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By the looks of it here, there is plenty of CoronaV induced nonsense going on with ranges and gun stores... although it seems like it's mostly cleared up ?

Let me give you a glimpse of what we're dealing with in the people's republic of Massachusetts right now. Yesterday (Sat 5/9) was the first day that gun stores were allowed to open for business. In order to make that happen a lawsuit was filed and a federal judge ruled in our favor. Along with the masks and social distancing requirements that you'd expect, stores are only allowed *four* gun transactions per hour with prospective buyers needing to make an appointment...no not making that up.

Initially, both gun stores and ranges were deemed essential by the governor. The list was published....and then later that day both were removed without notice or reason given...no not making that up.

Ranges remain closed. There are rumors that there are some still operating but everyone is fearful to name them just in case the gestapo comes down on them.....no not making that up.

Golf courses and florists (happy mother's day !!!) were just allowed to re-open this week.

I have get out of here.
 
We've got a seasonal campground spot in Cap Cod. Suposto be open May 15. MA gov. Still has them staying closed for the month.
The campground got cleared thru the county that "Seasonal" people can use their non- recreational site , as in that they live there during the season and have no other home., so long as they self quarintien , for 14 days, wear a mask while outside, and no use of the amenities ( bathrooms, pool, store, clubhouse, ) make appointment for propane fill and buying wood...
Our first trip is planned for end of June. Hope this all clears by then or we'll be making two trips. 1 for the furniture and deck, the other to pull the trailer home..
 
Why would anybody Stay in a place like that? Serious question. If somebody chooses to Stay in a place like that why complain? Mass, Conn, NJ, NY, IL, Ca how do people live like that? I swear I would rather be dead than live every day under those states conditions.
 
ontheroad said:
We've dealt with the Massachusetts nonsense for over half a century. I retire next month and we are finally voting with our feet.

Nice to think I may have shoveled my last driveway.
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I guy that I know moved from Worcester MA to Conway and he used to say, "You don't have to shovel sunshine." He built a house and opened a small restaurant. But, he couldn't adapt to southern life, he always compared everything to "back home". He lost his business, his truck and his home and moved back to Worcester.
 
BatteryOaksBilly said:
Why would anybody Stay in a place like that? Serious question. If somebody chooses to Stay in a place like that why complain? Mass, Conn, NJ, NY, IL, Ca how do people live like that? I swear I would rather be dead than live every day under those states conditions.
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Speaking for me only....born here, family here.
 
Geezer said:
I guy that I know moved from Worcester MA to Conway and he used to say, "You don't have to shovel sunshine." He built a house and opened a small restaurant. But, he couldn't adapt to southern life, he always compared everything to "back home". He lost his business, his truck and his home and moved back to Worcester.
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A horror story....and all because he mentioned to all his customers..this isn't the way we did it back in Mass.
 
BatteryOaksBilly said:
Why would anybody Stay in a place like that? Serious question. If somebody chooses to Stay in a place like that why complain? Mass, Conn, NJ, NY, IL, Ca how do people live like that? I swear I would rather be dead than live every day under those states conditions.
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Mrs. Jeppo and I were both California-born.

In 1988, I started working for an eye-talian company and pretty rapidly rose thru the ranks, assuming more and more responsibility. A year or so later, my boss started trying to convince me to move to NC where the US branch was located. I managed to change the subject each time it came up.

Eventually, he and I were seated together on a flight from Germany to Italy. He strategically put me in the window seat and pummeled me during the entire flight until I acquiesced. When I finally got home, I told Nancy, “Guess what”. :eek:

Since we’d been together, we had never once discussed living anywhere else. Nevertheless, she agreed with one tiny caveat...”OK, but you’ll hafta buy me a Corvette”.

