[Negative]

I think you should invest in a mini-network and setup a LAN so we can all come visit ... and play CS.

[GeneralMalice[sh]]

ill dontate $10 to the talon fund

[.chim.chim.]

i'm not arguing the price of oil will not continue to rise; i'm arguing that your idea of buying a futures contract to compensate for that will not work.

[SGTalon]

All part of my plan. I am going to have an entire electronics store in cold storage in an underground vault for when the ones i am using wear out. I will be set.

[Pointzero]

Originally Posted by SGTalon

Anyhow. I started my own company. I plan on making a ton of money then buying a tropical island somewhere and disappearing off the face of the earth.

Let me know when that happens.... Bwhaha never going to happen

But just incase let me know I'll do you landscaping and fix and install stuff and some accounting (income tax, auditing and varies other paperwork) for free all i ask is a place to live, 3 Decent meals and atleast a 3mb persec connection.

Edit: If I got my CPA i'll also want a fine lady to take care of stuff...

[SGTalon]

Dude... the whole point of my own island is to not pay taxes. So your profession will go the way of the dinosaurs.

May want to check out a new major.

It was kind of funny the other day on the radio someone said that the best way to get rid of taxes would be to get rid of tax witholding. If you had to write a check every month to the government you would see how outrageous the taxes are that we pay.

Imagine if every month you brought home $1000 and had to write a check for $400 of it to the government or go to jail. That would get old real fast

[Gemini]

ok i have seen reports... read articles... and spoken to oil company employees and this is what i have found...

1) the demand is too high for production so prices are going up...
2) the demand for oil has been exponential for the past 70 years at a steady rate of 2.8% annually...
-a) what this means that even the vast oil deposits below america and venezuela and the middle east wont last the 100's of years that reporters and oil companies say rather it will be depleted in about 50 years from today...

--i) however with the production not able to keep up it should slightly flatten off and last a little longer than 50 years.

3) there was a huge discovery from shell in the gulf of mexico that is supposed to help the supply meet the demand

4) i was recently on a flight to houston from atlanta sitting next to a shell Geophysicist and he said that the find wasnt as large as its been made out to be. he also said however that they can still turn a profit on these smaller finds now because the market is so screwed up. he said the only problem they are having is getting it to the surface and to the refineries.

5) The dollar sux for multiple reasons and it doesnt help the US in any trade market..
-a) the main reason is because we are buying more than we are producing and have been for decades.
-b) our country is in debt to many countries primarily china
-c) with our citizens in debt the gov is having trouble getting funds to pay off foreign debt... and then we go further into debt with countries like china

6) ppl cant pay off their debt because they dont make enough money---
-a) many of their businesses are being put down by giants like walmart
-b) many surviving companies outsourced for foreign labor to be able to cope with walmarts demands on prices.
--1)this has sent many americans out of work who then cant make money to pay their debt

7) the housing market downturn is related to the loan crash
-a) too many high risk loans were given out and defaulted on so many companies went out of business
--1) this also contributed somehow to the fall of the american dollar apparently to one source i have seen.

[Pointzero]

Originally Posted by Gemini

ok i have seen reports... read articles... and spoken to oil company employees and this is what i have found...

1) the demand is too high for production so prices are going up...
2) the demand for oil has been exponential for the past 70 years at a steady rate of 2.8% annually...
-a) what this means that even the vast oil deposits below america and venezuela and the middle east wont last the 100's of years that reporters and oil companies say rather it will be depleted in about 50 years from today...

--i) however with the production not able to keep up it should slightly flatten off and last a little longer than 50 years.

3) there was a huge discovery from shell in the gulf of mexico that is supposed to help the supply meet the demand

4) i was recently on a flight to houston from atlanta sitting next to a shell Geophysicist and he said that the find wasnt as large as its been made out to be. he also said however that they can still turn a profit on these smaller finds now because the market is so screwed up. he said the only problem they are having is getting it to the surface and to the refineries.

5) The dollar sux for multiple reasons and it doesnt help the US in any trade market..
-a) the main reason is because we are buying more than we are producing and have been for decades.
-b) our country is in debt to many countries primarily china
-c) with our citizens in debt the gov is having trouble getting funds to pay off foreign debt... and then we go further into debt with countries like china

6) ppl cant pay off their debt because they dont make enough money---
-a) many of their businesses are being put down by giants like walmart
-b) many surviving companies outsourced for foreign labor to be able to cope with walmarts demands on prices.
--1)this has sent many americans out of work who then cant make money to pay their debt

7) the housing market downturn is related to the loan crash
-a) too many high risk loans were given out and defaulted on so many companies went out of business
--1) this also contributed somehow to the fall of the american dollar apparently to one source i have seen.

Well put!!! but unfortunately for you me I already new every single point u made soooo and alittle bit of but anyway welcome back!!!!

[Gemini]

thanks tactics but even if you knew already it didnt matter to me because i have been gone for 2 weeks and there seems to have been more activity than i thought. i missed a bunch... still playin catchup

[.chim.chim.]

China is our biggest counterfeitter anyway. It's all good.