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Originally posted by Nizmo

when i was 16 i was going out with a 22 year old i didnt go ewww haha!!  

I want my own apartment - ive been thinking about it a lot lately and the urge to get my own "pad" has over taken the urge to do up my car - weird!! I'll buy one if i get the job im going to apply for and save up :P

OMG Niz is going soft !!

Next it will be the settle down , getting married , 2 kids , pink bunny slippers and robe , hair in curlers , fag out of the mouth, kids hanging off one tit......

RESIST the urge , spend your money on the line , it's deserves it.

Ya can't race a house:D

Cheers

Ken

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Originally posted by SHUTO-BOY

hehe i dont like young girls,

its been a long time since i drank..i want one of those beer bags to keep the beer cold

Well I sure as hell hope you don't like young boys Aidwin:D

Cheers

Ken

Originally posted by SHUTO-BOY

hehe i dont like young girls,

its been a long time since i drank..i want one of those beer bags to keep the beer cold

I got a beer bag.

* ohh , what , it's called a beer gut ? *

Cheers

Ken

yeah but im just going to lose money on the line. Buy a pad - makes money - gives me a GTR :P simple as that - then i get another house as present and that gives me yet another house - mo money = more cars. Or i could just waste the measly salary i have now and struggle to buy intercoolers and the stuff i want :)

Nah im not ready for the saggy tits just yet - and i know of no guys that are gonig to hand me nice cars on a platter so it looks like im going to have to work for them!!

Originally posted by 33Spec2

yeah i want 2 move out soon aswwell sum of my friends want me 2 move 2 freo wit em but i think i need 2 go on a holiday first:p

Trust me when I say that the best place to save money is living at home with the parents.

My mum did all my washing and ironing , made tea , bought some of my clothes and still charged sod all for rent.

I was too dumb to realise and moved out when I was 17.

Kept coming back like a bad pizza for 10 more years though.

Cheers

Ken

living outta home was ok - i like my freedom - it was nice to come home to peace n quiet and not mum telling me everyones gossip - she talks incessantly!! Nah must say i really liked it even tho im not a homely nesting person - it was nice to do the housey thing!

Originally posted by Nizmo

yeah but im just going to lose money on the line. Buy a pad - makes money - gives me a GTR :P simple as that - then i get another house as present and that gives me yet another house - mo money = more cars. Or i could just waste the measly salary i have now and struggle to buy intercoolers and the stuff i want :)

Nah im not ready for the saggy tits just yet - and i know of no guys that are gonig to hand me nice cars on a platter so it looks like im going to have to work for them!!

Buy a pad and make money. How ??

You are going into the red globe at the front door business are you ??hehe

Cheers

Ken

Originally posted by Nizmo

living outta home was ok - i like my freedom - it was nice to come home to peace n quiet and not mum telling me everyones gossip - she talks incessantly!! Nah must say i really liked it even tho im not a homely nesting person - it was nice to do the housey thing!

you didn't do a bad job of wielding the oven , dips , cheese platters etc at your party. If that's not the homely thing then what is ?

cheers

Ken

Don't worry been there done that, had the fast car when I was 19, nearly killed myself so many times, got married had kids, drove diesel cars for 10 years, paid the house off, had a rush of shit to the brain, bought a mint R32 GTR never been happier. You just have wait 20 years, in my case

Originally posted by SHUTO-BOY

i bet paul can get a special paul's price at the liquorland near his house haha

yea but drinking a grandma's type Gin and tonic ain't gonna cut it for that man sized Aussie beergut.:P

Cheers

Ken

ones for me - ones to rent out - one i rent out i wont be in debt for cos its one fo the townhouses on a property my dad will eventually be developing - so that will pay off the mortgage on "my pad" - far better than wasting my money on go fast bits :P

Originally posted by gtrgold

Don't worry been there done that, had the fast car when I was 19, nearly killed myself so many times, got married had kids, drove diesel cars for 10 years, paid the house off, had a rush of shit to the brain, bought a mint R32 GTR never been happier. You just have wait 20 years, in my case

Hmmm theres my prob. I didn't wait 20 years. I've always wasted my money on cars. heheh

Cheers

Ken

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