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He’ll turn 80 in December. He was telling me about planning to go bushhog his deer lease right before he caught this. I hope I’m doing as well at that age.

Another nearly risk free way of making money….a j-o-b!!!

Have a Polytech Spiker up for grabs. Bluing and wood are in great shape. Extremely low round count with shiny bore. I possess three other spikers and have my sights set on something else. So this like new rifle needs to go. Will come with cleaning kit in stock, sling and 1 flatback mag. Not looking for trades unless it is a Polytech Legend. Selling this to chase one. $2900. Can ship. Accept PPFF, Venmo, Zelle, CashApp. Discreet with no mentions. Cross-posted on other sites Time stamp will determine first taker.

Cherish him while you can.

SOLD: Agency Arms Syndicate S2 AOS Slide for Glock Gen 5 G19 G45 Sale price is $400 shipped to you in the lower 48 US States. Due to switching some things around, I have an extra Syndicate S2 slide with the insanely versatile and durable AOS (Agency Optics System) and am offering it for sale. This is gently used with about 200 rounds through it and in excellent condition. More pics, further down! If you are looking to put an optic on your Gen 5 Glock G19 or G45, this is the way to do it. The AOS system uses mounting plates that are superior to anything else on the market, in my opinion, and which allow you to use most any pistol optic available. The rear iron sight installs on the mounting plate, and plates are available with the site in front of or behind the optic! This slide comes with the standard irons-only plate. You can find AOS optics plates at Midway USA and many other retailers. Specifications: Part Number: SYN-19S2-G5 Caliber: 9mm Color: Black Finish: DLC Fits Manufacturer: Glock Includes: AOS Iron Plate, Channel Liner Material: 416R Stainless Steel Terms of Sale: What you see is what you get. Nothing is hidden or altered in these photos. Retail price is $550 at Omaha Outdoors. They have consistently been the cheapest place to buy these, but are currently out of stock. If you're in AK or HI, you'll need to talk with me about postage. Payment needs to be PayPal. More Pics! Last but not least, this is the twin of this slide on my Gen5 G19. I'm posting this pic just to show you what it looks like in use. This partcular sale ad is for a slide only. Nothing else shown in this photo is included in the sale.

Goes into effict TODAY!!!

SIA Delisle carbine repro. Sadly it’s in NFA jail but I got to use it at the dealers range last week.

SOLD I have a brand new never fired Gen 5 Glock 19. I picked this up a few weeks back with the intention of putting it back in the safe but have had an unexpected home repair come up. Comes with everything from Glock except the grip back straps. $550 firm in the South Nashville, North Franklin area.

Anybody need some old Jim Beam bottle for their bar? These are '68-'75 vintage. Not real valuable but cool as decorations. I will trade ya a new bottle of cheap bourbon, under $40, for these 3 old empty bottles.

I just broke down and bought a new small economy truck. New Ford Maverick. 250HP EcoBoost, Automatic, Air, Electric Windows and Locks, Remote Start. 1,500 LB Payload. Less than $25,000 out the door with all taxes and fees included. I never buy used vehicles because I got a few with problems when I was younger. So, with me retired now I could not afford a new $50,000 truck. I've had this one 10 months now and so far am happy with it.

We drive worn out junk exclusively, and have had great luck with it so far. I prefer to use the money elsewhere.

I agree, i have bought so many vehicles off craigslist or now marketplace. If you can find one owner vehicles and you meet the people and can tell what kind of care they took of it. I have had such great luck but i also drive older vehicles and not into any of the newer stuff, not just because i can't afford them lol. Ten years ago, i bought a honda civic that got 40 plus mpg for $2200 with 200K miles and now its at 385K and i sware i have done basically nothing to it and i was using it for a courier job where i drove it 250+ miles a day, every single day. I haven't driven it much in the last year, but i would drive it anywhere. Plus it's a classic now and getting fairly valuable.

Private sale for the win!!!

Let’s not resort to vulgar language lol

Take every opportunity you can get or make to spend time doing things like this with him. My dad is 86 and was still active and going strong until a couple of years ago. The past two years have a downward spiral for his mobility and health. I will be surprised if he is still here in another couple of years.

