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Wild Card/Thursday — 7.21.11

Today, I make the last payment on a loan that I took out five years ago. 'Tis sweet to pay something off. And free up money, especially in these hard economic times when pay cuts, furloughs, layoffs continue to be the norm. Dunno how I'm going to celebrate. I burned my mortgage several years ago. Mebbe I'll simply wait to celebrate a month from now when I no longer have to make the payment. What do you do when you pay off a loan? You can answer that question or use this Wild Card to discuss anything you want ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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