Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for April 21, 2022

Baldo really needs to learn to save his money when it comes to restoring that car he wants to drive.

“I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.”

― Steve Martin

You think money is short at 16, Baldo, just wait until you’re 32, with three kids, and a stay at home wife! If you want that chevy fixed get to it!

Every mother is a working mother. Some just don’t get paid.

Candy Corn? A Gamer thing? He’s Hypoglycemic?

That could be one of my grandsons.

The mind of a 15 year old?

Many different concepts of the automobile are available: you’ve gotta pick which concept you’re going to be un-clear on.

Baldo loves the idea of driving his car but doesn’t seem to want to buy the parts and do the actual work.

Still, it’s time to make some progress on his dream car

Gaming socks?

Gaming socks????

15? I thought he was already driving age at least 16…..

I spent most of my money on booze and fast women. The rest I just wasted.

i’m impressed that he’s got $500 – i wouldn’t have had $10…

I could’ve had the running for $2,000 and some blood, sweat, and tears.

Candy Corn? I thought Everyone said “Bleeeecchhhh” when they thought about that stuff.

My parents (both accountants as am I) taught me about money starting when I was very young – before I was 5 years old.

I got a penny a week allowance (it was the mid 1950s and one could actually buy things for a penny). I could keep it and do what I want with it or I could put it in my “bank account”. My bank account was kept by my mom in a box (as time went along and I got older – an old lunch box of mine) and she would note my deposit in my “bank book”. Amazing how pennies can grow.

As years passed the amount I received would grow 2cents a week, a nickel, a dime, a quarter, a dollar, two dollars – 5 dollars a week by the time I was in high school. The money in the box was moved at some point to a real bank savings account – and then I got interest on it also.

I would buy things – but always weighed what I was buying against savings up for something bigger. When I was about 12 there was a toy I wanted – a “Showboat” and I remember giving my parents the money I had saved to buy it – problem for them was that they had bought it for me for Chanukah and they gave me back my money and gave it to me.

When my husband and I bought our house after being married about 10 years – my savings had grown to a down payment for the house. By this time I was savings more of course. If I got a raise at work I would add half of the paycheck additional net amount to what I saving.

When husband got emotionally burned out at work in his mid 50s I was able to offer to let him quit his job (I was working full time) and switch to doing something he liked to do for a living – work as a craft artist.

All started from saving my allowance pennies.

Baldo bought video game updates? I get mine for free.