payment would be $1000 for 60 month, $850 for 72 months and $750 for 84 months.
It's no wonder people have no savings.
Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky
Tag: Daily Life
Personal Finance
Humor
5 comments:
That escalade probably eats a lot of gas. I'm still toodling around in a little '96er. Hope it lasts another 10 years.
Free eats and drinks at my tangled place today--I'm having a huge party at my blog--I even hired a decent band.
Did ya read the French UFO files yet?
I feel bad that Larrybud died... I feel worse that I maxxed out my credit card to throw a huge blog party.
Especially one that was flooded out.
hey! you have a clock! but it is 3 hours off...slow.
Yeah, but that ride kicks ass!
I saw Larry Bud on what I believe was his first David Letterman appearance doing a horrible standup routine that was hilarious.
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