Search results

  1. M

    Flying with a rifle case

    A number of airports have TSA screening in non-public/secure areas and will not allow travelers to be present while inspecting bags. They will ask for your keys, take them in back into the secure area, open/inspect bag, lock it back up, and return keys. This process is referenced in TSA's...
  2. M

    Detained over a couple rounds of ammo

    Visit other countries, abide by their rules. Or don't, at your folly.
  3. M

    Flying with a rifle case

    I've never had my SKB double bowcase or my Badlands Terraglide charged for oversized although both are. A friend gets charged oversize for his Terraglide often, but he is a Masshole. Attitude goes a long way with ticket agents. Per TSA regs you can use TSA-recognized locks for firearms...
  4. M

    Mortgages

    About skinny jeans? :)
  5. M

    Mortgages

    I live in an area with a ton of first generation immigrants (Silicon Valley) who come here and realize the sky is the limit for those work smart and hard. I think that is referred to as the American Dream. The opportunity is there equally, but honestly I feel like many multi-generational...
  6. M

    Mortgages

    I feel like the current young generation is the first in American history whose quality of living won’t exceeds their parent’s. And I hate to sound like a boomer, but I think a decent % have been raise in a way that they won’t take it well. Just looking at the comments on this thread by some...
  7. M

    Mortgages

    Just read a piece published by Morgan Stanley’s wealth group. They made an interesting point that the lower 2/3 of the U.S. earners are being stressed financially having run out of COVID stimulus money and have been spending heavily on credit and now credit cards and auto loans are increasingly...
  8. M

    Mortgages

    Not hardly, the last "disaster" was what put me in the position to retire at 51. “...be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.” - Warren Buffett
  9. M

    Mortgages

    Personal finance 400 moment: Talking with one of my wealthiest friends a few years back, he was telling me that he had done a cash-out refinance of his primary residence and took those funds and plowed them into investments. Said he “own(ed) too much of (his) home” and mortgage rates were way...
  10. M

    Arrow weight rabbit hole

    My best advice you to you is, turn around and leave the rabbit hole. It is OK to read opinions on the internet and not feel the need to act on them.
  11. M

    Mortgages

    Buying the house you can afford and not the home you want, novel concept. When my parents bought their first home, they had an end table that was a cardboard box and an entertainment center that was cinder blocks and wood shelves. Our society’s values sure have changed.
  12. M

    Mortgages

    Yeah, when rates begin to drop lots of money that has been on the sidelines in anticipation will move into the market and push prices up. People who think home values are going to drop are being optimistically ignorant of the economic reality.
  13. M

    Mushy venison problem?

    How long did you marinate the meat? That is very likely the problem.
  14. M

    RokStok

    Did they make a promise?
  15. M

    How did the 6.5 Creedmoor lose steam so quickly?

    Meaning the .260AI is 1st or 2nd in factory ammo sales? This thread needs a Princess Bride meme.
  16. M

    Mortgages

    There are HOA people and there are non-HOA people. Where we live has no HOA (thank god) but all our rentals do. I was recently threatened with a fine by one of them because someone other than our tenant parked in front of our house with trailer. On another we get threatened with a fine every...
  17. M

    RokStok

    I have read commentary from a very knowledgeable person that there tend to be a higher % of bad barrels with carbon versus straight steel. That was enough for me to buy a steel replacement if and when needed.
  18. M

    Mortgages

    We only have to look back to 2008 to see how government intervention in the housing market and low-down/no-down residential mortgages are a bad idea and a risk to the financial system. I don’t begrudge people for taking advantage of them, but to your point IMO it is not a good thing they exist.
  19. M

    Mortgages

    You make a good point. In some markets, it makes way more sense to rent than to buy in terms of the monthly cost of occupancy. I live in San Jose, CA where real estate is crazy inflated, and per Zillow the monthly rent for our house would be just under 1/3 of the estimated monthly loan payment...
  20. M

    How to prevent false triggers on trail cam?

    Point it north and have a clear path so wind doesn’t cause false triggers. Make sure there are no items birds like to land on in front of the camera too. Had a cam on a tree with an old fence post a couple of feet in front of it, took hundreds of pictures of birds.
View older results

Latest posts

Featured Video

Stats

Threads
349,019
Messages
3,675,586
Members
79,844
Latest member
andersonphillip98

Latest Articles

Top