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Credit cards and guns are tools. Both require proper use or the results aren't good.

I've found the older I get, the simpler my taste gets. I never outgrew PB&J, but recently I find myself wanting the simplicity of pot pies, frozen salisbury steak, and ramen noodles.

My son will be ok. He's resourceful and my doors are open until he makes his own way. With luck, he'll do his 4 years in college and pull probably 60-70k immediately afterwards. I think if he applies himself, he can make that happen. I've hired guys out of college several years back making that range. Good luck on the debit. Just make sure you stick to it. The green monster will inevitably show up and make you want something you shouldn't be buying.

Bought this today, been looking at it for a couple of weeks at a local shop. It was on consignment.I want to find out more about it like who and where it was built. Shoots really good and has a great trigger.

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A co-worker and I discussed this the other day. His son just finished an Engineering degree at MS State. He told him he should come back home and live with them for a couple years and save up a mountain of money before heading out on his own. In this economy and inflation, such a move could alter his financial health for the rest of his life. We both agreed that we don't understand the "when they turn 18 they are out on the street" mentality.

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EVO's were '84-'99. Had a '91 Softail with one and wish I'd kept it. Following and enjoying the thread but I'm old and an unapologetic chrome fan. Been riding Harleys for 40 years but love them enough to know that even blacked out bikes matter. Look forward to seeing the final product.

Well stated and bears repeating.

PBJ and water. Wife and I lived on that seemed like for years. Both had the car lust. Could pay for rent and cars. That was about it. I've recently gotten back on to those PB&J Sammiches. I find them tasty, fast, but not as cheap as they were 40+ years ago. But at least we can afford the crunchy style now.

Sorry you had to go through that. When I hit the $250 limit on my first card and couldn't pay it off in full, I knew then and there I had to clean that up and start making better choices. I sold my new truck to free up some cash flow and drove a car I really hated for a few years. I got that one paid off and kept making the payment to myself so I'd have money for the next one. Never used consumer debt again. That was back when Kroger would have those cheap Totino's pizzas on sale sometimes 10/$10. I'd get 20 of them and that was dinner for most of the month. Totino's pizza and a Big K soda . . . livin' the dream!

I have a lot of sympathy for those who fall into credit card debt. Our consumer culture does everything to encourage it, and now the "rewards" for doing so are practically a game within a game for those chasing status, points, cash back, and everything else that distracts them from bad decisions, big and small. We even have research that shows a form of neurological impact from this. I got into a pretty rough shape with debt in my early 20s, and literally paid the price. Being a 21yr old with a $6k credit limit on a MasterCard, and going to Las Vegas after the 2023 Iraq deployment was fun, but I was paying it off almost until my next deployment, and not always on time. I even took out a payday loan to afford a fun weekend and tickets to a concert. But most of the time I was just spending on drinks, and stupid things I didn't need, or even remember. To my shame still this day, a few years into my mismanagement of money, I missed the phone call from the mother of a friend of mine who died in Iraq. I didn't take the call because I didn't recognize the number, and was being hounded by a credit card company, and one that went into collections. That sobered me up. I haven't carried a balance on a credit card, or had a payment on interest since I think 2010. It was a painful road to get there complete with more missteps and lessons. But those lessons stuck. As much as I don't recommend it, the way it's shaped me were a benefit of sorts. There is no doubt times are getting tough for far too many folks. I fully believe the right path is to live within one's means, but I also think that life and those means are losing dignity because our consumer and vulture capitalism paradigms are spiraling out of control. We should be having a national conversation about this, but of course we're not that country anymore. The sad irony is, in a healthy market, if everyone lived within their means, our economy would crash like a Porsche hitting a tree that suddenly appears in the middle of the road. It's both scary and ugly how much of our economic returns are coming from people living paycheck to paycheck (and not saving much), or those living past their paycheck on credit. Maybe we need that toxic shock to change things. I hope not, but that's where my mind goes.

I thought the same thing first time a saw a quad-rail and a red dot on a lever action rifle. This project, on the other hand, reminds me of the immortal words of Oscar Goldman: "We can rebuild him it. We have the technology. We can make him it better than he it was. Better, stronger, faster."

We are going to have to win our efforts in court, we are not going to be able to vote our way out of this. The Governor and the General Assembly are not going to quit suckling at the teat of the Chamber of Commerce, who by the way hate you and anything that smells of Liberty and the Founding. TFA is party to the Texas Law suit that achieved a Temporary Retraining Order against the ATF and its "Final Rule" regarding who is "in the business". TFA members are protected from ATF enforcing its rule on them for the time being TRO out of Texas Federal Court against Final Rule

CMP purchase from the early 2000s, from Greek returns, 1903 Remington rifle. Has 1944 High Standard replacement barrel in excellent condition. I am in process of finding CMP certificate. $850 cash. No trades at this time. Buyer must be able to possess firearms and be a TN. resident.

My wife and I did the same thing before we got married... crappy apartments, sketchy roommates, cheap cars, Ramen, and hamburger helper. We were both super happy when we got our own apartment after we got married. Our first big purchase was a washer and dryer. So nice to not have to go to the laundromat. So yeah, some suffering through less than ideal life makes one appreciate it more when you can finally get decent stuff. It's about not keeping up with the Jones's and keeping your eye on the prize. That said, life is much more expensive now. I have a 16 yr old and we're in the process of figuring out a car for him. I recall my sister getting a $2000 car when she turned 16 in 1988. $2000 then is $5000 now. What you get today for $5000 is much worse than what my sister got back then. Along the same lines, if we were moving now, we wouldn't be able to afford the house we've lived in for 15 years. Housing costs are outrageous.

Use the homepage bookmark and then hit the unread option, and scroll. Sometimes I open a thread, sometimes I scroll and then hit the mark all forums read.

