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tater · 03-01-2003, 11:04 PM

just kind of wondering what everone does 4 a living and how they deal with suporting there rides? I am really strugaling to get any thing here lately. Just looking for some idea on how to
get my car going again. oh and if anyone noticed I have no idea how to spell strugaling I hope that at least close lol!

thanks
tater

thelinja · 03-01-2003, 11:09 PM

I'm a full time college student who raps for change on the weekends. In the summer I work for Houghton Mifflin Book Co. You were fairly close, it's struggling.

btw, this is OT.

king_johnthegreat · 03-01-2003, 11:11 PM

I sell 240sx turbo kits to make a living; and really love the fact that now, I don't have to make so much because I save much more paying wholesale

John

tater · 03-01-2003, 11:16 PM

can anyone tell me what that thing is next to the envolop (told ya i cant spell) thanks

96SEChick · 03-01-2003, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tater
can anyone tell me what that thing is next to the envolop (told ya i cant spell) thanks

Whatcha talkin about Willis?

tater · 03-01-2003, 11:21 PM

on the chat page there is something on the left of the screen

96SEChick · 03-02-2003, 12:16 AM

The little blue envelopes? If there's a white thingy sticking (I think it's a piece of paper) out of it, it means there are new posts in that thread since you're last visit to that particular thread. If there is no white thingy, then there are no new posts since your last visit. If there are little lines (I think there are 5) around the top of the blue envelope, it means it's a "Hot Topic"--more than a certain number of views or posts brings that up.

jerzee · 03-02-2003, 01:17 PM

im a college student also who works at a video store for minimum wage cuz no one else wants to hire me and im still trying to save for my 240....

WaKeMaN · 03-02-2003, 03:17 PM

I'm actually a grad student... going for my Ph.D. in Chemistry...
So it'll be at least four more years before I get to do what I want to my 240...

I'm so broke I have to buy generic ramen noodles...

...ughhh...

MorganS13 · 03-02-2003, 03:19 PM

i'm a worthless college student with no job... no one around here is hiring, i've applied to at least 8 different places with nothing

Apparition · 03-02-2003, 09:49 PM

University student, and I can't even make enough money in the summer to pay tuition.

Seems like most college/uni students are having problems making ends meet. Good ol debt.

dorifto240 · 03-03-2003, 12:43 AM

Im currently taking a year off before I go to tech. school next year and I work at a video-game store full-time...... fun stuff

AKADriver · 03-03-2003, 12:46 AM

Here's one for ya:

I'm a software engineer for a government contractor. I live comfortably.

And I probably have the STOCKEST (is that a word?) 240SX here

Original OEM shocks even...

I could splurge and mod the car, but I'm saving to go back and get my MSEE. Thinking of selling a car even (don't worry, the GTI...)

**Phlip** · 03-03-2003, 07:42 AM

Full time student, Aviation Systems Technologies eats away at 30 hours of my week (6 hours a day) and I work for AT&T wireless in customer care for another 40 of the week to pay for the stuff I break on the weekends, but the car is paid for...

christopher · 03-03-2003, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by thelinja
I'm a full time college student who raps for change on the weekends. In the summer I work for Houghton Mifflin Book Co. You were fairly close, it's struggling.
btw, this is OT.

Ha, I knew I wasn't the only rapper driving one of these. I rap for a living, and I am living, barely.

I pay for my 240 habit with money that I make from shows and if I really need something done, I swallow my pride and go to one of those ghetto daily work daily pay places. Minimum wage is not a definition they are familiar with. Oh, I also sell beats for money. Thelinja, got beats?

Zemus · 03-03-2003, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 96SEChick
Whatcha talkin about Willis?

AHAH my last name is willis, you have no idea how often i get that.

Well i work at Fedex as a lowley truck loaded making 9.50, granted im still in Highschool and am going to go to college soon. But i pays the bills, even thought its hard work.

Dousan_PG · 03-03-2003, 01:57 PM

desk job phone compnay
great paycheck
car getting to point i enjoy it ALOT and no need to spend so much $_$ on it

going great

Thurazor · 03-04-2003, 02:36 AM

I unload trucks at Wal-Mart. I actually get paid very well and time goes by quick because I'm constantly working. The only downside is you gotta work shirtless in the Summer or you drench your shirts in sweat.

