condor kumunga?

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Anyone know if these bad boys are out yet? Anyone have one? :confused:

Thoughts on them?
 
Not out yet as far as I know. It's just a ten-inch version of the Rodan though, so I can tell you already it'll be a beast! I have a Rodan and am nothing short of impressed with it. :)
 
Oh, fine. If it's not one thing, it's another.

Now there's another new Condor to lust after.

Does it never end?
 
The hudson bay and lifeland hunter also have me super excited, although I think a micarta handled bushlore is also in the queue :D
 
PayetteRucker said:
The hudson bay and lifeland hunter also have me super excited, although I think a micarta handled bushlore is also in the queue :D
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My problem is that I like — and want — a lot of them. I'm more than willing, but the wallet's weak.

Yes, I know that they're really inexpensive, but right now, even inexpensive it too expensive. Fortunately, I think I have some jobs coming in from old clients. Then I can satisfy my lust... I mean, then I can take advantage of the low price point for Condors.
 
PayetteRucker said:
I hear ya bud I made 4,000 dollars this year... total... I think a quarter of which I spent on knives :|
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Wow! I didn't think I made less than anybody else, but you have me beat. I draw $642 per month on Social Security, which gives me a whopping $7,704 for the year. Between rent, food and bills, I can just squeak by, if I'm super careful.

Fortunately, I get some side work in from time to time, and that really helps. Last time I got a little extra in and thought I could buy some knives, it went for tires, instead. I did manage to replace a Vic Farmer and some DMT stones, though.
 
dawsonbob said:
Wow! I didn't think I made less than anybody else, but you have me beat. I draw $642 per month on Social Security, which gives me a whopping $7,704 for the year. Between rent, food and bills, I can just squeak by, if I'm super careful.

Fortunately, I get some side work in from time to time, and that really helps. Last time I got a little extra in and thought I could buy some knives, it went for tires, instead. I did manage to replace a Vic Farmer and some DMT stones, though.
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I alloted myself 600 dollars a month in living expenses-rent, power, food etc from my savings account. In Boise I'm able to live pretty comfortably off of that, but recreation and toys are hard to justify.
 
PayetteRucker said:
I alloted myself 600 dollars a month in living expenses-rent, power, food etc from my savings account. In Boise I'm able to live pretty comfortably off of that, but recreation and toys are hard to justify.
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Yeah, I hear that. If I didn't have some deals going for the rent, I'd be in trouble.:D

I've given Idaho a lot of thought, for a number of reasons, over the last few years. I know that my money would go a lot further there than it does in San Diego. San Diego is one of the most expensive places in the US to live, but if you're careful, it's possible... just.

While I have some other reasons for staying here right now, the big VA hospital in La Jolla is one of the big ones. I know that there's a new VA center in Boise now that's putting Idaho more into the plus column than it used to be.

In Idaho, though, I might have enough left at the end of the month for a knife or two.
 
Yeah you can find some one bedroom apartments for 200, 250 dollars if you really look. I've seen small houses go for that much as well. The new VA center is pretty sweet... the VA still has no money and I'm still stuck on a 2 year waiting list for treatment but the new hospital is actually pretty impressive. I live 3 blocks away from it.
 
PayetteRucker said:
Yeah you can find some one bedroom apartments for 200, 250 dollars if you really look. I've seen small houses go for that much as well. The new VA center is pretty sweet... the VA still has no money and I'm still stuck on a 2 year waiting list for treatment but the new hospital is actually pretty impressive. I live 3 blocks away from it.
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For $200, or $250, you couldn't find a closet here in San Diego.

A two year waiting list doesn't sound good at all. Things must really be tight at that VA. The one here (in La Jolla — about 12 miles) is a teaching and research hospital (in conjunction with UCSD), so things may be a little better here in that respect.
 
I was told out of all of them because it is so new, Boise is the least busy VA hospital in the country, though there's so much heresay about all that stuff floating around I don't know what to believe. I know the GI Bill would only pay out 23% of my tuition when I applied for school last semester (tuition was 4500 a year and the post-911 GI bill is supposed to pay out 100% tuition, a E5 basepay living stipend and 500 dollars a year for book fees) which was less money than I paid into the GI Bill in the first place. I start school in the fall and I'm planning on paying out of pocket.
 
PayetteRucker said:
I was told out of all of them because it is so new, Boise is the least busy VA hospital in the country, though there's so much heresay about all that stuff floating around I don't know what to believe. I know the GI Bill would only pay out 23% of my tuition when I applied for school last semester (tuition was 4500 a year and the post-911 GI bill is supposed to pay out 100% tuition, a E5 basepay living stipend and 500 dollars a year for book fees) which was less money than I paid into the GI Bill in the first place. I start school in the fall and I'm planning on paying out of pocket.
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There's always a lot of hearsay at any VA, and it's hard to get a straight story out of anyone.

The GI bill is a good thing... it just isn't much of a good thing.:D Still, it certainly helped me get through school. After all was said and done, it didn't do much more than pay for books, but even so, it was a big help. I had to work two jobs to make it, but the GI Bill made it possible to get my degree.

Good luck with school.
 
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