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The good old days ... Funny now as we are repeating what our grand parents said...
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Biggest regret is not anticipating current housing inflation the way we did with surplus firearm values in last 3 decades. Such foresight could have really produced exponential gains had we done much, much more to convert them into real estate. Given todays political and financial instability there may be no more future "good ol days" at all.
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Odd are that geezer is a multi-millionaire.
Either that, or just plain nuts.
"All we need is tommorows newspaper today"
Cept they aint printing many these days. I grew up at a local newspaper. They just went print only on Tues, Thursday and Sat. And they outsource to India who say we can only get a Sunday subscribtipn???
Cept they aint printing many these days. I grew up at a local newspaper. They just went print only on Tues, Thursday and Sat. And they outsource to India who say we can only get a Sunday subscribtipn???
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Probably both and can well afford to be.
The dollar had a helluva lot more purchasing power back then.
I remember saving every penny for an EMF 2nd Model Dragoon kit around 1982. I had almost no tools to finish it, just rasped and sanded the grip panels a little, filed off some rough spots and went shooting. Magical experience for a young man making minimum wage washing dishes.
I remember saving every penny for an EMF 2nd Model Dragoon kit around 1982. I had almost no tools to finish it, just rasped and sanded the grip panels a little, filed off some rough spots and went shooting. Magical experience for a young man making minimum wage washing dishes.
$559.90 per gallon????? OK, that is expensive! LOL!On a sadder note, just paid $559.9 for gas at Chevron. But you must remember, California has that "Special Blend" or is that bend over?
Guess you could go electric??Either pay me now OR pay me later.
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. I competed for years with an H&H barrel in 45 caliber. Lost that gun in a fire. Thanks to a member here, I have a NOS H&H barrel and I have parts assembled, except for the stock I want. Hard to find a 6 inch thick stock blank.
I held on until they hit 40 cents!
Brother isn't that a true statement ... usually with the wrong equipage, time period and trying to justify his wares.
Kenn
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You're all creating unique mental images of "back in the day" & I'm thankful for all of them! Keep 'em comin'.
Back in the early fall of 1961, I'd saved enough funds from part-time employment at the swimming pool as a new seventh grade junior high student. I purchased a sweet bolt action Harrington & Richardson .22 cal for my Dad's occasional plinking. I'm unable to remember the cost at a neighbourhood gun shop, but I carried the rifle as I walked about four blocks to home with no case. I had two boxes of ammo in my jeans' pockets too. No problems.
My first M/L was from Thompson Center — .50 cal Hawken percussion at $185.95 in 1981. I thought at the time the kit's brass furniture was standard for the type of rifle, but of course it wasn't. It was a reliable M/L, & I still have it. The last person to shoot it back in 1989 was my dad. I've since completed other kits & enjoy them all. The T.C. tho stays as a "safe queen."
Back in the early fall of 1961, I'd saved enough funds from part-time employment at the swimming pool as a new seventh grade junior high student. I purchased a sweet bolt action Harrington & Richardson .22 cal for my Dad's occasional plinking. I'm unable to remember the cost at a neighbourhood gun shop, but I carried the rifle as I walked about four blocks to home with no case. I had two boxes of ammo in my jeans' pockets too. No problems.
My first M/L was from Thompson Center — .50 cal Hawken percussion at $185.95 in 1981. I thought at the time the kit's brass furniture was standard for the type of rifle, but of course it wasn't. It was a reliable M/L, & I still have it. The last person to shoot it back in 1989 was my dad. I've since completed other kits & enjoy them all. The T.C. tho stays as a "safe queen."
The sad thing is the inflation we have, making everything cost so damned much. Back around 1960, my brother and I made just over $600 on the trap line, mostly mink and muskrats. Today's money, that would be over $6000.
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Sorry to say I read this, cannot recommend you do either but reality really does bite.
Inflation rises for second straight month in August on higher gas costs
Inflation rises for second straight month in August on higher gas costs
Just need to live a little longer and these will be the good old days!
These are the good ol' days as far as I'm concerned, and I thank God for every day He lets me breathe His air. I don't look longingly back on my former life; I survived and am glad I will never have to live them a second time.
We are only passing through...
We are only passing through...
I bought a new Colt Python in 1981 for a price of $440. I make multiple times the money today compared to back then, so a new (or "vintage") Python is actually much cheaper to buy now (for the number of hours worked) than it was back in the bad ol' days.
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