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Patrick

Single male in Ohio born in 1963. I'm "the toyguy" because I work in the toy dept. of a large retail store.

2011 Goals:

- Pay myself back into my savings account the money that I used to pay off my mortgage.
- Put $3000 into a Traditional IRA again.
- Put $1000 into a Roth IRA.
- Add at least $2000 to my Antarctica fund.
- Add $400 to Emergency Fund (At end of 2010 I have $2526 in this fund)
- Put at least some money into my car fund. I have a car fund created at ING with about $25 in it but need to start saving for a future car purchase.
- Go to Scotland for a week in May for a ghost tour and stay a few days in New York city.
- Might have to have another expensive roof repair. Last year or so I had to have half the roof done and was very satisfied. But I think I have to have the rest of the roof done now.
- Take a short trip to New Orleans for Halloween.

2010 Goals:

X- Pay myself back for latest car repair (rear breaks)
X- Add $400 to my E-Fund
(Added $410)
X- Continue putting whatever money I can into IRA fund for 2010 and 2011.
X- Put $3000 into IRA for 2010
X- Have income taxes done before end of March
X- Continue paying at least $100 extra on Principal of my mortgage each month
X- Continue putting whatever extra I can afford into my Travel Fund
X- Have to call Tours of Terror to make arrangements for Ghost Tour in Scotland for next year.
X- Try to take a trip to west Virginia in Spring or early summer.
- Take a short trip to Phoenix Arizona if I can get very low cost tickets. (FAILED. Couldn't get cheap enough airfare)
X- Figure out exactly when I can pay off the rest of my mortgage. It might be this year or the end of next year.

"Lofty" 2010 Goals:

X- Pay off my house completely by November. This one is not so lofty cause I will be paying it off sometime regardless. November will be the absolute earliest though.
(Paid off end of October)
X- Start an Antarctica Fund and save at least $1000 in it. I want to go there someday but its very expensive and my Travel Fund alone will never be able to handle it. (Put in $1200)
- Put at least an extra $1000 into my 2010 IRA than stated above but put it into a Roth instead of a Traditional.
(Failed. Never got around to this one)

2009 Goals:
X- Pay myself back $344 for muffler repairs on my car from December of 08.
X- Add $400 to my E-Fund.
X- Continue saving for a total of $4000 for 2009 IRA.
X- Start saving for total of $3000 for 2010 IRA. (Saved $690)
X- Have my first ever yard sale when the weather starts getting nice this spring.
X- Try to take a real vacation around July or August possibly to Costa Rica.
X- Pay at least $100 extra per month to Mortgage principal. I plan to pay off my mortgage completely before the 20 year mark which is about 3 years from now.

2008 Goals:
- Continue using Quicken to keep my checking and other accounts in order.
- Save at least an additional $400 into my
E-Fund (DONE) which currently has $1,200 in it. My overall goal for E-Fund is $12,000.
- Slowly work on building up a car fund. (VERY SLOWLY)
- Save enough into Travel Fund to take a good vacation in October. (Saved enough money but cannot travel this year)
Save $4000 for 2009 IRA contribution.
- Continue my "Paper (clutter) Challenge"
- More to come as I think it over.

Maybe i'm special

September 20th, 2008 at 05:45 am

OK PROBABLY NOT!

But anyways,I was watching TV at my friends place a couple of weeks ago and there was show simlar to Mythbusters where a group of nerdy looking people were testing various theories. They were sort of like Urban legends and they were testing to see if they were true or not.
Sorry I don't know the name of the show but there are a few similar shows.
Supposdly there is one of these theories that a human can't eat 6 soda crackers in one minute without water. On the show they tried and failed. But they were so close that they said they believe someone could do it.
So the other day I bought some crackers and did the test with my friend. He failed miserably on his first try but almost did it on his second try.
I tried it once and SUCCEEEDED. Yes I am the one that the TV show was talking about when they said they were sure that someone could do it. Thats why maybe I'm special.

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11 Responses to “Maybe i'm special”

Broken Arrow Says:
September 20th, 2008 at 06:42 am 1221892932
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HEHEH, yes, you ARE special!
clubneary Says:
September 20th, 2008 at 12:48 pm 1221914920
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I saw that show! It is on the Food Network and I can't remember the name either. Ted Allen from Queer Eye is the host. I dared my hairdresser and his daughter to try and neither of them managed to do it. It was hysterical to watch them. They mananged to get them all in their mouth but swallowing was a whole other story!
Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
September 20th, 2008 at 03:11 pm 1221923464
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Maybe you are hyper-salivaic. Send them a video of your accomplishment!
ktmarvels Says:
September 20th, 2008 at 03:22 pm 1221924133
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I just happened to see that show too! Congrats on the accomplishment...what was your technique?
gruntina Says:
September 20th, 2008 at 03:35 pm 1221924904
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lol,that is funny! mabye I should try that on my DH.
toyguy1963 Says:
September 20th, 2008 at 05:07 pm 1221930438
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Thanks for the responses. It was a fun experiment.
I didn't really have a technique. I just ate one at a time as fast as I could and stuck the next cracker in my mouth before I was done with each one. Swallowing before the time was up was the hard part. I might just be hyper-salvaic like Joan says which I think is possible.
Ohh and thanks BA for confirming that I am special. LOL.
HouseHopeful Says:
September 20th, 2008 at 11:07 pm 1221952024
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Thats really funny! You should contact the show!
baselle Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 03:50 am 1221969020
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And now for the second act:
Can you chug Listerine from the bottle w/o throwing up?
toyguy1963 Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 04:02 am 1221969730
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Thanks Househopeful and baselle.
I can't really contact the show cause I'm still not even sure what the show was. Thinking about it right now I'm wondering how many people have contacted them to say they did it. LOL. Might be hundreds of special people.
Hmmm, now I don't think I want to try that Listerine challenge. How much do you have to chug and do you swallow it????????
EEEEK
baselle Says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 03:43 am 1222055027
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Heh heh-
Its supposed to be an urban legend that no one has been able to chug (and swallow) Listerine w/o throwing up.

I haven't heard about anyone actually doing it, but I have heard of a practical joke where someone put colored water in a Listerine bottle, chugged it and waited for the audience (who all knew about the legend) to react.
toyguy1963 Says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 04:01 am 1222056075
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Thanks Baselle. I never heard of that before. I think I'll stick with the soda crackers.

Besides I think swollowing very much Listerine probably would kill someone. But their breath would smell wonderful.

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