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Saw something kinda funny & disturbing today running an errand in Vancouver, couple of homeless people standing outside someones Ferrari grabbing the steering wheel and taking selfies

Did they pick their nose, scratch their a$$ or piss allover themselves before that? Who knows, kinda gross....

If you have a convertible deff lock that stuff up, I'd imagine with these anti capitalism socialist groups wouldn't mind spitting or throwing garbage into a shiny red Ferrari.

And if you are the owner of the Ferrari & Porsche parked up the street from the Porsche dealership downtown, please give me a DM and a dam ride in one of those cars :D

Really made my day seeing two classics beside each other.


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Saw something kinda funny & disturbing today running an errand in Vancouver, couple of homeless people standing outside someones Ferrari grabbing the steering wheel and taking selfies

Did they pick their nose, scratch their a$$ or piss allover themselves before that? Who knows, kinda gross....

If you have a convertible deff lock that stuff up, I'd imagine with these anti capitalism socialist groups wouldn't mind spitting or throwing garbage into a shiny red Ferrari.

And if you are the owner of the Ferrari & Porsche parked up the street from the Porsche dealership downtown, please give me a DM and a dam ride in one of those cars :D

Really made my day seeing two classics beside each other.


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Some people are so disgusting, wouldn’t surprise me at all if people spit in nice convertibles.

Reminds me a little bit of the losers who were licking ice cream in grocery stores and putting the lid back on.
 

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Another speechless...:

China behind major cyber attack on Australian governments and businesses:

"This activity is targeting Australian organisations across a range of sectors, including all levels of government, industry, political organisations, education, health, essential service providers and operators of other critical infrastructure," Mr Morrison said.
"We know it is a sophisticated state-based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting and the tradecraft used."
 
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Don't know what to say.

If I found myself in that much debt I would just declare bankruptcy.

He obviously had other problems.
Most likely he misread his account balance.

No broker would extend that amount of uncollaterised credit to him.

In april when oil price turned negative that was a real event that caught brokers off guard also. Many accounts were wiped out with huge negative balance. I do not think anyone here is that interested in the technical details here but it is something that I can write an essay about.
 
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To continue my last post, I still can't do a pull up, super weak.. new goal of mine is to do 10 pull ups & make 10 grand by the end of the summer....not sure which I'll do first, but both seem realistic.

Lets go!

I've got about 20ish pounds to lose or so, googled what 20p of fat looks like...

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Probably would get rid of my belly...

Update in a couple months :D

You can use heavy duty resistance bands to help you do assisted pull ups before progressing to full ups.
 
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Most likely he misread his account balance.

No broker would extend that amount of uncollaterised credit to him.

In april when oil price turned negative that was a real event that caught brokers off guard also. Many accounts were wiped out with huge negative balance. I do not think anyone here is that interested in the technical details here but it is something that I can write an essay about.
I am interested in the technical details!!
 

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I am interested in the technical details!!
I am planning to write an article about it and publish it online. I can link it to you once I finish it.

There is a lot people talking about supply demand issue and storage capacity problem that leads to the oil price collapse in April.

A less known perspective is really a market failure taking place. A lot brokers were caught off guarded. Their trading system cannot function when oil price is negative.

The exchange CME group warned about changing the rules to allow negative price to work earlier in April. However they announced that they will only implement the system once oil price reaches below 8 dollar.

However on 21 April CME group announced that they are changing the rules now even though oil price was above 8 dollar. Indeed within hours oil price reached zero and headed towards negative.

A lot of people lost big money directly and indirectly, and some are crying manipulation as CME group changes the rule Suddenly.

 
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If anyone stumbles across this just start taking action. Please.

I've not been on here on a while and I am now working 80+ hours a week, sometimes from 8am to 11pm, balancing my job and my business (I truly understand when successful people talk about time being an asset now). I've not had a day off in a month.

Got an order worth around £4000 to £6000 a few days ago which is on it's way to being filled. This client has potential to accelerate me forward to levels not yet known. Also sitting on potentially £30,000 in revenue which could come in if I find the right people to speak to.
 
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Couple of random thoughts...

Interesting that the stock market is not buying "the 2nd wave" of CV. Money talks, bullshit tweets.
Or they aren't buying the economic impacts.

I think the economic impacts are evident, not sure why the market is near highs.

Also, Amazon recently offered me a $500 bounty to convert TMF to Kindle Select (exclusive) which I promptly declined. I didn't know they did this, but it isn't worth $500. A few Gs and I'll think about it.

Anyone else get an offer like that? And if so, did you do it?
 

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Also, Amazon recently offered me a $500 bounty to convert TMF to Kindle Select (exclusive) which I promptly declined. I didn't know they did this, but it isn't worth $500. A few Gs and I'll think about it.

LOL $500? That's downright disrespectful.
 

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Saw this on a poker vlog

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wonder how long these ''safety'' measures will be in place
 
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Interesting that the stock market is not buying "the 2nd wave" of CV. Money talks, bullshit tweets.
Or they aren't buying the economic impacts

Normal economic situation has not come back, there is no vaccine yet, it is total uncertainty, so i think everyone is just waiting until we have an image of the economic impact: we need total patient remission until we can clearly see which organs have been impacted. Before we have a clear estimate of the damage, the stock market will consolidate at that current level (around 3000 for the S&P).Once the situation will come back to normal (that is without the central banks buying, with the swimming pool opened, without "sanitarian guidelines"), then will the stock market adjust in value.
 
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ6RldO-SvE


Interesting video....


