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Fri 
06/01/2007 21:15:52
 Jim  The tenants are moving out
The tenants are moving out...and the condo's going up for sale on Monday.
The tenants don't want to stay there if the association is going to hassle them.
I'm giving the tenants an extra $200 for showing the condo, plus they get their deposit money back.
I think is a good thing that they are taking everything so well.
Fri 
06/01/2007 20:17:12
 Jim  GMa has a heart attack?
Thats what I heard anyway.
Jennifer told Becky that Grandma was having a heart attack.
We hit the road for Grandma's place.
Becky told Renee.
Renee who was so upset, she started crying.
She was sent her home from work.
Renee called Paul.
Paul called me.
I told Paul, all that I wasn't sure of anything.
Jennifer told Becky something about GMa's heart.
Then Becky told me something about GMa's heart.
And that I'd find out the truth, then get back to him.
The truth was, GMa was at a luncheon.
There was no heart attack.
Thu 
05/31/2007 11:07:29
 Jim  Grady can sell the condo and Be Quick!
He's taking a class for business brokering, and he said he'd be ready by August.
As far as the condo goes, he wants to know if he can put a lock box on it.
I think the tenants would be okay with that, especially if we give them some a break on the last month's rent.
He was shocked about "Be Quick".
He named it, after all!!! Brian said either he could sell it, or he'd be happy to get someone else to broker it.
Cool. I told him, "I want you to sell it for me. I rather wait for quality service".
Brian liked that.
Fri 
06/01/2007 12:04:51
 sae   (Reply).Grady can sell the condo and Be Quick!
Great that "The Brain" can be of such help to you. Sell both the condo and "Be Quick" to me for $25 total. Please????
Thu 
05/31/2007 05:20:26
 jim  Frontier-Looking for Tunnels
Wed 
05/30/2007 09:31:54
 Jim  .Our NEW Kentucky Home
I was hoping Adam might have a group code for me for Extended Stay ($35 a night), but he didn't.
So I ended up booking an Extended Stay though my website for $31 a night.
Whats cool about that is, I get a $50 commission.
Tue 
05/29/2007 13:26:48
 jim  AdventureDome Pirate Ship
Tue 
05/29/2007 13:11:11
 jim  Vegas,NV-AdventureDome Bumper Cars
Tue 
05/29/2007 11:41:23
 Jim  Adventure Dome
Tue 
05/29/2007 10:44:34
 jim  Vegas,NV-AdventureDome Water Ride
Tue 
05/29/2007 10:43:08
 jim  Vegas,NV-AdventureDome Models
Tue 
05/29/2007 09:56:31
 jim  Vegas,NV-AdventureDome
Mon 
05/28/2007 14:12:52
 jim  Vegas,NV-MemorialDay
Mon 
05/28/2007 14:12:52
 jim   (Reply)MemorialDay-PreggersRenee,Victoria,Dustin,Jen
Mon 
05/28/2007 12:29:17
 Jim  Memorial Day BBQ
At GMa's.
Sun 
05/27/2007 23:18:04
 jim  Vegas,NV-Flamingo,Mirage,CasinoRoyale
Sun 
05/27/2007 12:24:23
 Jim  Pirates of the Carribean
At the Worlds End. With Paul-n-em.
It looks like they're not coming.
SOOOooooooo......we'er u headed to thu drive-in.
Sun 
05/27/2007 06:15:28
 Jim  Extended Stay Hotels
# Rooms: 1
# Adults: 2
# Children: 0
Rate: Best Available Rate
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Check-Out Date: 7/8/2007
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Sat 
05/26/2007 18:38:56
 jim  Vegas,NV-LakeLV-Dustin,Jen,Becky,Jim
Sat 
05/26/2007 16:14:04
 Jim  Louisville Hotels
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$61-Days Inn
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$70-Quality Inn
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Check-In Date: 6/7/2007 to 7/8/2007
# Rooms: 1, Adults: 2, Room Type: Studio
Preference: Smoking, Bed Type: 1 Queen Bed
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    Fri 
    05/25/2007 18:35:38
     jim  Vegas,NV-Dustin
    Thu 
    05/24/2007 13:38:16
     jim  My loan fell delayed, got a new PC.
    The loan fell through.
    I was told the interest rates were fixed at 3.75%, interest only for 5 years and I'd get $40,000.
