[quote=flu][quote=squat300]I’m starting to sympathize with Lance more and more. Look, the guy won. he worked his tail off. He put together an amazing team. Sure he took performance enhancing drugs, but everyone did. he could not compete withoutt hem. Then, basically, people threatened to expose him and bring him down. Essentially that’s blackmail. Small little pathetic people who were afraid of success and greatness. So he did what he had to do.
no excuses![/quote]
If people didn’t idolize athletes to the extent they do they wouldn’t be so let down when they fail as a human. And seriously we all know probably most of them are drugged up. The other ones just haven’t been caught yet.[/quote]
Squat, I hope you’re tongue in cheek, IMHO, Lance is cretin and a epitome of everything gone wrong with a sport culture, right down to the culture on the block at ‘pee wee’ sports with foaming parents and accusations of ‘bounty hunting payments’.
But that’s a separate thread. Back to our current thread. IMHO, UCGal is right on. The house, and medical are the two big ones.
If you track your expenses, back out the house payment, the expenses of going to work and medical and see what discretionary is that you actually spend. Now figure out of that discretionary, how much is enjoyment and experience versus, we’re just too damn tired to cook so let’s go out tonight.
