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Tori and I had a chat

Cubslover
While we are both really wanting a bike and were VERY close to getting one, we've decided to put our money into more realistic and responsible things(guns included [:)]).

1 - We've owned our house for 3 and a half years. Putting a lot of money and hard work into it in various improvement projects. A couple need finished up....the drywall work through the other 1/2 of the basement, the trim around the new floors, I want to put some nicer trim in the bathroom that we renovated about 3 yrs ago....etc. We're going to get the place ready for the market. We may not list it on the market for a while, but we're going to finish it and have it ready.

2 - New bedroom furniture

3 - New kitchen appliances

4 - Tori's going to start heading to the gym more often. We've decided we're going to start a family. Things at home have been wonderful, better than they ever have.

5 - Now comes the things you want to know about. We're going to go ahead and get one of those Browning Safes I was asking about awhile ago. Also a few new inhabitants for said safe. They will be items with a purpose...Beretta Automatic 12ga, Sig 226 or 229(in 9 or 40), Browning Buckmark, 22mag rifle, MAYBE an AR15(don't forget I was promised one for our 5th anniversary).

So anyways, flame on about me not getting a bike. I'm only 23 and have plenty of time to get a bike. Plus the items I have mentioned(save for the kids of course) will be paid for in cash as they are purchased. Instead of taking out a loan(even though we were going to pay it off in a year), we will be just paying cash for them. One or two items at a time. Granted it will take some time to get the projects done around the house.

I feel our decision is a rational one and a more realistic approach to investing our money than an impulse purchase of a motorcycle.
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  • p3skyking
    Good for you. You may regret it, but not for long.
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  • Old-Colts
    Wise choices!
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  • dlrjj
    Pretty smart move on your part in my opinion. There are lots of things that will do you more good and bring you more enjoyment down the line, and not take your legs out in the process.[:)]

    Money is a tool - use it wisely and it works for you, rather than you for it.
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  • Captplaid
    Yes, good choice, except you might want to consider a Browning .22 SA rifle.
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  • JackBwr
    I like this choice. I don't know why people get so excited over 'bikes'. Our town is swamped with so many bikes every weekend, it's insanity. If people want to drive one to work and save gas, I think that's great.
    But just to have something to throw loud pipes on and take up space, driving around all weekend for nothing, gets old. I just can't relate. I'm tired of motorcycles taking up the road. I'm sick of seeing them and sick of listening to them.

    There's better things to do out there than wasting gas and contributing to noise polution.
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  • MosinNagantDisciple
    quote:Originally posted by vess1

    I like this choice. I don't know why people get so excited over 'bikes'. Our town is swamped with so many bikes every weekend, it's insanity. If people want to drive one to work and save gas, I think that's great.
    But just to have something to throw loud pipes on and take up space, driving around all weekend for nothing, gets old. I just can't relate. I'm tired of motorcycles taking up the road. I'm sick of seeing them and sick of listening to them.

    There's better things to do out there than wasting gas and contributing to noise polution.


    +1

    I live in a small redneck town, pretty much in the 'downtown' area where all the shops are. About every 30 minutes the same thing happens: some jackass on an obnoxiously loud bike goes roaring through town, purposely gunning the engine so everyone within a mile radius can hear how 'rebellious' they are. The thing is , most of these riders are balding, middle-aged men whose 'rebellion' consists of riding their bike aimlessly for a couple hours, then going home to mow the lawn in front of their suburban home. Give me a break.
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  • pickenup
    quote:Originally posted by cubslover
    We've decided we're going to start a family.
    You KNOW you will have to post pics. [;)]




























    Of the KIDS.........What did you THINK I meant?

    Good to hear you and Tori had a chat and came to a mutual decision on were to put your funds.
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  • Cubslover
    That was not our purpose for buying a bike. We've been missing the wind in our hair since getting rid of our '01 Nardi Ed. Miata. The bike was for me to drive to work(gas mileage) and for us to cruise and relax on.

    I live down the road from a biker bar in town. Believe me, I know how bad those bikes are. Especially since they come screaming down my street at 1am and I have to get up at 3:30 for work.
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  • zipperzap
    quote:2 - New bedroom furniture

    Wise choice, indeed!

    Your new bed will probably never be
    sideswiped off the road ... into a tree.

    ... you'll also get better milage on your
    new bed - and God knows, the ride's
    going to be more comfortable!!!
    [:D][:D][:D]
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  • OJMayo
    never buy a motorcycle or ride one. you will die on it. sorry to be so blunt but they are killers.
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  • JackBwr
    Get a Nautilus or a Sleep Number bed. I got a nautilus a few years back and I'll never go back to a regular mattress again. They're pricey but come with a 20 year warranty and no mattress can compare, since you can each adjust your side however you want, when you want. Plus with the visco foam, there's no pressure points. No comparison.

    I spend (or try to spend)nearly a third of my life sleeping so I thought it was worth it.

    With that, I better get re-aquainted with it right now. [:)]
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  • Cubslover
    Ha, we don't need a new bet(yet, RE:starting a family), just the dressers, nightstands, etc.
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  • Colt Super
    Well, you are probably going to live a long time, and be able to enjoy the 2 wheeler as soon as Tori gives you permission. Maybe right after all the kids graduate from high school.

    Your epitaph may well read: "Here Lies A Prudent Man".


    Just pokin' at you Cubs. Good decision with a good partner !!

    Best wishes.