    In the end, the rates were fixed for 1 month, and I'd get $18,000.
    And my loan officer, gets for his 20 minutes of personal attention, gets $6,000.
    Just got an update
    The loan officer called and said the title company slipped in an extra $1,000 for him.
    And my insurance was whacked. They were going create an impound account that included Auto insurance.
    He also said my payment won't change for a year.
    I got a 1.8g dual processor PC
    200gig, 500mg memory, DVD writer for $200, with XP Pro installed.
    Sonny actually helped build it.
    Its pretty cool, except I can't install IIS6 on it..I don't have an XP Pro SP2 CD.
    And to tell ya the truth, I really don't feel like reloading XP.
    Thu 
    05/24/2007 09:38:35
     jim  Pickup Garmin I3 GPS at Walmart
    Link Item Price Notes




    Garmin StreetPilot i3 Auto GP $198.86 Estimated pickup: between Thursday, 05/24/07,
    and Wednesday, 06/06/07
    Wed 
    05/23/2007 19:18:01
     jim  Vegas,NV-Renee
    Tue 
    05/22/2007 18:21:51
     jim  Vegas,NV-Sonny
    Tue 
    05/22/2007 16:34:20
     jim  Another day goes by
    I canceled the interview at Sam's Town.
    I mainly wanted Becky to go, because if I go to work for them, the Notary thing is dead.
    Becky was a little too confident about her interview. She had her resume and it was scant.
    We'd applied at Sam's Town before.
    They want you to fill out another application, even after filling one out online. Last time they wouldn't take my application until I put down the zip code for my schools (including elementary). They intentionally make applying for a job a super pain.
    J Long promised we'd have the loan done today at 4pm.
    He promised he'd send me an email telling me where to go. He promised today he'd call me in two minutes. He actually told me we could have the loan done Saturday, and then said Monday. But he called in sick Monday, and never called me. I'd drop the WHOLE loan thing, but I'm into it now for $350 and they've pinged my credit history. So, now, this is important.
    Greenburg called about 2 positions that opened up.
    One is Louisville, KY, the other is in Columbus, GA at Total Sys (TSYS).
    Mon 
    05/21/2007 18:20:55
     jim  Frontier-GilleysGirls-Jim,Becky
    Mon 
    05/21/2007 10:00:00
     sae  .Sams Town Interview - 21 Dealer
    So, Jimmy. How did it go for you, Rebecky and Sonny? With your interviews?
    Wed 
    05/23/2007 00:23:49
     sae   (Reply)...Sams Town Interview - 21 Dealer
    Well, shame about your not dealing at Sam's Town. I wanted to come out there, and question every one of your deals, and "toke" you $20 on every other hand. Hope you had all that stuff from Outpost shipped here to me.. Initial estimate on the damage to my car is $5066, three weeks with a rental provided me by his insurance, Progressive. I am sure the estimate will rise as they tear down the car.
    Sun 
    05/20/2007 11:35:18
     jim  Pauls Graduation
    At IBEW. Oscar Goodman was there too!!!
    About 200 people graduated in Paul's class.
    Sun 
    05/20/2007 06:16:28
     sae  It’s the fault of Florida (America’s Ponis)...
    On the way back from a trip to Tampa/St Petersburg, I got rear ended HARD on the I-4, near the attractions, south of Orlando. My nice, "new" car, took the hit pretty good, but it did a fair amount of damage. The idiot (driving a SUV) hit me at about 65 mpg. And why? He was making unsafe lane changes in that fast moving traffic, while talking on his cell phone. As more time goes on, I am being to believe that Floridians are taught that they must weave in and out of lanes at high speeds and to be carrying on a conversation on their cell phones.
    Sat 
    05/19/2007 19:38:31
     jim  Vegas,NV-Becky cards
    Sat 
    05/19/2007 19:38:31
     jim   (Reply)Vegas,NV-Becky,Sonny,cards
    Sat 
    05/19/2007 12:35:58
     jim  Vegas,NV-IBEW-Paul,Jim,Becky
    Sat 
    05/19/2007 11:00:01
     jim  Pauls IBEW Graduation!!!
    Yeehaa...its at the IBEW on Lamb and Bonanza.
    Its beautiful, how the smallest of events can change someone's life.
    Rob called me about IBEW. I called Paul. We all scooted on up to IBEW.
    I got called for work, then changed my mind about working with them.
