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I've turned into my dad....firearm trades for almost anything and everything these days.
Locust Fork
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I don't know how many things I saw my father buy or pay for services done using firearms......a fender bender, work on the tractor, a new TV for the living room....it was always a trade. I even got a divorce from my first husband that cost a Garand.
I had some work done around our property, some A/C work done and someone looked at an employee's car recently and it was all done in trades. I've tried to keep a stash of my own things tucked to the side and its come in handy lately.
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Creative bargaining . 😀
My father in law was like that. Guns, cars, dogs, everything was on the table. He could always make the other fellow think they came out to the good.
I learned a lot from him.
RIP, Garfield.
"I even got a divorce from my first husband that cost a Garand."
Sorry about the divorce, but that is funny right there! Most people's divorce costs several grand! That's a nice pun right there! 😁🤣
I got a house closing for a Springfield 1911. The lawyers secretary said, not another one, we need to make some actual money
when my wife I were starting out the old farmer was selling the house we rented . and we had a very sad start on a down payment . not that it made a difference but the relator came in to look the house over he saw a model 1897 12 ga I had ( should have kept it ) it was a two barrel set with a mutton case receiver was engraved and had a name on the side ( I wish I had taken photos or at least remembered the name he fell in love with it
offed me 2x what I had paid for it ( promised it was going to a good home and collector "him " ) so every few dollars helped at the time so I sold it to him to help add a few dollars toward our first house
I have traded trucks ,guns, cars, trailers , car parts , bikes , tools , lawn mowers pocket knifes but 99.9% for the same item a few guns have went the way of a car trade but most have been either up or down depending on what I was needing or some one wanted . early On lack of money I loved to trade now I have fell out of the loop and most all my old trading buddies now have a small farm with a head stone and I am no hurry to trade for one LOL
I think my wife was the limit on what I would trade off . she is too much a keeper to even think about it 😁
Bartering for me is second nature. I still do it with some fellows around here.
A long lost art.
"I even got a divorce from my first husband that cost a Garand."
I've traded a lot of firearms for a lot of things, but for a divorce? That's one I never even imagined.
She definitely was not high maintenance
I've got some pocket lint and a few buttons. What can that get me?
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I’ll come up with something......how many buttons?
It's about a handful.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain