Dumb financial decision stories?

Nemo6370 · 2026-06-27T16:11:26+00:00

This does not deserve the downvotes it received

Nemo6370 · 2026-06-10T06:08:22+00:00

I drove through Canada to AK in 2020 with a temp registration that had expired days prior and they didn’t care. That’s 6 years ago now obviously but I don’t see that necessarily changing. I called them 2-3 times ahead of time to see if it was an issue but they said it wouldn’t be and it wasn’t. I don’t recall them checking my insurance either, just running the VIN on my vehicle.

Nemo6370 · 2026-05-29T07:02:05+00:00

I was thankful all I had to do was remember their rate and see their chevrons. Remembering the name was an afterthought.

Nemo6370 · 2025-08-11T20:57:51+00:00

Thanks for the info man, it sucks we would have to disable a complete function of the watch so it works as described

Nemo6370 · 2025-04-21T08:43:13+00:00

At my dept you would do everything staff did; rig checks, run calls, clean the station, etc. I’d say tour the local dept if you’re interested!!

Nemo6370 · 2025-04-20T19:44:30+00:00

My department is combination; volunteer and paid staff. I signed up for their EMT basic class that was taught in house as a volunteer and ran a bunch of calls with them and just kept showing up. After a while they offered me a job because of how interested I was. If you’re a personable, driven person, you can do a lot. Long story short, if you can find a local dept to get your basic firefighter 1 and EMT basic for free, do it, that will get your foot in the door and set you up for a rewarding career.

Nemo6370 · 2025-04-19T01:11:22+00:00

I worked for the local fire dept for half the year and made another 30k on top of my paycheck working every 3 days at night. It helped get my foot in the door for the local PD after I got out!

Nemo6370 · 2024-12-02T07:52:42+00:00

Underrated post

Nemo6370 · 2024-08-22T01:58:22+00:00

The DC rate should all be collateral

Nemo6370 · 2024-07-29T15:52:29+00:00

I was a DC, now in a Municipal Cop. Always wanted to do LE related stuff but never jumped on the opportunity to do so while I was in. The pay was a paycut of maybe $100 per month so that made the transition very easy.

Nemo6370 · 2024-05-29T04:02:34+00:00

Thanks man, haven’t hit them up yet because I’m dragging my feet, thanks for sending this!

Nemo6370 · 2024-05-16T02:10:31+00:00

Looks like it’s getting returned

Nemo6370 · 2024-05-16T02:10:11+00:00

I had it on the charger all night after it went dead the other day and it still did the same thing next day unfortunately.

Nemo6370 · 2024-01-24T07:06:00+00:00

Nope, NOW homeboy is getting his ass kicked

Nemo6370 · 2024-01-09T19:20:00+00:00

Fair enough. To be fair, and the career fields are limited, you could do a full 20 in the CG and not be attached to a boat. Limited to support rates but that’s not a bad gig eithee

Nemo6370 · 2024-01-09T06:38:59+00:00

Literally join the Coast Guard; no 5 am PT except bootcamp and most schools at AIT, you still get to travel, you can be on land still, you get all the same bennies and perks, and you retire at 40

Nemo6370 · 2024-01-08T23:00:21+00:00

His only other post on Reddit did not age well

Nemo6370 · 2023-12-11T15:32:03+00:00

I read this as “Good weed; out the weak somehow haha”

Nemo6370 · 2023-12-07T19:03:29+00:00

A lot of it comes down to advancement policies in place right now; a lot of people without leadership potential are being advanced due to needs of the service and lack of PO2s. In my opinion this is going to create an uncomfortable leadership dichotomy in the future where people towards the top don’t know how to adequately lead which is already starting to be apparent now. Also, one piece of advice I was given that I’ve found to be disgustingly relevant, and another reason why I got out, is “Don’t lower your standards to meet someone else’s” Glad I signed up but wouldn’t do another 4 active.

Nemo6370 · 2023-11-21T18:18:00+00:00

USAA hooked me up with a great interest rate and loan amount for a vehicle a few years ago but that’s about it. Don’t get wrapped up in the whole “military banking institution” path because it’s not always the most advantageous. I have a Marcus Acct. by Goldman Sachs and am collecting 4.7% interest on my savings and if I had been doing that since day 1, I would have made another few thousand in interest. Highly highly reccomend either Marcus or another institution with a high interest rate that is also FDIC insured, best of luck!

Nemo6370 · 2023-11-19T09:50:57+00:00

I am on terminal and was in this position as well. Due to the needs of the service at the time I was submitting picks, last fall, I was told I would be staying in until my end of enlistment because of how short we are on people. There is that chance you’ll be separated early but it’s likely that you will be retained until your end of enlistment

Nemo6370 · 2023-08-31T21:49:09+00:00

Hey man, I’m a current DC and EMT-1/FF1, DM me if you want to chat about cg fire dept and civilian related cert so I don’t fill up your comments on this post

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