Well, I need cash...

[Fido Dog]

Have you guys been doin' good on cash and all HELL lets loose??:1106: With only 2 mos. to go until I get a new ride, the water pump and radiator go out on my hooptie!!.....SON OF A BITCH!!!!

I still need to drive for 2 mos. so I have to fix it!!!:1106:

I'm selling an AK kit in the sale section, but I want to hear some stories also. A shameless plug, but I need dough quick.

Who or what has crapped on your Wheaties!?!?....do tell.

[drine]

That's why I bought a CETME, can't get my big toe in the trigger!!:blink:

Not really, my handle "It always looks darkest just before it goes totally black" hits home sometimes. Actually, I'm the consumate optimistic. It's not the glass is half-empty but the magazine is half -full that keeps me going.
I used to have a little cartoon I kept while stationed at Fort Hood. They hijacked me from a Bradley unit to HHC supply due to former crook that held the posistion. Anyway, the cartoon had a little mouse with a rather large scrotum (codsack for any of the undereducated readers) that was being pressed in an old book vise. The caption read "Give it another turn you SOB, I work better under pressure".
So chin up and give a needy person something you of value and stand ready to reap the rewards. It works!!
Good luck and God Bless!

[tanstaafl4y]

{sarcasm}I have great news{/sarcasm} My landlord's son is getting married in July...and wants to give him the house that I am living in for a wedding present.

WEll the Girlfriend and I have been talking about moving in together and I really want to own a home again so I have been house hunting for the last week.

I've looked at 25 places from the street, but Saturday I am goint to look at one from the inside. I am not planning on using a buyers agent (which will reduce "closing costs" that a seller SHOULD pass on to me.)

Saturday I am also going to the gun show to sell a bunch of guns to buy one that I have been looking for since I got out of the Army (circa 2003). Two months ago I had the cash inhand where I could have bought the rifle outright, but Esmerelda (my 30 year old Triumph Motorcycle) is sick and needed parts. Grumble, grumble. Plus I used my "tax return money" to pay off a credit card rather than buy a gun. Why did I chose to be responsible and pay my bills instead.

Did I mention that I have to move sometime in the next 90 days....

/I'm not mad at my landlord they are good people and have told me that If I can't find something by july they will help me put my belongings in the front yard....Jokeing. They actually said I could take all of the time I need, but they would appreciate it if i play along nicely.

[weasel_master]

One semester my financial aid din't go through. The school ended up dropping me from every class and kicked me out of the dorms. I still went to every class and did the homework and took the tests. I kept pressing them to fix my aid. I was without a place to live. I ended up sleeping on a futon in a porch. The proch was just wide enough to fit the futon when it was folded like a couch. I slept like that from November to February. The only thing between me and the outdoors was a bunch of windows and a screen door. I had to wear a hat to bed to keep my ears warm. In the end, they fixed my aid gave me retroactive credits for the classes I attended even though I wasn't enrolled.

One thing that got me through it even though it was stressfull was to just laugh about it.

[bullseye]

Well, my health is not what it used to be. :hurted: I blew out a disk in my neck, and 3 in my back, had carpal tunnel surgery in both hands, have severe obstructive sleep apnea, and narcolepsy. I finally think I am almost well enough to re-join the workforce after being out of work for 8 months and nobody wants to hire me. The unemployment ran out last month and the wife is due to deliver #3 in a month or so. No income coming in right now and my truck has a broken front end, but I bought a truck with a good body and am waiting for someone to swap engines for me. One car to drive and it will not be big enough for us after the little one arrives. I did sue my previous employer for a paltry sum that has the bills current till the end of the month, but that is held aginst me when trying to get a jobn as well as the fact that one slip and my back will need surgery. There are other things not going well, but you have to look at the big pic, think long term. No matter how bad today sucks, tomorrow could always get better, and if not tomorrow, the next day. Once you loose your good attitude, everything falls apart. Just tell life to :upyours: and then sit back and :roflmao: a while. It will get better if you make it. So cheer up, knock one back :beer: and work towards tomorrow.

[SteelCore]

D-vorce takes a lotta money, but as the joke goes, it costs so much because its worth it. Mentally I'm over it, but monetarily...well...

ALso, I was poised with tax check in hand a few months back to buy jest abt any firearm I might want. In the end, my truck's fuel pump took a dump in a remote northern town in IN, and that cost $$$...and ya pay it. fookers put the gas tank back on wrong, and that's prolly gonna need fixed soon, too. Plus, some other routine maintenance on the vehicle, that ate all me $ but enough to get a Mosin 91/30...which was money well spent.

Still, I've got me health, and I got me daughter, and that's all I really need.