Vintage Bear Kodiak Special with adjustable peep sight. No string $200 Blackhawk recurve bow. No string $100 Both were kept in climate controlled areas and haven’t been shot in years.

Everybody needs a hobby. Making some money on the side is a hobby.

sold pending meet

This. We always hear about how kids will be grown before you know it, but sometimes your parents are gone before you know it. Boy do my wife and I know.

I never knew either of my grandfathers, both died before I was born. My boys have both grandads and a great grandad (my wife's). I remind them regularly to enjoy that while they can.

If you wanna try one out, you have my number. I’ve been carrying a MR920 for over a year and I love the gun.

Just one more day with this man. My granddad, I basically took every step he did for several years when I was little. I hear his voice every day.

I just read a science fiction novel in which something similar happened -- super-rich guy in NYC has built an underground fortress in Montana, he evacs family from NYC and has hard time getting to Montana due to societal collapse, riots, roving gangs of scum, etc. They finally make it Montana only to discover that the contractor who built most of the fortress has seized it for himself and his friends. That's probably the way it would play out.

Reminded of the show Doomsday Preppers. Like others commented, by the time you realize you need to evac your million dollar penthouse to your million dollar shelter, your odds of escaping the city are pretty slim.

Whether you knew it or not, it was never about the fishing.

The plan that always bothers me is the city dweller who buys a small, isolated cabin in the woods somewhere with plans to bug out to there if the S ever does HTF. Odds are that by the time they get there, they'll find the place already occupied by people who have no intention of giving it up. Either that or the place will already have been robbed of everything. If you want that survival cabin deep in the woods, you need to make it your permanent home. As for myself, I'm old and not in the best of condition. I'll put up a fight and last as long as I can. But I realize that my odds of being a long term survivor ain't very good.

There are just so many scenarios that a single "plan" will never be feasible or sufficient. Just a quick survey of all of the doomsday movies or TV shows will highlight that fact. An off grid sustainable property or community is virtually worthless in the face of an extinction level event such as a meteor strike with the subsequent atmospheric effects even if the strike was many thousands of miles away. They are also fairly useless in the face of any significant nuclear war without extremely robust and costly hardened shelters. In the face of all out civil war, world war, and societal collapse virtually any shelter, off grid property, or sustainable community is going to be overrun by marauders eventually unless you have the means to create something completely isolated and unknown to the outside world. Even then you could never leave it for fear of being discovered. The likelihood of being able to remain unfound, secure, and supplied is slim in my opinion long term. Extremes in our climate, either due to naturally occurring cycles/shifts of the planet or the effects of mankind on the planet, are a real threat. The increased intensity and frequency of significant storms, heat, drought, wildfires hurricanes, tornados, flooding, and sea level rise could easily make large chunks of the planet temporarily or permanently unlivable. They would impact resources like power, potable water, and food for a not insignificant portion of the population. This strain on resources will push the displaced into smaller and smaller less affected areas concentrating the population. You can try to predict where the zones that will be safest from such natural elements or events might be but it would be impossible to predict with certainty so your planed and prepped bug out location may be worthless in the end. When it comes to biological events or a significant global pandemic with no cure or vaccine in sight and with high mortality initial isolation may be the best bet but if the event is significant enough it will eventually lead to societal collapse. If COVID taught us anything it is that a massive portion of our population is not even remotely prepared to handle short to medium term isolation. Most people have such limited supplies even a week isolated at home would stretch their resources. It also taught us how quickly our emergency response systems and medical facilities can become overburdened. I foresee again that any shelter, sustainable property or community would, over the long haul, not be able to remain isolated or keep something like a virus out, maintain its resources, or remain secure from potential marauders. Personally I have no illusions that I would survive long term in a significant event, long term meaning multi year here. My tiered plan has always been to have enough supplies including food on hand to survive in my home for at least 30~60 days at a relatively normal comfort level. Have a means to evacuate by vehicle with enough supplies separate from the household supplies to last another 30 days with a slightly reduced comfort level (roughing it / MRE / camp food / camp equipment). Finally that proverbial bug out/bush craft /survival phase where I have the supplies I can carry in a pack to survive a couple weeks. All of that includes the tools for personal protection, basic first aide/medical, hunting, and gathering for longer term survival but this would honestly be a stretch. The reality is, at my age and health level, I would probably not make it past a year in the face of any real threat. I would likely succumb it illness, injury, or a hostile threat. If whatever befalls our world lasts longer than a year or two I am probably not going to be around to rebuild things, and that is ok. Honestly I would probably not really want to suffer, claw, and scrape along in misery just to prolong my life a bit longer. It would not be much of a life at that point and I have had a pretty good one so far. I simply don't need to be the last man standing. The far more likely scenario is much less extreme than all of the above and that is significant political and societal issues causing more isolated conflict and resource strain. I think in that more likely scenario it will not be about how much you have prepped or how many supplies you have stored but how you can adapt that will determine your future. If the market and dollar collapses and society is in turmoil but not truly collapsed (think great depression) how will you handle having no financial means? Can you adapt to a lower standard of living. Can you adapt to self sufficiency and things like a barter system. This may be where the self sustaining/off grid properties and communities would actually be a smart idea. No illusion of doomsday survival but establishing self reliance with a reduced dependence on modern infrastructure, food distribution, and municipal/government resources. This is where the linked article really hits the mark. The ultra rich preppers are not only potentially contributing to that most likely of scenarios with their manipulation of markets, acquisition of extreme wealth, and driving the population toward dependence on their technology they are going about "prepping" the wrong way in my opinion. Sure the author may be a self proclaimed Marxist but they do make a few solid points and astute observations.

