kerzain
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Those are awesome. I am married, but I’m tempted to create a profile on a dating site for the sheer humor potential alone.
Sarkus
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I’ll post in that thread if I actually date anyone I meet on the internet. :-)
Scrax
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But the horror stories are the lifeblood of the thread! It’s what keeps the rest of us strong!
Hey Houngan, question for you.
One of my friends here at college is a girl who really, really likes the color pink. The pinker, the better. She’s also looking to get a gun… preferably a pink one.
She’s mostly looking to get a gun for range shooting, but she’d also like to be able to carry it for self-defense.
Is a .22 the right gun for that, or should she looking at something with a bit more, um, stopping power? Also, do you have any recommendations for what type of firearm, and is the pinkness something that’s trivial to arrange?
Any local gunsmith can throw some Duracoat on there in whatever color you’d like. Many platforms have aftermarket grips that are already pink, too.
Something around the .38/.380/9mm size is generally the minimum recommended caliber for self-defense, but that’s a holy war with lots of subtleties and personal preferences to it. What she could do is get a .22 now for the range and then she’ll probably want to get something bigger (in caliber, but maybe smaller in form factor) later anyway.
Houngan
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Tim was spot on. Plinking and carry are two entirely different things, and one gun will rarely suit both purposes. Carry always goes smaller and smaller, you think you’ll carry a midsize gun around, but you won’t. You invariably wind up at a j-frame Smith revolver or equivalent, or a Keltec .380 or equivalent. Both of which come in pink.
PM me if you want details, no need to clutter up the Interesting thread.
H.
One of these: http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=11101&storeId=10001&productId=77469&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=15704&isFirearm=Y
Or go crazy: http://www.jimsgunsupply.com/DuraCoat/duracoatpictures.html#PINK GUNS!!!
Jojo
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I’m trying to imagine the reaction of an attacker when faced with a pink gun. Don’t you run the risk of them thinking it is a fake?
Houngan
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I suppose you would, but at that point you have a gun in your hand, so it’s a wash.
H.
I recently started doing articles for Icrontic.com (little article on TDP and a brief review of the AMD 240e), and tomorrow I’m going to be in the audience for TEDxDetroit. Really hoping the speakers they’ve gathered are as good as some of the TED talks I’ve seen from the official event, because success with this initial one could lead to something bigger in the region with more participation from the national org.
I’m trying to imagine what kind of college allows handguns to be carried on campus.
Not just the Mormon ones. The University of Utah is decidedly not a mormon campus, but carry is allowed on campus because it’s a state law. I don’t know if we’re the unique state in the nation, but there was a big hullabaloo and a lawsuit and the like a while back over whether the college, as a state institution, could restrict a state-given right.
An armed campus is a polite campus!
I hope my assumptions aren’t too far off, but it’s likely she wasn’t planning to carry on campus, or had even seriously thought about carrying in general. It’s takes a lot of dedication and the original question was phrased like “what kind of TV is good if I might want to buy a PS3 later on?”
Back to recent happenings (that are interesting).
Reed
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After 5+ years, it’s my last couple days at Tilted Mill. It’s also my last week on the east coast. I officially start at EA (with their new web games team) this coming Monday!
I just got an apartment there (Bay Area) a couple days ago, with the move happening around Nov 1st. So am now in the middle of packing, selling, updating addresses, canceling services, etc, etc. Also I (very unfortunately) own a condo, so I’ve hired a property manager (since I can’t deal with it across the country) and trying to get it rented out asap. It’s a crappy situation, because at best case I’ll be bleeding a couple hundred bucks a month since my mortgage + condo fee exceeds what I’ll be able to get from rent - property management fee. I can’t sell because I bought the place just 2 1/2 years ago.
Why can’t you sell exactly? Is it just the loss you’d incur and not have it completely cover the outstanding mortgage? Even if that’s the case do you think the property will actually increase in value by $200 a month such that you’ll be in a better situation in a couple of years?
I ask because I’m (still) going through similar and would like to try and save others the pain. Unless you honestly believe you’ll be able to make up the difference by selling in a few years it’s probably better to try and work some deal with the bank to sell, pay off what you can from the sale and then finish off the remainder over time. You’ll also have to deal with mortgage payments when the unit is empty and possible maintenance costs. Even if it comes to a wash, a personal loan (or whatever it ends up being) is far more predictable and easier to manage than a property on the other coast.
Reed
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Yeah, the loss would be far too great. Even though I put 10% down when I bought it. A nearby unit recently foreclosed, and others units have been selling for drastically less than they were a couple years ago. If those are any indication, I’d lose something like $50k. That’s not counting the down payment I made (which I don’t expect I’ll ever recoup), just what’s outstanding on the mortgage vs sale price.
If I could make some deal with the bank, I’d love to do that. But how much would they realistically budge on it?
IANAL
This is where it starts to get sticky, if they believe you can carry the mortgage then probably not a whole lot. If you appear as though you can’t they’ll likely take what they can get to avoid foreclosure. You should also check your mortgage contract as you might not be permitted to rent it out, if you’re looking to make a deal this can actually help you out as your expenses will be quite high maintaining two properties. Not sure there’s much they’d do or if they’d even know if you did though. Don’t mention the renting and find out some info, though don’t fill out any forms or anything as you should probably talk to a lawyer before you start looking at a short sale or cutting any sort of deal. They might be willing to forgive some amount of the loan considering the market and the current value of the property.
Were you laid off or did you quit? Being laid off would be better in this situation.