I think life would be a pointless exercise if it all went smoothly. If you believe you chose to come here to this place, (this world/level/dimension/ whatever you wanna call it), then you knew you were up to the challenge.

I firmly believe that the Strong must be tested from time to time. Adversity builds body/mind/spirit muscles!

I always tell folks to Stand Fast, Hang in There, etc. I gotta tell meself that sometimes too.

Make sure you have a good friend or two, or a good fam member. A 'life support group' is always important, either for venting, doing something to takr yer mind off things, etc. Grinding yourself into a rut never helps.

[Darkwatch]

And the other thing to think about...once you get that house it's yours! Put that gun safe werever you want. Turn up the music as load(almost) as you want and stomp on the floor! I have been in my house for just over a year. My wife and I are oh so very broke but having the house is worth it! I still have a gun on "lay away" with another board member because I had the money to buy it and low and behold a problem with the house ate the money.:wall: I will soon have it so I can get my first AK!!! So like my old man says "Life is a kick in the balls:kick: ...you just get used to it". Good luck house hunting we're all pulling for you.

[M1 Tanker]

I can get up on my soapbox today.....

All deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan were just extended to 15 months. Yesterday morning we were over halfway through the 12 months...and today we aren't. So, my wife won't be home until late November instead of August. I'll be kind and not get on my rant though...even though they are fucked up like a football bat at DoD. Where IS Jack Bauer when I need him damnit.

[LorDiego]

I just got "let go" on Wednesday at my job.

Such is the life of the freelancer artist. Here today, gone tomorrow. No two weeks notice for us.

This is the second time this happens in 6 months..

and also, the second time in 6 months I land my next gig 10 minutes after getting "fired". :angel:

[Woodman in MO]

Where IS Jack Bauer when I need him damnit.

You know, Jack Bauer once asked God to create the world and God said it would take six days...Jack Bauer then yelled, "YOU'LL DO IT NOW!!!!!" and then had to kill God.....That is why God is just a belief today...

Sorry to hear about that delay...that has got to be rough...

[pigpen]

In the past 2-4 weeks I have had pinched a nerve in my neck. Can't hardly move my left arm. Only good thing about that is I am right handed.(my love hand) locked my keys in my truck, broke window while trying to get the door unlocked. One cat died, had to get a replacment(simpathy pet) for the kids. Luckily thr mother inlaws' chuwawa had puppies. so both of my kids had to pick one(two kids 2 dogs) By the way, I don't like shark bait dogs. Then another cat winds up dead. How, I wish I knew. Did I mention the $500 root canal? Did I mention the $350 deductable for the MRI I'm supposed to get on 4/13/07, Friday the 13th? This is all I can type cause my neck & arm are starting to hurt.


I know I don't have it bad but you asked for it. Honestly, I thank god for how good I have it. It can always be worse.

[okie shooter]

I can get up on my soapbox today.....

All deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan were just extended to 15 months. Yesterday morning we were over halfway through the 12 months...and today we aren't. So, my wife won't be home until late November instead of August. I'll be kind and not get on my rant though...even though they are fucked up like a football bat at DoD. Where IS Jack Bauer when I need him damnit.

Tanker, there aint much any of but a few of us could say that is harder to take than that one(I heard that on the news yesterday and did actually think about your situation). I wish your family and your wife the best. You and the others that serve get my undieing grattitude.

[weasel_master]

Definately a hard one to get through Tanker. I couldn't imagine a year let alone longer. Thank you both for serving.

[pigpen]

I can get up on my soapbox today.....

All deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan were just extended to 15 months. Yesterday morning we were over halfway through the 12 months...and today we aren't. So, my wife won't be home until late November instead of August. I'll be kind and not get on my rant though...even though they are fucked up like a football bat at DoD. Where IS Jack Bauer when I need him damnit.

My bitchin seems miscule compared. Thanx for doing what us broke d!(ks can't.

[rustypirate]

Sorry to hear about the deployment extension there Chris.

As for the rest of you guys, geez.......

When I split up with my Ex, I had to spend my very last dime just moving back stateside from the UK.

No job, no car, no place to live, and no money. About the only thing I did have was a stack of CC bills.

Well, now 4 years on and I have a new car, house, great job, and enough money to support my love of firearms.

Buck up fellas, it does get better.

Oh yeah, no more CC debt either.

[Les48]

My sad story, well sorta. This last Christmas I got a really bad stomach bug. I had constant diarrhea and was unable to eat or drink anything for several days. The third day I started to get a deep pain in my throat that moved to my chest and arms. I drove to the emergency room and they told me I was having a heart attack. I got to stay two days in intensive care and one in a regular hospital room. The good thing was other than an inverted T wave they couldn’t find any damage. I also got to pester all the pretty nurses.

Some of the funnier things that happened.

After I had been their awhile I got to take a shower. After I was done one of the nurses started putting my heart monitor back on. I had my back to the door and the gown raised above my head. She was tall so she had to kneel down to see under the gown. Another nurse walked past the door and started laughing. I asked her what was so funny. She said she’s not making you pay for that is she?

I had a pretty little nurse prepping me for a Die Cath. I asked the Doc if he could get an ugly nurse to do that. I told him that these pretty nurse’s could cause a guy to embarrass himself.

Oh well, it was funny until the bills arrived.

[wonderwolf]

I had 2 trips in the past 2 years to the ER cause of my heart (I'm 20 and don't do anything I wouldnt let my grandmother see) :beer: I was born with it but anyways I get to the ER's and Good God there was this pretty nurse I was giving a little trouble to and low and behold she was the mother of a friend. She knew me from some pictures but didn't bother to tell me. The 2nd time they took me away my neighbor (just moved in 2 months prior but didnt know me well) was the tech who stayed in the back with me. They suspected somebody my age was doing drugs or whatever and didnt have a legit heart problem. So after the cops asked me several times and I told them no I didnt do anything bad this guy gives me the "ok all the weird people are gone you can tell me the truth what happened, were you out drinking last night or partying?" And I told him that all I did the night before was drink a 24Oz of Dr. Pepper while loading .44 magnum ammo with some friends for a match the next day. He just kinda got big eyed and asked me how much I shot....Now he wonders on over to the house whenever the UPS man stops over to see what I got or when I get back from a gun show...turns out he is a avid duck hunter.

Hang in there guy it could always get worse. :afro:

[rpmfly2]

In June, Last year, I came down with a 104.5 to 405 fever and went to the doctor. He said I had the flu! Well, I went home and three days later I was fine again following Dr's orders! Two days later, at midnight, I wake up with the 104.5 fever again and I am freezing and shaking so bad I cannot walk or dial the phone! About 25 minutes later, I call and when the ambulance arrives I am fine! Three days after that, my lower left back hurt like hell and started to travel as I updated my business web sight and waited on customers. Well, two hours and fifteen minutes later, I passed a kidney stone and went to the ER! They did a CT and I had only the one and they didn't give me any antibiotics! I had a hell of a bladder infection three days later and they finally got me in to see a Urologist, but not before my left testicle was the size of a baseball! Well, after one 14 day stent on cipro from a massive bladder infection that spread to my left testicle, that reoccured again after three days off Cipro, they put my on Levaquin! Three 14 day stents on that and the testicle finally went down and all was well until September 9th at midnight! Fever is 105 and make a 5th trip to the ER!!!!!! Got a nurse that was studying to be a infectious Desease DR. and she says fever of unknown origin and has the balls to do a blood test for gram negative bacteria! You know, Anthrax, Salmonila, E-Coli, and a host of other admirable bacteria! Well, after a massive dose of liquid anti bods in my left arm after 25 blood vials drawn every 15 minutes, I am over the fever. They send me home and call me on Sunday. Don't tell me I am being admitted! So, I show up after working to catch up without a shower! Didn't get one for 6 days! Too many test to find out I had E-Coli! Now, I have antibiotic induced Diverticulosis! Thanks DOCS! I am just now feeling half way normal! Gotta LOVE the MED Profession! And the BILLS!:jumping: :hammered: :fn-fal: :redface:

[Fido Dog]

Well, this was my thread and I'm glad for the responses. I could just ask for the dough and it would be there. Not anymore. I will take hits and try to get my life together like a normal man. I get payed a meager $100 a day CASH. This is the nature of my business. A photographer starting out is a poor man, but rich in the fact he's doing something he loves. I envy the guy that gets to rebuild old cool cars......Bulligan???

Henry, someday I hope you have that smile on your face. It's worth it.

Steelcore, I would like to send you something to research......PM me.

Power to the people.....Down with Whitey!!!

[rep30cal]

The heart problems are unreal aren't they. Long story short, back in 2000
I kept going to the ER, not being able to breath very good, they would
treat me for bronchitus and send me home. This went on for over a year,
and finally a fill-in Dr. seen me and said he didn't buy the bronchitus story
and wanted to do some tests, tests weren't to good, so he sends me to a
heart doc. He does some tests and then the bad news, he tells me "you
couldn't ask for better arteries and valves, there is no blockage, your heart
is dying". My ejection fraction is at 15% (percentage of blood flow).
Fast-forward to May 2004, new heart doc says ejection fraction is at 10%
and you are not going back to work, I tell her I have been working 6-7 days
a week, 10-12 hours a day, let me work 40 hour weeks. She says go get
signed up for disability, you are not going back to work, you need a heart transplant. Four docs say no work, you are in too bad a shape and it still
took over 2 1/2 years to get OK'ed for disability. The good Lord is with me
and if he's willing, I'll see both my boys graduate. Everyone hang in there
because there are brighter days ahead. <><

