NitroX
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You know you have it bad when ....
.... everytime you think about money or income, say a new business project or venture, and you work out the benefit or not, by how many safaris the extra income will buy you.
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John aka NitroX
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Govt get out of our lives NOW!
"I love the smell of cordite in the morning."
"A Sharp spear needs no polish"
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475Guy
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Loc: Kali, US
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I agree. Everytime I've got close to 1/2 or 2/3 towards getting into my first safari, something catastrophic happens (Family problems, car and home, etc.) and I have to go and spend it. I haven't bought a new gun in a while and that's about the only way I know of to save.
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Lo do they call to me,
They bid me take my place among
them in the Halls of Valhalla,
Where the brave may live forever.
Edited by 475Guy (05/07/05 01:03 PM)
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500grains
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Loc: Salt Lake City, Utah USA
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Ways to save for a safari:
Take your lunch to work - don't go out.
Don't go out to dinner.
Don't go to any pro sports events. Or concerts. Don't play golf. Quit the country club.
Take your vacation locally rather than travelling.
Sell the boat, 4 wheelers and motorcycles. Sell all your guns except the bare minimum (1 varmint gun, 1 deer gun, 1 plains game gun, 1 dangerous game gun, 2 handguns, 1 shotgun).
Don't buy Christmas presents for anyone other than your kids.
Don't donate money to charity, church, political candidates, etc.
Sell your guitar, piano, album collection, etc. Don't buy CDs or movies. Don't go out to the movies. Don't rent movies.
Give up alcohol and tobacco entirely, unless someone else is buying the drinks.
Don't buy new clothes unless you really need them.
Drive your car until it is ready for the junkyard. Then buy a $13K Toyota Corolla instead of a $45K Lexus.
Don't move into a new house. Don't buy new furniture.
Don't take the dog to the vet.
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RLI
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Posts: 534
Loc: Victoria, Australia
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Get rid of the credit cards, I have saved quite a bit by doing this,
Steve
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"Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid." — John Wayne
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475Guy
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Posts: 1088
Loc: Kali, US
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I already drive a jalopy. I don't go out for anything except to shop and get gas. I don't go out unless forced to. I don't go on vacations, can't afford 'em. My furniture is falling apart and I just repair them. I don't give money to nobody unless it's the kids in the immediate family. I'll wear my clothes until it looks so bad that somebody mentions it to me. Shot my dog.
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Lo do they call to me,
They bid me take my place among
them in the Halls of Valhalla,
Where the brave may live forever.
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LongGrass
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Loc: San Antonio Texas
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I knew I had it bad when I started comparing trophy fees to jewelry pieces -- and decided I wanted the trophy more...
Melody
www.long-grass.com
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Plains99
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Loc: Dodge City, Kansas, USA
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My kind of woman!
You know you got it bad when:
You have a savings account labeled Africa.
The Africa savings account is the one that ALWAYS gets added to.
You work your physical fitness and weight program around how best to stand up to a taxing buffalo hunt.
You read everything you can get your hands on regarding African big game hunting.
You hunt whitetail deer with a .458 and 9.3 because you want to be good with the rifle.
When the guys in the coffee shop talk big whitetail bucks you yawn and dream of going back to Africa.
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Scott
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Loc: Florida, USA
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Actually, I prefer to think that I have it good. Heading back this September for my third safari. People look at me with disbief that I am going back "again". No matter how hard you try to explain it they just never get it.
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NitroX
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That's just like when people ask me "But you've already shot one of those?"
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John aka NitroX
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Govt get out of our lives NOW!
"I love the smell of cordite in the morning."
"A Sharp spear needs no polish"
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mikeh416Rigby
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That doesn't help me out because whenever I'm in Africa, I buy my wife a nice piece of jewelry so she won't frown when I announce my next Safari plans. On my most recent trip to Namibia, I bought her a very nice Tanzanite and Diamond ring set in white gold. She can't wait for me to go back. By the time my next trip comes around in 2 or 3 years I'll either be 60, or bumping it rather solidly, so I think I'll give myself a birthday present of a Cape Buffalo hunt.
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Plains99
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Reged: 10/11/04
Posts: 225
Loc: Dodge City, Kansas, USA
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Geeze, mikeh416Rigby! That read like I wrote the post. Same gifts to the wife, same general plans, same age.
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500grains
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Reged: 16/02/04
Posts: 4732
Loc: Salt Lake City, Utah USA
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I guess I am lucky because my wife doesn't like jewelry too much. 
For me the true cost of a safari is the ticket price times 3 (allowing for pre-tax income and overhead), plus lost income during the time while I am away.
But it's still worth it.
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mikeh416Rigby
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I didn't want you to hear about it this way, but I'm actually your long lost evil twin who was stolen by gypsies many years ago. 
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Plains99
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Loc: Dodge City, Kansas, USA
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That's OK. I can deal. Now if they tell me that Hillary C. is my evil twin I'd have some issues.
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Bigfive
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Loc: Freestate,South-Africa
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NitroX,
On your first comment:This is the way I how I try to survive financially.I first bring in account the hunting expenditures for the coming seasson and then I carefully devide the rest for other accounts like food,rent etc.
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"Hunting is a way of life"
Bigfive,South Africa
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