RedSuns · 03-04-2003, 02:45 AM

i get payed 30K a year to sit on zilvia and freashalloy.......

Dunkee · 03-04-2003, 06:44 AM

Me too. Monday thru Friday...it's hard work!

Titan · 03-04-2003, 07:22 AM

High school student here. I work for a painting contractor over the weekends. Soon to be in university, that'll eat up alot of money and time.

the head · 03-04-2003, 02:30 PM

college student work summers and sell **** during school to pay for car habit. ie parts from cars, blood plasma ($200 per month), i wish we had a sperm bank up here i would rake in mad cash anyone else know of easy ways to pick up cash??

b_dyche · 03-04-2003, 02:42 PM

Until I leave for Navy Bootcamp I work for JC Penney in the Cascade Mall... pay is pretty good, + benefits, + paid time off, + decent discount... life is pretty good... not complaining anyway, 18 (almost 19) with my own apartment, 2 cars, and almost 0 debt...

During the summers I work my @$$ off driving tractors & bucking hay during my time off (and I usually put my regular job on the back-burner during summer - work 2-3 days a week and work hay the rest of the time)...

I was going to college (SVC - community college, baby!) but I finished there and don't want to spend the $$$ for university, so I'm just chillin' until I ship out in June...

whateverjames · 03-04-2003, 03:35 PM

I scan medical records then sort them by date on a computer. Nothing more frustrating then sorting a 600 page medical record, then you have to put the pages into 3 subcategories; office notes, labs, diagnostics. And if I don't do that job, I'm in the call center making calls to doctors' offices and hospitals to obtain the records. Boring job. I need to move on.

96SEChick · 03-04-2003, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by whateverjames
I scan medical records then sort them by date on a computer. Nothing more frustrating then sorting a 600 page medical record, then you have to put the pages into 3 subcategories; office notes, labs, diagnostics. And if I don't do that job, I'm in the call center making calls to doctors' offices and hospitals to obtain the records. Boring job. I need to move on.

I'd think you would get paid pretty decent for that though. Most medical records jobs pay pretty well here in Tulsa.

tater · 03-04-2003, 09:12 PM

well If any one is wondering. I am an upolsterer for a aircraft company here in Cahokia. I am currently making 12.50hr and tring to pay my house note and all the other bills. Word of advice children rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr expensive!!! I am married 1 kid and 1 an the way. how would u like to be doing this at 22? any I pay for my car by floor laying on the side. times are r tight, that is why I started this thread. so lol to everyone. and good luck!!
tater

96SEChick · 03-04-2003, 09:25 PM

I work for Enterprise RentaCar. I have for 1.5 years now. I graduated college May '01 w/ a degree in Computer Graphics. When I started college in '94, that field was BOOMING in Tulsa. I knew I could do well financially and emotionally enjoy the hell out of it. I wound up taking the 7-year-plan to college, and was sooo lucky to find a job starting the week after graduation in the field--not doing the computer work, but proofing before it went to press (it was a decal/sticker design company). Of course, I quit m current job w/ no notice (told the boss he could go fock himself 'cause he was a total jerkoff). The problem was: I was hired during the busy season, and w/in 2 months, the large jobs (like Sony and Pennzoil and Mobil 1) were being finished and they started cutting hours. I was only getting paid $9/hr w/ no overtime to begin with. I had just bought my car a few months before, had school loans to pay, and my rent/bills. I was barely scraping by--borrowing sometimes up to $200/month from my bf.

There were no graphics jobs available at this time!! The only ones that were open, required 5 years or more ON THE JOB experience!! What the hell! I had a decent portfolio at the time, so I submitted resumes & CD's, but I never got a single phone call back because I didn't have the required years of experience. So, it was either get a job not related to my degree, or sell my car. Selling the car was NOT an option!!