    Doug
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  • Cubslover
    [:D]

    Thanks Doug.
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  • Donovan Kirkpatrick
    If you are only 23, do not rush the "family" thing. Get to know each other better and enjoy each other first. Babies tie you down and are all consuming. You will give up free time.
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  • guns-n-painthorses
    And when you get your Browning safe, get the biggest one you can afford as sooner than you think, you will fill it up. Just something about a half empty safe I guess...!
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  • Jacob2008
    tuck a little away each week till you have enough.

    if you invest a bike and wreck it, your out alll that money, invest in those things your talking about, all it can do is earn you more
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  • select-fire
    Wise choice, but keep a lookout for a bargain basement price on one especially this fall when bikers up there put them up for the season. Make some rediculous offer on one.
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  • Henry0Reilly
    I nominate this for the first new inhabitant of that safe:

    ANIB Polish Mosin Nagant Hand delivered to your door for $5 over your bid. (Delivery offer valid only to cubslover or 30 mile radius of 47933)


    I bought my first real bike, a 1986 Liberty Sportster, at 28. You've got time.
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  • shoff14
    You might want to reconsider new appliances. If you sell the house, the new owners might want them and you will not get your investment back on appliances.

    Hope it works out for you though. Right now the area sucks for the the housing market seller wise. Its a great buyers market though. All those new crappy houses on the west side are staying empty!
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  • sig232
    quote:Originally posted by OJMayo
    never buy a motorcycle or ride one. you will die on it. sorry to be so blunt but they are killers.



    Anything fun and exciting has a dangerous side to it. I know hundreds of people that have been riding all their lives and have never been in a serious accident on a bike.

    Driving fast cars are dangerous, skydiving is dangerous, scuba diving is dangerous, guns are dangerous, its all in the perspective.

    If you don't like bikes then they are dangerous to you. If you don't like guns then they are dangerous to you! Thats life.

    But the thrill of riding a cruser bike in the back country of Oregon, in the woods, the MT roads cannot be duplicated in a car, even a convertable. Out in the elements with the smell of the flowers, the trees and the seeing the things you never will experience cooped up in a car. You seldom see many cars once you get off the freeways and major roads. It is an experience only folks who have ridden a bike can explain.

    But a bike is a luxury item, not practicle in winter weather. So to invest in a home or other non-depreciable assets is a much wiser choice.
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  • Stink Foot
    I knew that little lady of yours would put the quahedious on that little dream.
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  • Colt Super
    Truer words have never been spoken.

    "But the thrill of riding a cruser bike in the back country of Oregon, in the woods, the MT roads cannot be duplicated in a car, even a convertable. Out in the elements with the smell of the flowers, the trees and the seeing the things you never will experience cooped up in a car. You seldom see many cars once you get off the freeways and major roads. It is an experience only folks who have ridden a bike can explain."...Sig232

    Doug
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  • Colt Super
    Thai is from zipperzap's thread about a firearms accident at a range.


    "That's one that you rarely see. Not too much info released,

    ... life can change in a milasecond. That's one that you rarely see. Not too much info released,

    ... life can change in a millisecond, forever."...zipperzap

    Food for thought.

    Doug

    * edited because I misspelled my name - again
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  • He Dog
    To have a house paid off at that age, you either had some great help, or you make obscene amounts of money. It sounds like you are planning to use it more or less wisely. I have been riding the same bike since '88 and riding since '65. The only question with a bike is when you will go down. If doesn't even enter into it. You will go down. Are you making retirement investments? If not you should be. Starting early will either let you retire earlier, or with much more security. Assume Social Security will not exist when you get there. Assume the company you work for will have execs, that disappear with your retirement fund (Remember AF of L CIO? Remember Enron? A car dealer here in town did the same.) How are you going to live without those? make plans now, the longer you save the better the money works for you. Start now or start when you are 35. The difference could be $300,000! Go a little easy on the guns too, but do buy the safe. Free advice from your uncle old timer.
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  • Cubslover
    Ha, the house isn't paid off He Dog, but we have invested about 25-30k in materials and labor(our own) in improvements. As Shoff said, the market right now SUCKS for sellers. We don't want to be unprepared if/when the market turns back around. I want to get some return on my house, but won't sell until the market has leveled back out.
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  • tccox
    You will probably be better off if you NEVER get a bike!! Tom
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  • Shadetree
    quote:We've decided we're going to start a family.

    Well now yall bees need some instructions to do that? [:X]
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  • dolfan
    +1 on investing in your castle and not a bike.

    I had my first child at age 34. My advice is to wait a few more years before you consider having children. Finish all renovations on your house, pay off bills and save some cash first.

    Kids are expensive. My wife was bed ridden per doc's orders at 6 1/2 months during her pregnancy with our twins. Could not work, used up all her sick leave. Prepare for the unexpected.

    BTW, my wife won't let me have a bike until my youngest is 18.
    I got 10 more years to go.
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  • 1911a1-fan
    having a bike can be fun, but the danger far outweighs it in my mind, last time i had a bike it was around 14 years ago, i got it on a deal when i sold my bar, it was a Suzuki 1100, that had been bored out to around a 1400, scariest thing i ever rode, when my son was born i thought to myself very seriously, i came to the conclusion that i have to be here for him, if i was going to get hurt or worse that's fine if i was single

    i got hit by a drunk driver when i was 16 while riding on the back of a 750 Honda, my brother in-law was not so fortunate, he was crippled for life, year to date i have lost 6 friends to bike accidents, last 1 was about 3 years ago he lost it on a turn, slid about 100 feet into a tree, he was horseshoed around an oak tree he was 27, the summer i sold mine one of my friends bought a phone pole guide wire, he was 22, very good future going for him, he lost both arms, and his left leg, left arm, and leg was amputated by the crash, it was only a few blocks from my house, i remember watching the helicopters, and ruckus with the police, and ambulance, but did not know it was him
    the rest was killed by cars

    this is why i did not reply to your thread about getting a bike



    now about this starting a family thing, just hold on i have been thinking seriously about a give away[:D]
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