    Paul got called, and decide to give IBEW a shot.
    Rob never got called.
    Now Paul is a Journey man!!!!
    Thank you Mr Rob Allred. RIP.
    Sun 
    05/20/2007 06:43:40
     sae   (Reply).Pauls IBEW Graduation!!!
    So, does this mean that Paul can now take a trip somewhere?? A "journey" of sorts?
    Sat 
    05/19/2007 05:45:12
     jim  Vegas,NV-OscarGoodman-PaulGraduate,Jim,Gma,Becky
    Sat 
    05/19/2007 05:45:12
     jim   (Reply)Vegas,NV-Gabriel-Kitchen-Becky,Jim
    Fri 
    05/18/2007 13:48:18
     jim  Vegas,NV-Haircut-Jim
    Sun 
    05/13/2007 09:52:28
     jim  Vegas,NV-Condo GarageSale_stitch
    Fri 
    05/11/2007 22:06:28
     jim  Vegas,NV-Mustang Becky
    Thu 
    05/10/2007 10:33:29
     Jim  20,000 people rally naked in Mexico City
    Yeeeehaaaaa!!!! 20,000 people rally in Mexico City to break the Guinness Book of Records
    And no, you can't zoom in on these pictures...haha.
    Click here for the Full Story.
    I keep wondering how this would have worked out in Vegas
    Maybe at the Fremont Street Experience or on the Strip.
    Would these people be thrown in jail or would it start a ritual? hmmm.
    I'm not sure how it would have worked out in the legal arena, but if it were to happen here in July, I guarantee the people would all be wearing sandals!
    What I didn't see in these photos is where the people put their clothes. I'd think these people didn't walk naked all the way from home to the Metropolitan Cathedral.
    Mexico City is the 2nd largest city in the world.
    AND Its only 1,800 miles from Las Vegas.
    Wed 
    05/09/2007 12:50:48
     jim  Vegas,NV-Condo-Sonny,Becky,Mustang
    Tue 
    05/08/2007 15:14:28
     Jim  Added a decimal/binary/hex/octal conversion to my
    I threw in a color representation for the heck of it.
    I MUST BE BORED! LOL.
    Waiting for things to happen is a miserable thing.
    Right now, I'm waiting for:
    - A word back on my refinance. The loan agent keeps messing around.
    - Yellow Book to come out. The Yellow Book is almost 2 months late.
    - A response back from the resumes I sent out.
    Mon 
    05/07/2007 14:44:30
     Jim  Astronomers Spot Exploding Faraway Star
    WASHINGTON (AP) - A massive exploding faraway star—the brightest supernova astronomers have ever seen—has scientists wondering whether a similar celestial fireworks show may light up the sky much closer to Earth sometime soon. The discovery, announced Monday by NASA, drew oohs and aahs for months from the handful of astronomers who peered through telescopes to see the fuzzy remnants of the spectacular explosion after it was first spotted last fall.
    Using a variety of Earth and space telescopes, astronomers found a giant exploding star that they figure has shined about five times brighter than any of the hundreds of supernovae ever seen before, said discovery team leader Nathan Smith of the University of California at Berkeley. The discovery was first made last September by a graduate student in Texas.
    "This one is way above anything else," Smith told The Associated Press. "It's really astonishing."
    Smith said the star, SN2006gy, "is a special kind of supernova that has never been seen before." He called the star "freakily massive" at 150 times the mass of the sun.
    Observations from the Chandra X-ray telescope helped show that it didn't become a black hole like other supernovae and skipped a stage of star death.
    Unlike other exploding stars, which peak at brightness for a couple of weeks at most, this supernova, peaked for 70 days, according to NASA. And it has been shining at levels brighter than other supernovae for several months, Smith said.
    And even at 240 million light years away, this star in a distant galaxy does suggest that a similar and relatively nearby star—one 44 quadrillion miles away—might blow in similar fashion any day now or 50,000 years from now, Smith said. It wouldn't threaten Earth, but it would be so bright that people could read by it at night, said University of California at Berkeley astronomer David Pooley. However, it would only be visible to people in the Southern Hemisphere, he said.
    ___ On the Net: http://www.nasa.gov
    Sat 
    05/05/2007 18:00:00
     jim  Oh, I added a mortgage calculator
    To the calculator for the heck of it.
    It only took about 10 minutes and its VERY handy!