2 cases of Ramen, a dozen or so salisbury dinners, and 40-50 cans of BBQ Vienna Sausage(I splurged on those). Plus several boxes of unsalted Salteens. I think I'm set for a couple of weeks. lol.

ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE MARINES COAST GUARD Thank you all that serve and have served, along with the families who support them! GO ARMY!!!!!

That's one thing about technology that bugs me.... it causes irretrievable failures in things that would otherwise work forever. I'm old, so I didn't grow up with things like built-in range finders, but I'd rather have my scope just be a scope. Same with other stuff, too. I don't want fancy electronic displays in my car, because I keep my cars a long time and I suspect those displays are going to fail long before the engine will, and that the parts will be unavailable in ten years.

You may want to look at the Springfield EMP. 1911 style and function in a compact size!

Not impossible. Depends on how willing you are to work. The Memphis Police Department Dispatchers currently make 71k a year and change with constant overtime opportunities. Its not difficult to get to well past 100k. And the city council just approved a 5% raise for them. No college required. Just a high school diploma or GED. There are jobs like that all over the place. Just have to be willing to make those sacrifices. Another example would be an OTR driver. Gotta be 21 for over the road but you can get some forms of CDL at 18 in TN and then at 21 hit the road. If you are willing to let him live with you while he's home, he could bank some serious money over the course of a few years and get started. Then, of course, there is the military option. A job where you can have housing provided under certain circumstances. Options exist for people. People aren't willing to give up the keeping up with the joneses lifestyle. Hard times make strong men, but people are too scared of hard times to make those necessary changes. And look, I'm not immune to it. I carry a good bit of credit card debt right now. I made some recent life changes and have started to make serious progress to get myself out from under it. If I can maintain my current trajectory, and avoid any major disasters, I'm looking to be free of the credit cards by this time next year.

Winchester "white box" (WWB) ammo has a mixed reputation for quality & consistency. As a practice/plinking ammo, it's probably fine, but not something to trust your life to. On a related note, some steel cased ammo and some aluminum cased ammo will often choke up a gun (failures to extract/eject) so neither of those are great for 'save your life scenarios'. Since your Sig seems to run reliably on most ammo (other than WWB) I'd deem it 'good' and hang the blame on the ammo itself in this case. But if it starts to choke on other brands of brass cased ammo, I'd start investigating the pistol itself.

Sig makes great guns But some guns run better on certain ammo the trick is finding which one runs 100% reliable in your gun

Thank God for our Republican Supermajority, has anyone seen the taxes in comm/dem run states.

I DEMAND CREDIT CARD DEBT FORGIVENESS!!!!!! Sleepy Joe needs to pay my cards off.....or pay me my student loan back.

For Sale. Noveske Shooting Teams (NST) Rifle in 5.56 Signed and Certified by John Noveske himself. Early SN. Flawless. Milled Factory Rifle. Piece of history. Comes with Framed Certificate of Authenticity. 2800.00 obo

The issue is things like trees falling and taking out my neighbor's truck, driveway and tearing up my sewer. Last year I spent about 20 grand recovering from that (and getting rid of the rest of the trees so I didn't have to deal with it again) and that's after insurance covered what they would. Everytime I make some progress disaster strikes. But that's getting better and I did something that hurt to get through it last year but i sold some guns. I'm working on getting rid of the debt before I start replacing them. Increasing my income three fold certainly helped.

I've had 4 Harleys since 2000 Every one was black 2 had a good bit of chrome But the last 2, I'm liking the blacked out look

Black and chrome…just like nature intended!

My Sig Kilo also went TU this year, Half the display when ranging is so faded you cannot read the numbers. I see the very same failure on the Sig forums and elsewhere. Sucks it cost a good chunk of change only to fail and have no support. Not like they were cheap, budget units.

images.mp4 I'm putting heavy make up on it at best, ya big drama queen!

When my younger son got married, he and his new bride went house hunting. They both have good jobs and the bank had already pre-approved a home loan. It took them over a year to find a house. Every time they found one they liked, those real estate corporations would swoop in and out bid them. Every single time! They finally had to go to a new subdivision 20 miles out of town and have a house built. So far they're managing, but I worry that it may prove more than they can really afford. There needs to be a law that single family dwellings can only be sold to single families. These corporations are raking in millions while screwing over people who actually need a home.

A mostly unreported issue: Mortgage escrow shortages / delinquencies are on the rise. Substantial increases in property taxes and home owners insurance are adding $300+ to mortgage payments. Credit card usage among homeowners is increasing as HELOCs are now maxed out and adjusting to current rates...and yes, it's for gas and groceries not fabulous vacations.

Kids..... Just say "NO" to chrome. I got the entire front end, stripped, prepped & painted today. I need to get it back together tomorrow.

With our current educational system, that's pretty much everybody under 40.

Interest and late fees are a tax on people who can’t do math.

I put 93,000 miles on my Evo before I sold it, it still ran fine, never an issue. The twin cam cam chain tensioner issue- the tensioner shoes were made of an inferior material that tends to wear out. I checked mine (2004 Deuce) the other day at 49,000 miles and they still look good but I have heard of them failing at 30K. Harley mechanic told me that regular oil changes with synthetic oil keeps them alive longer. The cheapest fix is to replace the shoes with an aftermarket shoe eg: Cyco brand. Can also go with gear drive cams which eliminate the chain and tensioners or install the Harley upgrade which is an upgraded oil pump with hydraulic tensioners that supposedly last much longer. There may be other options that I'm unaware of. Harley changed the setup in some late 2006 models and all 2007 models so any 2007 + won't have the issue.

This thread isnt the place for debate but yes you do have to engrave any item you form 1 and "manufacture". Check the NFA handbook section 6.2.1 and section 7.4.