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Great advice Bass - I think the money management, portfolio allocation, target, stop and plan are the parts of the books, lessons, tutorials, etc. that get bleeped over and in the end are some of the most, if not the most important parts to staying in the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by bassmaster
Hey Bill,Quote:
Originally Posted by billhart22
Why didn't you just use one of those little min-hoppers they sell at Home Despot? I have done whole bathrooms with the dumb things :D-
I have followed your comments long enough to know your line of work ... I still have my license though I am currently employed more in Dilbert architecture and maintenance of the same ... Went out on my own for a couple of years very similar to yourself after climbing the semi-custom home developer ladder for so many years - The one where assistant superintendents run projects as supers but not at the same rate of pay. My biggest problem on my own? I was a lousy business man, always taking it in the shorts, too damn honest and too screwed up in the head to divorce the 'what I think it ought to cost' mentality over what I should have been charging - Besides that, it was cut throat out here - Estimating practically gave me a nervous breakdown.
But if I had to guess from your knowledge expressed here, you hopefully are doing very well.
It was just cool to read about your foray's yesterday - How many times I had to do something just like that ... haul everything back in again ... :rolleyes:
I prefer to build things without reading the directions and then taking them back apart because i did it in the wrong order or the first piece was put in upside down and you don't find out until you go to put on the last piece....then i read the directions..
Guys -
Etrade is showing AIG at 20 something. Did AIG do a R/S? Any information will be helpful, since I do own the stock. lol
Good morning ,Bill....!!
your up early you must have to get your hands dirty today..lol
all the years in the building business and here we are making money in penny stocks ,doeing all the things our parents told us not to do...lol
mglg what is the current take on it ..
Hey Tib -Quote:
Originally Posted by Los Tiburones
Actually, I find estimating the hardest part of the job. I love to do complete basement finishes, but I HATE to estimate them. It takes so much time to figure materials and such. What I really like to do is things like tiling, drywall repair and things of that nature. The profit is large and takes less time.
I can make a lot more money from small projects. I never have and never will charge an hourly rate. Why screw myself? If I worked by the hour I would lose tons of money. Know what I mean? If I can make $300 for the day, why charge $85 an hour when I can have it done in a couple of hours.
A lot of customers of mine are repeat customers and they sometimes just call me up and tell me what they want. I then go over to their house and do the work and then charge them what I want. I have keys to many of their houses so it works out really cool. They are not there...I go into their house and do the work while they are gone and leave a bill.
I am glad to hear that you understand what I was talking about yesterday. I actually did use a hand-held hopper yesterday. Maybe I made it sound too big, but the compressor and hose and the mixing and the clean-up and everything takes a lot of time.
I have never worked for anybody in construction. I just re-invented myself when I left the corporate world. Honestly...one day I was the Director of Sales for a wholesale division of Acer Computers and literally the next day I had a paint brush in my hand. It is amazing what a guy can do when he can read, lol.
It is nice to know that there is somebody here that can relate!
Hey buddy!Quote:
Originally Posted by ray
How are you? I hope really well.
I am not going to get too dirty today. It is a pretty simple day today. A small job and a quote for some drywall repair; a deck and some other stuff. It is starting to put a ding in my trading day, lol.
Ya, lol.....you, Tony (Sworntofun) and Tib are the builders here. I just remodel. You built what? 26 houses in 26 years? That is an accomplishment!
Now we are in the stock market. It didn't take too long to get into pennies, lol. This is a place that I never envisioned. The leverage is just too good. Shoporama!
MGLG is just fine as can be. That crap yesterday was old news and I am not sweating it. I have callouses now my friend!
Have a great one! Tty a little later. :)
I don't have a clue...maybe somebody else has a handle on it Ski..do you live in Colorado? If so, I live in Parker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skivail
I've got another order to buy 7,342,000 NXHD @.0001
What are the chance's it's going to take? It keeps hitting .0001 but nothing on my end.
.0001 or .001? I have to run to the Home Depot. Bass should be around pretty quick and there are other people here that can comment on this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gallep
Have a great one, Gallep! Tty later. :)
AIG-- 1 for 20 reverse split
good morning. looks like its gonna be the same old routine.
mglg still holding support at .0011.
behl-- i wish there were more MM's in this one.
BCLE- still alseep at the wheel.
siri is nice and green today.
im showing the lowest sale today at 11. i think you will have a hell of a time getting 10 filled.
leave a good for the day order and just cross your fingers. definitely let us know if/when it executes. ill give 15 to 1 odds it fills, any takers? lol , i think im getting into derivatives now with that bet...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gallep
.0001 3 zero's and 1Quote:
Originally Posted by billhart22
NXHD is banging back and forth between .0002 and .0001 (3 zero's)
disclaimer, Sorry, I got my symbols mixed up. I'm not talking about MGLG. I meant NXHD
hey bill
i just noticed MERQ is not on the ask, you think they might allow a tick up today?
Bizzaro world it is Bill ... I did just the opposite, needed something more secure, benefit's and the like - Actually handle facilities and the warehouse now that we let some people go, it's made me very appreciative, but also extremely busy. Remodeling was my 'business' as well, handyman stuff, a lot of tile, painting, more bathroom remodeling than anything - Also take care of the apts. where I live - Funny, now that I have a bit more of a business acumen from the years here I am at any moment ready to go back and give it another shot - I loved painting! And I miss having the old Walkman strapped to the melon (Guess I am dating myself now - "Ipod" it would be ...) all day long. Very similar Bill, all of my work was from word of mouth, repeat customers - working while they were away ... Ah ... other than being poor - I do miss it :DQuote:
I have never worked for anybody in construction. I just re-invented myself when I left the corporate world. Honestly...one day I was the Director of Sales for a wholesale division of Acer Computers and literally the next day I had a paint brush in my hand. It is amazing what a guy can do when he can read, lol.
mglg - looking to snatch up whatever I can get my hands on, have some cash to burn, er, 'invest' - Hoping for a drop into .00010-11 range - SIRI is starting to behave to borrow from one of those others guy's on that 'other' site ... Weird! :)
no, it isn't.
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Originally Posted by Gallep
whoa...i thought u meant .001......what site are you using to get that from..it is not correct. its running between .0011 and .0012, no trip zeroes.
knew that MERQ was holding us back, once they removed their 25k block , mglg now back to .0013, lets see how high it can tick up
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Originally Posted by bassmaster
Yeah sorry, I meant NXHD
I edited my previous posts just now