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Post by tothehouse on Nov 26, 2007 22:55:27 GMT -6
The last three seasons have been plagued by...well....life.
Winter 2005 - Tranny goes out.
Winter 2006 - Wife's car has something major on it.
Winter 2007 - Well. Today Rudolph decides to play "chicken" with my car and loses. Yes, my Explorer met a buck in the hole and while the buck was trying to run "buck sweep" I did my best Mike Singletary and crushed it. Needless to say my coaching check that was labeled for Christmas gifts is now going towards carcass scraping and extreme front end damage repair.
Anyone else run into similar situations where your coaching check was labeled for something and then LIFE got in the way?
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Post by trojan on Nov 27, 2007 6:58:48 GMT -6
I always imagine the check as "Christmas money," and I cracked a rotor on my car yesterday.
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Post by wingt74 on Nov 27, 2007 8:16:26 GMT -6
I had a kid. That count? Every available penny is going to the best diapers, formula, butt-paste, clothes, onesies, and toys money can buy.
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Post by dubber on Nov 27, 2007 8:29:48 GMT -6
a hit a deer too (er, got engaged)
one ring + that wedding dress she just has to have = I might have enough $ for taco bell..............once
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Post by tothehouse on Nov 27, 2007 9:15:10 GMT -6
Didn't keep the deer. Didn't see it after it ran into me actually. Did notice later that I did have some deer chunks on the front end and some on the door. Made for a nice before lunch snack.
Still waiting for the insurance adjuster. How does this relate to football? Well, coaching for 9 months and then getting $.02 for doing it, then having Rudolph take away any fun I might have had with the $$$. I was going to buy a Wii for my kids for Christmas. Now they'll have to resort to Pong.
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Post by bulldogoption on Nov 27, 2007 9:42:39 GMT -6
I had a kid. That count? Every available penny is going to the best diapers, formula, butt-paste, clothes, onesies, and toys money can buy. AMEN |
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Post by leighty on Nov 27, 2007 9:46:32 GMT -6
Do you guys just get one check, or is your supplement paid out over the months you are coaching football?
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Post by theprez98 on Nov 27, 2007 10:10:02 GMT -6
We have five coaches but only three get paid...I was one of the odd men out, but I knew going into the season that I would be one of the volunteers.
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Post by tothehouse on Nov 27, 2007 10:17:31 GMT -6
Congrat 74. That is awesome. I love spending money (what I have) on my kids. Most schools that I know about in CA pay all at once at the end of the season.
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Post by cmow5 on Nov 27, 2007 10:36:27 GMT -6
wing74, I got some advice for you to save some money. Instead of buying the toys just buy the box the toy cames in. I swear every time my son got a new toy he ended up playing with the box more. O-yeah my check is going to fix my fiance's car. I guess she did not realize that automobiles run alot better with OIL IN THEM!!!!!!  |
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Post by wingt74 on Nov 27, 2007 10:53:39 GMT -6
wing74, I got some advice for you to save some money. Instead of buying the toys just buy the box the toy cames in. I swear every time my son got a new toy he ended up playing with the box more. O-yeah my check is going to fix my fiance's car. I guess she did not realize that automobiles run alot better with OIL IN THEM!!!!!! My living room is full of toys. At any given time during the day, my son can be seen playing with the vent on the wall. He's probably going to be a DLineman |
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Post by Coach Goodnight on Nov 27, 2007 11:10:59 GMT -6
Here in oklahoma if you are a teacher/coach your money (or at least mine was) is incorporated into your check over the school year
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 27, 2007 11:36:35 GMT -6
here in CA we get it at the end of the season, the other paid coaches use their money for x mas, im only 19 with no kids (thank god) so i wont use it for that. I was a volunteer last year and this is my first year as a paid coach so i still havent really figured what ill use my money for. Ill probably save some for clinics and some DVDs
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Post by biggroff on Nov 27, 2007 12:46:04 GMT -6
I coach at a private school. The school is so thight that I think I might be paying THEM to coach!
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Post by coachbw on Nov 27, 2007 13:21:50 GMT -6
2005 - I used my check for a big screen, Bose surround sound system, a couple of playstation games and a new laptop.
2006 - I used my check to by an engagement ring
2007 - I spent my check this weekend for a new washer and dryer.
I really don't like the pattern that I see developing here!
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Post by coachjd on Nov 27, 2007 13:59:24 GMT -6
BW, I feel our pain. It was funny how I ended up in Sears the day we got our coaching checks. 1700.00 later I have a new washer and dryer in my basement.
