Here's the deal. I have more disposable cash now to spend on toys than I have ever had before. I ain't rich. I drive a 12 year old pickup. My wife drives a 4 year old Expedition we bought used for a good bit less than half what a new one cost. We live in a small, but comfortable old farmhouse. We are both retired, both working part time. We have rental income from another home. We don't have expensive tastes. We aren't debt free, but we have a very positive net worth.
I cash my check for my part time work rather than depositing it. My renter pays in cash. (Yes, I report it.) I try to keep cash in a couple of different safes for emergencies, and in case the s does indeed htf. It is this availability of a little cash that is my downfall. All sorts of neat guns come through the shop where I work. It is so easy to pull a couple hundred out of the safe and put a nice piece on layaway. I get a fair discount, so I'm actually getting some good buys. Then, there is the Georgia Outdoor Trader. I check it regularly, and every few weeks, something catches my attention. Yes, I really needed another SKS. After all, I got that 1200 rounds of 7.62X39 from the shop at a great deal, and who knows what is going to happen with the next ExOrder?
See what I mean? I have literally had to stop myself from buying guns the last two weeks. Well, I did buy the SKS Saturday. There are four handguns in the case right now that I could get great deals on, but I don't need them. They would take up space in the safe, and I would continue to shoot the half-dozen or so that I shoot most. There are three nice .22 rifles I could get for a song. They would just wind up crowding the safe, and I would continue shooting the Marlins and 10-22 I shoot now.
The guns I buy aren't real expensive, but as the feller said, $250 here, $500 there, $400 there, soon you're talking real money.
We have a nice Model 40 Lemon Squeezer coming out of pawn soon. What am I gonna do?
I cash my check for my part time work rather than depositing it. My renter pays in cash. (Yes, I report it.) I try to keep cash in a couple of different safes for emergencies, and in case the s does indeed htf. It is this availability of a little cash that is my downfall. All sorts of neat guns come through the shop where I work. It is so easy to pull a couple hundred out of the safe and put a nice piece on layaway. I get a fair discount, so I'm actually getting some good buys. Then, there is the Georgia Outdoor Trader. I check it regularly, and every few weeks, something catches my attention. Yes, I really needed another SKS. After all, I got that 1200 rounds of 7.62X39 from the shop at a great deal, and who knows what is going to happen with the next ExOrder?
See what I mean? I have literally had to stop myself from buying guns the last two weeks. Well, I did buy the SKS Saturday. There are four handguns in the case right now that I could get great deals on, but I don't need them. They would take up space in the safe, and I would continue to shoot the half-dozen or so that I shoot most. There are three nice .22 rifles I could get for a song. They would just wind up crowding the safe, and I would continue shooting the Marlins and 10-22 I shoot now.
The guns I buy aren't real expensive, but as the feller said, $250 here, $500 there, $400 there, soon you're talking real money.
We have a nice Model 40 Lemon Squeezer coming out of pawn soon. What am I gonna do?
