Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.
I was strolling through one of the local gun shops yesterday and found the most overpriced AK I have ever seen. I thought $600 was an outrageous sum when we got our Arsenal AKs (although, in retrospect, it was worth it) but these guys feel the Polytech (Chinese) Legend National Match AK they have is worth north of $2500. What the hell, man? “National Match” AK? So that means it’ll do, what?, keep all your rounds in 6″ at 100 yards instead of 10″? Sure its a heavy barrel and a nice milled receiver but for that kinda money I could buy a NM M1A or a nice DSA FAL…or something accurate in a better caliber.
Scary thing is, with the way the gun market is at the moment, they’ll probably get that. Oh, and that $2600 doesnt include any mags.
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I was talking to a customer yesterday who was telling me that he was dissatisfied at his job and was thinking of quitting. “What would you do?”, I asked. He said he didnt know. He just felt confident that he could get another job with no problem almost immediately. I told him that I cant imagine anyone would be thinking of voluntarily unemploying themselves right now. Theres no certainty that people who even want their jobs will have them in the next 12 months. Then again, maybe I was just projecting my own fears on this guy.
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Gas prices continue to fall in my region with a gallon fo gas now hanging out at around $1.55. The lower gas prices makes traveling in the great state of Montana a little cheaper so I may attend some out-of-town gun shows over the next few months and see if I can find some bargains. I have a gun show this coming weekend and it’ll be the first gun show Ive been to since the elction…Im curious to see how the market for various guns and gun-related items goes.
I know one guy who was out of work for a year before he got picked up again. I know another who got laid off last Dec, worked at his new gig for 6 months, and then got booted there. This area is one of the least impacted in terms of jobs, and I have to tell you, they’ll have to throw me out of here, screaming and kicking, I wouldn’t go willingly without another ironclad job offer.
Given the current state of hardware, maybe it is time to upgrade your software. Attend some more training, esp. with travel costs going down.
i think when you look for bargains at gunshows from now on you’ll need make it looking for “bargains”
You mean you haven’t heard? They’re sending you to live in India so you can do some real old-fashioned hands-on management ;p
That might be the one thing that’d have me leave this job. I would certainly visit, but I am not going to contract on for a longer term stay. Ain’t happening.
I have considered moving to Montana, especially the Missoula area or the Livingston area, but I work in the IT industry as a senior UNIX admin and Im fairly sure the job opportunities for someone with my skills areextremely slim if not nonexistant. I get the feeling that most people above lower middle class in MT probably bring most of their money with them when they move there.
The answer is to start a massive UNIX colo/hosting facility just outside of city limits, staffed by armed admins.
LJ is now hosted in Billings …
I’ll Apply!
I might just be starting the linux dabbling, but I can bring my own arms!