It’s been around 30 years since we made the move. I think we got out just in time. :)
 
BatteryOaksBilly said:
Why would anybody Stay in a place like that? Serious question. If somebody chooses to Stay in a place like that why complain? Mass, Conn, NJ, NY, IL, Ca how do people live like that? I swear I would rather be dead than live every day under those states conditions.
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Family and jobs. I was born in Illinois without any choice in the matter. Met my soulmate and started my career there. Taking care of elderly parents, kids in school, life all make it hard to relocate.
I had to wait for my mom and my MIL to pass, and my FIL to move himself before I was free to consider moving away.
A huge medical issue on my end forced my wife to consider relocation to a place where I could benefit from climate and still receive top quality care, and even then we were limited to places where her job had presence. That meant SanFrancisco, Texas, NC, a cornfield, or NYC. Best option was NC. We looked at houses for 8 hours, picked one and bought it. I moved all my guns here before I even sold the house in Illinois. Illinois was ( still is) planning some awful stuff. Escaped in the nick of time by some measures, but not before spending close to a half million dollars on property taxes in Illinois as an adult.
Illinois is still planning on forcing all gun owners to be fingerprinted just to keep their FOID card. They're also in the process of building a gun registry. I keep tabs on them through my old Illinois forum. It doesn't matter how bad things seem in most other places, IL has it worse.
 
eddiezoom said:
I promise to never utter these words if I ever move in next door ;-)
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Horry is not without it's problems, No place is perfect. The weather is Grand, this year we are actually having a Spring! Property taxes on this compound are less than $600 a Year. This includes an old age exemption but even without it the tax is not a burden.
If you want to assimilate they are building 250 houses less than a mile from us. Come on down and shoot with us. WARNING...the first time you say something about "back home" we'll feed you to the catfish:p
 
I do not mind people from other areas escaping the horrible conditions they created where they live to come to the South except that too many of them try to bring those horrible conditions with them and recreate them down here. Many do not want to live in the South but rather in a duplicate of NJ that has warmer weather and a lower cost of living.
 
Charlie said:
I do not mind people from other areas escaping the horrible conditions they created where they live to come to the South except that too many of them try to bring those horrible conditions with them and recreate them down here. Many do not want to live in the South but rather in a duplicate of NJ that has warmer weather and a lower cost of living.
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I think the problem is we let people vote who don't have skin in the game.
 
BatteryOaksBilly said:
Horry is not without it's problems, No place is perfect. The weather is Grand, this year we are actually having a Spring! Property taxes on this compound are less than $600 a Year. This includes an old age exemption but even without it the tax is not a burden.
If you want to assimilate they are building 250 houses less than a mile from us. Come on down and shoot with us. WARNING...the first time you say something about "back home" we'll feed you to the catfish:p
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It can be interesting to hear people talk about how it was done back home, but only if it is mostly past tense. Have a good, new friend who moved here from NYC. He had a gun shop and range on Long Island. True Southern spirit, in spite of being from up there. He tells a lot of stories about how things were/are done up there and how bad it is, which gives me an appreciation for how good we still have it down here. His stories are always along the line of “be thankful you don’t have to deal with that crap/we are glad we are out of there.”

His wife really likes the manners and hospitality still shown in rural NC. She likes that people say ma’am and hold doors, something that doesn’t happen up there much.

They are good folks.
 
BatteryOaksBilly said:
Why would anybody Stay in a place like that? Serious question. If somebody chooses to Stay in a place like that why complain? Mass, Conn, NJ, NY, IL, Ca how do people live like that? I swear I would rather be dead than live every day under those states conditions.
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The bad part is all those that created their situation want to come here and recreate.
 
BatteryOaksBilly said:
WARNING...the first time you say something about "back home" we'll feed you to the catfish
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I think you're confusing @Catfish with @fieldgrade . It's all about the sauce, baby.

On a more serious note, I too, am a transplant. Military family till I was 11, lived in NC as a kid, also MI, Okinawa, CA. Graduated HS & ran off to the mountains of CO, spent 2 (unhappy, for the most part, but some good memories & a few long-term friends) in MA, then moved back to NC as an "adult." *

I also traveled, a lot, over the years. I've been a lot of places and seen a lot of things and met a lot of people, and NC has been my home for (opens calc app) 65% of my life, the vast majority of that by choice, not accident of birth, dependency, or employment.


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cubrock said:
His wife really likes the manners and hospitality still shown in rural NC. She likes that people say ma’am and hold doors, something that doesn’t happen up there much.
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When we moved, we rented a house while awaiting the sale of ours in CA. Early on, our dog was napped from our yard. We searched high and low, also involving the HPPD.

We were so surprised when people from the neighborhood, ones we hadn’t even met, would stop by and ask whether we’d found our dog. We love it here!
 
