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Recent content by The Sandman

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    Tin Foil Hat Time: Are Aliens Here?

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    Physics. They're a simple, naturally-stable shape much like you get from pouring sand in a pile.
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    Tin Foil Hat Time: Are Aliens Here?

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    The notion that the pyramids are technologically advanced in any way is nonsense. They are impressive because they took a lot of labor. That's it. Most people today are so far removed from manual labor that they have no idea what people are physically capable of doing with simple tools
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    I quit my job and bought a shoe store

    EXECUTION 
    Worked with my lawyer to put the offer together, sent it over and it came back with some weird changes. Got a bad vibe and decided to call it off. The deal was already risky and questionable if I should take it on at all, so the seller being difficult pushed it over the line clearly into the...
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    Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency Discussion (And Predictions)

    HOT! CRYPTO 
    I'm in for the long haul. Zooming out you can barely see the pullback. I think there's plenty of room to run, and it looks like 60k will be support.
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    I quit my job and bought a shoe store

    EXECUTION 
    Hired a new employee! Posted an ad on ziprecruiter and the next day she came into the store with her resume. Lots of experience and a great personality, so I felt like I'd be an idiot not to hire her. I lucked out on this one! The seller wants 20k up front, and will finance the rest. I think I...
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    I quit my job and bought a shoe store

    EXECUTION 
    Everything comes barcoded, so my first inclination was to use the factory barcodes. But the POS support guy advised applying our own barcodes instead so that's what we're doing for now. I like how it's working so far. Totally agree about trying to sustain an unsustainable situation! I'm a huge...
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    I want to make money (Forestry &Timber industry)

    IDEA 
    Where are you? I'm in the western U.S. and wood products is a very mature industry that has been contracting for quite a while. Growth has been in the south-east. Need will be highly location dependent.
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    I quit my job and bought a shoe store

    EXECUTION 
    It's been a year and then some, so... j/k! I'm doing pretty well. Been a whole lot of LIFE going on. My main complaint about my last job was that it was boring. Well, I don't have that problem anymore! Two days after buying the business my son hung himself at school. Fortunately he changed...
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    Exiting the Slowlane by Buying a Business

    EXECUTION SLOWLANE 
    I see how a trust will protect the house if you go bankrupt but if you don't have the collateral you simply won't qualify for the loan.
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    Companies to AVOID as you succeed in your FASTLANE...

    HOT! OFF-TOPIC 
    Looks like they've finally got it working again. Had to have them delete the connections, reestablish them, and then recombine them. Annoying but at least it's working. Side note: maybe I'm old but when dealing with online tech support I don't need to see gifs. It feels unprofessional and I...
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    Companies to AVOID as you succeed in your FASTLANE...

    HOT! OFF-TOPIC 
    Are you still happy with Zipbooks? Seems like they've been having problems lately. Mine hasn't imported any transactions since last month. They say they're having issues with a backlog of transactions and are working on it, but I'm starting to wonder if I should look at alternatives.
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    Taking over business from retiring baby boomers

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    Oh man, if I had seen this a year ago I would have been all over it. I got into engineered wood products (Plywood and LVL) 10 years ago, mostly on the technical side, with some time on production. What you're describing is right up my alley. Heck, I've gone to Canada go help our OSB supplier...
  13. The Sandman

    Rate This Idea: Smart Wildfire Suppression System

    IDEA 
    Same nonsense here in the USA, at least on the west coast. Privately owned and managed forests are healthier and burn far less than government owned and managed. And of course they're far more productive. Sorry OP but your idea isn't even close to viable as a generalized forest measure. You...
  14. The Sandman

    Tin Foil Hat Time: Are Aliens Here?

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    "Ms. Luna" is exactly the kind of name an undercover alien would use.
  15. The Sandman

    Opportunities in Pickleball?

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    What pickleball needs is a quiet ball so it stops sounding so bloody obnoxious.
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