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re: Is it fair for Auburn fans to view themselves as the opposite of "gumps"?
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:23 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:23 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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He bought a trailer outright, saved about 30k in rent during his time at AU then sold it when he left for 20k more. Walked away with an extra 50,000 by the time he graduated in savings and 80,000 in cash after he sold it. Pretty nice way to graduate and start to work.
Ok so saved 30k in rent. +30k
+ work/savings etc adds to 50k.
Then with the sale of the trailer 80k
but the trailer only sold for 20k.
hmmm. I can show you how 1 + 1 = 1 if you like.
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Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:23 am to TT9
You really think I have an inferioty complex towards Bama?
That is nuts considering how I view Bama as beneath AU in almost every way.
Pretty funny you think that though.
That is nuts considering how I view Bama as beneath AU in almost every way.
Pretty funny you think that though.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:24 am to CheeseburgerEddie
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Ok so saved 30k in rent. +30k + work/savings etc adds to 50k. Then with the sale of the trailer 80k but the trailer only sold for 20k. hmmm. I can show you how 1 + 1 = 1 if you like.
Close, but trailer obviously sold for $80k if he walked away with an extra $80k in cash after selling.
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 7:25 am
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:27 am to CheeseburgerEddie
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Walked away with an extra 50,000 by the time he graduated in savings and 80,000 in cash after he sold it. Pretty nice way to graduate and start to work.
Original statement.
50,000 = 30k saved in rent + 20k profit
80,000 = selling price and money he left college with
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:27 am to CheeseburgerEddie
Why his numbers work:
He didn't say he sold it for 20k, he said he sold it for 20k MORE. So if he bought it for 60, sold it for 80, he made an extra 20k from the sale and 30k from the "rent savings" and had 80k in cash.
Why his numbers don't work:
"Saving" money in rent does not equal real money. If I just bought an Acura for 7k less than the sticker price, that doesn't mean I now have 7 thousand dollars to spend.
Why it doesn't matter:
The story is probably complete bullshite like everything else that TnM claims.
He didn't say he sold it for 20k, he said he sold it for 20k MORE. So if he bought it for 60, sold it for 80, he made an extra 20k from the sale and 30k from the "rent savings" and had 80k in cash.
Why his numbers don't work:
"Saving" money in rent does not equal real money. If I just bought an Acura for 7k less than the sticker price, that doesn't mean I now have 7 thousand dollars to spend.
Why it doesn't matter:
The story is probably complete bullshite like everything else that TnM claims.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:28 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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saved about 30k in rent during his time at AU then sold it when he left for 20k more.
20k more than he bought it for may have been what you were hoping to articulate. 20k more than the amount of rent he saved perhaps.
ETA: I see now.
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 7:30 am
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:30 am to Crimson Legend
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Why it doesn't matter: The story is probably complete bullshite like everything else that TnM claims.
I have posted that same story here about 5 times over the years. It is 100% true.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:30 am to CheeseburgerEddie
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Bama fans in the early Shula years
Any fan that went through the Dubose, fRan, Shula era whether they went to the Capstone or not should get elevated to alumni fan status.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:31 am to CheeseburgerEddie
It's fine. My first post was from my phone so I made it brief. Anyway, enough about my relative and his trailer.
Time for me to get to work and be productive also.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:31 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
The most surprising thing to me is that a used trailer would sell for 80k. Not that I've ever priced one but that sounds utterly ridiculous.
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 9:23 am
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:32 am to MWP
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Any fan that went through the Dubose, fRan, Shula era whether they went to the Capstone or not should get elevated to alumni fan status.
Thanks, I feel the same way. Also the pain of Curry and the Order of the Brick.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:54 am to AHM21
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So you allow the actions of one represent the entire fan base? So because a few Auburn frat boys dressed in black face, it means Auburn University is racist. Fair?
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:55 am to Gus Bus Driver
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LOL at bama fans thinking they are the same as Auburn fans. Youre not. Never have been never will be.
Auburn fans, for the most part, are from the state of Alabama.
Bama fans, for the most part, are as well.
Oh, wait - I guess I'm full of crap.
Fixed it for ya.
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 8:04 am
Posted on 4/3/14 at 8:03 am to parkjas2001
I will always love the anecdotal BS that flows from the mouths and hands of opposing fan bases with absolutely no foundation in reality. "All the people who wear ties that I walk past on my way to work are AU fans" or some other ridiculous concoction formulated within the fevered minds of fans from smaller fanbases as some kind of "justification" for that elitism that are so desperate to hold onto.
No, Auburn fans are not any better than Alabama fans or vice versa. One fan base is LARGER, and therefore will have a greater number of fans that you may or may not find distasteful. That's irrelevant. You, and by you I mean not a dang soul on here, has any inkling what the "majority" of any fan base is, outside of looking at good old fashioned statistics. If, say, 23% of residents in Alabama live in a trailer park, then that means that the best bet is that 23% of Alabama fans in Alabama, 23% of Auburn fans in Alabama, 23% of LSU fans in Alabama, etc - all live in trailer parks.
On a flip side, I will say this:
Quit using "went to the school" as some moronic justification. Every fan base is teeming with people who didn't go to the school, and the more successful, the more likely that number will grow. Are you going to tell me that if you're under the age of 18, you can have a favorite team? Currently enlisted in the military, you can't have a favorite team? Got a scholarship to a different school and went there, or went to a different school because they had a better program in a specific field, that they can't be a fan of said school?
Wow.
No, Auburn fans are not any better than Alabama fans or vice versa. One fan base is LARGER, and therefore will have a greater number of fans that you may or may not find distasteful. That's irrelevant. You, and by you I mean not a dang soul on here, has any inkling what the "majority" of any fan base is, outside of looking at good old fashioned statistics. If, say, 23% of residents in Alabama live in a trailer park, then that means that the best bet is that 23% of Alabama fans in Alabama, 23% of Auburn fans in Alabama, 23% of LSU fans in Alabama, etc - all live in trailer parks.
On a flip side, I will say this:
Quit using "went to the school" as some moronic justification. Every fan base is teeming with people who didn't go to the school, and the more successful, the more likely that number will grow. Are you going to tell me that if you're under the age of 18, you can have a favorite team? Currently enlisted in the military, you can't have a favorite team? Got a scholarship to a different school and went there, or went to a different school because they had a better program in a specific field, that they can't be a fan of said school?
Wow.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 8:08 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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You really think I have an inferioty complex towards Bama?
It couldn't be any clearer
Posted on 4/3/14 at 8:12 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
Your family is trailer trash
Posted on 4/3/14 at 8:13 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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That is nuts considering how I view Bama as beneath AU in almost every way.
You're blinded by your fandom. Some would call it being delusional.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 8:17 am to skrayper
Any school that carries the States name is going to have a problem with sidewalk alumni. Bama fans take it to another level due to the fact that most of their lives they have had to look up when on the ladder of life. The one thing they could beat their chest with was the UAT Football program. Over time they used the football success as an excuse to look down on the part of society that turned their nose to them.
The UA alumni's problem is this false sence of grandeur they have about attending "the University".
The UA alumni's problem is this false sence of grandeur they have about attending "the University".
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 8:18 am
Posted on 4/3/14 at 8:19 am to Irons Puppet
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The UA alumni's problem is this false sence of grandeur they have about attending "the University".
The same way Auburn people are acting in this very thread while referring to Auburn?
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 8:20 am
Posted on 4/3/14 at 8:19 am to Irons Puppet
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The UA alumni's problem is this false sence of grandeur they have about attending "the University"
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