This is the perfect topic to bring up a NFA Firearms Trust - very valuable over personal ownership. Keep your beneficiaries up to day and the trust protects everyone.

Taking a week off from posting old gun photos, I'll be camping with minimum internet. Hope others will post a few old gun photos while I'm camping in the middle of the Hershey AACA car flea market.

I would look at pawn shops for lowers. They might get be a little more expensive, but you will not have to pay an FFL fee, just the background. If a lower is $45, then $10 to ship, then a $45 FFL fee, you might find the same lower in a pawn shop for less than $100 and save money.

I've never been happier to move or mow/trim around the yard of vehicles I have as well as keep them insured despite only driving most of them "when needed". And to think I had an older Duramax listed for sale and couldn't give it away around March of 2020. Pfff, damn thing is worth gold right now lol. Good luck to anyone in the hunt right now as prices are as swollen AF.

One of my clients who is pretty in the know and owns more than a dozen dealerships says that they are preparing for war footing when it comes to the chip shortage (and carryon supply chain issues) through at least the end of 2023. When I last spoke to them, they only had 56 new vehicles across the entirety of their lots. On a different note - we bought my wife a Kia Telluride - because we need a third row that’s actually usable by someone who’s older than 3. I can’t say enough good things about it. She drove a Land Cruiser and a Sequoia and it beat both of them out by a lot. The Land Cruiser cost almost twice as much.

I really lucked to about 5 years ago. I have a 35' RV and need a 2500 HD to pull it. I had a 2001 Chevy 2500 HD 4 door w/long bed, gas burner with a 6 liter engine. Was in Gatlinburg about 5 years ago and my son-in-law called and said a guy in Smyrna TN had a 2005 Duramax 2500 HD with a long bed and 4 door club cab for sale. He went on to explain it was in a fire in Pigeon Forge and the fire melted the front end and windshield and he could repair it for around 3000.00. It had 80,000 miles on it. I told him to get it and we purchased it for 7,200.00 as is. Cost me 3000.00 all totaled to get it in A 1 condition. Ended up with 10,200.00 in it and sold my 2001 for 7500.00. finally it cost me 2700.00 to trade up 4 years with 80,000 miles on it, and getting a Duramax Deiseal to boot. My best trade ever. I have put 50,000 miles on it, in the past 5 years, since purchasing it, and I could still get my money back and even make some profit if I sold it today. Edited to make correction.

Huh. This literally never occurred to me as an option. I guess I’ve been doing this all wrong.

I know a few folks who've take money from home equity loans for things like this. If the rate and fees on the loan are less than the expected return and taxes, that's a net positive.

The dip in prices might be short lived. https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/your-money/opec-oil-production-cut/