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1. 

   38lowell said, about 1 year ago

   Now, it’s only one minute!
2. 

   Dogsniff said, about 1 year ago

   Five bucks will barely get you a red Solo cup these days.
3. 

   M2MM said, about 1 year ago

   His dad is a real spoil sport! :P
4. 

   LX013 said, about 1 year ago

   college, college, college, college…..and college again…….
5. 

   kingofwoohoo said, about 1 year ago

   Hmm… Go buy a Big Mac.
6. 

   Jeffrey Hope said, about 1 year ago

   Sadly, opening a savings account is really all you can do with that anymore.
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   Fiendly Neighbourhood Terrorist said, about 1 year ago

   I remember adverts from my childhood where parents gifted their kids savings certificates for their “happy future” and the kid grinned moronically. The people who invented those ad campaigns never were children, I assume.
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   margueritem said, about 1 year ago

   @38lowell

   It may be only three seconds…
9. 

   Dha Dha said, about 1 year ago

   its very nice Calvin…
10. 

    bluskies said, about 1 year ago

    @Jeffrey Hope

    Have you tried opening a savings account with five bucks lately? You’ll break up the bank.
11. 

    Citizen GROG! said, about 1 year ago

    Calvin in College? I would have pictured Calvin in the first grade until he’s 40.
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    TheSkulker said, about 1 year ago

    @bluskies

    Sadly, I don’t think you can even do that anymore. Now the big banks, (Chase, Wells Fargo, etc) CHARGE you $5 per month if you don’t have a minimum balance in your savings account. Even if you could, why bother for only less than a 1% interest rate.
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    watmiwori said, about 1 year ago

    and if you DO earn any interest – even a measly 1%, the IRAss
    will tax it. Again – having taxed it when you earned and deposited it. Catch 22
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    Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 1 year ago

    the local college here was $235 for 18 credits in 1987. Today it’s over $4000. I doubt very much that the education is 18 or 20 times better than it was…
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    bluskies said, about 1 year ago

    @TheSkulker

    I know this. It’s why I don’t have my money in a bank that charges me to keep my money “safe”. It wasn’t all that long ago that CD’s paid somewhere near 10-15%; that’s history. Now you’re seeing a 1% max when you can find it; mortgages are lower than they’ve been in a long time. the new bread-and-butter for the big guys is credit cards. Checked out those APY’s lately, and what happens to them if your payment arrives a day late? Legal usury.
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