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Post by bhb on Nov 27, 2007 14:07:15 GMT -6
I was going to buy a Wii for my kids
[glow=red,2,300]LIAR!!!!![/glow]ROFLMAO... Truer words have never been spoken.. I had a nasty addiction to "my kids" Wii system.. It's just too fun- I realized I had a problem when I hurt my shoulder diving all over the furniture..LOL.. True story.. I think I've got it under control now though- yeah right.. ;-) |
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Post by fbdoc on Nov 27, 2007 14:26:46 GMT -6
2 checks - one in October, the other at the end of the season. ALWAYS spent before the season is over. 2 kids in college, the other is a senior at our HS. My wife is the head XC coach and BOTH of our stipends go to the inevitable "bills" which over the past few years have included... College tuition Tranny for my daughter's car Repair damage when son wrecked our car New dryer Tires for the mini-van This year my wife and I presented a total of 9 seminars at ACSI conference in Orlando - made a cool $900 that we thought would make a "nice" Christmas ... until our youngest daughter reminded us we promised her a laptop if she got a 30+ on her ACT - got a 32! so guess where that money is going! Am I proud of my daughter, ;D Watching that money go elsewhere...  |
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Post by tothehouse on Nov 27, 2007 14:27:09 GMT -6
I don't think my wife knows what she is getting into. She says, "it will be fun for the kids". In the same sentence she says, "well...we'll have to open it up a few days before to make sure we know how to use it before the boys get their hands on it". I said, "I love you".
I might not know what I'm getting myself into. I suckered my wife into letting us get a gardner/weedwhacker guy to come in the winter months. SHE BOUGHT INTO IT. I guess that means more Wii time and....more time to watch Gameplan games she let me purchase. Gosh, I'm diggin my wife right now.
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Post by tothehouse on Nov 27, 2007 14:58:50 GMT -6
DC - No kidding. My wife says, "I heard that Tigers Woods game is awesome". She has never enjoyed video games. I think I'm going to let her get into it and the leverage that against something I want to do. GENIUS!!! Thanks for the info.
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Post by kboyd on Nov 27, 2007 15:58:13 GMT -6
What's a coaching check? No $ for me or most coaches at the HS level in Canada. I was paid the first year that I coached when I was in North Dakota but the last 14 years have been all volunteer. Oh well, if nothing else I have a huge wardrobe of coaching clothes amassed.
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Post by revtaz on Nov 28, 2007 10:18:45 GMT -6
Entire thing going to...
the wedding
Taz
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Post by superpower on Nov 28, 2007 10:27:16 GMT -6
Here in oklahoma if you are a teacher/coach your money (or at least mine was) is incorporated into your check over the school year Mine is also incorporated into my teaching checks, which are automatically deposited into my checking account so that my wife can start writing checks ASAP. ;D |
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Post by knighter on Nov 28, 2007 11:57:45 GMT -6
Money for coaching? Not sure, as like Greg it is in my check that get auto deposited in the bank...I have worked for the last 8 years (as long as I have been married) and not sure I have ever known exactly what my money (if I get any) goes to. Wife is good at hidning the checkbook.
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Post by olinecoach61 on Nov 28, 2007 12:31:38 GMT -6
I bought a 42 inch LCD flat screen.. The Jets still stink in high def.
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Post by wrmiller13 on Nov 28, 2007 13:24:54 GMT -6
tothehouse - I want to know WHERE you are going to get a Wii, unless it is paying extra on ebay.
I have the same idea (if any is left over after 8 tires for the 2 family vehicles) but I cannot find one anywhere.
Every place I call, it is the same story - "we get a few in once a week and we are never sure which days and no you cannot reserve one"
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Post by k on Nov 28, 2007 13:40:04 GMT -6
$5,000 / $512.89 = almost 10 months of student loan checks.
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Post by tothehouse on Nov 28, 2007 14:07:42 GMT -6
Coach Miller. The Wii has been purchased. About a month ago we got it. My wife called Bestbuy and the lady said a shipment was coming in the next day (we live 50 minutes from the nearest mall, or place with a chain store). My wife drives down and picks up one of the last ones. Now we are figuring out all the accessories to buy.
My suggestion to Nintendo.... Wii Madden!!! Have controllers for your hands. Pick your player and let you shed blocks, knock down receivers, intercept balls, stiff arm people......that would be pretty darn awesome.
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Post by brophy on Nov 28, 2007 14:11:43 GMT -6
Coach Miller. The Wii has been purchased. About a month ago we got it. My wife called Bestbuy and the lady said a shipment was coming in the next day (we live 50 minutes from the nearest mall, or place with a chain store). My wife drives down and picks up one of the last ones. Now we are figuring out all the accessories to buy. My suggestion to Nintendo.... Wii Madden!!! Have controllers for your hands. Pick your player and let you shed blocks, knock down receivers, intercept balls, stiff arm people......that would be pretty darn awesome. dude, Madden Wii |
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Post by tothehouse on Nov 28, 2007 15:24:11 GMT -6
Irreconcilable Difference is what the papers will say....
"But why" people will ask.
"Madden Wii" I'll say.
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