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HuckleB

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41. "Throw good money away month after month."

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:42 PM

Nov 2015

Yeah, until your knee goes out, which just happened to an acquaintance who decided not to pay for insurance. He's now putting a lot more than he ever would have for insurance. That's how insurance works.

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