[rpmfly2]

The heart problems are unreal aren't they. Long story short, back in 2000
I kept going to the ER, not being able to breath very good, they would
treat me for bronchitus and send me home. This went on for over a year,
and finally a fill-in Dr. seen me and said he didn't buy the bronchitus story
and wanted to do some tests, tests weren't to good, so he sends me to a
heart doc. He does some tests and then the bad news, he tells me "you
couldn't ask for better arteries and valves, there is no blockage, your heart
is dying". My ejection fraction is at 15% (percentage of blood flow).
Fast-forward to May 2004, new heart doc says ejection fraction is at 10%
and you are not going back to work, I tell her I have been working 6-7 days
a week, 10-12 hours a day, let me work 40 hour weeks. She says go get
signed up for disability, you are not going back to work, you need a heart transplant. Four docs say no work, you are in too bad a shape and it still
took over 2 1/2 years to get OK'ed for disability. The good Lord is with me
and if he's willing, I'll see both my boys graduate. Everyone hang in there
because there are brighter days ahead. <><

I have had several bad experiences with the medical profession but you always have to look at the bright side! I'll be 51 in May and still Deep Tech Diving, Cave Diving, Flying, Sky diving, training the DSM Star Tach Unit for underwater forensics, Rescue Dive Training Instruction, and jumping out of helecopters in snorkel and SCUBA gear! Everything since 1992 they said wasn't possible. But it is! Never give up!

[rep30cal]

rpmfly2, I have wondered about your screen pic, I used to be on the
local VFD, advance fire, scuba, emt and haz-mat. I still have some of
my scuba gear if you know anyone looking.
+1 on the "never give up", my ol' lady needs me, she says she ain't
raisin my brats without me, lol.

[SteelCore]

FD, whatcha got fer me?

PM inbound, man.

[wonderwolf]

I was given something like a 15% chance of survival when I was born with my condition..The tech to fix it was spanken new and the odds got better everyday. If I was born 5 years earlier I wouldnt be here....Blows my mind whenever I think about it.

[cetme]

Year and a half ago fell out of the dougnut truck during an ice storm and busted my elbow in 4 places, I toughed it out and didn't pass out till I got back to the shop:buttkick: three pins later I'm in one piece but I'm on work comp for 5 months-if your scraping by at full pay 2/3 pay only gets you 2/3 there. After I get back on the road I get pushed into working a double cause a dumb#$$ manager is scared of driving the truck and get into a we accident and get "promoted" to assistant manager. :hammer: Get my a$$ worked off and then fired cause I didn't kiss the right parts and then our land lord sells the house we were living in and we had to move from a 2 bedroom duplex to a small (30X20)
one bedroom apt.( also moved on the hotest day of the year) Lets just say were still sorting and tossing but theres room to walk a little now. Then I end up dumping $2500 in car repairs this winter! Let's just say the savings are about tapped.But it could be worse.:062:

[bataanboy]

My Old Man always said "every day is a s _ _ t sandwich and there's a loaf of bread in the oven. I believe he said that so I'd come up knowing that life is HARD. I've had my share of adversity and lived to tell about it. But the good times have always outweighed the bad. So live thru those tough times and look forward to the good ones that are around the corner.

[rpmfly2]

rpmfly2, I have wondered about your screen pic, I used to be on the
local VFD, advance fire, scuba, emt and haz-mat. I still have some of
my scuba gear if you know anyone looking.
+1 on the "never give up", my ol' lady needs me, she says she ain't
raisin my brats without me, lol.

That couldn't be furthur from the truth! Every time during the winter we get called to a drowning it's the worst weather and ALCOHOL related unfortunately! Someone has to help and few will volunteer. Sell your gear on Evil-Bay! That's what I do when I sell our used rental - training gear! The screen picture is Salorville Lake New Years Day 2006 water temp33 degrees and 1900 cubic feet per second flow rate! Pinball scuba for shure!

[okie shooter]

On bad things, I actually was declared dead as a baby, a few days old. The doctor gave up and called my death. Two of the nurses didnt give up as my father tells me and I came back after the call. Still I think of that bad thing being a good thing thus there can be two sides of any coin.

[rep30cal]

rpmfly2, our EMT instructor told us, "if you go to a call after midnight,
and no one is drunk, keep looking because someone is missing"

okie shooter, the good Lord wanted you here more than that doctor
did.