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[sefugi 166]

:D :D

I've purchased alot on E-bay, but havn't found a seller I like that much!

[sefugi 166]

That guy is crazy

LOL!

[Acidburn 10]

Looking for help, any takers?

http://www.hauntedhouse.com/search/Haunted_Attraction_Directory/_USA_,040All_50_States,041/Pennsylvania/spook_haven_haunted_house_7845.html

how much do you guys pay?

Wish we made enough to pay our help, but some of the big haunters told us we do too much.

What we do is provide food and beverages during the haunt season and then in November have a big party as a thank you. The volunteers who do a great job and show up every weekend get to travel with us to the conventions.

ah, still sounds fun as hell

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Penn & Teller's Bullshit this week is on MLM; fucking hilarious and I urge you all to watch it

[2kchevy 3]

Netherlands let me down =(

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Netherlands let me down =(

I was very disappointed with the entire game. It felt slow and ho hum. Spain was diving a little too much, and the Netherlands were too packed in the middle of the field and did not take enough shots while turning the ball over too often.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

God bless the aftermarket!

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

600 RWHP on stock brakes..guys got bigger balls than I

[MKader17 332]

Netherlands let me down =(

I was very disappointed with the entire game. It felt slow and ho hum. Spain was diving a little too much, and the Netherlands were too packed in the middle of the field and did not take enough shots while turning the ball over too often.

Should have turned your volume up. There was plenty of hum

[Tirefryr 1,742]

600 RWHP on stock brakes..guys got bigger balls than I

The Cobra brakes are quite capable of handling the job. Power has nothing to do with the brakes, anyways. It's all about momentum.

[nem 2,019]

Looking for help, any takers?

http://www.hauntedhouse.com/search/Haunted_Attraction_Directory/_USA_,040All_50_States,041/Pennsylvania/spook_haven_haunted_house_7845.html

how much do you guys pay?

Wish we made enough to pay our help, but some of the big haunters told us we do too much.

What we do is provide food and beverages during the haunt season and then in November have a big party as a thank you. The volunteers who do a great job and show up every weekend get to travel with us to the conventions.

ah, still sounds fun as hell

It is a blast and we love doing it!!

Here is a picture of some new stuff we got.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

600 RWHP on stock brakes..guys got bigger balls than I

The Cobra brakes are quite capable of handling the job. Power has nothing to do with the brakes, anyways. It's all about momentum.

Actually its a '96 GT with an '03 Cobra motor (and big ass Kenne Bell unit, obviously) and trans; might have swapped in the Cobra brakes too, I dunno...doesn't say

[Tirefryr 1,742]

600 RWHP on stock brakes..guys got bigger balls than I

The Cobra brakes are quite capable of handling the job. Power has nothing to do with the brakes, anyways. It's all about momentum.

Actually its a '96 GT with an '03 Cobra motor (and big ass Kenne Bell unit, obviously) and trans; might have swapped in the Cobra brakes too, I dunno...doesn't say

It's got 13" rotors and the PBR calipers, essentially the exact same as the Cobras. Also has an upgraded master cylinder as well, so you can surely assume the brakes are enough to tame it.

The next car I get, the first thing I will do is big brakes. The Cobra R kit on my last car was just outstanding. I actually found it more fun throwing people out of the seat than planting them in it.

[Duran 387]

This is a friend of mine:

[Tmax98 3]

looking into wireless routers

which one's do y'all recommend?

My dad was saying somethin about the new N routers.

Just throwing this out there before i do some research on my own.

thanks in advance

[Duran 387]

Me too Travis

[NB50 206]

Looks like the wildcard characters are back in the search function.

[NB50 206]

Looks like the wildcard characters are back in the search function.

[NB50 206]

LOL double post, my finger stuttered when I clicked post. But its such a good thing I'm going to leave it.

[Adrian_D 520]

Netherlands let me down =(

I was very disappointed with the entire game. It felt slow and ho hum. Spain was diving a little too much, and the Netherlands were too packed in the middle of the field and did not take enough shots while turning the ball over too often.

Iniesta dived twice, he didn't deserve the goal.

[nem 2,019]

looking into wireless routers

which one's do y'all recommend?

My dad was saying somethin about the new N routers.

Just throwing this out there before i do some research on my own.

thanks in advance

I use a Linksys N broadband. I have not had any problems yet.

http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/routers/Linksys-WRT160N-Wireless-N-Router-Front-Page_stcVVproductId53934616VVcatId552009VVviewprod.htm

[dem beats 1,223]

For my Nintendo friends:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joA-GJYh-MI

I <3 you for sharing that with me. Epic.

[dem beats 1,223]

As far as investing, as someone who made a fortune in the 90s in the stock market and lost a fat wad in the early 2000s I can tell you one thing... don't ever take anyone else's advice. Everyone is so quick to tell you to do this and do that, but if it really were making them money, I am not sure they would be telling you much about it. Do the smart thing and get dialed in with a financial adviser. They can sit down with you and develop a plan that will work best for you with your specific goals in mind. But you really need to get on the stick with it. Retirement isn't far away for any of us... time flies.

As for me, when I am ready it will be golden. Sell my rental houses and my house, take all my money and buy a villa in Italy... 10 years to go and i am on the right track.