I have a friend who runs a gun store in Elkin (Windy Hill). I don’t believe he’s missed a day of work since this started, and his range is open this afternoon! Such a blessing.

I think most of our transplanted friends in this forum understand the constitutional issues involved with 2A, and the ones I’ve met personally I consider friends for sure.

The transplants who worry me occupy Asheville, Cary-Raleigh, Charlotte, etc. They really do want to bring what they left to NC, albeit without the snow-blowers. Many want California, NY, NJ, MA, or Illinois with a southern accent with regard to taxes and 2A issues, among others. Exhibit A is “Dr” Cohen, who is Roy Cooper’s State HHS director. People like her scare the life out of me. Pretty soon, Tennessee starts to look like a bug-out place...
 
Crazy Carl said:
'Course this ain't the way we done it back home. Why TF you think I stayed here?

Can't stand a damn carpet bagger & their "well, back in commie/Yankee land..." BS.
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Hell, I love when a POS comes with a disclaimer that I can ignore every last thing out of their mouth. And they will let you know immediately...
 
My brother took a job in MA when he finished school 40 years ago. Never came back. His current views are unfortunately informed by his environment I’m afraid.
 
BatteryOaksBilly said:
Why would anybody Stay in a place like that?
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If you don't care about freedom or the 2A, some of those places are nice if you can afford to live there and have enough money to insulate yourself from reality. I've got friends that still live in CA (SF proper actually), both work in tech. They're having whole foods deliver $100 meals to their door, live somewhere they don't let people crap in the streets, pay $$$$ in taxes but make enough that they can still buy stuff even after losing so much. They're happy to sit at home and "do the right thing!" because their jobs are solid and can be done remote basically forever. They don't do anything but work and travel, so other than having to pay for the magic TSA bypass pass and get felt up a lot in the airport... they don't see anything wrong with anything the .gov does. They don't even _drive_, so if they can't uber there, it's not worth going.

They're not stupid, they're just insulated from any other lifestyle that anything outside their tiny patch of reality is just "flyover" or "trump land". They're happy to vote for more of the same because none of it matters to them.

That's how you stay there, you make enough that it doesn't suck.
 
eddiezoom said:
Speaking for me only....born here, family here.
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Same for me. Born, raised, family, good job...but never really liked it. I don't skate, don't ski, don't like the cold, can't stand the bleeding heart professional victims who are always angry and in a big hurry. I did my time and the sentence is over.

But now Mom and Dad have passed, kids are on their own, siblings moved off long ago. Done with my state job next month. We have a place being built in Dorchester County as I speak and I can't put this liberal dump in my rearview fast enough. I can hang my guns on the wall instead of having to lock them out of sight. I can find out what it means to fire suppressed. I won't have to save my empty cans to get $.05 for them. My truck won't be rusting away every 5 years. Something sort of poetic about taking this pension, funded by virtue signaling Cambridge liberals, and spending every last cent in a free state.

If I say anything about "back in MA", it's going to be as a scary story being told over drinks around a fire pit in the backyard.
 
Y’all are stuck with my Oakland born ass for the long haul I am afraid.
I might even bring macaroni salad to your cookout.
Even convinced mom to sell her house in freak-show Eugene and move here. She now mows her large lawn and contemplates the weather and gas prices.

I like bourbon, Dukes, BBQ, guns, sweet tea. Go ahead and serve up some nanner pudding. Put whatever you want on top, I’ll choke it down with no complaints. I’m likely to open doors and say m’am to females.

But, still a Raider fan.
 
Doctor SigFan said:
I have a friend who runs a gun store in Elkin (Windy Hill).
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Hey, I know him! I used to shoot there when I lived in Lewisville. Bought a couple of guns from him too. :D
 
Geezer said:
I guy that I know moved from Worcester MA to Conway and he used to say, "You don't have to shovel sunshine." He built a house and opened a small restaurant. But, he couldn't adapt to southern life, he always compared everything to "back home". He lost his business, his truck and his home and moved back to Worcester.
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And, I should have added that I have met several northerners that moved south and did everything that they could do to fit in to their new home. Some of them are on this very forum, too. Yeah, Mark, you're one of them. ;)

I now live in Texas, not South Carolina or Virginia. I will adapt to the Texas way of doing things. So far, it's been pretty easy.
 
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