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You may not be aware that you are helping people. So, in regards to a post of yours from a couple of months(?) back, I’d like to let you know I am starting to come out of my peanut butter sandwich for dinner stage, and it is posts like that that kept me going. :cheers:
WTG, Steve!
I have almost the same situation as yours, though it took me four years LOL. This has been a peaceful year for a change… no arguments about who gets what… no more worries about instant ramen for dinner… some money stashed away after clearing all my bills (except one)… life has been much better this year.
Steve-
You’ve been a good friend to me this year, and I’m happy that we’ve gotten to know each other. I’m only sorry that I missed you at breakfast when we were in Vegas together, but I’m sure we’ll have other opportunities soon.
It has been a good year for me too, and it is mostly due to the things I keep on learning here from you all.
Every post you make, be it a question, answer or comment, triggers thought about the business and is part of us becoming better and better at what we do.
I like volunteering here – my “pay” is all the tips and suggestions I receive that help me move along.
Meeting you guys at the conventions cements our relationships and makes it all the more rewarding.
Next time in Vegas we need to make sure we are not so strewn about that we miss each other. We should make a real effort to all be in the same place so we run into each other all the time. Couldn’t think of a better group of people.
It takes a certain something to even get started in this business – an entrepreneurial spirit, a degree of inventiveness, determination, eagerness to learn and intelligence. The people of CAP are a pretty remarkable bunch!
Let’s make next year even better!
Steve, that was a wonderful post. I continue to be amazed by this group of people here at CAP. Everyone is so generous, and so knowledgeable. I know I’m fairly new here, but I hope to get to know each of you better in the coming months and years. This is a great group of people, and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season, and a happy and successful 2005!
:cheers:
Dave (aka Engineer)
Well said Steve! What a great group!
Hip Hip Hooray :cheers:
A toast to a great business, great colleagues, great debate, and most importantly to great camaraderie. :cheers:
PS I still like the ramen noodles – excellent lunch on a 13d day :bigsmile:
Wow, bb1, what a wonderful post! I’ve read most of your posts and you’ve always come across as intelligent, but your ability to express your feelings is exceptional. Many of us think basically the same about this wonderful group at CAP,but not many would be willing to express it with such passion and sincerity. Kudos to you for showing us your fuzzy under belly :wavey:
Great post Steve. :bigsmile: This is a time that we all should give thanks. It has been a blessing to be in this business and meet many here at CAP. Thank you Professor for providing this great place for all to meet together.
Happy Holidays Everyone!:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
:1circling good to be back here…. I’ve missed you all!!
Eventually I’ll get around to explaining where in the hell I’ve been for the last three months.
:cheers: to the people of CAP
Hey Bernie,
Great to see you on board again. I have been wondering where you have been. Happy Holidays! :wavey::cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
blackhawk wrote::1circling good to be back here…. I’ve missed you all!!Eventually I’ll get around to explaining where in the hell I’ve been for the last three months.
:cheers: to the people of CAP
Pray tell – where the hell have you been?
Welcome back, Bernie.
I’ve been wondering where you’ve been!:wavey:
Bernie!!! its great to see you again. (so to speak).
…. yes this is truly a special bunch of people; and I remember when the gpwa started falling apart (from my POV) that I thought I’d never again enjoy the kind of people that had gathered there.
Now I can say that it was just a preliminary to greater things because the core of the other reassembled here and then we added some great people; many whom have now climbed to moderator status.
Nobody can say what the future holds, but regardless of that; this has been one of the great experiences of my life (and you’re talking to somebody that has ridden an ice berg down a raging river which along the way broke into 4 separate pieces – one for each person who was riding the bigger piece – just to mention one of many rather unique experiences I’ve been a part)…
its true
I’ve seen the best come out of people that you’d likely have thought would never come thru for you – this story deserves to be told too – I was basically stranded in florida for a month or so: I’d went down there to travel with the guys that race cars on all the tracks down there, we went all around, including hitting daytona – this was paid for by a guy who was going to give me a shot in a movie he’d written about racing – and the long and short of it was that he was an idiot and I finally one day just got tired of his incredible indecision (I could write a book on that) and told him to stop and let me out.
So there I was in in Jacksonville Florida with just enough money to buy a room for the night; and then I spent the next two weeks having just enough money sent to me via western union from friends back at home who were selling my stuff daily to get this cash – until they’d had the chance to sell something worth enough money for me to be able to fly home.
that took about 2 weeks, during which time I became friends with this black guy (not to play the racial card or anything, but it gives a much clearer picture of the situation : I’m white – in case you didn’t notice) whom was giving me a ride to the western union store everyday in return for using my cash to go invest in something likely illegal but lucrative; he’d show back up later that day with my cash and a little extra.
anyway, come the final day when I finally had enough to fly home, I’d bought my plane ticket and had $20 left to spare. I had to take a bus to get within walking distance of the airport (which was in Daytona); and I wasn’t sure how far it would be from the bus stop to the airport once I got there. Here in KC its about 20 miles. So I needed the $20 badly to insure I didn’t have to walk far to reach the plane on time.
Well I’d loaned him the $20 to go do his thing; and come time to leave, he hadn’t shown back up. A girlfriend I’d made while staying there had come to take me to the bus depot so I left feeling kinda stupid, after all the guy was obviously an addict of some kind; so what did I expect? he didn’t really even know me from the next guy…
minutes before boarding the bus, I heard a call as I was walking to get on it. It was my friend who had drove all the way to the bus station to catch me; knowing he could have kept the money and never been the worse for it. This was, btw, someone who was likely homeless, as I let him stay in my hotel room most the time I was “trapped” there. – (many nights I stayed with the girlfriend – but she had a daughter so I had to leave before she got up every morning, in case you’re wondering why I didn’t just stay at her place)
Note that I have friends who I’ve known for more than 20 years that wouldn’t likely have went to that much trouble over $20. Whether they’d given their word or not:
anyway, aside from that experience, the most heartwarming I have had has been with the wonderful people that are found here.
And I wouldn’t bother to type such a long story if you guys/gals weren’t worth the comparison. (which might not carry much weight with some; but with me it was huge – perhaps you had to have spent the time I did wondering if you’d ever get home).
Bernie,
I’m very curious. :yang2:
