anybody here legitimately poor or have some poor stories?

[wildcat_husker]

In college I drank keystone and rarely put more than $10 worth of gas in my car. There were numerous times my account would hit $0.

 

[Havoc34]

my Father in Law lives in a million dollar home on an island in Columbus Nebraska (Christopher's Cove)

he was born in Nyasaland, British Empire. (when he was 4 years old they got independence and became the country of "Malawi")

first pic he is 5 years old

Dropped out of school in 4th grade to work full time


next pic is him at the age of 36, owns a factory and ranch in Africa and owns a sugar cane and Mango plantation in India

moved to the USA, bought shit hole hotels and worked 24/7 on making them a success (literally would buy a new hotel, move there and live at the hotel working 24 hours a day everyday with my mother in law)


we have forced him to sort of retire but he is a Type A micro-managing never stop moving guy.... probably still works 60 hours a week



Hungry Dogs Run Faster











PS: smokes a pack of Marlboro Golds a day, drives a Silverado 2500 and is a YUGE Trump guy. If you see a 5'6 Indian guy wearing a MAGA hat while he smokes a cig filling up with gas... thats my FIL. @Woodrow F Call as my witness

JFC, I want his autograph. That man is a fucking boss

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

In college I drank keystone and rarely put more than $10 worth of gas in my car. There were numerous times my account would hit $0.

Didn’t everyone drink keystone in college

 

[wildcat_husker]

Didn’t everyone drink keystone in college

Not them got damn frat boyz

 

[Walter Sobchak]

My old man sold meth while jobless after my mom left then got hooked on it himself (surprise surprise🙄) so from age 11-14 my lil sister and I lived off of food baskets from the food bank and churches. I'll never eat spam, instant potatoes, cream corn, or knock off American cheese slices again. Did learn to get creative with Ramen, eggs, hot sauce, leftover chicken and veggies tho. Also learned how to climb a telephone pole at 1am to hook up cable illegally, cut the yellow tab off with wire cutters and no one notices for months.

 

[hothouse_corn]

Didn’t everyone drink keystone in college

I'm drinking one right now, and it's been 18 years since UNL graduation. It's so smooth.

Not them got damn frat boyz

Also, I was a frat boy.

 

[hothouse_corn]

I made $18k a year as a grad student back in 2004/5. I lost my debit card from my small NE bank, had no credit cards, and had less that $20 cash. Getting a new debit card would take at least a week.

I pawned my TV and AV receiver for $80 to be able to eat for the next week. Bought both back when the new debit card came.

Some of y'alls poor stories make mine sound pretty stupid.

 

[wildcat_husker]

I'm drinking one right now, and it's been 18 years since UNL graduation. It's so smooth.

Also, I was a frat boy.

I actually still like it and drink it occasionally.

 

[Black5hirt]

Didn’t everyone drink keystone in college

30 Stones for 10 bones. Yup

 

[Jim14510]

Didn’t everyone drink keystone in college

We drank red dog because it was even cheaper than keystone.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

We drank red dog because it was even cheaper than keystone.

I was a frequent consumer of Snake Eyes Malt Beverages. One time someone left an open one in the fridge overnight. We drank it the next day. The most foul tasting thing I’ve experienced.

 

[Jim14510]

I was a frequent consumer of Snake Eyes Malt Beverages. One time someone left an open one in the fridge overnight. We drank it the next day. The most foul tasting thing I’ve experienced.

I've never heard of it but will avoid it if I ever see it.

 

[iruletheskool]

Was Poor enough for free undergrad tuition.

Never was really that bad growing up. Worst was having to eat the same sandwiches 3 meals a day for 2 weeks.

Took me awhile to figure out how money worked when I started working.

 

[NEHusker54]

When I was in college I worked at the north 27th Menards over the summer. One day I went to Taco Bell for lunch and ordered $5-$6 worth of food. Debit card got declined for not having enough on it. Nothing like asking the cashier to cancel a couple of your beefy 5 layer burritos because you couldn’t afford it.

Well this was on a Thursday and my sister was set to get married that weekend and I needed to drive back home (about 90 miles) but didn’t have enough gas or money to make it. Found a gas station that wouldn’t cash my check for a few days so put $25 in my car and made it home. Luckily got paid that weekend.

 

[LoudHogRider]

Took me awhile to figure out how money worked when I started working.

One of the bigger challenges to breaking the cycle of poverty for some families right here ^^^.

 

[RedSavage]

Was pretty poor growing up. Mom worked 100 hr weeks to start her own business. Didn't have shit for money in college and parents insisted I didn't get a job. That was about the time I started selling the devils lettuce. Fixed my poor problem real quick. Was one of the bigger dealers in Lincoln for a period of time and was EXTREMELY lucky I never got caught. Have some real wild stories from those days but glad they are long behind me.

Flash forward to now and we are a very successful small business.

 

[Jim14510]

Flash forward to now and we are a very successful small business.

Selling cocaine now?

 

[...TrueColors...]

Was pretty poor growing up. Mom worked 100 hr weeks to start her own business. Didn't have shit for money in college and parents insisted I didn't get a job. That was about the time I started selling the devils lettuce. Fixed my poor problem real quick. Was one of the bigger dealers in Lincoln for a period of time and was EXTREMELY lucky I never got caught. Have some real wild stories from those days but glad they are long behind me.

Flash forward to now and we are a very successful small business.

On of my best friends has a similar story. He did all of his dealing in high school though and had narcs harass him all of the time as he got bigger and bigger. They finally popped one of his thugs that could barely read that was the “muscle” behind his operation for extortion and he rolled on him. That person now is an FBI informant.

My buddy now is doing fine even after going all through drug court. He’s now a criminal defense attorney.

 

[RedSavage]

Selling cocaine now?

It wouldn't be small and I'd probably be in prison

On of my best friends has a similar story. He did all of his dealing in high school though and had narcs harass him all of the time as he got bigger and bigger. They finally popped one of his thugs that could barely read that was the “muscle” behind his operation for extortion and he rolled on him. That person now is an FBI informant.

My buddy now is doing fine even after going all through drug court. He’s now a criminal defense attorney.

I had the cover of a "party house" in the bottoms but pretty sure I was being watched by the cops for a long time, they just couldn't ever prove anything. I was somewhat smart about it...I think. I did have my house get robbed one time while I was out of town though. That was not fun.

 

[BushAK]

One summer I had to drink Schlitz Beer due to financial reasons. Hope this helps.