So, Chris worked for ERAC, and said they were hiring. I got hired immediately with my previous sales and customer service experience. The pay is only like $8.71/hr, but we work over 50 hrs/week, so the overtime rocks! I still need more money/month, but I'm still slimming down on some misc expenses. My car repairs have taken a decent chunk out of whatever extra I've had from paychecks, so that's why I haven't modded the car yet. Hopefully, I'll find a better paying job w/in my degree, or get promoted & make $400/month more than I am right now.

The economy sucks ass!!!

tater · 03-04-2003, 09:40 PM

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[QUOTE} THE ECONOMEY SUCKS

[/QUOTE]
SORRY ABOUT SPELLING. ANYWAY THIS STATEMENT IS 100% TRUE WHAT 1000%

whateverjames · 03-04-2003, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 96SEChick
I'd think you would get paid pretty decent for that though. Most medical records jobs pay pretty well here in Tulsa.

Well I need to move to Tulsa then. haha. What's the starting pay? Just wondering.

Quote:

Originally posted by 96SEChick
I was barely scraping by--borrowing sometimes up to $200/month from my bf.

DarkRaptor42 · 03-05-2003, 10:59 AM

Im a FULL TIME College student with a part time pizza delivery job. Hey dont knock it. I bring home $20-30 in untaxable income everyday

Thats how I get by day to day, the pay checks pay for the car, slowly but surly. I just wish my manifold would get out of the shop.

The jobs hell on my escort though. And schools hell on my mind.

03-01-2003, 11:04 PM	#1
tater Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 21 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	$$$$$$$money anyone just kind of wondering what everone does 4 a living and how they deal with suporting there rides? I am really strugaling to get any thing here lately. Just looking for some idea on how to get my car going again. oh and if anyone noticed I have no idea how to spell strugaling I hope that at least close lol! thanks tater Last edited by tater; 03-01-2003 at 11:47 PM..

03-02-2003, 12:16 AM	#7
96SEChick Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Age: 47 Posts: 1,814 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	The little blue envelopes? If there's a white thingy sticking (I think it's a piece of paper) out of it, it means there are new posts in that thread since you're last visit to that particular thread. If there is no white thingy, then there are no new posts since your last visit. If there are little lines (I think there are 5) around the top of the blue envelope, it means it's a "Hot Topic"--more than a certain number of views or posts brings that up. __________________ Lauren '91 300ZX TT Ultra Red 5-speed - JWT POPCharger, JUN flywheel, ACT clutch, Energy Suspension Bushings, Tokico Blues - dyno'ed 295hp/306tq '94 300ZX TT Black Emerald Pearl 5-speed - JWT POPCharger, JWT ECU w/ Stillen chip, Stillen exhaust, Tokico Blues, Eibach ProKits, 18" Enkei RP-01 wheels - dyno'ed 333hp/385tq '00 WS6 Trans Am Bright Red 6-speedFOR SALE - only 29k miles, stock, fully loaded, only $23,999 (NADA $26300) Green Country Motorsports Northeastern Oklahoma SCCA

03-02-2003, 01:17 PM	#8
jerzee Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Jersey Age: 40 Posts: 16 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	im a college student also who works at a video store for minimum wage cuz no one else wants to hire me and im still trying to save for my 240.... __________________

03-02-2003, 03:17 PM	#9
WaKeMaN Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts Age: 43 Posts: 104 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I'm actually a grad student... going for my Ph.D. in Chemistry... So it'll be at least four more years before I get to do what I want to my 240... I'm so broke I have to buy generic ramen noodles... ...ughhh... __________________ Previous Car: 1994 Z28 Current Car: 1997 240SX SE 5sp (OBX FSTB, N1 Dual, pondering Greddy Turbo Kit...) I'm just another one of the ever growing list of V8 defectors.

03-02-2003, 09:49 PM	#11
Apparition Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ontario Posts: 439 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	University student, and I can't even make enough money in the summer to pay tuition. Seems like most college/uni students are having problems making ends meet. Good ol debt. __________________ 1990 240sx coupe sold

03-01-2003, 11:09 PM	#2
thelinja Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,466 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: thelinja Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I'm a full time college student who raps for change on the weekends. In the summer I work for Houghton Mifflin Book Co. You were fairly close, it's struggling. btw, this is OT.

