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[cwilli26]

cwilli26, your Journey to Debt Freedom article sold me, thanks.

Thanks. We're pretty proud of the journey we've taken and the direction we're going.

I bought the book and it should arrive in a week. Ok that was the second step to freedom my first was admitting I needed help and registering to this website. Thanks again.

You're welcome. The book literally changed our lives. Follow the principles there and yours will too.

PS do you still play poker? One day your grandchildren will make a movie about you.

I do although I haven't played much this year since I was deployed 5+ months in Texas where there are no legal cardrooms. I'm deployed now in Colorado, so the only day I have available to play is Sunday but I've been spending those watching the NFL and NASCAR.

Check out this link if you like discussing poker: http://www.debtfreefanatics.com/thre...ighlight=poker.

[SueandTom]

Tom, my Tom was in the Army- we lived in Fayetteville from '89-'92. It does teach you a great many acronyms, doesn't it?

[Shack4Tom]

Navy here, Anchors Aweigh!
HT1, USS Dixon AS-37, six years and an honorable discharge. The Dixon was home ported in Point Loma Subase San Diego Ca.
Yes more acronyms than I could ever count (most were not nice).

[Shack4Tom]

SueandTom thank you for your service to our country, I know it was a personal sacrifice.

[SueandTom]

More so for Tom than for me, but thank you.

I have a soft spot for the Navy, too, as my dad was in the Navy when I was born... not far from Point Loma.

[Shack4Tom]

32nd street Base in San Diego maybe?
My dad was Navy too, a Shipfitter on the USS Pervis a destroyer home ported in Rhode Island during the Korean Conflict. Oh the stories one especially comes to mind: $45 per month-not much so he started a small slush fund (it got bigger than he could handle). To make a long story short: he came home in 1955 with a pocket full of $$$ and a gold ring from a sailor that couldn't pay his debt with cash. I now wear the ring proudly. Maybe I could use this ring as my profile picture? Do you have a story to share from the Army Footlocker?

[SueandTom]

My birth certificate says National City.

As for stories, I can tell you that the first five times Tom ever went up in an airplane, he had to jump out!

[Shack4Tom]

My son Jacob was born in National City also, Paradise Hospital Jan of 1989. Its a small world. Oh and he bought his first house 3 months ago.

[SueandTom]

[GertieMcFuzz]

My birth certificate says National City.

As for stories, I can tell you that the first five times Tom ever went up in an airplane, he had to jump out!

LOL, the first 5 times my dad went up in a plane (Air Force) he puked... he didn't go for number 6.