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[quote=Blogstar]I think I should move. I live in guntard central. I am in the minority. I just wanted some space. 20 acres is too much….people think they are on the African Savannah or something, at least half of them shoot on a weekly basis or more often. I think big properties go to people’s heads ….properties 600 feet wide X 1200 feet long with bullets flying at multiple thousands of feet per second.
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Lol, several years ago we considered buying a large property and moving to the country. More space, I reasoned, would give me greater peace and quiet.

But the more we looked at property out there, I started to realize that a large portion of the rural residents had behavioral problems and that’s why they moved out there – they couldn’t get along with their neighbors when they lived in the city!

Shooting, off road motorcycles, large barking dogs, 4×4 monster trucks, weird animals that were never meant to be pets, you name it. When their city neighbors complained, they packed it up and moved to the country.

I feel for ya Blogstar, cuz we almost made the same decision. We’d welcome you back to the city with open arms. 🙂

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[quote=scaredyclassic]50 is way freakier than 40 and 30 combined.

50 is the first one that seems liek the end is in sight.

50 is aarp membership eligibility age and you start getting deluged with that stuff..

50 is when your lfie insurance starts to get seriously expensive.

50 is when you are probably past the damn midpoint.

50 is not funny anymore.

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AARP has been chasing after me since I was 25. I was never quite sure how they got my age so wrong.

Also I just ordered the Toohey book based on your comment. Let’s just hope I find the time to read it. 🙂

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Don’t get me wrong…there are things I enjoy about getting older. The wisdom, the money, and the grandkids to name but three.

But what really, really spooks me is that there no longer seems to be an infinite amount of time left. We’ve done very well at doing everything we have wanted to do, but the more we pack in the faster time goes. Time just flies by now and it flies faster with each passing month. And the more it flies, the closer to the end we get. It almost feels like I have less and less control. Like riding a cardboard box down a hill…as speed picks up, the less I can maneuver.

I guess that is a good thing – it means we are having fun. If we weren’t time would drag. 🙂

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40 wasn’t a hard one for me. I actually almost enjoyed turning 30 and 40. But I hit the half century mark recently and that one, that one hurt.

It still hurts. I think I can even see changes in my behavior as I prepare for the future. I feel like an aircraft that has reach peak altitude and now has oh so gently started the decent. And that’s depressing.

My wife still doesn’t have permission to share my age with anyone. That’s how much it hurt.

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How about tracking commercial airliners at 1 minute intervals?

Until this happened, I had no idea there wasn’t frequent automatic contact between commercial planes and external entities.

Technology is way past the point where this is practical. It’s an embarrassment to society it hasn’t been done yet.

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When I originally heard they financed a dog I told my wife that sounded odd. But she said people do that all the time.

Then I thought about the fact that even the diamond industry advertises that you should buy your squeeze a ring worth three months salary. If people buy that ludicrous pitch (and they do), then they probably finance their dogs too.

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Yep, Schroeder was found!

http://www.10news.com/news/welcome-back-schroeder-stolen-english-bulldog-found

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Ginger Does China

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[quote=scaredyclassic]Biggoldbear, are you a gold bear?[/quote]

I wasn’t sure if it meant he was a large, hairy, lustrously yellow man in the gay community or pessimistic on the price of precious metals and decided not to ask. 🙂

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[quote=scaredyclassic]No watch. No wallet.

Are we not men?

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I can see a wallet having male symbolism and respect that.

I might have even felt that way in years gone by I don’t remember.

Slowly what I equate to maleness has changed. I can remember being proud of chest hair until I figured out women dislike it, that put my head in a spin for a bit.

I guess I find my maleness in how I present myself now: how I dress, speak, carry myself, and express myself through words.

But I can certainly see someone extending that out to include a wallet.

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I used to carry nice wallets but the problem was they would end up stuffed with all kinds of nonsense I don’t need. So I changed strategy a few years ago.

Now I carry the smallest I can find – actually just a business card holder sized – to force me to choose carefully what goes in it. Not even room for $$ so I carry a money clip too.

I’ve been really happy with this combination, makes my life sooo much simpler somehow.

Personally I dream of the day when the cell phone eliminates the need for cash and cards…that’s my own personal utopian dream…

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A few friends in the north county area have sold their houses so far this, uh, pre-spring.

Those houses have sold in under a week!

Real estate appears to be white hot again.

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[quote=moneymaker]I think the reason the “founder” is distancing himself from bitcoin is probably because (educated guess)he used what is considered highly classified crypto code. Of course he can’t comment.[/quote]

Yeah, I got this vibe also.

Things are too sketchy with this whole thing for me to put any of my money there. I may miss out on some big profit, yes, but that also comes with big risk.

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[quote=spdrun]Hey, what’s wrong with owning a Miata? The pre-2006 cars were one of the best light sports cars ever built, bulletproof engines, and highly modifiable.[/quote]

I didn’t make a judgment on any of the bullet points. I happen to like Miatas!

The reason it was on the list is because Paramount is quick to call someone gay based on their position on various topics, but he bypasses the opportunity to diss those owning Miatas…and we know the reputation they have…however mis-informed I think that rep is.

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[quote=paramount][quote=svelte]I’m going to go out on a limb and make some guesses about you, paramount.

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Where did you get your degree?

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