Sorry, my bad - rent MOTORCYCLE... not rent a home. haha
I'd be interested in hearing any recommendations of anything memorable. (still a motorcycle noob, but I'm taking my bike out as often as possible to try and get better... breaking 120km/hr still seems fast to me)
I've had mine up to 150 kph. I was keeping up with some others and would not have chosen to go that fast. The wife was on the back and didn't have a clue of our speed. I ride a Gold Wing. Anyone who tries that on a sports bike is nuts.
I've had mine up to 150 kph. I was keeping up with some others and would not have chosen to go that fast. The wife was on the back and didn't have a clue of our speed. I ride a Gold Wing. Anyone who tries that on a sports bike is nuts.
You have a cruiser right? I have a sport bike... I'm just a wuss. My roommate takes his bike 180km/hr all the time on highways (he has a 636)... I think he's topped out at 220km/hr? I think he said 220-230 starts to scare him.
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I'm fairly sure the sole reason I'm not in the 90k range is because of CalgaryPuck.
You can make $90k if you wanted to. All you need to do is start a coup in your office. Just get the tough looking coworkers on your side and rule like the rooster of chinatown.
I've had mine up to 150 kph. I was keeping up with some others and would not have chosen to go that fast. The wife was on the back and didn't have a clue of our speed. I ride a Gold Wing. Anyone who tries that on a sports bike is nuts.
I topped mine in the summer at 252kph coming back from Canmore. (R6 sportbike)
I graduated from MRC in December 2004, and started articling at a CA firm in Edmonton in January 2005 with a salary of 34,000. I moved back to Calgary in August 2005 with the same firm.
This is my first year over 100,000, but I was over 90,000 in 2009 and 2010.
I passed the UFE in 2008 and received my CA designation in January 2009.
Similar story here. I graduated Uni at 22, started articling with a Big 4 firm, passed the UFE and left after my 3 years were up. I was making over 100K by 25.
I just don't think $100k is as much money in Calgary as some people are making it out to be.
One person I know just signed an offer straight out of school as an EIT for $75,000 base salary. For someone like that (22 year old new grad), I don't think $100k is too ambitious by 30 at all.
You totally don't understand the average wealthy person. People interested in becoming/staying wealthy don't drive luxury imports, don't take fancy vacations, don't live in ritzy houses, etc. Your list actually describes the typical millionaire.
People who lease expensive cars, wear fancy clothes and take expensive vacations are often underachievers of wealth.
I think you totally misunderstand the word FRUGAL as well as a few of the other responders.
I also understand what it takes to be smart with your money. I am able to enjoy many of these luxuries including a great holiday every year and still have enough in savings to ensure that we get to retire at 55. I pick my battles too in order to get ahead.
At the 100 plus income in calgary you can afford both by finding the balance of what you want to spend it on and what you should.
I think we all know human nature and for a province that leads the nation in bankruptcy I find it an incredible coincedince(sp) that this group is well over the statistical average in income and an even bigger coincedince(sp) that they all happen to defy the human average to be a future millionare because they are being frugal.
Oh sure that anonymous poll online about income is sooo true.
You seem to think that a good income means you should spend money unnecessarily and without consideration for the value that you are getting for that money.
You seem to think that there is no value in more expensive things and that it is a waste of money. You also seem to be able to know what I think and how I evaluate my purchases, good work.
I grew up with the lesson if you are going to buy XXX make sure it is a good one so it will last/work better. Sure I can buy a cheaper garden hose for half the cost but the top end one will last me a lifetime but I would have to buy 5 cheap ones in that time.
Go to a store and ask why this item is worth more than the cheap one and sometimes it makes sense.
I just don't think $100k is as much money in Calgary as some people are making it out to be.
One person I know just signed an offer straight out of school as an EIT for $75,000 base salary. For someone like that (22 year old new grad), I don't think $100k is too ambitious by 30 at all.
The 28% here that make over 100K a year should tell the other 72% that make less than 100K a year how little money 100K is.
Yes the whole family dynamics make a huge difference and also how you spend it. A single making say $65000 a year is going to have more free cash than a married person that makes $125000 if they have 3-4 kids and the other spouse stays at home.