03-01-2003, 11:11 PM	#3
king_johnthegreat Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Age: 45 Posts: 26 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I sell 240sx turbo kits to make a living; and really love the fact that now, I don't have to make so much because I save much more paying wholesale John

03-01-2003, 11:16 PM	#4
tater Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 21 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	can anyone tell me what that thing is next to the envolop (told ya i cant spell) thanks

03-01-2003, 11:21 PM	#6
tater Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 21 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	on the chat page there is something on the left of the screen

03-02-2003, 03:19 PM	#10
MorganS13 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 707 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i'm a worthless college student with no job... no one around here is hiring, i've applied to at least 8 different places with nothing

03-03-2003, 12:43 AM	#12
dorifto240 Leaky Injector Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Mt. Vernon, WA Age: 39 Posts: 72 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Im currently taking a year off before I go to tech. school next year and I work at a video-game store full-time...... fun stuff __________________ "Booyah!" -Chuck Norris

03-03-2003, 12:46 AM	#13
AKADriver Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Springfield, VA Age: 42 Posts: 3,475 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Here's one for ya: I'm a software engineer for a government contractor. I live comfortably. And I probably have the STOCKEST (is that a word?) 240SX here Original OEM shocks even... I could splurge and mod the car, but I'm saving to go back and get my MSEE. Thinking of selling a car even (don't worry, the GTI...)

03-03-2003, 07:42 AM	#14
Phlip Yes, I look like that Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In my supervillain's lair Posts: 27,975 Trader Rating: (19) Rides Gallery: Phlip Feedback Score: 19 reviews	Full time student, Aviation Systems Technologies eats away at 30 hours of my week (6 hours a day) and I work for AT&T wireless in customer care for another 40 of the week to pay for the stuff I break on the weekends, but the car is paid for... __________________ Weirdo And I write too!

03-03-2003, 01:57 PM	#17
Dousan_PG Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orange County, California Age: 45 Posts: 16,640 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: Dousan_PG Feedback Score: 23 reviews	desk job phone compnay great paycheck car getting to point i enjoy it ALOT and no need to spend so much $_$ on it going great __________________ Aaron Pink GodziRa www.geocities.com/pink_godzira

03-04-2003, 02:36 AM	#18
Thurazor Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rockland, ME Age: 41 Posts: 181 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I unload trucks at Wal-Mart. I actually get paid very well and time goes by quick because I'm constantly working. The only downside is you gotta work shirtless in the Summer or you drench your shirts in sweat. __________________ - Jared Edwards 3S Hybrid [img]too.big.jpg[/img] "Mandies, sandies, peppermint candies, we do it right and we drink a lot of antifreeze." - Group X

03-04-2003, 02:45 AM	#19
RedSuns Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Northern VA Age: 42 Posts: 1,865 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i get payed 30K a year to sit on zilvia and freashalloy....... __________________ Johnathan 2005 Titan 1996 240SX 1991 240SX 1974 260Z 1996 Honda CBR 600 F3

03-04-2003, 06:44 AM	#20
Dunkee Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NJ Age: 45 Posts: 848 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Me too. Monday thru Friday...it's hard work! __________________ 96 SE http://www.cardomain.com/ride/255381

03-04-2003, 07:22 AM	#21
Titan Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 421 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	High school student here. I work for a painting contractor over the weekends. Soon to be in university, that'll eat up alot of money and time. __________________ Sleep Doesn't Drink Beer

03-04-2003, 02:30 PM	#22
the head Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: in a dark room mastering the art of typing with one hand Posts: 2,164 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	college student work summers and sell **** during school to pay for car habit. ie parts from cars, blood plasma ($200 per month), i wish we had a sperm bank up here i would rake in mad cash anyone else know of easy ways to pick up cash??

