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  4. President's security on vacation

    in Pics and Vids

    Posted

    President Bush made a visit to Lincoln Electric in 2008 for a speech. They had secret service security on the roof of 2 buildings.

    The Denali windows were not all that tinted. I remeber lots of big guys with big guns.

    After the speech was over, it was about 4 minutes from leaving the stage until the motorcade left the parking lot....

  5. Anyone on here a franchisee?

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    I'll chime in.

    Asset = ANYTHING of value. Cash, stocks, your car, baseball card collection.

    Liquid asset = Cash, stocks, Money market account.

    Liquidation = converting assets into cash, like selling your car or bike. You might have seen stores that are going out of business having "liquidation sales"

    You have a lot of research to do. Alot of franchisses are owned by holding companies or management companies. You get a group of people together and each kick in about $200,000. So, upfront, not only will you need money be "awarded" a franchise, you'll need money for a location with room for seating and parking, (or build one), pay insurance, payroll, permits,utilities, menus,napkins, kitchen equipment, uniforms, the actual food and so on...Everything inside the 4 walls of the building is on you to provide/pay for.

    So the $150K is just a small part of the actual cost.

    To test the waters on your business ownership skills, start small, with like a lemonade stand or landscaping/snow plowing.

    If you plan everything out, and surround yourself with great, motivated people, you MIGHT do well for yourself.

  6. Car Batteries

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    Just an update. I ended up buying batteries for each vehicle at NAPA for $70 each. With the new battery in the Monte Carlo, it fires right up, and I do not hear the annoying "dragging" noise as my gauges sweep at start up.

  8. how do you heat your garage?

    in Dumpster

    Posted · Edited by scottb

    I have 2 heaters, detached garage. When I had electric power in the garage, I used a 70,000 BTU torpedo kerosene heater. I took about 10 minutes to warm up my 20X20 garage to around 65 degrees.

    Now that I do not have electric in the garage any more ( upgrade not complete yet) I use a propane radiant heater with 2 heater heads on it. It resembles a sunflower. It is not as good as the kerosene heater, but will take the chill out of the air in the area you are working.

  11. Anyone work in heating an A/C?? Need some help!

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    <<And to top it off, watching "how do they do it" on the science channel! >>

    I had to switch to a different channel at 11, since I already seen that episode on the science channel.....But I did watch an episode of COPS called "shots fired" and watch a few bad guys get shot, so that was kinda neat.....And NOT watching Barret jackson on Speed.......

    OK, back to the original topic........

  15. Anyone work in heating an A/C?? Need some help!

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    quick safety question... do you have a carbon monoxide detector in the house?

    If not, you should give a call to the fire department and let them know your furnace is acting funny and you'd like to make sure you don't have a carbon monoxide problem, they'll send someone out to test it... did it for me at my apartment without any question.

    Good advise, better to be safe....

  17. Anyone work in heating an A/C?? Need some help!

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    I do not work in this field, but had a similar issue with an electronic furnace. The furnace would attempt to run, but shut off.The issue was the flame sensor. I had to replace it on this furnace. I know they can be cleaned, but if it is cracked, it will need to be replaced.

    Not knowing the details of your furnace, brand/model/ approx. age,

    here is a link to some high level info that might be useful to you.

    http://homerepair.about.com/od/heatingcoolingrepair/ss/furn_electr_ign.htm

  23. Going to range this week who wants to shoot?

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    I guess I am going to shoot by myself. Oh well, I will be there thurs afternoon sometime. I have no plans for thurs night since I have no babysitter for the kids so I am going shooting during the afternoon. If anyone has off and wants to shoot my cell is 2163460893.

    Mike

    I'll probably go in the next few weeks, just have not picked up my Rem. 870 yet, assuming they allow shotguns there.

  25. Zemke to Jordan Suzuki

    in Daily Ride

    Posted

    AMA is not going to be much a of series this year with 2 major manufactures not racing. And Zemke never smiles.......:)

    I will probably go to Mid-Ohio AMA, more to meet up with friends then to watch the races.

    I will for sure be going to Moto-GP at Indy.

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