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Girl Moving to Memphis- Where to Live!

Posted 12-30-2013 at 01:06 PM by onestronglady

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I am moving to Memphis sometime in March and I have only been there once! Help!

I am coming from Norfolk, VA and I don't have any experience in Memphis. I will be working near the airport and I found a great gym in Cordova (NBS Fitness) so I want to be reasonably close to both to minimize commute times. I've heard good things about Germantown and Cordova but I've read a lot of mixed reviews on apartments in that area. I'm looking to spend around $800/mo (flexible) for somewhere SAFE.

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Inside the mind of a car salesman: #2 of 5

Posted 12-29-2013 at 01:47 PM by Eddie Wilson

Inside the mind of a car salesman: #2 of 5

. . . won’t have the patience for that . . .

30 minutes into it now.

During the last 30 minutes or so, while you have looked at several cars, I asked you various questions. I'm trying to get you to open up to me and get selected, specific information from you.

My thinking is that my job, at this point, is not to get you pick out a particular car, nor is it to get you close to a particular payment.

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Leasing a New Car: The first thing to think about

Posted 12-29-2013 at 01:43 PM by Eddie Wilson

Leasing a New Car: The first thing to think about

Leasing a new car appears to be a cost-efficient way of acquiring it.

Let me point out one thing: 30 miles a day.

Again: 30 miles a day.

That’s the average daily mileage figure for the once standard 36 month/36 K mile lease. That’s a trip to just about nowhere for most people. The lease offerings are becoming more illusory. There are 24 month/20 K

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Inside the mind of a car salesman: #1 of 5

Posted 12-29-2013 at 01:35 PM by Eddie Wilson

Inside the mind of a car salesman: #1 of 5

. . . buyers are liars . . .

The first ten or so minutes.

I know that you did not see me looking at you as you drove onto my car lot--but I was. I quickly "plate-glassed" you. Based upon that, I wonder what you're going to say to me as well as what I’m going to say to you.

How will our encounter begin? If you and I are going to spend some time together for the next two --maybe three,

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Quality of life in the key of G, second stanza

Posted 12-29-2013 at 12:40 PM by grumptacular
Updated 12-29-2013 at 06:36 PM by grumptacular

If a person possesses certain qualities, do they owe it to themselves to do all they can do to maximize it?

Does not using these qualities cheat you from attaining a desirable quality of life?

I have a set of qualities that I feel make me unique in some ways. But I don't push myself to maximize them as a life discipline. There have been many times through out my life, aside from physical challenges, in which I have changed my goals, pushed myself to achieve them,...

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