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that's good, cracken...i learned through my most recent ex that i can't have anyone living with me or being in my personal space for more than 12 hours. she already got another guy, kind of funny though but i'm glad i broke up with her when i did. i deserve someone that's in shape and likes working out. lol

 

this not having a car thing is really starting to get to me.

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My car ticked past 100,000 miles on the way to work this morning. In all that time it has never been anywhere interesting or had a girl in it. Sorry, car...I have failed you. I have failed you.

 

It's off to Chicago tomorrow morning for the rest of the week. AIA Convention. Maybe there will be some beautiful young architect there? No, of course there won't be. But that's probably for the best. Mixing business and pleasure is always a bad idea.

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i worked as a teller at wells fargo for a couple months before quitting to work at a warehouse for just above minimum wage, quit that job to go back to walmart for a week before going to basic training, came back continued to work at walmart til i deployed, almost been without work for a year. it's hard not having a car, so many opportunities now for jobs i can't make it to because no transportation to get there. or if i could get there via bus, except for the fact that the bus stops running at a certain hour. guess i'll be waiting until january the earlier or may the latest to get a job...waiting for that Post 9/11 GI Bill money to start flowing in again, gonna get a cheap car out of pocket, no payments (hard to get a loan when one has no job) and go look for part time second shift work. those are my current plans now....

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My car ticked past 100,000 miles on the way to work this morning. In all that time it has never been anywhere interesting or had a girl in it. Sorry, car...I have failed you. I have failed you.
I was in it... and that should be more than enough awesome for one car to handle. :dozey:

Speaking of cars: The rental I got down here is a fresh off the line Jeep Cherokee... 10 miles on the clock. I'm the first person to soil it with my greasy paws and butt sweat.

 

Funeral is on Tuesday. I'm still working on tying up all the loose ends... and there are a lot. I want to fly out Tuesday night, so I don't kill all my time off.

 

I had a sheriff come out and catalog and unload all of dad's guns. (Though I never located the .45 I know he has...) I was going to have him take them to the dept., but he wanted to buy several of them, but couldn't since he was on duty. And they'd have to be melted down if he took them back to the office. I have his number so that when he's off this weekend, he can come get them. Anything he gives me for them will be appreciated. I just don't have the time to do the research and put them up fore sale properly. If it covers the plane tickets and rental car it would be a plus.

 

A few of them are classics, apparently, and in excellent shape. But I just don't have the time to deal with the other pressing problems I'm facing, let alone gun selling.

 

I have to get control of my father's accounts before I go, or this entire thing is going to fall completely apart. And I'd love to get the ball rolling on getting the trailer emptied, cleaned, repaired, and sold. And we're still trying to figure out what to do with the cars...

 

And how I'm going to get guitars and amps back to Boston...

 

Ugh... Overwhelmed.

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You guys are welcome to them, provided you can get to Southern Florida in the next couple of days.

 

He tells me there are more in the trailer somewhere... buried under a trapdoor in the floor of the back room that's currently piled with junk. All the WWII vintage stuff he has is there... and a locker full of ammo. I found 2 revolvers, a target pistol, a 22 rifle with a scope, a shotgun, and ammo for all of the above. Plus a couple of hunting knives. The sheriff was seriously impressed with the revolvers and the shotgun.

 

I'll take pics if I have time.

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Aaaawwk!

 

*(Goes out of his body, travels all the way across the country to get to Ed's dad's gun collection.)*

 

*(Discovers that the hands he needs to carry them off are still back in Oregon.)*

 

Dammit! :dozey:

 

(Serious note: not sure if the laws are different there, but you can get cash on the spot for them at a pawn shop. They buy as well as make loans.) ;)

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Along with a good knife or sword. I really want a rifle so I can go hunting. usually people get them handed down from parents. my Dad never bothered with weapons after leaving the army. We had a motto in our household that if we needed a gun in the house to feel safe, we would move.

 

Spent my childhood with the door of the house unlocked, and our car doors unlocked to

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He said WW2 stuff. That means Colt 1911...that means Walther, Browning and Luger. That means Arisaka and Thompson. I am actually drooling.

 

You know my passion is for the edged blade...but bang toys are freaking sweet. I just like to take them out to an open field and blast the hell out of whatever, no thoughts of hurting people at all. They are just good, clean old-fashioned fun.

 

And they simply don't make them like that anymore. :dozey:

 

Dangit, Ed, please don't let the cops melt that stuff down. Sell it to a pawn shop, so collectors like me can get a chance to appreciate them. It will take a bit of time, but it will be time well paid for when you walk out.

 

(Experienced collector's note. The larger, more successful pawn shops will pay a better price, because they rely more on their reputation, and aren't as 'hungry' as the small dive places. A fair price for you is 50% of what the dealer can sell it for; if he wants to give you $200 for a $1000 Luger, give him the finger and go to the next one.) :)

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Yeah, anything the cop I was dealing with doesn't buy, I'll bring to a gun shop or pawn place. The thing about this area: there is absolutely no shortage of either of those around here. The idea of some horribleness happening with one if these weapons after it leaves my hands and falls into the hands of some meth zombie down here was my sole motivation for not doing that in the first place. But now that they are all unloaded, I don't mind driving them around and handling them.

 

I don't know where any of the paperwork for these are... Does that make a difference?

 

I am still a bit worried about the one that I saw last time I was down here and can't find now.

 

My dad has been back to the trailer in the last month... I hope he didn't sneak it out somewhere or move it.

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i don't have any paperwork for the ones i've bought (rifles), as long as the serial numbers are on them you should be able to transfer them (they can look up serial number and see who the gun/rifle is in ownership by) without much hassle, and i take it you are your dad's power of attorney, otherwise i think your dad would have to be present during the transfer.

 

wish i had a car to get down there, but i don't really have any need for anymore firearms than the ones I have.

 

@k_k: what are you looking to hunt? I've got a remington 710...sadly, I haven't fired it in about 3 years...i took out my first deer with it. :) it's a bolt-action. also before you go buy a rifle, check on your state laws on what you can hunt with...in PA they won't let us use semi-automatics to hunt.

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I looked up the gun laws in Florida, and it looks like you're in a pretty free area where the laws are concerned. You don't need any kind of registration or paperwork, you just have to not be a felon, wife beater or general meth zombie to legally own them.

 

You shouldn't worry about meth zombies getting ahold of your guns if you drop them off at the pawn shop. When those guys go into one, it's to sell their mother's jewelry, not buy an expensive gun. One is subjected to a background search when one attempts to buy a gun over the counter, and they usually can't pass one.

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very true!

 

i finally called and made the appointment for a mental health consult at the VA hospital at the beginning of next month. let's see what they make of me. thanks everyone here for your support in actually going there for help...i know one or two of you may have referred me, another friend referred me and my team leader referred me, so might as well go and see what happens, if i can be fixed or if i'm beyond anybody's help lol

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this casino must be desperate looking for people...i'm gonna give it a shot. they called me again and said there's other openings like for surveillance, which is what i would be more interested in. just watching people and getting paid for it. hell yeah. i just need my mom to give me a ride there to the interview, then i need to go get myself a vehicle if i get the job. tho i need to get one anyway so i dont have my mom be driving me to interviews...lol

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