I also know people that make upwards of $150000 a year that are mortgaged through the roof and have all kinds of extra crap that are broke all the time. And people making in the 65000 range that know how to handle money and live pretty damn good.
I'm not telling what I made this year - partly cause of certain circumstances I don't even know.
BUT, I used to work as a well site geologist, and I work with many of them now. I regularly sign invoices for these guys for 3 weeks of work at about $20,000. Granted they are staying on the rig during the time they are at work, and work 12 hr shifts, but the life isn't horrible, especially for the pay.
This is the kind of job that guys get if they haven't been able to get a job in the office and still want to work in geology.
I heard mining geologists aren't paid nearly anything, though. I hear only like 50k a year for working in a mining camp.
This is true when I work in the field, doing start-ups and commissioning for oil and gas sites, I make anywhere from $1000 - $1500/day. I am not going to say my exact income but work long hours for my job. I also deal with -45 weather which is coming back. I also live in a hotel always eating out and away from my house, etc. It also makes it tough to plan anything, I am always changing appt's etc because I will get a call on a Thursday saying we need you to fly here on Saturday. So you have to get up and go leaving any plans you made. I could say no, but I don't want to hurt my client relations for when the economy tanks. Even with a slow economy last year in oil and gas I worked over 2400 hours because of my dedication while others I know barely worked because they always say no if it doesn't fit there schedule.
It also makes it tough to have a personal life being a single dad and all because when I am home I am with my son.
So yes money can be made. I also only have a college education, but the sacrifices my personal life take are huge.
Don't even get me started on new grads nowadays. They are some of the laziest and spoiled people I know
You seem to think that there is no value in more expensive things and that it is a waste of money.
Not only does this completely ignore my post, this is absolutely hilarious when followed by your next quote...
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Originally Posted by SeeBass
You also seem to be able to know what I think and how I evaluate my purchases, good work.
You just did the same thing to this entire forum (and once specifically directed at me), what's your problem?
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Originally Posted by SeeBass
I grew up with the lesson if you are going to buy XXX make sure it is a good one so it will last/work better. Sure I can buy a cheaper garden hose for half the cost but the top end one will last me a lifetime but I would have to buy 5 cheap ones in that time.
Go to a store and ask why this item is worth more than the cheap one and sometimes it makes sense.
Wow, really?
You made two MASSIVELY incorrect assumptions. My post talked specifically about value, the word was even bolded. I grew up with the same lesson. I also grew up learning that there's no reason to spend money unnecessarily. For example, I could easily afford to replace every cable in my home theatre system with Monster cables but to do so would not be good value for money, so I won't. I'm not going to buy the +$100 Monster HDMI cable when I know there is no benefit to spending that money over a Monoprice cable, no matter what some silver-tongued salesman says about it. There isn't +$95 more value in a Monster cable.
You assume because some of us want to find a good deal on things that we're either cheap or liars. The answer is that we want good value for our money. Cheap would be buying something we know is unfit for the job, something that won't last.
Not only does this completely ignore my post, this is absolutely hilarious when followed by your next quote...You just did the same thing to this entire forum (and once specifically directed at me), what's your problem?
Wow, really?
You made two MASSIVELY incorrect assumptions. My post talked specifically about value, the word was even bolded. I grew up with the same lesson. I also grew up learning that there's no reason to spend money unnecessarily. For example, I could easily afford to replace every cable in my home theatre system with Monster cables but to do so would not be good value for money, so I won't. I'm not going to buy the +$100 Monster HDMI cable when I know there is no benefit to spending that money over a Monoprice cable, no matter what some silver-tongued salesman says about it. There isn't +$95 more value in a Monster cable.
You assume because some of us want to find a good deal on things that we're either cheap or liars. The answer is that we want good value for our money. Cheap would be buying something we know is unfit for the job, something that won't last.
Here I looked up frugal for you as I didn't use the word cheap.. Our ideas are probably the same you just misinterpreted my meaning. So my point stands either there are a lot of FRUGAL people here or liars
fru·gal
/ˈfrugəl/ Show Spelled[froo-guhl] Show IPA adjective economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks
This seems like an appropriate enough thread to ask this question. My friend is considering getting a degree in Geophysics. I was wondering where a typical geophysicist in the oil industry in Calgary slots in on this poll?
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