I agree with most of this, but I have to ask, if you get a financial planner, aren't you taking somebody else's advice? Just playing devil's advocate here. I'm not saying don't get one, I sure as hell believe a majority of the people in this nation need one (or really, needed one several years ago). But with that said, I think you'd agree that there are several guidelines to investing in a general sense. But if somebody has a stock tip I'd be leery. A few months ago my brother told me that his wife had heard from her dad who was told by his broker that a stock was the next big thing and was ready to explode. And this guy had "never lost money on a stock he bought." First off I find that impossible to believe. Second of all, he probably bought the stock a month or two ago, so it was old news by then and the excitement was already priced in. Sure enough, I looked and the stock had quadrupled in the last 6 months and I was like no thanks. It hasn't turned out to be a typical pump and dump, though, as the price is just above where he bought it 6 months ago I think. But nothing to write home about and some really bad news just came out last week that makes me even more leery and glad I didn't get in. So I think the bottom line is just to not sip everybody else's koolaid. Make sure and do your own analysis, and remember that you'll get some wrong. Harvard grad economists can't agree on where the economy will go from here, and they can't both be right. Just be patient.

true that. You must research things on your own, what I use my advisor for is a sounding board. he let's me know when I'm being an idiot. TCF for example. They were loosing all kinds of consuner backing becuause of fee's. It also wouldn't have hurt me to sell at that time. My guy reminded me to not be emotional and just sell at the signs of trouble. BOOM stocked jumped up as consumer confidense went down because they switched to a more B to B type plan. I do have a really good relationship with my guy though so YMMV.

[dem beats 1,223]

Hearing everyone's advice about finances makes me wish I could be more stable for awhile. This moving every few years shit is for the birds. I really dont want a rental house in AZ while I reside back in NY. Or vice versa. Paying someone else to 'landlord' for me just doesnt make alot of sense. Especially if I buy a 200k house and have to get a 30yr morgage.

Financially it does make sense. Especially if you have a multi home unit like a quad plex. It makes huge mega ultra big sense. It is also a big risk though. If you ever decide to I have family who does property management in AZ.

That being said, from a practicle point of view... it doesn't make too much sense. I put the math up a bit ago and it still holds true. Most rental places do not generate income, but actually drain the investor. If they stick with it for years and years they may have constant proffit, but most get out of a property before then. Lot's of that has to do with tax advantages of getting out withing several years. Anywhoosle, it's a headache to do it, and it goes against everyones natural "instincts". That's only because society teaches us to consume rather than produce.

Check out a book called "rich dad poor dad", or if you want a less philosophical and more American bacon and eggs every day aproach check out "the millionaire next door". Talks about the latte factor and other simple ideas that can help change the way you think. Don't get me wrong... I'm not telling you that you should buy a house and rent it. But from a purely $$$$ standpoint, you should.

The harsh truth is that it's lifestyle and lazyness that stop people from buying. Heck I should have 2 more places by now, but I'm acustomed to a lifesyle that's comfortable right now. In fact, if you don't make your move someone else will. Maybe I'll get into the AZ market. If you don't buy though I may be able to find you a great place to rent for a great deal.

Get muh point?

[dem beats 1,223]

Most people entering investments tend to expect they will hit it big all at once. Oftentimes when we start to see our first few investments become big gainers we tend to think our investing is invincible, and sooner or later something is going to bring us back to earth really fast.

Yeah, the guy who "never loses money on a stock he bought" isn't the guy who is still working and spreading the wealth. He is sitting on Grand Cayman getting a hummer from the local honey with a Mai Tai in his hand. And like you said, usually by the time a real tip trickles down that ship has long since sailed. In the stock market minutes can make a difference. I have an example...

Back in 99, maybe 2000, I got a tip on a company called Digital Lightwave (DIGL). I went ahead and bought it one morning for something like $12 a share. It shot up the same day to about $90 a share. In the time it took me to call my broker and get it traded it dropped back to about $84, and it cost me thousands of dollars. Of course, i still made thousands, but i could have made a lot more.

But trades like that don't happen often. People tend to either think you are full of shit that never happens, or the expect it to happen every time. This is where financial advisers can help out the young investor. They will help reel you in and keep you on a steady course of investing that meets your goals, rather then an emotional rollercoaster of wild, uncontrolled investments.

That's a hell of a return in one day. My boss told me a similar story about his very first day of being in the stock market when he hit a jackpot and gained $2500 on a stock that he bought and sold that same day. I almost had a story like that. In the span of a week one of my stocks went up 1000%. But I was too excited to sell. I don't think it was a lot of greed, I just was naive about how fast it could fall back and I thought that with the good news that came out it would be sustained at that high level until more news came out and it would go up more, etc. I had only been in stocks for 6-8 months. Well in the next week it dropped as fast as it went up and I sold with the price "just" twice what I paid after I read up more and realized what was going on. Still a great return, but learned a lesson as well. It's just too bad that I'll likely never get to apply that knowledge because that kind of luck certainly doesn't happen often and probably won't for me ever again due to a change in investment strategy.

My guy uses collars for me. So that if something spikes big in a short short time it sells. Also if it drops hard in a short time it sells. I limit my gains to also limit my losses. It keeps me long term and keeps me a bit more stable and in the long run usually nets the average invester an extra .5-1% depending on countless variables.

If I could drop work and just invest, then it would be different, but since I go to work for my main income I'll leave the day trading to the day traders.