What are the dangers of hand sanitizer?
5 Hidden Dangers of Hand Sanitizers
  1. Toxic Chemicals.
  2. Weaker Immune System. ...
  3. Hormone Disruption. Another effect of triclosan is hormone problems. ...
  4. Alcohol Poisoning. Just because it doesn't have triclosan, doesn't mean it's completely safe. ...
  5. Antibiotic Resistance. Antibiotics are effective against bacteria. ...

I was told to use hand sanitizer while being a customer at a store, had a headache shortly after, coincidence?
 

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I've contacted nearly 30 real estate agents and apartment leasing centers over the past 3 months.

I've gotten on the phone with 2 people so far.

This one place has a 40% vacancy rate, at the moment. The have offers like, we'll waive your app fee, your first month is free and we'll pay half of your utilities.

I've sent them 4 emails and called them 3x. ZERO RESPONSE.
 
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And the COVID destruction continues...

GNC...

Also, one of my favorite restaurants, Sweet Tomatoes, appears to be gone permanently as well.


If anyone wants to bid on the liquidation, can be found here:

 
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And the COVID destruction continues...

GNC...

Also, one of my favorite restaurants, Sweet Tomatoes, appears to be gone permanently as well.


If anyone wants to bid on the liquidation, can be found here:


Sweet Tomatoes was excellent. Interesting they couldn't pivot.
 

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Sweet Tomatoes was excellent. Interesting they couldn't pivot.

I'm actually shocked they couldn't survive a few months. The place was always packed, no matter which location I went. GNC, now that, I can understand. I haven't walked into a GNC in decades, always get my supplements online.
 
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I'm actually shocked they couldn't survive a few months. The place was always packed, no matter which location I went. GNC, now that, I can understand. I haven't walked into a GNC in decades, always get my supplements online.

I had read they figured their buffet concept would never come back to mass market consumer acceptance.
 

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I'm taking a break from this forum. I know no one cares and this post will fall to the wayside.

I haven't established my credibility for various reasons. I'm more-so reflecting on my recent post related to health issues, and I've used this place as a way to vent, tbh.

My biggest gripe is the echo chamber you guys create.

Over the past couple of years, I've watched you drive out people who think differently. Which is ironic because you espouse the outsider mentality.

Instead of saying oh that's interesting, tell me more. You take outcast ideas and bury them, because your one single ideology is correct, and theirs is wrong, and if you disagree you're an idiot. Often times to the point of hypocrisy.

There was a veteran member recently who made a similar post, and had it locked down. Though, I don't agree with his assessment of the people he pointed out.

So I'll repeat what a lot of us are thinking, but not voicing our opinions, because we don't have the badge next to our names:
- There are some senior members who are posturing hypocrites
- There are some senior members who are frauds

(i've talked with a dozen or so people off the forum, and they feel the same way, but won't say anything.)

I won't post names, because I've seen this play out in 3 different threads already. You're not willing to have a conversation. You're only wanting to be right. Good luck.
 

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I'm taking a break from this forum. I know no one cares and this post will fall to the wayside.

I haven't established my credibility for various reasons. I'm more-so reflecting on my recent post related to health issues, and I've used this place as a way to vent, tbh.

My biggest gripe is the echo chamber you guys create.

Over the past couple of years, I've watched you drive out people who think differently. Which is ironic because you espouse the outsider mentality.

Instead of saying oh that's interesting, tell me more. You take outcast ideas and bury them, because your one single ideology is correct, and theirs is wrong, and if you disagree you're an idiot. Often times to the point of hypocrisy.

There was a veteran member recently who made a similar post, and had it locked down. Though, I don't agree with his assessment of the people he pointed out.

So I'll repeat what a lot of us are thinking, but not voicing our opinions, because we don't have the badge next to our names:
- There are some senior members who are posturing hypocrites
- There are some senior members who are frauds

(i've talked with a dozen or so people off the forum, and they feel the same way, but won't say anything.)

I won't post names, because I've seen this play out in 3 different threads already. You're not willing to have a conversation. You're only wanting to be right. Good luck.

A 3-1 post ratio says people really value what you post here. 3 likes for every 1 post! That's WAY higher than the average which is around 1:1 (if that). Hopefully you can hang out a bit and not feel like you have to fit any specific "look." With that post ratio, you HAVE established credibility. The badges are systematic, not awards. If you keep posting, they'd come automatically. You're a platinum contributor with speedway access. Legendary or epic just come automatically with post counts just like your platinum and speedway did. Fastlane is bought, but if you read the book(s) you can get that one if you ever wanted it. You don't really need ANY of those though because most people look at your posts and if they have value, you can see it in the post ratios. Yours have value. You can see it statistically.

Anyway, this sentiment is happening in more than just your post, so you are not alone. You've been here 4 years, so you have seen the ebb and flow of the forum. Fads come and go, and people come and go. However, the forum is still one of the highest traffic entrepreneur forums on the web. I've spent some time at some of the other ones, and I always drift back here. If you do the same, I hope you drift back... but always worthwhile to see if there is something that is more worth your time out there.

I was sad to see this. I don't doubt what you said, but I think you might find as I have it may be true everywhere. In the church, on this forum, in other forums, and I blew up my Facebook page for much the same thought. The good news though is you get to pick and choose who you want to listen to or not, and I recently embraced the forum IGNORE feature for the first time ever, and it makes things a whole lot better when you can just NOT spend time on the people you think don't merit it. Trust your gut.

Dave
 
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