"The shortest distance from the earth to your mouth is the best." ~Wendell Berry~ Posts: 561 | From: Central Massachusetts | Registered: Aug 2009
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The last 15 years or so I started buying a house, spend some time and money on it then flip it for a profit. Some years, like Africa, it would take 2 houses! It would keep me busy and if I made a couple grand it was worth the time and effort. Since the market has fallen, I've switched to farm tractors. Buy them for cheap, fix 'em, paint 'em and resell 'em. I've sold 3 this year and have $4k in the sock drawer with no place to go. Didn't draw any tags 8-( Looks like I'll be planning a BIG trip for next year!
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"If you are twenty and aren't liberal you don't have a heart...if you're forty and not conservative you don't have a brain".....Winston Churchill Posts: 4386 | From: Gray, Ga. 31032 | Registered: Mar 2003
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There's things I could do and have done, like taxidermy work and building traditional flintlocks, but am too sorry to do...so I just suffer and do without everything else.
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I don't really have any vices other than hunting and the kids are semi on their own. It's fairly cheap to hunt a Louisiana lease if you don't include the beer we drink. Bottom line is that my wife knows it is my passion and she is supportive of my hobby.
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Retired Machinist and now a part time school bus driver. With a good boss i get all the days I want for hunting in Oct. thru Dec.
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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford Posts: 1641 | From: St. Peters, Missouri, USA | Registered: Apr 2003
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quote:Originally posted by riverrat 2: Biggie,I really like that tractor. That is the perfect size. Is that a Massey?
1948 Ferguson T20 I almost kept this one! If I'd have drawn Iowa, this tractor would have given me 2-3 weeks in paradise! I work on these between 5am and 7am, 5 days a week. The morning news just makes me cranky so I fund my bowhunting with those 2 hrs.
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"If you are twenty and aren't liberal you don't have a heart...if you're forty and not conservative you don't have a brain".....Winston Churchill Posts: 4386 | From: Gray, Ga. 31032 | Registered: Mar 2003
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I own a boarding kennel & dog grooming parlor (yes, really.) Somehow after I've paid for all the staff, bills, taxes, accountant, lawyer, supplies etc.... each month, there seems to be just enough left over for me to pay myself about 1/3rd of minimum wage (although I'm usually to tired to spend it) to pay for my hobbies!
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>>---TGMM, Family of the Bow---> Posts: 4814 | From: Tullahoma, TN | Registered: Apr 2006
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I gave up porn...LOL Really though just overtime and begging the wife for spare change.
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Soon to be retired RN after 30 yrs. Gotta find a new gig to help pay for future toys and trips.
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I've done logging and landclearing for going on 22 years now,hope I can make it to 23 with the way the economy is!!! I've collected enough "toys" along the way that I can usually sell/buy or trade for more without taking too much money out of pocket. That really helps now,as my oldest is in college.Good news is I have 9 years to save up until the next daughter goes. Hey Biggie,here's my tractor- Posts: 1055 | From: connecticut | Registered: Jul 2008
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One more detail on saving the pocket change. Sometimes I "manufacture" change. Say I buy some thing that costs $1.03. I will pay for it with $2.00 even if I already have the 3 cents. This may be cheating a bit, but it works, and so far, I have gotten away with it.
I still sneak quite a few items into the house just so nobody realizes how successfull I've been.
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