    Fri 
    05/04/2007 17:38:20
     jim  VoTech,NV-Rainbow,Mustang
    Wed 
    05/02/2007 12:37:08
     jim  Three ways to be a Millionare
    1) Manage, work hard, and save, save, save; and you might get lucky after a lifetime.
    2) Borrow, and manage; and you might have a million dollars this year.
    Me, I'd rather owe a million dollars than own a million dollars.
    3) Have wealthy relatives. Be born rich.
    If you have weathy relatives, it doesn't matter if you screw up.
    The well will never run dry. Your spending will be controlled by their handouts.
    If you have a million dollars, and you screw up
    You risk money that took you forever to save (unless you got lucky somewhere).
    If you lose it, you will probably commit suicide, in shame.
    If you owe a million dollars, and you screw up
    You don't risk any of your own money.
    If you plan it right, you don't even risk a bad credit rating.
    And if you funnel money off while you have it, you can run circles around hard working people saving $1,000 a year.
    If you lose it, you'll walk away laughing, and you'll do it again.
    We all should have learned a lesson from Enron, don't you think?
    Of course, I'd hope noone would build their credit to borrow $1,000,000, just to go bankrupt.
    I'd hope people would borrow $1,000,000 to create commerce.
    The way I see it, the plantation owners and the slaves still exist.
    The only difference now is that the slaves aren't centrally located on plantations, and they don't know that they are slaves.
    Fear keeps modern slaves picking cotton, just like it did 200 years ago.
    Instead of fearing being tarred and feathered, people today fear losing their car, house, and dignity (whatever thats worth).
    The game is self perpetuating for the modern day plantation owners.
    They offer credit to anyone. They buy and let others pay.
    They've spread news about how to better your struggles when you can't pay your bills.
    What they've done is, they've managed to keep people working. People must work.
    People buy things they can't afford. It keeps them working.
    It is a very good system.
    People who don't work are shunned.
    They are shown as the homeless, the impoverished. The welfare people.
    I would think the majority of non-working US citizens are born rich.
    Wed 
    05/02/2007 11:51:06
     jim  Never pay off your house. Never sell either.

    I've used a system for decades now. I thought I'd share it with anyone reading this blog.
    I bought my 3rd house in 1985. I got it on a sealed bid. It was a Hud Repo.
    The payments were $650 a month (which I couldn't afford).
    So, I had to rent the house out. It rented for $850 a month.
    The excess rent payed a third of my apartment payment.
    And there goes the lesson I learned.
    Since then, I've paid off 2 houses.
    I bought another house in Summerlin, and the rent one of my houses made the Summerlin payment.
    What I'm saying is, since property values are increasing, and since they are a leveraged investment,
    it doesn't make sense to sell your home when you need cash.
    Don't kill the Golden Goose. Refinance.
    If you absolutely can't make ends meet, move out and RENT your old place.
    If you pick your financing wisely you will almost certainly make a profit.
    The American Way
    Pick good financing
    20 years ago, it was logical to pay off your mortgage balance. Mortgage rates were as high as 18%.
    Your house would have to double in value every 4 years, just to break even on the payments.
    Now, interest rates are right around 6%. You house only has to double in value every 12 years to break even.
    In other words, if your house doubles in value in 12 years, you were out of pocket $0 on payments.
    If you believe that inflation will continue (as I do, just by looking around me), then you will invest in more property,
    and you will not pay it off.
    All this means is, Borrow More! Buy More! Its the American Way.
    Plantation owners didn't have to pick the cotton, simply because they owned. They let other people do it.
    Homeowners don't have to pay their mortgage either, if they let a renters cover it.
    So, if anyone is complaining about illegal aliens taking our jobs
    Don't! Rent to them. They can't buy houses.

    Wed 
    05/02/2007 11:42:15
     jim  Life is full of coinkidinks
    I ordered asthma medication on March 1st, through the internet.
    There was some problems with the shipping, and it looked like I'd gotten burned on the deal.
    Last night, I told Becky that today, I'd just run up to CVS, get a prescription and pay what would work out to be $200 for a bottle of combivent.
    This morning, UPS knocked at the door. They had my 6 months worth of asthma meds.
    What are the odds of that?
    I think its a major coincidence that I was drawing the line today for biting the bullet on meds,
    and they just show up after 70 days.
    BTW - I got 4 bottles for $100, and it works wonderfully!!!

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