Wickers
2004-07-04, 22:34
So I am off getting a few certs this summer. . . and my grandfather had set some money away for me, for when ever I needed it.
Back in 2000, he put four grand into a savings bond. We expected the bond to do well, but it was a high risk investment and the bond dropped to twenty six hundred as of when we cashed it. On top of that, my grandfather needed fifteen hundred to pay off some dept.
I thought that I would be getting well above four grand. . . which would allow me to pay for getting about six certifications, a new iBook (used as a study aid) and a lot left over for whatever I needed.
What I got in the end, was eleven hundred. It covers a few certs (maybe three), and some study guides. . . but that's about it.
Don't get me wrong, I am VERY thankful for the eleven hundred. It could have been worse and my grandfather did not have to do this in the first place. I am just disapointed that the market nearly ate the bond all together.
So no iBook for \/\/ickes. I'll have to save up for one, and seeing how I am living from paycheck to paycheck. . . that's not going to happen anytime soon. I still need a laptop, so if I do end up saving for one, I can see myself getting a used thinkpad and putting Gentoo on it. I mean, if I had the money I would still go for the iBook, but the iBook is to expensive to save for right now.
PS. The iBook/prize thing is still on. . . keep the guesses coming.
;)
Back in 2000, he put four grand into a savings bond. We expected the bond to do well, but it was a high risk investment and the bond dropped to twenty six hundred as of when we cashed it. On top of that, my grandfather needed fifteen hundred to pay off some dept.
I thought that I would be getting well above four grand. . . which would allow me to pay for getting about six certifications, a new iBook (used as a study aid) and a lot left over for whatever I needed.
What I got in the end, was eleven hundred. It covers a few certs (maybe three), and some study guides. . . but that's about it.
Don't get me wrong, I am VERY thankful for the eleven hundred. It could have been worse and my grandfather did not have to do this in the first place. I am just disapointed that the market nearly ate the bond all together.
So no iBook for \/\/ickes. I'll have to save up for one, and seeing how I am living from paycheck to paycheck. . . that's not going to happen anytime soon. I still need a laptop, so if I do end up saving for one, I can see myself getting a used thinkpad and putting Gentoo on it. I mean, if I had the money I would still go for the iBook, but the iBook is to expensive to save for right now.
PS. The iBook/prize thing is still on. . . keep the guesses coming.
;)