Recent content by Louis Toadvine

Agreed. I've seen many standard grade Rigby stocks that looked (I hate to use the word) plain for a $15K+ rifle. Or at least they looked that way in pictures (very possible they are nicer in the flesh). I always assumed I'd be going the upgrade route (grade 7+) if I ever ordered a Rigby, but I'd...

Even though it's a rechambering, I'm tempted simply because I've always been interested in a bigger bore in a stutzen/full length stock and I love Sakos. It's not particularly practical, and there's a risk the rechambering work wasn't done well (I'm not too confident based on the wonky stamp on...

Yes, New Hampshire and Maine are similar in that regard. They are the two most heavily forested states in the union (% of total land in forests) and therefore traditionally have strong timber and recreational industries. They also have fiercely independent and often very conservative populations...

I'd argue there are some chinks in that blue wall and not all of the above are "demcommie" states, which is good news for those of us in the region who are regularly against the grain with our opinions and votes. New Hampshire is essentially a swing state again this election. Kamala won NH by...

Yes, definitely. But in my specific case there are no large projects that contributed to the increase (these are mostly very small towns governed by town meetings, so anything big can't fly under the radar). This is just typical municipal maintenance. And the cost of that maintenance has...

100% this. When I account for the increases I've seen across all classes of expenses--household goods, of course, but notably the big ones like health insurance premiums & deductibles, property taxes, vehicle replacement cost, floating interest rates on lines of credit, etc.--I am way behind...

Still can't believe these are real stories and not headlines from The Onion or another satirical news site. Unbelievable. Source: https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-bites-several-babies-halloween-event-1977799 Source...

Investment banking (particularly M&A and leveraged finance groups), private equity, and some forms of public market investing (multi-pod hedge funds) are typically super demanding, high hour jobs far outside typical "banker" or business hours. 80-100 work weeks are the norm for young...

$36K was a pretty strong entry-level wage in 1990. Factoring for inflation, that's quite a bit higher than the average entry-level engineer today. $36K in 1990 = $88,778 as of June 2024 using a CPI calculator - https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=36000&year1=199001&year2=202406)...

Agreed. I didn't say there weren't other programs to cut, only that those are the larger pools of expenditures and therefore good candidates for making meaningful cuts. And there are also other ways to cut the deficit, of course. Raising taxes (revenue) is a straightforward (but unpopular) way...

I hope you realize I wasn't actually advocating for paying down the national debt but was instead trying to illustrate that the bulk of the spending down by the U.S. (and therefore the most likely places to cut spending) are social entitlement programs. I'm definitely not an expert, but I'm...

You really want to make a dent in that national debt? (This is rhetorical; I assume you do based on the frequency and tenor of your posts) Cut the annual budget and create a surplus. Then use that surplus to pay down your debt year after year. But the only way you create a surplus large enough...

I wouldn't classify myself as a "hater" given that I've voted for the man twice at this point. But I was pulling for Haley or Desantis in the primary and was disappointed in how things turned out. This is no surprise. Most politicians are survivors at any cost. Convictions, beliefs, and...

Was going to share this listing when it was still at $2,800 but figured it was going to get bid up and wasn't worth it. Didn’t realize just how high it would go...

This is a good price on an as new CLII stutzen in 9.3x62. Good luck with the sale. If I didn't already own the SM12 stutzen chambered in 9.3x62, I would jump on this!