Finally living in the country!!

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Buggs67

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After talking and trying for a couple years I am finally relocated to the country!

I used to work and live in North Jersey (and when we say north we mean you can't go anymore north or you're in NYS) and now that I'm retired I live in farm country. No more socialist taxes and regulations. I can finally buy an AK for my collection and shoot it in my backyard (the property already has a 100 yard range). To get a CCW all I have to do is apply and renew every 5 years.

Somethings are more expensive (gas and food) but taxes are less than half for a bigger home and lot, AND I now have a 32X80 workshop with 4 garage bays.

Other things are different too; the local FD runs meat raffle events every month in the winter at which you win (you guessed it) meat and they feed you. They run a Super Raffle every year and award two prizes every five minutes from 12 noon to 7pm. The cheapest prizes are rifles and handguns and the best are ATVs, Zero turn mowers and $5,000 cash with the grand prize being a Kioti CS2210 w/ FEL and MMM or $12,000 cash.

And the side benefit of getting my produce during season from the farm at half the supermarket price on the honor system. In NJ the only corn is at the Shop Rite.
 
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Country living you just can't beat, we made the move in 1994, one of our grad daughters got her first deer here last year. This year another has taken up hunting. We site our guns in in our back yard and now hunt on the home place or another farms four miles away. Public hunting areas have become too crowded and dangerous for us.
 
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Life away from the big cities is great. The biggest problems come from folks who move here from the city and want to bring big city changes.
 
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Welcome to country...turn the page and start new chapter.:thumbsup:
 
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Congrats, Buggs67. It's going to be everything you thought it would, and more. You're going to love it.

... and don't forget to go to the TODAY'S GUN TIME thread and share pics of your new AK. :thumbsup:
 
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After talking and trying for a couple years I am finally relocated to the country!

I used to work and live in North Jersey (and when we say north we mean you can't go anymore north or you're in NYS) and now that I'm retired I live in farm country. No more socialist taxes and regulations. I can finally buy an AK for my collection and shoot it in my backyard (the property already has a 100 yard range). To get a CCW all I have to do is apply and renew every 5 years.

Somethings are more expensive (gas and food) but taxes are less than half for a bigger home and lot, AND I now have a 32X80 workshop with 4 garage bays.

Other things are different too; the local FD runs meat raffle events every month in the winter at which you win (you guessed it) meat and they feed you. They run a Super Raffle every year and award two prizes every five minutes from 12 noon to 7pm. The cheapest prizes are rifles and handguns and the best are ATVs, Zero turn mowers and $5,000 cash with the grand prize being a Kioti CS2210 w/ FEL and MMM or $12,000 cash.

And the side benefit of getting my produce during season from the farm at half the supermarket price on the honor system. In NJ the only corn is at the Shop Rite.

Wow, you in for a great time and lifestyle change and it sounds like you are really enjoying it already. I have never lived in a city, or town for all of my 55 years and never will. I actually pity people living in cities and wonder do they have any idea what they are missing.
 
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Life away from the big cities is great. The biggest problems come from folks who move here from the city and want to bring big city changes.


You got that right!
 
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Welcome to the country. Respect your neighbors, and especially the farmers, and they will become your best friends.

Most just want to be left alone.
 
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Congrats, Buggs67. It's going to be everything you thought it would, and more. You're going to love it.

... and don't forget to go to the TODAY'S GUN TIME thread and share pics of your new AK. :thumbsup:

Thanks for all the enthusiastic responses.

I'm gonna start shopping for an AK but I don't want a POS from Century or such. I have 3 SKS already as well as many American and british rifles. Now I want a Russian SKS and a quality com-bloc AK.
 
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Get a notebook app for your phone and use it. If not that, get a small note pad and keep it with you. NEVER rely on your memory for everything you need when in town, because once you are home, you really don't want to run back to town for something you forget while you where there. I try to never leave my place on the weekend, I will do just about anything to avoid doing that. Buy it during the week when you are already there!!!
 
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I try to never leave my place on the weekend, I will do just about anything to avoid doing that. Buy it during the week when you are already there!!!

Hear, hear! I always tell my Wife, "It's a good day when I don't have to drive anywhere."
 
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We keep a running list of stuff to get at Walmart, Lowes, etc where we have to "go over the mountain" as they say around here. It's only 18-18 miles and we only go during the week. The local IGA is there for milk and such and the hardware store is a Stihl dealer. Within 4 miles we have Chinese, pizza, gas, a beer dist and fried chicken. All set. And I'm actually closer to a Kioti dealer now.

I go days without leaving here or talking to strangers. And we have a flock (?) of 7-9 does who just drew in 6 point and 8 point bucks.

First winter should be interesting but the snow fall here is the same as where I moved from.
 
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Get a notebook app for your phone and use it. If not that, get a small note pad and keep it with you. NEVER rely on your memory for everything you need when in town, because once you are home, you really don't want to run back to town for something you forget while you where there. I try to never leave my place on the weekend, I will do just about anything to avoid doing that. Buy it during the week when you are already there!!!


...and don't forget to take the notebook when you go to town. Just saying!
 
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...and don't forget to take the notebook when you go to town. Just saying!

Forgetting stuff is part of retirement! I went to the store for milk and stuff (only 4 miles ea way) and forgot the diesel and gas cans! Not out of fuel yet but I like to keep them full.
 
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Sometimes it goes the other way. We went to town for some chicken feed and came home with the chicken feed and 12 baby guineas. How do you say no when they are only $2 each?
 

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