03-04-2003, 02:42 PM	#23
b_dyche Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mt. Vernon, WA Age: 39 Posts: 36 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Until I leave for Navy Bootcamp I work for JC Penney in the Cascade Mall... pay is pretty good, + benefits, + paid time off, + decent discount... life is pretty good... not complaining anyway, 18 (almost 19) with my own apartment, 2 cars, and almost 0 debt... During the summers I work my @$$ off driving tractors & bucking hay during my time off (and I usually put my regular job on the back-burner during summer - work 2-3 days a week and work hay the rest of the time)... I was going to college (SVC - community college, baby!) but I finished there and don't want to spend the $$$ for university, so I'm just chillin' until I ship out in June... __________________

03-04-2003, 03:35 PM	#24
whateverjames Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis Age: 44 Posts: 2,263 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I scan medical records then sort them by date on a computer. Nothing more frustrating then sorting a 600 page medical record, then you have to put the pages into 3 subcategories; office notes, labs, diagnostics. And if I don't do that job, I'm in the call center making calls to doctors' offices and hospitals to obtain the records. Boring job. I need to move on. __________________ 02 Blazer X - 90 240SX w/SR oh noes

03-04-2003, 09:12 PM	#26
tater Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 21 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	money well If any one is wondering. I am an upolsterer for a aircraft company here in Cahokia. I am currently making 12.50hr and tring to pay my house note and all the other bills. Word of advice children rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr expensive!!! I am married 1 kid and 1 an the way. how would u like to be doing this at 22? any I pay for my car by floor laying on the side. times are r tight, that is why I started this thread. so lol to everyone. and good luck!! tater

03-04-2003, 09:25 PM	#27
96SEChick Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Age: 47 Posts: 1,814 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I work for Enterprise RentaCar. I have for 1.5 years now. I graduated college May '01 w/ a degree in Computer Graphics. When I started college in '94, that field was BOOMING in Tulsa. I knew I could do well financially and emotionally enjoy the hell out of it. I wound up taking the 7-year-plan to college, and was sooo lucky to find a job starting the week after graduation in the field--not doing the computer work, but proofing before it went to press (it was a decal/sticker design company). Of course, I quit m current job w/ no notice (told the boss he could go fock himself 'cause he was a total jerkoff). The problem was: I was hired during the busy season, and w/in 2 months, the large jobs (like Sony and Pennzoil and Mobil 1) were being finished and they started cutting hours. I was only getting paid $9/hr w/ no overtime to begin with. I had just bought my car a few months before, had school loans to pay, and my rent/bills. I was barely scraping by--borrowing sometimes up to $200/month from my bf. There were no graphics jobs available at this time!! The only ones that were open, required 5 years or more ON THE JOB experience!! What the hell! I had a decent portfolio at the time, so I submitted resumes & CD's, but I never got a single phone call back because I didn't have the required years of experience. So, it was either get a job not related to my degree, or sell my car. Selling the car was NOT an option!! So, Chris worked for ERAC, and said they were hiring. I got hired immediately with my previous sales and customer service experience. The pay is only like $8.71/hr, but we work over 50 hrs/week, so the overtime rocks! I still need more money/month, but I'm still slimming down on some misc expenses. My car repairs have taken a decent chunk out of whatever extra I've had from paychecks, so that's why I haven't modded the car yet. Hopefully, I'll find a better paying job w/in my degree, or get promoted & make $400/month more than I am right now. The economy sucks ass!!! __________________ Lauren '91 300ZX TT Ultra Red 5-speed - JWT POPCharger, JUN flywheel, ACT clutch, Energy Suspension Bushings, Tokico Blues - dyno'ed 295hp/306tq '94 300ZX TT Black Emerald Pearl 5-speed - JWT POPCharger, JWT ECU w/ Stillen chip, Stillen exhaust, Tokico Blues, Eibach ProKits, 18" Enkei RP-01 wheels - dyno'ed 333hp/385tq '00 WS6 Trans Am Bright Red 6-speedFOR SALE - only 29k miles, stock, fully loaded, only $23,999 (NADA $26300) Green Country Motorsports Northeastern Oklahoma SCCA

03-05-2003, 10:59 AM	#30
DarkRaptor42 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Lodi CA Age: 40 Posts: 542 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Im a FULL TIME College student with a part time pizza delivery job. Hey dont knock it. I bring home $20-30 in untaxable income everyday Thats how I get by day to day, the pay checks pay for the car, slowly but surly. I just wish my manifold would get out of the shop. The jobs hell on my escort though. And schools hell on my mind. __________________ 04 WRX STi 90 Sil- Camino R.I.P. AE86 20v MS R.I.P. KA-T www.209forums.com