dadoser
Elite
2023 was an anomaly year for me in firearms purchases. I will never have a year like last again. My mother died in March after a 10 yr battle with dementia. For the last 3-4 yrs it left a shell of her physical body - no ability to speak/communicate, walk ,etc. Amazingly she survived Covid in 2019 when several others died from it in her memory care facility. Her nurse later told me - "She is the only person I've known to graduate from hospice."
Apparently my father (passed 4/10/2010) and her purchased a lot more life insurance than they needed. I am an only child. My wife and I are set up good enough for retirement with the lifestyle we both want. So in my grief and some excess life insurance money.....
I went a little ape sh*t on firearms (and tax stamp) acquisition last year. You can definitely see some nostalgia purchases there - stuff I wanted since the 1980s. And a couple items there - several of you on this forum were the enablers for those additions - Staccato and P226, etc. (you all know who you are.)
To be fair - I did sell a couple to go toward this hall.
I got guns and my wife got a major home/kitchen remodel. Remodel was at the point this week where the flooring is done (1/3 of the house is no longer concrete slab only) - so, I had the opportunity to drag out some of the collection and take some gun porn pics.
I would not share this on any other gun forum - but I've found this group to be a pretty great group of individuals (compared to a few other gun forums I've been on). You all are knowledgeable, supportive, and respectful (even in disagreement). Thank you.
Apparently my father (passed 4/10/2010) and her purchased a lot more life insurance than they needed. I am an only child. My wife and I are set up good enough for retirement with the lifestyle we both want. So in my grief and some excess life insurance money.....
I went a little ape sh*t on firearms (and tax stamp) acquisition last year. You can definitely see some nostalgia purchases there - stuff I wanted since the 1980s. And a couple items there - several of you on this forum were the enablers for those additions - Staccato and P226, etc. (you all know who you are.)
To be fair - I did sell a couple to go toward this hall.
I got guns and my wife got a major home/kitchen remodel. Remodel was at the point this week where the flooring is done (1/3 of the house is no longer concrete slab only) - so, I had the opportunity to drag out some of the collection and take some gun porn pics.
I would not share this on any other gun forum - but I've found this group to be a pretty great group of individuals (compared to a few other gun forums I've been on). You all are knowledgeable, supportive, and respectful (even in disagreement). Thank you.