alduckhunter

We didn’t do any allowance in high school or college. He was a straight A student and played two sports in HS. Received a scholarship that paid for most of college and grad school. We covered the rest, as well as a new vehicle since he went to school out of state and had to drive so far.

He worked part time at Publix during HS and college. Publix was great because they paid well, let him schedule his own availability, and swapped him back and forth between states/stores when he was home and at school. They also reimbursed $2,000 “tuition”per semester that we let him keep. He was responsible for his own spending money, which was fine and he has never asked me for a dime.

He was fortunate to get a really good job straight out of college. We encouraged him to come back to live at home and save his money. That money is stacking up and when he gets married in a couple of years, they will not have to struggle financially like my wife and I did at first.

Quote- "Love to have a uk or Spanish side by side but can’t imagine putting one through a typical Louisiana duck hunt, guided or not. Also seems like the honey brake folks would discourage guests looking down on Bennellis given that is one of their sponsors. Takes all kinds I suppose."

This thread led me to check out their website for the first time. On the shooting sports page about the gun club, there is a quote that says "At Honey Brake Gun Club, we shoot the best. That’s why we shoot Benelli Firearms." With an accompanying picture of a Krieghoff K-80. :lol:

Yeah. We are good with food. I have two refrigerators and two freezers that I need to rotate on the generator to make sure food doesn't ruin. My generator doesn't run the AC unit, so I just try to keep a couple of lamps and fans on and rotate the freezers and refrigerators.

I fill up all the bathtubs with water so we can flush toilets. On a well, so no water if the power is out. I'm not smart enough to figure out how to run the well pump with the generator.

QUOTE “Who actually embodies these qualities? Which of our leaders demonstrate that hard work, discipline and delayed gratification gets anyone anywhere? That's why people are disillusioned with our bullshite government.”

My parents and grandparents certainly did. My wife’s parents and grandparents certainly did. We came from very similar family backgrounds. Intact marriages. Hard working. Responsible. We have done our best to “embody those qualities” in our marriage and family too, and so far it seems to have worked.

Aside from some very specific situations, such as a severe mental or physical disability, orphans, etc., anyone relying on the government (republicans or democrats) to be their example for anything, or to support them financially, is doing it all wrong. I don’t trust any of them!

Cusoonkpd, you make some really good points, but it’s painting with a pretty broad brush. Hard work, maturity, financial discipline, and delayed gratification is what plays the biggest role in whether these young adults will ultimately be successful. NOT what their politics are at 22-23 years old. Thats assuming they aren’t blue haired freaks already. Lol.

My wife and I are among the last of Generation X. We both have good jobs in the same fields we came out of college in. We didn’t make much money at first, so we bought a (“nice”) used trailer, put it on family land, and lived in it for 5-6 years. Then we had it moved off to the side and lived in it while we built our house. After the house was built, we sold the trailer for close to what we bought it for. 20ish years later, we still aren’t rich, but we definitely don’t have to pay much attention to the price of gas or groceries either.

Admittedly, this is a small sample size, but here are a few examples of some recent college grads from our family and friend group. Most of these kids couldn’t wait to move out on their own, and to big cities at that.

Two of my nieces recently graduated with degrees that will never make them much money, but they both immediately moved to different big cities to live somewhere “exciting”.
One of them is working as a waitress and “going to grad school” with student loans. The other one got married and isn’t working yet, but her husband is. Both of them are paying very high rent on small apartments. They may be having fun, but that’s not a recipe for future success in my opinion.

A friend’s son graduated with an architecture degree (top of his class at a highly rated school). He chose a job at a big firm in a large city and is also paying really high rent for a small apartment. That may have been the right career move for him. He is a very smart and driven kid, and I have no doubt that he will ultimately be very successful.

My son graduated with a finance degree and an MBA. He got offered a really good job locally after doing a summer internship. Very good salary- comparable to the architecture kid’s. He chose to live at home and save his money instead of paying rent. When he gets married in 2-3 years, he will be able to buy a house in pretty much any neighborhood he wants. Selfishly, I would love it if they choose to build one on our land. I’m pretty proud of the kid. He’s going to be ok.

The point is, the things that seem important to them at 23 are not the same things that are important at 40. If they would make decisions out of college with where they want to be in 15 years in mind, they will be just fine.

"And what do you need a gun for protection in a mall, in the first place?"

Did the judge really say this? I live in a generally safe town. There are places that you do not go, however. Due to the clientele at the mall, that is one of those places. There have been at least two shootings at the mall in the last couple of years, The latest was just a month or two ago. If, by some chance, I absolutely had to go there, I wouldn't even pull into the parking lot without carrying, much less be trapped inside the mall without a gun.

Apparently, some billionaire from New York owns the mall, along with many others across the country. The speculation is that he buys these properties and purposely lets them become run down for some kind of tax write off.

I have actually been bitten by a brown recluse. At least that's what the doctor told me it was when I went in a couple of weeks later. I didn't realize that I had been bitten when it happened. I developed a sore a little smaller than a dime on my leg that was becoming concave and just wouldn't scab over or heal.

The Dr treated it and it finally healed up, but I still have an indented place on my shin 30 odd years later. I've always assumed it was inside my waders and bit me.

They are size 12.

I have a picture, but I don’t know how to post it on here. And they have been stored in the house all this time.

As a hobby, I sell things on eBay. Shoes are definitely NOT in my wheelhouse though.

My mom called me today and said she found an old pair of Nike shoes, still “new” in the box that belonged to my dad, and she thought I might want to sell them on eBay. I didn’t think too much about it, but when I went over later and she gave them to me, they are Nike Air Delta Force from the late 80’s. Tags are still on them in the original box. Never been laced up.

This is hilarious to me, because while my dad was the best dad I could have asked for, he didn’t care anything about looking cool and he certainly didn’t care about shoes. My guess is that he bought them to play church league basketball, and just never used them.

I couldn’t find any sold comps on eBay that hadn’t been worn. A well worn pair sold for $800. Any ideas on what I should ask for mine in absolutely mint condition other than some yellowed glue where the sole meets the upper? The box does have some wear and tear.