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The Sentry acted to me like how any other addict that is drunk and high does. Like you didn"t have friends who got stoned and drunk out of their minds, and made crazy claims. Add in his insanity to the mix, and he"d say anything. I am sure you give him a few more hits and he"d say he"s Mickey...

I LOL"d pretty hard. Spider Man is hilarious in the Avengers. The universe is getting ready to blow up, and he"s cracking inappropriate jokes.

I don"t know what happened at the end of 09, considering we did so well at the first part of the year. But yeah, the last three months of 09 and first three months of 10 sucked. Pretty much every business that involves working with your hands was slow at this time, from the owners I"ve talked...

So after getting off to a rocky start this year by losing about 25k (after you add back in payments to owner and the bank, etc) through March, the last two months have been pretty good. We made 14k last month, and we"ll end up making 15kish this month. Things are getting back to normal after a...

Here"s another idea. Find a building that had a restaurant in it, and then lease that out. That way, you"ll already have the equipment. Forget the idea of owning the building right now, but put in the lease an option to buy. That way, if the business goes south, at least you won"t owe all the...

As much time and money as I"ve invested in my MBA, I"d like to say it necessary, but it isn"t. I"ve been around business people that had degrees, versus the ones that flunked out of high school, and alot of time, there isn"t much difference. I guarantee you though that the guy that flunked out...

How old are you? Are you in college? Because there are a ton of resources there if you are.

For anyone that cares, 2009 was a record year for the company. We netted 305k. I"ve said it before, since we are in landscaping, the more people spend in their yards, the more they notice they need work. Literally, the call volume is 5x more on a sunny day that is 70 degrees, versus a cold...

P.S. I think its nuts that the bank won"t loan you cash. Maybe you should switch bankers. When I started this company, I negotiated a line of credit of 150K, that would be wired to my account whenever I request it. We only drew 20K out of it when we first started, since we were spending 8k a...

Guru I am not. I am just a guy who saw an opportunity, and took it. What Zeste said was pretty spot on. Banks are pretty tight right now. They really don"t want to do start-ups. At one point, I saw companies selling franchises recommending that potential franchisees tap their 401k to pay for...

Looks like I called it a few months ago. So those of you who said I was nuts can now eat it.

Have any links to any torrent sites that have it? Haven"t been able to find it.

Looks like Cap is back just in time for his movie next year. How long was he dead for this go around? Five or ten minutes?

Don"t forget that when the big crossover series spills over into the individual books, it usually boosts sales for a short time also. Still, do we really need a Booster Gold tie in to Blackest Night, or Ghost Rider tie-in to World War Hulk? In my opinion, if adding an individual title in to the...

So much for the guy that posted that Superman didn"t die, he just fell into a Super-Coma. Does anyone see the ramifications of the next few pages? If they hold true, then either they are killing off their most popular charachters (Batman from before, Superman, Wonder Woman), or there"s a way...

I LOL"d just as hard as I read that the first time.

I just read it, and all I can say is...yuck.

The sad thing is that I was really starting to like the new Punisher. He wasn"t just a guy with gun anymore, he was using superpowered weapons, like the Satan"s Claw (shoots lasers), Taskmaster"s shield, and even Pym particles. I actually read the book to see what new random weapon he was going...

I guess I am having a hard time telling between all the times the Sentry"s been blown up and then reconstituted

We aren"t using spoilers in this thread, since it is one big spoiler. Anyway, looking at your post if his = hers, I believe that Sentry brought her back to life with his reality warping powers. Yup, not only does he have the power of a billion exploding suns, but he can rewrite reality.

The Punisher Re-Kills His Family (rather than let the devil resurrect them)

Ugh - this is the dumbest idea Marvel"s had since the Clone Saga. The Star Clipper Blog: Punisher: Franken-Castle !?!

Fresh Off the Presses...The Death of the Punisher

The more I look at the P&L, the more I think it is b.s. Its almost never a coincidence that the financials amazingly get better just before a sale. I can compare this year to the last five years, and sales are the worst, while profit is the best. This smells like "window dressing." The last time...

Everything is standardized as far as jobs go, to the point that each plumber looks at a menu and gives a flat price. Most of the time, the customer already knows what the price will be before the plumber gets there. Without going too much into it, there is a set policy and procedure for...

I probably should have been more clear. I know that construction is very off in the area. We have to deal with some of these companies in my other business, and they aren"t very pleasant. For example, we had a big bid for a construction company, and the guy expected me to take the job at a price...

We haven"t figured that out yet. Winter can be rough, or it can be OK. We"ve started to slow down last month, October ran slow, and then all of the sudden, we"ve got more work on schedule than we"ve had since the Summer. All we can do is do the jobs right. I"ve even started quality checking the...

Lower turnover is kind of hard to measure the effect. Our skilled guys are still here. Last Winter, we were slow, but when we started to get busy, I hired more guys. And wouldn"t you know it, the customer complaints at that time came from the new guys. We are in a service business, and that"s...

Try not to be too much of a dick. We are members of our industry association, and know the benchmarks and know where we stand. Our guys also have worked for other companies in the area and have told us that alot of them do 40% of what we do in a day (and pay less). And I"ve looked at some of our...

First off, in a buy-sell, getting a business for two times earnings is considered very low. If you can get a business for less, than there is probably something wrong with it. Secondly, considering that your average business has a net income of 5% of sales, I consider making $1 out of every 2...

By paying people more than they can get in the market, giving them a piece of the profits and pushing responsibility down. In the business I own now, each crew leader is responsible for staying on track and bringing in the $ volume each day. They are paid bonuses based on their output. Each day...

He"s said he"s prepared to do it. He told us in the meeting that he"s been divorced, and has a ton of debt hanging over him from it, plus he"s stressed from being an owner. I asked him to his face how he"d be able to handle if I go in a different direction on some things, and he said as long as...

So I had a meeting with a local plumbing business owner that is for sale. He wants to sell the business and continue to work for it, which would be fine as he"s a master plumber. My wife and I met with him, and he just looks kind of burnt out from the stress of owning his own business. It can be...

I know jack squat about splitting wood into sellable firewood. This is a number my Foreman told me that he thought the machine would run.

The main thing I have thought of is splitting firewood and selling it. The seller used to do this, and had customers pay him cash, and then he paid the guys cash. The problem is that selling firewood really only covers the cost of labor, it doesn"t pay overhead. And on top of that, my rent is...

YTD, I"ve netted: $177 K net profit to the company 19.66K in charitable contributions 37.06K in owner"s draw 20K in misc add backs to me (Mercedes Benz payment, Toyota Rav4 payment, cell phone, internet connection, meals) 54K in payments to the bank (considered discretionary income)...

As I understand it now, the machinery should last quite a bit, as long as we take care of it. We basically have anything that has a serious problem rebuilt. For instance, one of the machines that the originally owner bought would cost 50K to replace. An engine blew out on it (he bought it in...

My unsolicited advice is to try to learn as much about the business as you can. I used to think my bosses were idiots for the stuff they used to worry about, but now I find myself worrying about the same things! For example, one of the corporations I used to work for used to threaten managers...

We must vote for Ashlee to even this out. Rise up.

Deep down, I thought our nerds were better than their nerds. All throughout, I was expecting our nerds to win. And now, we are at the end of the story, and we"ve lost. This thread should be locked and posted at the top of screenshots, to remind Screenshots of the day it lost.