Northwest Indiana Gun Owners # 25 good morning all.

[erasure]

Dying with wrench in one hand, floppy dick in the other.

Valhalla law says this counts as dying with a weapon in hand. It's going to be alright.

 

[tv1217]

Tell the old lady you need to buy 4 or 5 rifles from Barrett's 50 cal lineup as an investment

 

[Max Volume]

No such thing as 401k's back when home loans were 14 -16% but the stock market was in the total crapper back then too. How many remember when the lines for gasoline were a 1/2 a block long? Mid 70's maybe? Nope, nothing new here.

 

[CTC B4Z]

The cars were very long back then Sooo that seems about normal

 

[CTC B4Z]

Tell the old lady you need to buy 4 or 5 rifles from Barrett's 50 cal lineup as an investment

She grewed up very poor so materials are not her investments. I think combined we have like 5-6 retirement plans.

 

[CTC B4Z]

Student loans(hers) are gone in 13 years, mortgage is gone in 12...after that... Sheeeeeet..

Breaking ground in the back 40, building a mcmansion, bulldozing current house, planting trees, and probably new car(s)

 

[CTC B4Z]

If we don't find a nice 25 acre plot in this exact area

 

[Snapdragon]

The cars were very long back then Sooo that seems about normal

We had a '74 Impala station wagon that I drove back and forth to IUN. 8-9 mpg and that thing was so long. One time I got a parking ticket on campus because the back end of my car was sticking out past the lines of the spot. I was all the way pulled in, the space was just too short. I didn't pay it.

 

[mmpsteve]

Dying with wrench in one hand, floppy dick in the other.

I still have computers with floppy disk. They started out at 5.25 inch and shrunk to 3.5 inch. It happens …

 

[qwerty]

I still have computers with floppy disk. They started out at 5.25 inch and shrunk to 3.5 inch. It happens …

I still have some 8" disks in the attic somewhere. Probably with my punch card collection.

 

[melensdad]

Well the prices are what is screwed up... My used truck is like buying a house a couple years ago...

That would be the effects of government abuse of Covid. Create a crisis, shut down the supply lines, create shortages all while printing money out of thin air to devalue the dollar.

I bought a 2014 Nissan Frontier, drove the heck out of it, traded it in on a 2022 and got almost all my money back on the trade in, while paying MSRP for the 2022 Honda Ridgeline. 31,000+ miles already on my 2022 Ridgeline and the value on that currently is is sitting at about $36K despite its well above average mileage.

 

[radar8756]

Morning ... Recycling Day at the Fairgrounds

 

[Ballstater98]

Supposed to get the driveway resealed today. Stretch of rain may be changing that.

 

[tv1217]

So anyway there were still at least a few flying aholes left after the nerve gas attack and one biblical flood to scale so I went for the "nuclear" option last night

 

[gunbunnies]

That would be the effects of government abuse of Covid. Create a crisis, shut down the supply lines, create shortages all while printing money out of thin air to devalue the dollar.

I bought a 2014 Nissan Frontier, drove the heck out of it, traded it in on a 2022 and got almost all my money back on the trade in, while paying MSRP for the 2022 Honda Ridgeline. 31,000+ miles already on my 2022 Ridgeline and the value on that currently is is sitting at about $36K despite its well above average mileage.

Bidenomics baby... With the new push to all digital money, I'm sure bartering is coming back big time soon.

 

[gunbunnies]

I still have computers with floppy disk. They started out at 5.25 inch and shrunk to 3.5 inch. It happens …

Them 5.25-inch floppy's were always giving me a reason to look at computer issues in an advanced office... All the secretary's had long nails and they would dent the sleeves on those disks and destroy the data all the time... I think I still have 3.5-inch floppy's and some Dat tapes and heck VHS tapes around here... I could open a technology museum ... LOL

 

[jedi]

Yes. 7 percent is not bad.
But people got used to the last couple years, and the next thing you know is, "it's the worst ever. This generation has it the worst ever".

Ignoring thousands of years of people... having it worse.

This is ONLY part of the issue/equation.
As Gunbunnies stated the prices is the other part. Tiktok and youtube has tons of videos on what the price of a house in 1950, 1970, 2000 and now vs the medium income.

While prices and salary where lower and interest rate high then one could still afford a house, car and take a vacation on a single family income.

That is not the case now. Even on a single income (avergae) one can barely stay afloat.

The water level is at our neck as a country. Once food is unavailable, be it at the phywcial store shelves or because the masses can't buy it at kfc, mcd, etc.. that is when the water will be at our noses...

 

[jedi]

Larry what time will u be at the hall?
Do u have extra flags?

 

[Snapdragon]

I still have some 8" disks in the attic somewhere. Probably with my punch card collection.

There's a joke for me in there somewhere, but, lady that I am, I'll let it go.

 

[jedi]